In 2007, our ping pong masters won a lot of awards This coming weekend in China the “Tournament of Champions” will take place, in which eight of the strongest players on the planet will take part in men and women. These are mostly Asians, trendsetters in world ping pong. And for our small racket masters, the 2008 international season, the most successful in Russian history, ended last week in the American city of Palo Alto, where the Youth World Championship awards were played out.

CLUBS "Caliban" (Germany). Tough German men present their new album The Awakening. "Point" , 19.00. Festival "Zvuki.ru" : Sheen Evans, Simon Kingman, 4Hero (all - UK), Misha Delvig (Ireland), Bilk (Croatia), Happy55, "...and my friend the truck", "Gateway". "B2" , 20.00. "Almas Del Fuego" Evening of music and flamenco dancing. “The Wood Grouse’s Nest” , 21.00. CONCERTS "Aquarium" .

The prosecutor's office found violations in the teaching of the Law of God The will of teachers and God's will alone is not enough to teach religious subjects in secular schools and gymnasiums . This conclusion was made by the prosecutor of the Vyborg district of St. Petersburg after an inspection of the Medical Gymnasium, where the subject “The Law of God” was taught. The supervisory inspection of state and non-state educational institutions in the Vyborg district of St.

Watch from December 20 on Moscow screens "The Irony of Fate. Continuation" (Russia, 2007, Timur Bekmambetov) . And again the whole country goes to the only possible address at this time of year - 3rd Stroiteley Street, building 25, apartment 12. The children of the main characters of the cult New Year's film of all Rus', Kostya (Konstantin Khabensky) and Nadya (Elizaveta Boyarskaya) meet on the eve New Year in suspiciously familiar circumstances.

Dmitry Medvedev began his presidential campaign at Gazprom Dmitry Medvedev spent his first working day as an officially nominated candidate for the presidency of Russia almost entirely at Gazprom.

Not only to really show this very objectivity, but also to imitate it, dear, there is no strength. The position and the genre, however, are obligatory, and after grinding my teeth, looking through the annual contents of magazines and remembering wandering around bookstores, I say with an important look: everything is fine with literature.

The Central Bank proposes to lift the moratorium on quick repayment of small loans Yesterday the Bank of Russia proposed its amendments to the bill on consumer lending , versions of which have been developed for several years. According to the regulator, it is necessary to lift the moratorium on early repayment of loans in the amount of up to 100 thousand rubles.

After victory, the disgraced oligarch will pay a billion Georgian presidential candidate 52-year-old Badri Patarkatsishvili could become a real competitor to 39-year-old ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili. Yesterday, the businessman spoke live from London on the Imedi radio station about his election program. The candidate promised to finalize the program by the end of the week and arrive with it in Tbilisi, although he was never able to obtain additional guarantees of immunity.

Tymoshenko's career was decided by one vote Yesterday, Yulia Tymoshenko became the Prime Minister of Ukraine , having received 226 votes in the Rada from deputies of the “orange” coalition - the “Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc” (BYuT) and the presidential bloc “Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense” (NUNS). “ Miss Orange Revolution ” received congratulations from deputies in a dazzling white outfit, designed to emphasize her moral superiority over her ideological opponents.

Belgium emerges from political impasse On the 190th day of the crisis in Belgium, King Albert II on Monday appointed Premier Guy Verhofstadt ( pictured ) to head an "intermediate" cabinet that can deal with "urgent problems". Until now, the old government, which remained in place after the June parliamentary elections, had limited powers and performed only technical functions.

Russia is called a “crazy demand market” when it comes to buying cars. Why did such autotraction arise and, as a result, even middle-class cars have to wait in showrooms for several months? There are several reasons. They call it income growth. There is talk about sky-high housing prices, which is why many are now spending their savings on cars. But, undoubtedly, the main reason is accessible and not particularly expensive car loans .

Russia cuts quotas for guest workers by three times Migrant workers with impeccably executed documents for the right to stay and work in Russia will become a shortage at the beginning of 2008. Yesterday, the director of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky, stunned Russian entrepreneurs with the statement that the quota for the use of migrant workers in the country would be reduced three times compared to the current one.

A third of Russians are confident that shares can be purchased directly from the issuing company. 16% of Russian residents consider it possible to purchase shares in a bank, and 12% on the stock exchange. These are the results of a sociological study initiated by the MICEX stock exchange and the Public Opinion Foundation, ITAR-TASS reports. Few give the correct answers: 7% of respondents name a brokerage company, 5% name an investment company, and 4% name a management company.

Rosneft sells half of Tomskneft to Gazprom Neft Rosneft and Gazprom, it seems, will try to restore their partnership for the first time since 2004. Yesterday, a number of sources close to the companies told Vremya Novostei and Reuters that 50% of the shares of Tomskneft, which Rosneft failed to sell to VEB, would go to Gazprom Neft. And starting from the new year, both companies will divide Tomsk oil in half.

The number of presidential candidates is melting before our eyes The Central Election Commission completed accepting documents from self-nominated candidates wishing to compete for the presidency in the March 2 elections yesterday at midnight. The Central Election Commission breathed a sigh of relief: of course, after all, in these difficult times, any mere mortal could nominate himself for president, and, willy-nilly, they had to deal with everyone as if they were a real contender.