5 February 2015

	Penza zoo commissioning threatened with delays once more 05.02.15 18:44 \| Society Completion of Penza zoo reconstruction was one of the main topics of discussion during the meeting of the Standing Committee of the City Duma on education, health, science, culture and social issues, held on Thursday, February 5.
	Penza regional Education Ministry head Svetlana Kopeshkina retires 05.02.15 17:27 \| Society Friday, February 6, will be the last working day of Svetlana Kopeshkina as the Minister of Education of the Penza region, announced Victor Rubtsov, governor’s staff department leader and chief of the regional government.
	Penza hosts international MMA tournament “The Battle on Sura 3” on February 22 05.02.15 16:06 \| Sport The third international MMA tournament “The Battle on Sura 3” will be held in the sports and entertainment complex “Diesel Arena” in Penza on Sunday, February 22.
	Penza social dept head hopes to have enough money for children’s summer break 05.02.15 15:58 \| Society Sergei Volkov, head of social management department of Penza, expressed hope that the funds provided for the summer break for children in 2015 would suffice.
Case on Kaliningrad businessman murder for $288 thousand under review in Penza 05.02.15 14:35 \| Incidents The Penza regional court began review of a criminal case of murder of a Kaliningrad businessman by a Penza citizen, burn 1972. The process began on Thursday, February 5.
	Penza volunteers plan to organize cat adoption expo 05.02.15 12:13 \| Society The Penza foundation “Helping Hand for Stray Animals” plan to organize a cat adoption expo on March 1.
	Penza region in top 5 most stable regions 05.02.15 11:38 \| Politics The Penza region has been placed in the top 10 of most politically and socially stable regions of Russia in January 2015, says “Petersburg Politics” foundation. The region reached the fourth place, passed by the Tyumen region, Chukotka and Komi.
Volga Federal District adult, youth championship to be held in Penza 05.02.15 11:12 \| Sport The “Sura” sports palace in Penza will host adult and youth championships of the Volga Federal District that will involve over 500 sportsmen. The events will take place on February 10–13 and select the best sportsmen for the All-Russian championship in Moscow on April 19–23.
	“Ulitsa Moskovskaya” newspaper to receive 700,000 from “Sreda” fund 05.02.15 10:40 \| Society “Ulitsa Moskovskaya,” a news and analysis newspaper that deals with social, political and business issues released by the “Valentin Manuylov” publishing house, will receive 700 thousand rubles of financial support from “Sreda” fund as one of the laureates of the competition that took place in ...
	Penza mulls over Youth park idea 05.02.15 09:58 \| Society The Penza officials are mulling over the plans to create a dedicated Youth park.