Goldman Sachs denies all allegations Representatives of the American bank Goldman Sachs yesterday during Senate hearings rejected accusations of “playing against their clients” and that they had collapsed the mortgage market. The hearings were chaired by the head of the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, Democrat Carl Levin.

In the 1930s, even the chief of police believed in the existence of the Loch Ness monster. On the eve of the next holiday season, the Scottish authorities are skillfully stirring up interest in one of the main attractions of this part of the UK - Loch Ness.

Officials and diplomats share portfolios in new EU agency The European Union's new foreign policy service could appear as early as July, although many Brussels experts don't expect it until the end of the year. The Council of EU Foreign Ministers, which met in Luxembourg on Monday, reached political agreement on what the new body should look like. The discussion of the project, which was presented by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, was not easy.

The presidential campaign in Poland began with a scandal An important press conference is due to take place in Warsaw today, to be held by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, with the participation of his cabinet ministers. The government will present full information on the first stage of the work of government institutions, commissions and various departments involved in investigating the circumstances of the plane crash of the presidential plane near Smolensk on April 10 .

St. Petersburg residents were told what could happen if the city is excluded from the World Heritage List In St. Petersburg, as part of Germany Week 2010, a public discussion was held on the topic “World Heritage in Danger? Experience of Germany and Russia." Architects, historians, officials and ordinary citizens took part in the discussion. Opening the discussion, Peter Schaller, Consul General of Germany in St.

Konstantin Raikin directed “Money” at Satyricon The most charming thing about the satirical “Money” is the setting. Raikin moved the action of Ostrovsky’s play “There wasn’t a penny, but suddenly it was Altyn” to the recent 90s, to the poor city outskirts.

St. Petersburg “Sotsprof” promises to compete with the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Trade union bosses close to the ruling party hope to create real competition for the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR). The St. Petersburg association Sotsprof insists on the status of a new unifying center of independent trade unions, which is now trying to regain the lost positions of what was once the second most powerful trade union organization in the country.

The most striking example of what intellectual property gives to creators is Microsoft. The corporation's tangible assets, those that can be touched with one's hands, are small. Bill Gates became a billionaire solely due to the long-established mechanism for protecting intellectual property rights in the West.

Investors did not react to Deutsche Bank's progress report In the first three months of this year, Deutsche Bank's profit increased by 49% compared to the same period in the crisis year of 2009 and reached 1.76 billion euros. “Deutsche Bank has again demonstrated strong profitability, this time posting the second-highest pre-tax profit in its history at €2.79 billion, up 54% on the same period last year,” the CEO said yesterday. Bank Josef Ackermann.

Russian political scientists on the agreement on the Black Sea Fleet Vremya Novostei correspondent Natalya ROZHKOVA asked experts whether the agreement to extend the tenure of the Russian Black Sea Fleet by 25 years from 2017 meets the interests of Russia itself and whether there are guarantees that Ukraine will implement it.

Kazakhstan will be the first among the CIS countries to enter the growth zone Economists are increasingly confident that Kazakhstan will be the first among the CIS countries to emerge from the crisis. Recently published data for last year states that the country's GDP grew by 1.2%. But the current figures are more impressive: in January-March 2010, the increase in gross domestic product, according to preliminary data, amounted to 6.5%.

CONCERTS Madness. The founders of British ska. "B1 Maximum" , 21.00. Alexander F. Sklyar . "B2" , 21.00. CLASSIC Russian National Orchestra. L. Boccherini, I. Strauss, V. Monti, S. Rachmaninov, G. Sviridov. Concert Hall "Orchestrion" , 19.00. THEATERS “Uncle Vanya” by A. Chekhov. Scenes from village life in two acts. Directed by Rimas Tuminas. Starring Sergei Makovetsky, Vladimir Simonov, Anna Dubrovskaya, Evgenia Kregzhde, Lyudmila Maksakova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov.

United Russia attacks Zhirinovsky for criticizing Luzhkov The leader of the LDPR, Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky may be punished for his harsh statements against the mayor of Moscow, one of the leaders of United Russia, Yuri Luzhkov. The parliamentarian criticized the capital's mayor at a plenary meeting of the Duma on April 20 during the Russian government's report for 2009. Then Mr.

Former Panama dictator faces new trial Former Panamanian President Manuel Noriega, exiled to France from the United States, was taken from the airport to the Paris Palace of Justice yesterday after his plane landed, where he was presented with the French arrest warrant. The order for Noriega's extradition was signed the day before yesterday by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The European Court spoke out against the Soviet partisan In Riga, it became known from unofficial sources that the 87-year-old Soviet veteran and native of Latvia, Vasily Kononov, lost a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against the Latvian state, which classified him as a war criminal. Moreover, the scandalous verdict could allegedly be announced on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany.