12 January 2012

	Crime rate drops by 12% in Penza region 12.01.12 16:32 \| Society 14 969 crimes were registered in Penza region in 2011 which is 11.8% lower than in 2010. This statement was made by Head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Penza region Lieutenant General of Justice Oleg Troshin during a press conference on Thursday, January 12.
Exhibition devoted to centenary of Lopushinsky’s steam engine to take place in Penza 12.01.12 16:28 \| Culture A new exhibition of historical photographs and railroad exhibits, also featuring a video presentation, is now prepared by the Railroad Transport Museum of Penza section of the Kuibyshev railroad.
	Detection rate for especially grave crimes at 95% in Penza region 12.01.12 16:15 \| Society 95 percent of especially grave crimes committed in the Penza region in 2011 had been detected according to the statement made by Head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Penza region Lieutenant General of Justice Oleg Troshin during a press conference on Thursday, January 12.
	Vladimir Stryuchkov, centralized ambulance dispatch service needed 12.01.12 15:46 \| Society It is necessary to create a single ambulance dispatch service in the Penza region. This is the opinion expressed by Deputy Chairman of Government, Minister of Healthcare and Social Development of the Penza region Vladimir Stryuchkov in an interview to news agency PenzaNews on Wednesday, January 11.
	Penza eparchy to be divided this year, says Bishop Benjamin 12.01.12 13:45 \| Society Penza eparchy may be divided into three new eparchies later this year. This was announced in a statement made by Bishop Veniamin of Penza and Kuznetsk during his meeting with the journalists on Thursday, January 12. “A process of division of all eparchies into three or four parts is currently underway in Russia. An appropriate ...
Mother of baby abandoned at Gorodische Central District Hospital found in Penza region 12.01.12 12:51 \| Society Police officers in Penza region found the mother of the baby abandoned at Gorodische Central District Hospital on the night of January 10.
Allegedly counterfeit five-ruble coin found in Penza 12.01.12 11:31 \| Incidents Police officers in Penza confiscated a five-ruble coin which appears to have been forged.
Court sentence upheld for woman who stole money from her acquaintance’s accounts in Penza 12.01.12 10:49 \| Incidents Penza Regional Court has upheld the sentence of a resident of Bessonovskiy district Tatyana Guseva who was found guilty of committing heavy fraud.
Three new traffic control signals installed in Ternovskogo Street 12.01.12 09:50 \| Society Three new traffic control signals were installed in Ternovskogo Street in Penza as part of reconstruction of the ubran street and traffic network within the framework of the campaign called “Hunting the zebra. All-Russian pedestrian raid”.
Website of Penza Civil Control Association goes online 12.01.12 08:35 \| Politics The website of an association called “Granzhdanskiy kontrol” (Russian for “Civil control”) whose members seek to ensure the transparency and legitimacy of the Russian presidential election of March 4, 2012 has appeared online in Penza.