Awards 201 1 min. ... The winner of the 2012 Golden Boot was Barcelona striker Lionel Messi. The Argentine won the dispute as the top scorer of the European football championships thanks to 50 goals scored in the Spanish championship. Last year's winner of the prestigious award, Cristiano Ronaldo from the Spanish Real, played 46 goals and took second place this time.

Japanese consumers began to trust the country's economy slightly less last month than in March, as evidenced by Cabinet data published on Tuesday. Japan's consumer confidence index fell to 40 points last month from 40.3 points in March, while analysts polled by Bloomberg had predicted an increase to 40.8 points.

The deputies turned out to be richer than the head of the department, Elvira Nabiullina. The Ministry of Economic Development has published income declarations for its employees. According to these data, the well-being of many deputy heads of the ministry has improved significantly. In addition, the income of almost all deputies exceeds the salary of the head of the department, Elvira Nabiullina.

On May 15, the US Department of Justice began an investigation into JPMorgan Chase, which announced losses of $2 billion last week. According to US media reports, citing informed sources, the procedure is at an early stage and it is not yet known what violations may be involved. A JP Morgan spokesman declined to comment. Earlier it was reported that the New York division of the FBI began its investigation, AFP reports.

The Center for Cluster Development of the Voronezh Region, created by the regional department of industry, transport and innovation, sent four applications for participation in the Ministry of Economic Development competition for co-financing of industrial clusters.

Contracts 66 1 min. ... Croatian specialist Slaven Bilic has become the new head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow. He currently leads his country's national team and will begin working for the Russian club after the end of the 2012 European Football Championship. Bilic signed a three-year contract with Lokomotiv. The specialist has been coaching the Croatian national team since 2006. Under his leadership, she reached the quarterfinals of Euro 2008.

Francois Hollande will take office modestly The inauguration ceremony of the new president will take place in France. The event promises to be quite modest: even relatives of the elected head of the republic are not invited, journalists say. Nicolas Sarkozy will hand over the nuclear button to Francois Hollande. Two presidents - one elected and one retired - will meet to hand over secret nuclear codes. After this procedure, Hollande will go to the inauguration ceremony.

The European Union has released an annual assessment of the new European Neighborhood Policy approach "more for more", as well as a new Roadmap that could give new impetus to the Eastern Partnership. The documents were published in Brussels by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton and European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule.

From today until June 7, an external independent assessment 2012 will take place in Ukraine.

State Duma deputy was not allowed to criticize the head of Buryatia The procedure for vesting powers with the head of Buryatia, Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, was not without scandal. The republic's communists are preparing a public statement about the arbitrariness committed during the session of the People's Khural on May 12, when State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Markhaev was not given the floor. As Mr.

The movement “In Defense of Khopr” held a rally on Sunday on Teatralnaya Square in Borisoglebsk (Voronezh region) against the development of copper-nickel deposits. According to the organizers, about 2 thousand people gathered for the action, according to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region - just under 1 thousand.

Top officials of the region reported on income Last weekend, the income declaration of the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev for 2011 was published, in addition, the declaration was prepared by his deputies. The governor's income, according to the document, increased, but his wife earned less than a year earlier. The largest official income last year was received by Deputy Governor Sergei Trifonov - about 38 million rubles.

The anniversary meeting of the leaders of the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) opened on May 15 in the Kremlin, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty, signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent, and the 10th anniversary of the CSTO, which was created on its basis.

Uralkali has determined the maximum price level for potassium chloride supplied to domestic agricultural producers in the first half of 2012 at the level of 4,760 rubles per ton, the company said in a statement In the 1st half of 2012, the maximum price for potassium chloride for this category of consumers is also 4,760 rubles. per ton.

As the department of geology and licensing for the Voronezh region said, the competition for the right to develop the Elansky and Elkinskoye copper-nickel deposits in the Voronezh region, which was supposed to take place today, was postponed “at the last moment” to May 22. Voronezhnedra does not comment on the reason, however, according to Kommersant, the postponement may be associated with an upcoming change in the form of bidding from a competition to an auction.