A new oil state may emerge in Latin America Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday summoned the prefect governors of all nine departments of the country and called on them to “work immediately to establish true autonomy based on the constitution.” The president's move follows a referendum in the department of Santa Cruz on Sunday, May 4, where more than 85% of participants favored greater independence from the central government.

The government of Viktor Zubkov will lay the foundation for high inflation in the coming years The outgoing government of Viktor Zubkov will relieve incoming Prime Minister Vladimir Putin from the need to make unpopular decisions that affect the incomes of almost all citizens . Today it will make these decisions itself.

US presidential candidates argue about Iran Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said his country is suspending negotiations with Washington on security issues in neighboring Iraq until US troops stop attacks against Iraqi Shiite militias. Over the past year, several rounds of such talks have taken place in Baghdad at the ambassadorial level. Washington accuses Shiite Iran of training several armed groups in Iraq, which Tehran categorically denies.

How to learn to live in an era of stability Tomorrow Dmitry Medvedev will take office as President of Russia. After the formation of the government and the Kremlin administration , he and Vladimir Putin will inevitably face the need to formulate a new political agenda . Medvedev has already repeated several times that the country does not need any specific and poorly cultivated national idea. We need a set of principles, which both Putin and Medvedev have also spoken about more than once. 1.

The history of the deceased GDR and its shield and sword - the Ministry of State Security, popularly called the Stasi - now continues to excite collectors primarily. In Germany, such people are called “Ostalgics” (from the words “nostalgia” and osten - “east”). It is precisely these collectors that the Berlin police suspect of the theft that occurred recently from the office of the former head of the GDR MGB, Erich Mielke.

Global banks are betting on the ruble Global world banks Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank consider the Russian currency to be one of the most undervalued in the world and offer their clients to invest in the Russian ruble. The influx of foreign speculative capital may significantly complicate the task of the Russian Central Bank to curb inflation. Moreover, Russian analysts regarded the recommendations of their foreign colleagues as a speculative attack on the ruble.

On Tuesday, a cyclone will move from the coast of the Arkhangelsk region to the southeast, bringing cold and windy weather. The northwestern region will be at the junction of two air masses - an anticyclone in the west and a cyclone in the east, so precipitation is expected in places, mainly in the form of rain, wind gusts of up to 15-20 m/s, daytime temperatures +5...+10°C .

Former Siemens CEO Heinrich von Pierer suspected of giving bribes The corruption scam in the German concern Siemens continues to acquire new details. The former long-term chairman of the board of Siemens, Heinrich von Pierer, was also involved in the use of secret accounts and shell companies used by the concern's management to manage illegal financial flows.

CSKA won the ULEB Euroleague in Madrid The capital's men's basketball club CSKA won the ULEB Euroleague tournament for the second time, repeating its success two years ago. In the decisive match of the Final Four held in the Spanish capital, the “red-blues” defeated the Israeli “Maccabi” (Tel Aviv) - 91:77. The army team achieved triumph in the same Madrid arena, where last September the Russian team became the European champion, defeating the home team in the battle for gold.

Ten years ago, the EU launched a monetary union The pan-European currency euro has exchanged its first decade. In the first days of May 1998, Brussels hosted what then-German Finance Minister Theo Weigel later said was a “dramatic meeting” of the heads of state and government of the European Union. At the historic summit, a heated dispute erupted over the candidacy of the future president of the European Central Bank (ECB).

EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs brought unresolved issues to Russia Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko and European Commissioner for Energy of the European Commission Andris Piebalgs held a regular meeting in preparation for the next Russia-EU summit in Khanty-Mansiysk on June 26. As a result of the conversation, which took place in an informal setting on Sunday evening, the parties issued press releases with completely different contents.

In Belarus they want to ban the MTS trademark On May 3, the appeal board of the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) of Belarus invalidated the registration of the trademark of the Russian “Mobile Telesystems” - a red egg in a white square. The reason is that two citizens of the country had previously staked out the rights to this image.

None of the “poet’s skulls” underwent genetic testing The remains of the great German romantic poet Friedrich Schiller have not yet been found. This is the main conclusion of a genetic examination conducted by German scientists. All the bones, which until recently were considered the remains of Schiller, belong to completely different people. The mysterious story of the burial of the great German was quite typical for its time.

“Dissenters” decided not to march after all Today, on the eve of Dmitry Medvedev’s inauguration, the “Other Russia” coalition was once again planning to hold a “march of dissent,” the main motive of which would be outrage over the transfer of power to Vladimir Putin’s successor.

Baroque ensemble Collegium Vocale Gent in Moscow. Baroque music is one of the most exquisite delicacies of the Easter Festival: Valery Gergiev began introducing Moscow to authentic musicians back in 2004, inviting the Belgian ensemble Collegium Vocale Gent with Philippe Herrweg. The following year the Cologne Chamber Choir and the Collegium Cartusianum Orchestra followed, and now, after a three-year pause, musicians from Ghent have returned. Then they brought Bach's St.