Samara weekly periodicals review — 21-25.05.07
Reporter
Quartier»s Music and Video
Samara citizens are the first who heard «Quartier Libre»
Within the limits of the «French Spring» Samara hosted the jazz group «Quartier Libre» from Toulouse.
«Volzhskaya kommuna»
Outpost of Slovenia on the Volga
Yesterday the consulate of Slovenia Republic was opened. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Slovenia in Russian Federation Andrey Benedeychich, honorary ambassador of Slovenia in Samara Nikolay Ulyanov and vice-chairman of the Governmnet of Samara region took part in the opening ceremony.
Baroque is immortal
With the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Youth Policy of Samara region, the International centre of culture development in Samara region and «Altera Music» hold the festival of ancient music.
«Rossiyskaya gazeta» (regional edition)
Objective subjectivism
The «Victoriya» gallery with Alliance Francaise presented the international photo project «Cities and Faces» as a part of the special culture program «French Spring — 2007».
«Kommersant» (regional edition)
The first gas-turbine locomotive arrived to Samara
On Sunday the first domestically produced gas-turbine locomotive with the gas-turbine NK-361 arrived to Samara. In the near future it will be tested on one of the enterprises of Kuibyshevskaya Railways. The production of the new locomotive will allow to replace the working two- and three-sectional diesel locomotives.
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