Gold and platinum mining is paralyzed in South Africa South Africa, the world's largest platinum producer and the second-largest gold producer after China, is in the grip of an energy crisis that has paralyzed all gold and platinum production in the region. Three major gold mining companies - Gold Fields, Harmony and AngoGold Ashanti - stopped work at their mines late last week. Instantly, their shares fell in price, and world prices for gold and platinum rose to their maximum on Friday.

The general scheme for the development of the gas industry assumes a stable level of production from depleted fields The draft General Scheme for the Development of the Gas Industry until 2030, prepared by Gazprom and replicated by the Ministry of Energy, reveals for the first time the specific gas balance for the next two and a half years. Considering the inertia of the gas industry, we can say that this vision will be very close to reality.

The end of last week in the United States was marked by two events. The first event: the House of Representatives voted for a package of anti-crisis measures to save financial markets, which it failed miserably on Monday . Event two: as if a switch had been turned, the presidential elections quickly came to the fore. They are less than a month away, and, of course, it cannot be said that they were ignored earlier.

Europe cannot find an agreed way out of the financial crisis The financial authorities of the United States and Europe are not yet in a hurry to develop uniform measures to save the global financial system , although it is precisely a coordinated policy that investors expect from regulators. Moreover, yesterday the European finance ministers could not even agree among themselves on how to deal with the crisis.

More than two months ago, Google offered its users the opportunity to create their own search engine home page design on their computer. To do this, it is proposed to use several unique graphic themes, including various design elements and developed by professional designers. The collection of virtual “clothes” continues to be updated, although most Google fans prefer to see the main page as ascetically white, without decorations or frills.

New exhibition of Nikita Alekseev Nikita Alekseev’s exhibition “It exists” opened at the GMG gallery. This is not the case.

Innovative technologies created in Russia have not yet found application at home The domestic economy must become innovative - this is the goal declared by the country's leadership for the next ten years. To solve this problem, as it turns out, we need not only (and not even so much!) new technologies, but also the business need to use them.

A major arms exhibition opened in Greece On October 7, a specialized exhibition of land, sea and aviation defense systems and weapons, Defendori-2008, opened in the capital of Greece. Opened for the 15th time. Over this considerable period of time, the exhibition has turned into one of the largest European displays of military equipment .

Russian authorities launch new global market support plan “The abundance we have is coming to an end. Most likely, 2008 will be the peak year for oil and gas production in our country. There will be no more such income. In this sense, we are passing a historical milestone,” Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said yesterday morning, before a meeting with the president on financial markets, at another meeting on the 2009-2011 budget, organized by United Russia.

Supreme Court makes life easier for gun owners From now on, the requirement to store weapons in a special safe screwed to the wall no longer applies to those who keep them at a location other than their permanent place of registration.

Viktor Yushchenko may dissolve the Rada today Today, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, after consultations with the leaders of five parliamentary factions, must decide on the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of the 6th convocation. Yesterday he said that he would dissolve the Rada and call early elections if deputies cannot agree on the creation of a new coalition by midnight.

“Summit Friday” is approaching in Bishkek Tomorrow morning, Dmitry Medvedev, having flown from Evian, France, will arrive in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where the program of his official visit to this republic will begin. The next day, October 10, will be even more tense, when three summits will take place in Bishkek. The next CIS summit will take place in the morning.

The Migration Service begins issuing work permits again The Federal Migration Service resumes issuing work permits to guest workers . As assistant director of the Federal Migration Service Oleg Artamonov said on Tuesday, due to the fact that the quota for attracting foreign labor planned for this year was almost doubled, it is planned to begin attracting migrants from abroad again in 20 Russian regions.

Adjara elects its small parliament, which is facing re-elections in advance On October 9, the Adjarian election commission will publish a list of parliamentary candidates admitted to the elections, which will be held on November 3 in the only autonomy remaining under the control of Tbilisi. Around the same time, the Georgian parliament will adopt the “Law on Occupied Territories,” which will prohibit any contacts bypassing Tbilisi with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

On the consequences of the financial crisis for the domestic IT market Over the past two months, we have repeatedly wondered what the consequences of the crisis will be for the Russian IT market. It was difficult to answer this question more or less definitely due to the high dynamics of the development of crisis processes. But with the onset of October, the situation began to become more or less clear, and we can already predict what will happen to the Russian IT market.