Friday, 19 November
The ambassador of Great Britain in Russian Federation Tony Brenton came to Murmansk with an official visit. Today in the morning he visited maintenance enterprise "Atomflot" in connection with the opening of the ground for interim storage of the containers with spent fuel. And in the afternoon Tony Brenton discussed the problems of radioactive-waste disposal with the Governor of the Murmansk Region. This visit will be finished by the meeting of the ambassador with the journalists.
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A schoolgirl from the musical school ¹5 in Murmansk 12-year-old Anna Men has become the Prizewinner of the fifth TV international musical contest for young musicians "The Nutcracker" that took place in Moscow. According to the Department of Culture in the Murmansk Region, it was the first time when the representative of Murmansk took part in this musical contest. The jury chose only 48 young musicians, out of 148 candidates who applied for participation. Many of them are the laureates and award-winners of the international and all-Russia musical contests. Nevertheless the girl from Murmansk managed to get into the second round. This win is a special one for the girl, because Anna has been a handicapped child since her childhood. The trip to Moscow of the young pianist, her teacher and her mother Galina Pizan became possible due to the administration of the Murmansk Region.
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During the last two years on the base of different educational establishments and organizations 8 student and youth groups have been created. According to the chairwoman of the Youth Committee of the Murmansk regional administration Alena Martynova, the membership in such groups helps the youngsters to decide on the future career, sharpen professional skills, and also earn money. In this way on the base of the Murmansk Medical College the student medical group was formed, the members of which look after the patients of the regional clinical hospital, gaining practical and job-related experience in such a way. All groups are engaged into socially significant activities. For instance, the members of the student trainmen group "Sever-transit" help the railroad staff in the hardest working season – summer season. The members of the building group and fish-processing group substitute the workers of the enterprises during release periods. – Our student rescue squad functions on the base of MSPU, – the leader of the squad Vasilisa Maslova explained. – All the members have the physical, psychological and fire – fighting training, after that they have qualification. We go on treks, learn how to use mountain climbing gear. Not long ago we had an opportunity to have practice on the base of the fire department. On the base of the northwest campus of the Moscow Humanitarian – economical Institute about one year ago operational group of the Murmansk Region "Bear" appeared that maintain order on different youth events. And the youth pedagogical group has been created recently, it happened this summer. It functions on the base of the youth job center and it organizes the summer vacations of children. Representatives of the Murmansk Social Group can be met in any youth party. Volunteers organize leisure activities of the members of different teen clubs, and struggle against homelessness and bad habits. To find more information about the activities of the youth groups you can call the Youth Committee of the Murmansk regional administration – 42-26-21
The outbreak of hepatitis A in Apatiti. Epidemiologists say that there hasn’t been such situation for the last ten years. More than 50 sick people – all of them are people of different social status, of different age, all of them live in different parts of the town. Epidemiologists suggest that the fusion of the excrement masses by one of the investigator isolation ward in Apatity within five meters from the water – supplies might have caused the outbreak of this disease. The head of the Epidemiologist Control Center in the Murmansk Region Marina Filenko is sure, that: "It’s not the fault of only one investigator isolation ward. There are many establishments that don’t have their own sewage system and that don’t process the excrements according to the standards, that’s why we have to find out the real cause." The results of the analysis of water samples will be ready only in a week. And approximately the same period of time is necessary to cure hepatitis A. According to the doctors, there are all necessary medicines in the hospitals of the town. In this struggle against the outbreak of this disease, they use almost military terms.
Deputy chief doctor of the epidemiologist center says: "If we manage to orient the population, localization and abolition of the consequences will come faster." Wash your hands and boil the water! The strongest weapon against hepatitis "A" – is hygiene.
In Murmansk the annual city contest "I am the student" started. As its organizers Youth Committee and Student Council notice, this year it differs greatly from the previous contests. One hundred students of the higher educational establishments and colleges decided to prove that they are the best. But by far not all of them will get the laurels of the winners. The jury must chose only 3 laureates. But last year 4 candidates were chosen. This year there are fewer nominations, but more people want to take part in the contest and this fact makes the organizers happy. The nominations are the following: "The best student of the higher educational establishment, the best student of college" and "The best freshman". As a rule, the more participants there are, the stronger is the competition. But correspondingly in that case there are also fewer chances to win. But it doesn’t frighten the participants of the contest, it inspires them. The winners will be chosen according to their leader qualities and their active life position. In other words, the more good deeds, aimed at the welfare of the city and the students they make, the more chances to become one of the best three students they have
This tournament is devoted to 60th Anniversary of the rout of Nazi’s troops in the Soviet Polar Regions. More than hundred "stars" of the national rhythmic gymnastics shone in the gymnasium of the Central regional stadium. At the fifth tournament there were the representatives from the Murmansk Region, Moscow, Sankt-Petersburg, Nizniy Novgorod and Karelia Republic. The age category varies from 8 to 18 years old. As it often happens in such contests, there was intrigue existed from the very beginning. It might have been hidden from the amateurs, but it was obvious for the professionals, especially on the eve of the tournament of Russia. The Governor of the Murmansk Region was also present on the opening ceremony. And thanks to him this tournament is held in our region. And also, due to Yury Evdokimov incomparable Alina Kabaeva – the Beauty and Proud of the national rhythmic gymnastics – shone in Murmansk. By the way, according to his words, he met Alina Kabaeva in Moscow, and she promised to come to the opening ceremony of the 6th tournament in Murmansk next year.
Murmansk jazzmen held the meeting in club "Ice breaker". This time the guest was a well-known Norwegian guitarist Hallger Pederson. "I didn’t search for music, it found me itself." Hallger Pederson likes to repeat these words before each performance. The most popular jazz guitarist in Norway included two performances in Murmansk into the list of his tourney. He thinks that even despite of the "Barents Region" long existence jazz musicians of Russia and Scandinavia don’t know each other quite well. Pedersen took the guitar for the first time when he was 8 years of age. When he was 15 he was already the recognized virtuoso in Rock music. But once he realized that his music was jazz. Being the laureate of different musical contests, he was under the influence of George Benson and Jango Reinhard, the recognized geniuses of the guitar playing. Today his trio is well-known all over the world. And eventually the citizens of Murmansk got aquatinted with him. Murmansk jazz club is going to continue its musical meetings. And for the next March the festival "Arctic Jazz" is planned again.
The shooting of the film about submariners in the Second World War is being finished in Polyarny. But as it turned out sometimes – real battles took place on the movie set. The Commanders of the Northern Navy created obstacles and tried to prevent from shooting the film about submariners. This information was give by the film producer on the press conference. This was the main problem, discussed on the press conference of the cinematographers from the capital. Five months ago the shooting team came to Polyarny. But they managed to shoot all the episodes. Now cinematographers are going home. This Sunday is the last filming day. The prototype of the main character has become Alexander Marinesko who served on the Baltic. To the question "Why have you decided to shoot in the Polar hills?" cameraman Archil Ahblediany answered: "You have wonderful sky here, I have never seen something of the kind before." The title of the movie hasn’t been chosen yet. They wanted to name it "Captain", but the consultants explained that there are commanders on the submarines. The working title is "CM – Commander Marinin". The star actor Dmitry Orlov is known for the spectators by the films "Sisters" and "Brother – 2". Cinematographers kept silence about the cost of the movie. This film will have been released by the Victory Day. But the citizens of Murmansk will be the first who will see it, the producer promised.
