The European Union is not yet discussing the issue of applying sanctions to Ukrainian officials, said the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, at today's open debate on the prospects for Ukraine's relations with the EU. “The European Union was betrayed a year ago, two years ago, and was very supportive of the association with Ukraine. The EU includes 27 states, and decisions regarding external relations mean that they all have the same voice.

Kazan activists are suing for the right to picket against the mayor Kazan activists are challenging in court the decision of the city executive committee, which did not approve opposition events on the May 1 square. They call the executive committee's responses to notifications of actions "unmotivated and unfounded." The mayor's office does not comment on the claim.

The same sentence was passed against the former head of the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habiba al-Adly will spend the rest of their lives in prison by decision of an Egyptian court. They were accused of organizing the killings of demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Egyptian leader in early 2011.

Today in Kyiv the opening of the “European Town” took place, timed to coincide with the beginning of the final part of the European Football Championship Euro 2012. The opening ceremony of the town was attended by the head of the Kyiv City State Administration Alexander Popov, the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose-Manuel Pinto Teixeira, and a number of ambassadors of European countries.

OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK, Chelyabinsk region) intends to reduce its debt burden in 2012. “Our investment costs at some point exceeded our capabilities, which depended on operating activities. Therefore, we set the task of reducing the credit burden. The 2012 budget was formed as deficit-free and balanced. The volume of investments, as in 2011, will not exceed the value of its own sources,” MMK CEO Boris Dubrovsky is quoted in the company’s annual report.

Opponents of Vladimir Korsun will try to form a majority at the conference The struggle continues within the regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Today in Nytva, the communists intend to approve a mechanism for electing delegates, which will ensure representation at the autumn conference of the regional branch.

Context Yesterday it became known that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev responded to the invitation of TV presenter Vladimir Pozner to come to his program. Let us recall that in the last episode of Pozner, on May 28, at the end of the program, the TV presenter made a traditional “farewell” speech, in which he harshly criticized the recent congress of United Russia. “I was also surprised by how the congress itself was held,” Mr. Pozner said on Channel One.

Penza has approved the procedure for relocating citizens from dilapidated social housing The procedure for the resettlement of citizens from dilapidated and dilapidated housing, occupied, including under social tenancy agreements, was approved during an extraordinary session of the Penza City Duma on Friday, June 1.

Renova became the owner of Samara airport Renova Group of Companies announced the closing of a transaction in which, through its controlled Kurumoch-Invest, it became the owner of 71.18% of the shares of Kurumoch International Airport OJSC.

Burma is abandoning plans to develop its own nuclear program, the country's defense minister said at the Asian Security Conference in Singapore. According to the minister, the previous government, which consisted of military personnel, began to study the peaceful uses of atomic energy. “The civilian government, which came to power in 2011, stopped all actions of the previous authorities on the issue of nuclear energy,” the minister noted.

Alliance LLC, according to unofficial data, close to the former executive director of the Dzerzhinsky machine plant Denis Bronnikov, is going to build housing in the Zaprud-2 microdistrict and on the street. Bratskaya, on the site adjacent to the future zoo.

The police detained about ten people who may have planned to interfere with the action coordinated with the authorities on the Taras Shevchenko embankment in the center of Moscow, a representative of the press service of the capital's headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation told RIA Novosti . “Police officers brought about ten people from the event to the internal affairs department for a preventive conversation.

Following the Greek airline Astra Airlines, which announced the start of flights from Perm to Thessaloniki, the largest Greek air carrier Aegean Airlines (Aegean Airlines) entered the Perm charter market. Like Astra, it is also set to fly once a week towards Thessaloniki. Aegean Airlines intends to fly A-319 from Perm from June 24, on Mondays, Astra - on A-320 from June 7, on Fridays. The tour operator of Astra Airlines is Mouzenidis Travel, the tour operator of Aegean Airlines is Labyrinth.

The largest Perm developer, KD Group OJSC, acquired the site under the Dzerzhinets stadium, Andrey Gladikov, chairman of the company’s board of directors, told Kommersant. The top manager did not disclose the amount of the transaction, citing trade secrets. The developer intends to implement a residential building project on this site; for this purpose, a separate company “KD Development” has been created. The total area of ​​the complex will be 40-50 thousand square meters.

In the center of Perm, the brakes of municipal transport failed Two and a half years after the incident with the “crazy” bus that rammed 20 cars, a new major accident occurred in the center of Perm. This time, the culprit of the accident was municipal transport - according to preliminary data, the brakes of the tram, which was heading for repair work at the depot, failed. At the start of the White Nights festival in the center of Perm, near the site of public events, a major accident occurred.