Borrowers' debts are proposed to be repaid from the budget Although the financial crisis is formally over, de facto problems with servicing loans remain for many mortgage borrowers. A fifth of those who defaulted on their mortgage debt during the period of instability are still in default.

Today, July 19, the world's largest custodian bank Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY Mellon) reported a 12% increase in net profit in the second quarter of 2011. The figure was $735 million, or 59 cents per share, compared with $658 million, or 54 cents per share, for the same period in 2010. The bank's revenue increased by 15% - to $3.85 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research on average expected BNY Mellon to report net income of 55 cents per share on revenue of about $3.68 billion.

The Minister of Internal Affairs for the Chuvash Republic Sergei Semenov announced new appointments in the police. Police Colonel Alexander Nikolaev was appointed deputy chief of police (for operational work), internal service colonel Alexander Kozhemyakov was appointed chief of staff, internal service colonel Igor Shumov was appointed head of the personnel department, internal service colonel Leonid Shpak was appointed head of logistics. Two more deputies have not yet been named.

Today, July 19, it became known that the Cypriot Velbay Holdings Limited, controlled by the company RUSAL (Russia), filed a cassation with the Supreme Economic Court against the decision of the Kyiv Economic Court of Appeal dated May 17, which, at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office, returned 68.01% of the shares of Zaporozhye to state ownership aluminum smelter. The next meeting of the Supreme Economic Court will take place on July 26.

Claude Nobs improved the affairs of the Montreux Jazz Festival to the best of his ability Jazz Festival The 45th annual Montreux Jazz Festival ended with a fireworks display over Lake Geneva and a performance of the song "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple and the orchestra. The slightly deafened BORIS BARABANOV sums up the results.

The US Congress is preparing to declare a default A group of Republican representatives in the US Congress sent a letter to the White House demanding that President Barack Obama disclose details of his plan to reduce the budget deficit in order to explain to voters what measures he plans to take if Congress does agree to raise the country's debt limit.

But for now she herself is losing fighters The leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, supported the idea of ​​Voronezh City Duma deputy Galina Kudryavtseva, who called on party associates to leave those organizations that joined the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF). The initiative was adopted as a recommendation for action at the Congress of Deputies of “A Just Russia” of the Central Federal District. Meanwhile, in a number of regions, activists are fleeing the party.

Experts on the new law on artificial islands Dmitry Medvedev signed the law on artificial islands. Businessmen will now be able to initiate their creation. However, entrepreneurs are not yet ready to invest in such facilities, said Kommersant FM correspondent Aelita Kurmukova. Permission to create alluvial islands will continue to be granted by the state, federal or local authorities, depending on the project. The main thing is that the property remains free for public use.

The company transferred a number of large assets to Ak Bars Holding Ak Bars Holding received the main assets of the Zolotoy Kolos agro-industrial group - the Buinsky sugar plant, the Buinsky and Burundukovsky elevators. The holding gained control over them as a result of the bankruptcy of these enterprises, which was initiated by its affiliated Ak Bars Bank.

Today, July 19, the press service of the Ministry of Health reported that, based on the results of inspections, the work of 6 more children’s health and recreation institutions was temporarily suspended in Ukraine due to identified violations of sanitary standards. In particular, the functioning of the medical and health complex "Verkhovyna" in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 2 health institutions for children in the Kyiv region - "Lesnaya Skazka" and "Pereyaslavsky" - have been suspended.

Yesterday, the Crimean prosecutor's office initiated disciplinary proceedings against seven employees of Simferopol City Clinical Hospital #7 for violations allegedly committed by them during the treatment of former Simferopol City Council deputy, businessman Joseph Faingold. Let us recall that on May 13, the Crimean prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code (“fraud”; punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 12 years).

Today, July 19, the Ministries of Finance of Spain and Greece placed treasury bills for 6.08 billion euros, slightly falling short of the upper level of the forecast against the backdrop of a sharp increase in yields on government securities of troubled eurozone countries. Spain sold bills with maturities of 12 and 18 months for 4.45 billion euros, against the predicted 4.5 billion euros.

The explosion occurred on July 19 at a compressor station in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Ten people were injured. “The explosion occurred at the Baydarakskaya station during testing,” a representative of the main department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug told RIA Novosti .

Today, July 19, a motorcycle bomb exploded near a school in the village of Bannang Satha in Yalla Province in southern Thailand, injuring 16 people. The explosion occurred as a truck carrying security forces was passing by. In particular, 9 military, 4 civilians and 3 school students were injured. The power of the explosive device was at least 10 kg of TNT equivalent.

The prosecutor's office of the Rostov region demanded criminal liability under Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Abuse of official powers”) by the director of the Federal State Institution “Land Cadastral Chamber for the Rostov Region” Vitaly Polokhov, who caused damage to the federal budget in the amount of over 277 million rubles, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation reported.