A student theater festival will be held in Moscow As soon as the May holidays are over, the fifth annual theater festival of student and postgraduate performances “Your Chance”. Already last year it looked impressive: performances, lectures, master classes, parties took place at the Center on Strastnoy almost around the clock. The current one, it seems, will not slow down.

Israelis want to recoup the costs of the Pope's visit Israel is preparing for the second visit in its 61-year history by the head of the Roman Catholic Church: 82-year-old Pope Benedict XVI (pictured) arrives here for a five-day visit next week on May 11. The pontiff will begin his stay in the Holy Land in Jordan, where he will arrive on May 8. The guest will also visit holy places in the Palestinian Authority.

Monday, May 11 FIRST 5 . 30, 6.10 "KARATE KID". Hood. movie 6 . 00, 10.00, 12.00 News 7 . 50 Army store 8 . 20 "My friends Tigger and Winnie", "Mickey Mouse Club". Cartoons (S) 9 . 10 Smart girls and smart guys 10 . 10 Bad Notes 10 . 30 While everyone is at home 11 . 20 Hacienda 12 . 10 "Galapagos: Born of Fire." Doc. movie 13 . 10 "GARFIELD". Hood. film (S) 14 . 30 "Life after us." Doc. movie 16 . 00 "SIGN OF DESTINY". Hood. film (S) 18 . 00 "Eurovision". One minute before the start 19 .

The cost of a barrel returned to last year's level Yesterday, more than $56 was offered per barrel of WTI oil on the New York Stock Exchange. This was the highest figure since November 2008. According to some analysts, within the next few weeks the price of a barrel may rise to $70. However, most market experts warn against excessive optimism, noting that the further movement of hydrocarbon quotations will depend on how the global crisis develops.

Porsche and Volkswagen agree to merge Following FIAT's loud announcement of its intention to create a superconcern in Europe together with General Motors and Chrysler, the German manufacturer of expensive sports cars and SUVs Posche and the largest European automaker Volkswagen announced an impending merger. This fundamental decision was made after a meeting of Porsche shareholders and executives of the two companies, according to a statement from both companies.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg they introduce the history of costume and fashion The exhibition “Painting. Style. Fashion". In the traditions of the State Russian Museum, museum staff, without hesitation, pulled out from the storerooms all the elegant portraits and original costumes, as well as “stylish” artifacts, from the time of Peter I to the end of the last century. Perhaps all of them could be good material for an illustrated fashion encyclopedia.

The FIA ​​is once again preparing a new look for the Royal Races The International Automobile Federation (FIA) is once again preparing to significantly shake up the rules of Formula 1 racing. As soon as everyone has had time to get used to the amendments to this year’s regulations, they need to start studying the innovations of the next year.

“Boston” and “Lakers” rehabilitated themselves for their defeats Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. Second round. "Boston" - "Orlando" - 112:94. The series score is 1--1. “Lakers” – “Houston” – 111:98. The series score is 1--1. Defending champion Boston drew the right conclusions from the previous defeat, and in the next meeting with Orlando, the hosts took control of the situation from the very first minutes of the game.

The anniversary “Kinotavr” announced its program The main news, Alexander Rodnyansky announced at the traditional press conference, is that the festival will take place. Despite the crisis, despite the fact that there is no firm agreement with sponsors other than Martini, that support from the state and the Krasnodar region has been reduced by 50%, the twentieth anniversary of Kinotavr, as usual, will be held in Sochi from June 7 to 14.

The long story with the appointment of the head of the Kaliningrad branch of the pro-Kremlin liberal party “Right Cause” seems to have ended in victory for local right-wingers. For almost six months, the regional authorities offered first one or another loyal official or businessman for the position of party leader.

Georgian opposition celebrates first victory and counts the wounded The Georgian non-parliamentary opposition continues mass protests. In three days, the oppositionists are even going to implement their plan to block highways leading to Tbilisi. Opponents of Mikheil Saakashvili's regime should have done this a few days ago. However, the plan had to be postponed due to the unclear situation surrounding an attempted military mutiny at one of the bases near the Georgian capital.

The investigator fell in love with the suspect and organized his escape Those St. Petersburg residents who remember the film “Prison Romance” and the real love story that formed its basis between the investigator of the city prosecutor’s office Natalya Vorontsova and the repeat offender Sergei Maduev, nicknamed Chervonets, experienced deja vu.

The profitability rating of OFBU has been compiled based on the results of last year Only eight out of 99 Russian general bank management funds (BMF) showed positive returns last year, Investfunds notes in its review. The leader was the Hedge Fund created at the Slavic Credit Bank, showing a ruble return of 33.97%, and the cost of an equity participation certificate (SPC) - 4,367 rubles. The fund invested in futures contracts on the RTS.

The Bank of Russia raised the dollar to a historical high What Russian economists, businessmen and ordinary citizens had been waiting for with gloomy pessimism has happened - the dollar-ruble exchange rate reached a historic high yesterday. After the Bank of Russia weakened the ruble against the bi-currency basket for the fourth time since the start of trading this year, dollar quotes increased by 2% - from 31.56 to 32.21 rubles. The previous record was 31.86 rubles.

US stress test results reassure investors At the time of signing the issue, the official results of stress tests conducted by US financial authorities against 19 of the largest banks were not announced. However, even the day before, according to media reports “from reliable sources,” it became clear that the market giants needed additional financing totaling $100 billion. This turned out to be worse than many forecasts.