22 June 2015

	Mikhail Kosoy leaves Penza region government chairman’s office 22.06.15 18:49 \| Politics Mikhail Kosoy has left his office as the chairman of the Penza region government.
	Penza region to receive 158 million rubles for SME support 22.06.15 18:04 \| Economy The Penza region will receive 158 million rubles from the federal budget for the support of small and medium enterprises, the acting deputy chairman of the Penza region government Valery Bespalov told PenzaNews agency during his job visit in Moscow.
	Penza region’s best goods and services to be named in city on June 24 22.06.15 16:59 \| Society The coordination council on quality assurance to the Penza region Ministry of Industry will be naming the companies and industries that will be representing the region at the All-Russian contest “Russia’s 100 Best Goods.” The committee will begin its work on Wednesday, June 24.
	Penza Finance Ministry head to take part in parliamentary hearings in Moscow 22.06.15 16:25 \| Society The acting Ministry of Finance of the Penza region Lyubov Finogeeva will take part in the June 23 parliamentary hearings “Main Areas of Increasing Federal Budget Expense Effectiveness: Reality and Potential.”
	Penza traffic police catch 73 drunk drivers this weekend 22.06.15 13:23 \| Incidents The traffic police of the Penza region have detained 73 people for driving drunk in the Penza region over the past weekend, June 20-21.
	29-tome Grand Medical Encyclopedia donated to Penza library 22.06.15 12:56 \| Culture A reader of the Lermontov Penza regional library Ekaterina Titova has donated a Grand Medical Encyclopedia in 29 tomes during the campaign “Bing a Book to the Library.”
	Penza thief who stole 35 kilograms of meat from store faces criminal case 22.06.15 11:41 \| Society The Penza police have opened a criminal case on the theft of 35 kilograms of meat from a city kiosk on Kizhevatova street. The culprit broke into the building at night through the roller shutters, the press service of the regional Ministry of the Interior department ...
	Car sales dropped by 43.5% in Penza 22.06.15 11:33 \| Society The unused car sales in Penza dropped by 43.5% over the first five months of 2015, says the research held by Autostat analysis agency in several cities with population over 500,000.
	Penza citizens light candles to honor World War II dead 22.06.15 10:33 \| Society Penza held its ninth patriotic campaign “Memory Candle” by the city’s Military and Labor Valor Monument on the evening of Sunday, June 21, to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War [the direct involvement of the Soviet Union in the Second World War].
	Penza lifesavers rescue four men who got carried off shore on air matress 22.06.15 10:17 \| Incidents The Penza lifesavers rescued four men on an inflatable air mattress that got carried away from the shore of the Surskoe water basin by the current. The incident took place on Sunday, June 21, by Alferyevka village of the Penza area in the Penza region.