16:47 St. Petersburg will receive $30 million for construction of water purification facilities.
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) will loan the city $30 million to build water purification facilities.

16:45 Russian-American seminar on adaptation of historic buildings to new purposes opens in SPb.
The seminar will take place in Architects' House and Faberge House buildings.

16:44 Historic area of St. Petersburg restored.
One of the best architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island Arrow and Birzhevaya Square, has obtained its historic appearance once again.

16:42 White nights begin in St. Petersburg.
Photo of an embankment near Peter-and-Paul's Fortress by S. Smolsky, ITAR-TASS.

16:41 Third Johann Strauss Ball conducted by Musical Olympus fund.
The ball, conducted since 1999, gathers in St. Petersburg the elite of Russian culture and art, business and politics, as well as interested visitors from Europe and the United States.

16:40 First St. Petersburg Kids' Carnival conducted on Vasilievsky Island.
A magic Land of Green Rabbits, with its own laws, traditions and currency, was situated on Marine Embankment during the carnival.

16:39 Fourth international Erotica-2001 exhibit opens in Yubileiny Sports Palace.
According to its organizers, any aspect of human life may have an erotic element in it. A wide range of goods and services is demonstrated at the exhibit, including fashion salon products, medical centres, art galleries and nightclubs.

15:54 Seventh international Tsarskoye Selo Carnival conducted in Pushkin (suburb of St. Petersburg).
Photo by S. Tyagin, Interpress.

15:52 Vvedensky Garden opens after restoration.
Photo by S. Tyagin, Interpress.