Everybody must remember advertisements of such pioneers of the Russian banking sector as Incombank with its eternal values, or Imperial reminding customers of the time to gather stones. Yes, it was the time when the banks billboards assured us that the Russian economy would soon be thriving, the dollars becoming of no use. The Portuguese Minister for Agriculture, Capoulas Santos, is furious that the European Union has postponed lifting the embargo against Portuguese beef, without officially informing the minister. The reason for not lifting the embargo was that Portugal had not implemented testing procedures for BSE in cattle. For this reason, the process to slaughter 50,000 cows has started.
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A strategic nuclear submarine cruiser of Russia's Northern Fleet, under the command of Captain Sergei Lastochkin, today carried out a successful underwater launch of a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea, reports Igor Dygalo, aide to the Russian Navy Chief of Staff. The US Ambassador to Lisbon, Gerald McGowan, is a personal friend of Mr. William Clinton, who placed him as US Ambassador to Lisbon at the beginning of 1998. He is to be replaced by the new White House Administration. Before he leaves in June, he plans to ease the transition of the new ambassador. Its blasts run up to 15-17 metres per second.