The Cypriot Parliament has once again postponed voting on a bill introducing a tax on bank deposits. The emergency meeting at which the scandalous document is to be considered has been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday, CyBC reports . Previously, voting on this issue had already been postponed from Sunday to Monday, and on Monday to Tuesday.

The European Central Bank (ECB), one of the three international creditors, on Tuesday evening announced its readiness to help Cyprus within the framework of the adopted rules, despite the refusal of the island state’s parliament reports to approve the bill on deposit tax, Bloomberg . “The ECB confirms its readiness to provide liquidity as needed within the framework of existing rules,” the agency quotes the bank’s statement.

The abstract of the dissertation of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, which he defended in 2011 at the Dagestan State Technical University and received the degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences, has appeared on the Internet.

Lydia Khazova Author Unsatisfactory certification results, night shifts, non-compliance with the dress code, drunkenness in the office and other reasons for dismissal at the initiative of the employer What to do if headhunters found a professional for the company, but he did not fit into the team or simply began to irritate his superiors? When there are no formal reasons for dismissing an employee, the Labor Code (LC) of the Russian Federation comes to the rescue.

The possible introduction of a tax on bank deposits in Cyprus could undermine confidence in the banking sector and the financial system of the eurozone, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Russia Today TV channel .

Pope Francis officially assumed the Holy See on Tuesday, receiving a papal mantle woven from lamb's wool and a "fisherman's ring" during a solemn mass at the Vatican, the Associated Press reports . The mass began at 09.30 local time (12.30 Moscow time). Francis drove in an open jeep through St. Peter's Square, where about a million believers had gathered, went down to the pilgrims and blessed them.

The Cypriot government is considering a “Plan B” to get out of the crisis in case parliament does not support a bill to introduce a tax on deposits in local banks, the Financial Times reports , citing a statement by Cyprus Defense Minister Fotis Photiou to the Greek television channel Skai TV. “If it (the bill) does not pass through parliament, then the responsible policy for us would be to turn to Plan B, which we are considering but cannot discuss publicly,” Fotiu said.

Investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Pskov region opened a criminal case on the fact of negligence in the preparation of documents for adoption by US citizens of brothers Maxim and Kirill Kuzmin, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported on Tuesday. The decision to initiate a criminal case was made based on the results of a procedural check.

The Zashchita Corporation filed a claim in the arbitration court against the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which on Tuesday announced the termination of government contracts with the company due to the supply of low-quality body armor and helmets from China, the company’s general director Alexander Shor told RIA Novosti . “We concluded a number of contracts last summer, nine of them. But there was a rather long procedure for the acceptance of these products by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac, suspected of tax evasion, resigned on Tuesday, the BBC reports, citing a statement from the country's presidential administration. On Tuesday, prosecutors announced the completion of the investigation into Cahuzac. Investigators said they did not find enough evidence to charge the minister with tax evasion.

The British government sent a plane containing 1 million euros to its military personnel in Cyprus in connection with the banking crisis in the country, reports the BBC . British troops serving on the island will be able to borrow money from this amount if they are unable to withdraw cash from their debit cards at banks. Cyprus authorities were forced to close banks until March 21 due to fears of a massive capital outflow due to the possible introduction of a tax on bank deposits.

The governor of the Belgorod region, Evgeny Savchenko, spoke in favor of writing off 70% of deposits in Cypriot banks and proposed publishing a list of Russians keeping money in Cyprus, the Belru.rf news agency reports. Savchenko made this statement at a meeting of the regional small government on Tuesday. “Has anyone lost any money?” the governor asked those present. “It’s a pity it’s not enough, we should have taken 70 percent.

Forbes identified the main recipients of government contracts in 2012, having analyzed more than 2,000 government purchases worth about 3 trillion rubles. Companies owned by the ranking leaders, the Rotenberg brothers, won contracts worth about $9 billion last year. Forbes identified the main recipients of government contracts in 2012, having analyzed more than 2,000 government purchases worth about 3 trillion rubles .

Opinions by Steve Forbes, Gideon Rachman and Andrew Ross Sorkin Opinions of columnists from Forbes, the Financial Times and The New York Times about the prospects for the Cyprus crisis and the plan to save the banking sector of the island state at the expense of deposit holders. Steve Forbes: according to the principle of Vito Corleone What happened in the world that made European officials make crazy, destructive demands on Cyprus?

The FBI announced that it had solved the largest theft of paintings in US history, valued at $500 million, and that after almost a quarter of a century the investigation was able to trace the criminals, the American newspaper The New York Times wrote on Tuesday . The robbery took place 23 years ago when two criminals dressed as police officers walked into the famous private Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and tied up a security guard.