«Trud»

Love avenue

Samara government gave 250 young plants to newly married couples. The young families planted their trees in the special avenue. As the latest weekend was marked up by the record number of weddings it has been decided to open Love Avenue. Now the newly-weds will celebrate their wedding anniversaries near their family trees.

«Rossijskaya gazeta»

Battle for the wood

Orenburg and Samara regions are about to get a national park.

More than a month ago the Prime- Minister M.Fradkov signed the order to open the national park «Buzulukskiy bor» on the territory of two regions. But the opponents do not give up the attempt to obstruct the decision. V.Dovbysh, the Head of Samara Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, tells why the good intention has faced so many opponents and what prospects the wood in Buzuluk has.

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