Today, May 31, Italy's government statistical office Istat reported that the country's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in April to 8.1% from 8.3% the month before. The overall recovery of the Italian economy following the rise in exports is helping to improve the situation on the employment market, reports Bloomberg. Analysts surveyed by the agency expected unemployment to remain at 8.3%. Industrial production in Italy is growing, consumer confidence and spending are improving.

In Europe, houses with ultra-low energy consumption number in the thousands; the first such projects are now being implemented in Russia. The cold Russian climate, cheap energy resources, and the general disinterest of our compatriots in environmental issues are almost equally to blame for this lag. But things have already moved forward. Nikita Aronov Active and passive houses are two different approaches to energy-saving construction.

The supervisory agency did not find censorship or advertising in commissioned materials about the work of the authorities The prosecutor's office of the Samara region did not find censorship in the local media.

According to the press secretary of the Moscow City Court, Anna Usacheva, Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s application for parole was received by the Preobrazhensky Court of Moscow. In his application for parole, Khodorkovsky notes that he does not admit his guilt, however, since he served more than 7.5 of 13 years in prison, he believes it is possible to release him from further serving his sentence.

Today, May 31, Reuters reported that the Australian government has warned mining companies about the increased threat of cyber attacks from unknown hackers operating from overseas. According to the source, Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland made a corresponding statement.

The level of greenhouse gas pollution has increased Despite the slowdown in production growth rates in the largest sectors emitting greenhouse gases in the first quarter, the level of atmospheric pollution with carbon dioxide increased by 9.6%. This is due to the fact that in the post-crisis period, enterprises increase production mainly due to more active use of outdated technologies, experts note and predict an increase in emissions by about another 5-7%.

Dmitry Medvedev ordered to study the issue of deferment from the army for 11th graders. They should be guaranteed the opportunity to pass university entrance exams, the president is confident. Member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Sergei Krivenko told presenter Nail Gubaev whether schoolchildren will have time to enter universities this year. — How do you feel about the president’s initiative to give schoolchildren a chance to continue their studies rather than join the soldiers?

Moscow announced a tender for the purchase of 29 tomographs for a total amount of more than 1.2 billion rubles. The price of the application for the supply of equipment, which last year found itself at the center of a number of high-profile corruption scandals due to the fact of inflating their cost, as the customer assures, is now even lower than the market price.

Christine Lagarde intends to participate in the election of the head of the IMF and promises changes in the work of the fund: she is not a supporter of appointing the head on a country basis. Experts see in Lagarde’s statements an element of election propaganda: in fact, it is difficult to change the structure. Christine Lagarde, the leading candidate to head the IMF, promises to seriously change the work of the fund. In particular, appointments need to be made on a country-by-country basis.

The supervisory authority demands that Alexander Misharin be returned to the Mercedes-Benz dealer The Sverdlovsk prosecutor's office intends to return the Mercedes-Benz S500 purchased for 7.7 million rubles to the Stern auto center in Yekaterinburg. for the regional government. As Kommersant learned, the supervisory authority filed a claim with the arbitration court to cancel the state contract for the purchase of a car used by Governor Alexander Misharin.

A court hearing on “Rubygate” will be held today in Milan. Silvio Berlusconi is accused of having an intimate relationship with an underage dancer from Morocco. The prime minister will win the case, but his image may suffer, political analysts say. Silvio Berlusconi is again facing prison. Today in Milan there will be a court hearing on the so-called “Rubi case”. The Italian Prime Minister is accused of involvement in teenage prostitution.

212 1 min. ... President of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation Mikhail Vinogradov commented on the Kommersant FM broadcast on the decision of the ECHR. — Why do you think the Khodorkovsky case was not recognized as politically motivated? — The decision, in its own way, is unexpected. I think this is the first major failure of Khodorkovsky’s lawyers in the entire process, because when the decisions were made by these courts, the political motivation was and remains clear.

Today, May 31, the Ministry of Finance reported that the state budget deficit of Ukraine in January-April 2011 amounted to UAH 3.971 billion, including UAH 3.068 billion in April. “The state budget of Ukraine for January-April 2011 was executed with a deficit of UAH 3,970.8 million, the consolidated budget (state and local budgets - IF) - with a deficit of UAH 2,916.2 million,” the report says.

Today, May 31, it became known that Denmark's gross domestic product unexpectedly declined for the second quarter in a row in January-March 2011, which corresponds to the classic definition of an economic recession. Thus, Denmark has become the second European country after Portugal to be in recession. Danish GDP decreased by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2011 due to a decrease in both government spending and consumer spending. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the GDP decline was 0.2%.

In Kudymkar (Perm region) a mass brawl occurred with the participation of Azerbaijanis and local residents. According to the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at 4.30 am the local department of internal affairs received information about a fight in the Atlant cafe. When private security officers arrived at the scene, more than 15 people were involved in the fight. As a result, 6 people were taken to the hospital, three of them with penetrating stab wounds.