Porsche continues to look for an investor The tight financial circumstances facing Porsche Automobil Holding SE are not getting any easier. Yesterday it became known that the Stuttgart concern's hopes for government support have not yet been justified. The federal investment bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) rejected Porsche's application for a loan of 1.75 billion euros, submitted in early June.

The President of Moldova will receive half a billion dollars from Russia for the elections Yesterday's visit to Moscow by Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin turned out to be very successful. After meeting with the guest, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the Russian government considers it possible to provide Moldova with a state loan in the amount of half a billion dollars.

The European Union is stepping up efforts to protect the linguistic rights of Russian minorities Against the backdrop of liberalization of Russian legislation regulating the activities of non-profit organizations, the Council of Europe and the European Commission took up the task of fostering the democratic foundations of interethnic relations in Russia. It is on domestic NGOs that European human rights activists rely on in preserving the identity of national minorities.

The world champions finished their performance at the Confederations Cup The Confederations Cup in South Africa has highlighted another major challenge that South Africa will face when it hosts the 2010 World Cup in a year's time. The teams participating in the current tournament were able to see from their own experience that South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world.

Vladimir Putin does not want to help Ukraine alone At yesterday's meeting of the government presidium, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recalled the war. “It is symbolic that it was on June 22 that a terrorist act was carried out in Ingushetia ,” he emphasized and immediately formulated: “Those who committed it put themselves on a par with the Nazis.” “Unfortunately, we still have people who shoot from around the corner.

The first films of the main competition of the 31st Moscow International Film Festival “The Mediator” by the prominent Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze is a spy thriller with an incredibly complicated plot. While not particularly original, “The Go-Between” attracts with its mystery, which appears due to its painfully minimalist style and countless flashbacks. English journalist Stephen was killed in a Tbilisi theater.

These days, the third round of Russian-American negotiations on a new Strategic Arms Treaty (START) is taking place in Geneva. The first round took place at the end of May in Moscow, the second on June 1-3 in Geneva. Moscow and Washington have little time, because by the end of the year they need to conclude a new START Treaty.

Authorities criticize foreign radio stations Internal confrontation in Iran threatens the country's stability, and the uncertainty of the political outlook instills additional concern in the outside world about Iran's nuclear program. Accusations of subversion, which the Iranian leadership addresses to Western powers, only complicate Tehran's relations with the world community.

Vocal marathon at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Six centuries and three eternal themes: life, love and death. Such is the range of “The Human Voice,” a marathon concert held on Sunday. The Goethe Institute and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic are celebrating the shortest night of the year with similar “giant” projects for the third time. In 2007, the focus was on the organ, in 2008 on the piano, and from there it’s one step closer to the voice. In the most literal, physical sense.

Progress in the treatment of cancer requires an integrated approach Eleven Russian regions will soon receive additional funding from the federal budget for the purchase of diagnostic equipment for the early detection of cancer. This is the first step of a new national cancer program, which began this year. Since this branch of medicine, as experts say, lies in ruins, it was decided to restore it in order, from the first link - diagnostics.

At the age of 64, the life of Evgeniy Fedorovich Saburov was cut short. Several years ago, in anticipation of his poetry selection in the Znamya magazine, he spoke almost exhaustively about himself: “Born in Crimea. He studied mathematics in Moscow, but took up economics. I've been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. It was published sparingly, because this matter seemed of little interest. I went to the government when democracy was announced and found myself in the thick of it.

Negative sentiment is intensifying in the Russian business environment The mood in the domestic business environment still resembles storm and panic. Based on the results of May, this definition was shown by the “Business Russia Barometer”. More and more entrepreneurs are talking about a decline in production. By the beginning of summer, the index of entrepreneurial expectations also collapsed.

Alexey Kazakov played his 250th match for the national team and scored his 1500th point In the World League tournament, after the second weekend of play in the Intercontinental Round, there is not a single team left with a 100% record. All participants have lost points, on the other hand, each of the 16 teams has already managed to feel the taste of victory. Only the Brazilians are undefeated.

On the anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War, historians did not agree on the origins of World War II On June 22, the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, those killed in the Great Patriotic War were remembered throughout Russia and in neighboring countries.

A personalized approach to cancer treatment can significantly increase the number of cancer survivors and prolong the lives of those who cannot be cured. Individualized therapy for cancer patients became a cross-cutting theme of the World Congress of Oncology, held in June this year in Orlando (Florida) under the auspices of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO).