1 August 2016

	Penza Forestry Minister Alexander Moskvin celebrates birth of child 01.08.16 17:59 \| Society The Penza region Minister of Forestry, Hunting and Natural Resources is celebrating the birth of his second child.
	Penza officials to replace flower shop near First Settler Monument with public garden 01.08.16 17:22 \| Society The recently shut-down flower shop next to the First Settler Monument on Kirova street will be replaced with a small-sized public garden by the Penza authorities.
	Penza’s 60 best railroad workers to receive rewards 01.08.16 17:15 \| Society A total of 60 railroad workers will be receiving rewards from the Penza region government and the city administration on their official holiday during special events on August 5 and August 7.
	47 people, including 3 children, drowned in Penza region in 2016 so far 01.08.16 16:20 \| Incidents A total of 47 people, including three children, drowned in the Penza region over the year so far, Sergei Kozlov, head of the Penza region EMERCOM headquarters, informed the media during his press conference on Monday, August 1.
	International Army Games contest begins in Penza area 01.08.16 16:07 \| Society The “Master Gunsmith” International Army Games contest began on the Uchebny firing range in the Penza area.
	Zarechny citizen steals handbag with 100,000 rubles from pram in park 01.08.16 13:39 \| Crime A 21-year-old citizen of Zarechny in the Penza region is accused of stealing a handbag with a mobile phone and 100,000 rubles in cash from a pram left in an administrative building of the local park.
	Penza athletes win awards at countrywide darts competition 01.08.16 13:00 \| Sport Representatives of Penza and Zarechny won awards in individual and pair competitions of the Sniper-2016 Russian countrywide darts tournament.
	Zarechny teacher wins 200,000 rubles to set up school student forum 01.08.16 12:11 \| Society Evgeny Shelkovoy, curator of the pilot platform for the Russian School Students Movement at the Zarechny school No. 221, became one of the grant winners of the Baltic Artek forum in the Kaliningrad region.
	Andrei Tersintsev from Penza wins bronze at international chess tournament 01.08.16 12:08 \| Sport The Penza chessmaster Andrei Tersintsev won the bronze award of the international chess tournament for people with locomotor injuries that recently concluded in Serbia.
	Penza to hold regional judo competition 01.08.16 11:04 \| Sport The sports palace “Voeykov” will be hosting the upcoming Penza region judo competition on Saturday, September 3.