Transport tax will increase in the Moscow region Following Moscow, the authorities of the Moscow region also increased the transport tax. Moreover, in the Moscow region for some categories of car owners it will even exceed Moscow. The government of the Moscow region yesterday decided to index the transport tax for 2009.

Indonesia and East Timor agree to forget the recent past Indonesia and East Timor jointly deplore the crimes against humanity that followed the Timorese independence referendum in 1999. "The governments of Indonesia and East Timor express their deepest sympathy to all parties and all victims - all who were directly or indirectly injured physically or mentally," the two governments said in a statement.

Watch from July 17 on Moscow screens "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" (USA, 2008, Guillermo del Toro) . The continuation of the excellent comic book film about a monster from hell raised by the American military (Ron Perlman - “Cronos”, “Alien: Resurrection”, “Blade 2”), who, as part of a paranormal special team, opposes his fellows on the side of a very specifically understood good.

Terrorists who plotted an assassination attempt on the prime minister were convicted in Germany In the southern German city of Stuttgart, yesterday the trial of the assassination attempt on Ayad Allawi , then the Prime Minister of Iraq, who came to power thanks to the support of the United States and Great Britain, during his visit to the country, was completed in December 2004 in Berlin.

The mayor's office is ready to challenge the law on benefits for the privatization of premises in the Constitutional Court The pessimistic predictions of entrepreneurs, who feared that federal initiatives aimed at supporting small and medium-sized businesses would meet resistance from regional authorities, seem to be beginning to come true.

The north-west of the European territory of Russia will be covered by the clouds of the cyclone, the center of which will approach the coast of Norway. Tomorrow there will be mostly no precipitation, +22...+27оС in the daytime, torrential rains are expected, thunderstorms are possible, wind up to 20 m/s, +20...+25оС in the daytime. There is still an anticyclone in the center of Russia.

A show was held in Houston with the participation of 12 thousand Microsoft partners Last week, Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2008, the fifth conference of Microsoft partner companies, took place in Texas. The event, which was attended by 12 thousand people, was a well-organized show. However, it is quite informative, and not just colorful. Profitable business Microsoft's business is impossible without the many large and small companies that operate around the world.

For the post of Commissioner of the Russian Federation at the European Court, instead of a former classmate, the Minister of Justice proposed a former subordinate Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov withdrew the candidacy of Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Viktor Evtukhov for the post of Commissioner of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights. Instead of his former classmate, Mr.

Dmitry Medvedev is ready to change the position of judges in society The Russian judicial system is facing big changes. Soon, citizens will be able to receive compensation for the poor performance of the courts, and the judges themselves will be held accountable for their work in court.

After a third of the Great Loop distance, Menshov is about a minute behind Evans Yesterday was the first day off for the Tour de France multi-day cycling race. The day before, the peloton rode through a very difficult mountain stage with climbs to peaks of the highest difficulty category, one of which occurred during the 14-kilometer finishing stretch. The day ended with the triumph of the Saulnier Duval team.

CLUBS "Edelweiss" . Jazz. "B2" , 21.00. Anna Buturlina (vocals). A wonderful jazz vocalist performs with large and small ensembles from big band to trio, including the orchestras of Igor Butman and Oleg Lundstrem. In 2002 she recorded her first solo disc, Black Coffee. In June 2006, the presentation of the second solo disc, My Favorite Songs, took place. "Blue Bird" , 19.30. Pavel Chekmakovsky Trio. Performers: Pavel Chekmakovsky (guitar), Rodion Goborov (organ), Artem Fedorov (drums).

KHL clubs returned from vacation at the same time On Tuesday, July 15, the clubs of the Continental Hockey League came out of vacation and began preparing for the new championship. The leadership of the new organization changed the off-season. Firstly, no club has the right to begin official training before “day X”, secondly, no one can play more than 15 friendly games, thirdly, a waiver draft awaits Russia in August.

The Russian Foreign Ministry invited the United States to conclude a special agreement on the adoption of children Russia proposes that the United States conclude a special interstate agreement that would regulate the procedure for adoption . This proposal was announced yesterday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which took control of cases of abuse of Russian children who ended up in American foster families.

Chronicle of sporting events The management of the NBA club Washington Wizards managed to extend the contract with guard Gilbert Arenas. The new agreement is for six years, during which the basketball player will receive $111 million. A month ago, Arenas terminated his contract with Washington, transferring all the necessary papers to the NBA office. The Wizards would have had to pay the guard $12.8 million next year, but Arenas decided to become an unrestricted free agent.

The life of objects at the Avignon Festival The life of the official program of the Avignon Festival flows from the performance of one theatrical celebrity to another, amid conversations among theatergoers about current trends and tendencies: new documentary, political theater, theater of cruelty and new visuality. And in these conversations the marginal, but very important for Avignon, genres of circus and art exhibition are almost forgotten.