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Heart Patients Should Be Screened, Treated for Depression

Studies show that depression is about three times more common in patients following a heart attack than in the general Potenzmittel community. Heart patients should be screened for depression, and treated if necessary. Heart patients should be screened for depression - a common condition that can profoundly affect both prognosis and quality of life -according to the American Heart Association’s first scientific statement on depression and coronary heart disease.

The statement was published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Lithuania prepares for registration of visas through the Internet

After other Baltic republics Lithuanias intend to pass to practice of filling of visa questionnaires through the Internet. It will be possible to reserve time of reception in online and to submit documents needlessly to stand in a queue.

Simultaneously the consulate of Lithuania has simplified procedure of registration of visas to the tourists who are making out rounds through accredited tourist agencies.To tourist agencies, simultaneously with the statement on the visa, it will be necessary to give the contract on granting of tourist services and one copy (the original will be returned with the passport), the receipt or a copy of the document confirming fee, a copy of the tourist permit.

Two days ago, on March, 23rd the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania the decision to enter the facilitated order of issue of visas to Russians through the accredited tour operators has made and tourist agency - it will not be necessary to represent some earlier required documents. Tourists are released from representation of the reference, copies of tickets and data on a hotel reservation. The decision on simplification of issue of visas has been lobbied by representatives of travel agencies - removal of barriers will help tourism strengthening.

In Vladivostok there passes a series of regional competitions

The musical life of the Far East passes rather briskly. After III Dalnevostochnnym festival of classical music relay race of Khabarovsk was accepted by Vladivostok - in a building musical school there passes a series of regional competitions for pupils of musical schools.

Regional competition of choral music yesterday has taken place, tomorrow, on March, 23rd, will pass competition on solfeggio, on March, 24th – competition of young executors on wind instruments and percussion instruments, 25 – on March, 26th – competition of piano ensembles, and 27 – on March, 30th – competition of young executors on national tools. As a part of jury – leading seaside musicians and teachers. In competition take part more than 350 pupils musical schools of Primorski Krai, Khabarovsk territory and the Amur region.

Similar competitions play a role of creative reports of musical schools, allow to reveal young talented executors, and to teachers – to exchange experience. And certainly, similar competitions become a holiday for fans of classical music. Input on all actions of festival the free.
The address: 690039, Primorski Territory, Vladivostok, street Russian, ä. 40 Phone: 32-26-84, 32-26-58 Fax: 32-26-84, 32-28-10

VIII Moscow Easter festival

VIII Moscow Easter festival, despite an economic crisis, will pass in the planned terms and with habitual scope. Today in the White hall of the Moscow mayoralty has passed gathering of heads, sponsors of festival and the press following the results of which Valery Gergiev and Jury Luzhkov declared the poster and a tour card of festival.

The present festival will not be limited to a format of capital event, it will pass in 28 cities of Russia from April, 19th till May, 9th. 100 concerts, including charitable and popular, are planned to give in the Choral and Symphonic block, and Zvonilnaja the program which this year will capture not only the Moscow temples, but also the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Peter and Paul cathedral in Petersburg, temples of the Russian cities becomes a separate easter exclusive by tradition. On the Choral program which as a matter of fact is independent festival of choruses, there will arrive secular and spiritual collectives from Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ossetias, Ukraine, Armenia, and also chorus "Renaissance" from Tshinvala.

As performances of the State choral chapel of Abkhazia, Shauljajsky State chamber chorus "Polyphony", Orthodox Singers from Estonia are expected. Traditional gala concert of choruses will pass in the Concert hall of a name of Tchaikovsky on May, 7th. However traditionally centre of festival there is a symphonic program – a marathon of an orchestra of the Maryinsky Theater under control of Valery Gergiev. In the program of an orchestra not only Tchaikovsky traditional symphonies, but also orchestral products of Shenberga seldom executed in Russia, «the Lock of the Duke the Dark blue Beard» Bely Bartoka, the world premiere of an opera of Vyacheslav Kruglika on a Gogol plot "Carriage".

Having opened festival on April, 19th in the Big hall of the Moscow conservatory a world premiere Symphony Rodion Schedrin and a concert of the new subscription of the Moscow philharmonic society where Mahler's Second symphony and the Violin concert of Sibeliusa will sound, the orchestra will open the big travel by train on a route.

The festival will come to the end on May, 9th with a traditional concert on a grief Poklonnaya holm and the symphonic ending in the music House.

Work on creation WikiClassica has begun several

Work on creation WikiClassica has begun several months ago, though to the idea of the project some years. It was long born in a head before has accepted those outlines which at last were issued in the form of the open encyclopaedia by the same principle on which there is Wikipedia.

WikiClassica it urged to unite all existing knowledge in the field of classical music within the limits of one project.

The program of solo concerts in "Butyrka"

Second half of March as is sated by the concert program, as well as more brisk months. Prime ministers are expected also - for the first time on a solo scene Vlad Pavletsov will act. On March, 26th, on Thursday, - Vlad Pavletsova's solo concert. In Butyrka this name not all is familiar, but habitues could see it in modular concerts. The chansonnier from Perm (yes, here so! Quite to itself chanson the city), sings an incendiary chanson-cocktail, its songs - a mix of different directions.

On March, 27th, Friday - Lyubov Shepilova. The star "Radio the Chanson", the participant of the program "Chanson of year" actually, in representation it does not require the Kremlin, in itself to present it is a duty pleasant. It we know songs and we love. For certain there will arrive also the Roman Slatin so will sound and "Sleepy zatons", and "All is was".

On March, 28th, Saturday, - a solo concert of the Novel a Slatina. We say goodbye to a free admission on Novel solo performances in Butyrka - its subsequent concerts become paid. The Roman Slatin has written down at studio "Radio Chanson" some songs which arrangements sounded earlier in not shown variant.

Now all first album which by name one songs "All is was", it is finished and prepares for release. The concert in Butyrka - not official album presentation, is possibility once again to present to public of a song, many of which were already grew fond.