The Colombian authorities have seriously liberalized the system of penalties for detecting drugs on a person: now in the country it is completely legal to carry 1 gram of cocaine or 20 grams of marijuana. The corresponding resolution was adopted by the constitutional court of the South American country, which introduced the minimum standard for drugs allowed for transportation and consumption. This decision caused a sharply negative reaction from the Colombian Attorney General's Office.

French theatrical subculture at the Theater of Nations Festival theater The festival “Another Theater from France,” which is being held for the fifth time by the Theater of Nations together with the French Institute in Russia, showed the public two unusual performances about women’s lot, which MARINA SHIMADINA watched with interest. The summer theater menu usually differs from the winter one in its frivolous optionality.

The US Department of Justice has declined to prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder, who was charged with contempt of Congress after refusing to provide documents about a secret intelligence operation to stop weapons smuggling into Mexico. In an official letter addressed to Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, the refusal explained the current practice of not holding members of the government accountable for failure to provide documents, subject to executive privilege.

The Italian team knocked out the favorite in the semi-finals The second finalist of the Ukrainian-Polish European Championship was the Italian team, which defeated the Germans 2:1. The German team, which stumbled for the fourth time in a row on the close approaches to the gold medals of a major tournament, lost this match in the first half, when they conceded two goals from Mario Balotelli.

A group of Romanian academics found the country's Prime Minister Victor Ponta guilty of plagiarism. The Romanian National Commission for the Certification of Titles and Diplomas admitted that 85 pages of Ponta's PhD thesis were copied without proper reference to the sources. The commission expressed its intention to deprive the Prime Minister of his academic degree.

222 1 min. ... Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the creation in the presidential administration of a department for the use of information technology and the development of electronic democracy. According to the document, the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, must submit a draft regulation on the new department in a month, approve its structure and staffing, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kremlin press service.

The French Tarmac Aerosave is the first industrial company to dismantle and dismantle end-of-life aircraft. Parts of obsolete aircraft can be found on the company's premises. The chassis and engines of damaged aircraft undergo special testing and are sent to factories, where they are disassembled and dismantled in whole or in parts into new aircraft. Tarmac Aerosave was created on June 22, 2007 by several companies with the goal of reducing industrial waste and protecting the environment.

Participants of the meeting in Geneva supported Kofi Annan's plan An international ministerial meeting on Syria was held in Geneva, the participants of which called for the creation of a transitional government in the country with the participation of representatives of all parties. At the meeting, the plan proposed by Kofi Annan, the special envoy of the UN and the League of Arab States, was supported.

English film won the main prize The jury of the 34th Moscow International Film Festival, headed by Brazilian director Hector Babenco, recognized the British film "The Misfits" as the best picture in the main competition. Tinj Krishnan's debut film is about a retired soldier named Frank, who suffers from alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder. He lets homeless teenager Lynette into his apartment, who changes his whole life. Eddie Marsan, who starred in Misfits, was awarded the St.

Mohammed Morsi took the oath of office before the panel of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt in Cairo. The elected president, who previously headed the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood association, vowed to protect the republican system, sovereignty, independence, the integrity of the country's territory, to protect the interests of the people, to comply with the constitution and laws.

Result World League. Group stage. Group A. Cuba-Serbia 3:2. Russia -- Japan 3:2. Team position. 1. Cuba - 25 points. 2. Serbia - 16. 3. Russia - 15. 4. Japan - 4. Athletics European Championships in Helsinki (Finland) Men. A spear. 1. Viteslav Vesely (Czech Republic) - 83.72. 2. Valery Jordan (Russia) - 83.23. 3. Ari Mannio (Finland) - 82.63. 100 m. 1. Christophe Lemaitre - 10.09. 2. Jimmy Vico (both - France) - 10.12. 3. Jaisuma Saidi Ndure (Norway) - 10.17. 3000 m s/n. 1.

On June 27, Vladimir Putin came to the Federation Council (FC) for the first time in the last ten years to announce the beginning of another reform of the upper house of parliament, which will make senators dependent only on the will of voters.

Direct speech Enrico Viale, General Director of OJSC Enel OGK-5: — On Saturday, July 7, at the Sredneuralskaya and Reftinskaya State District Power Plants of OJSC Enel OGK-5, the “Open Station” will take place - a bright and large-scale event that has been held in Russia for the fifth year in a row on the initiative of Enel. On this day, Reftinskaya and Sredneuralskaya GRES will open their doors to visitors.

Authorities and social activists once again reported on the measures taken The Volgograd branch of the Russian Motorists Movement announced yesterday that by August 1 it will collect 250 thousand signatures from local residents to convince Vladimir Putin to allocate additional money to the region from the federal budget for road repairs. The most catastrophic situation has developed in the capital of the region, where they cannot cope with the pace of even pothole repairs.

Employees of the anti-drug smuggling department of the Southern Operational Customs, together with employees of the Krasnodar Airport customs post, stopped an attempt to smuggle drugs on a particularly large scale, committed by a group of people by prior conspiracy, the press service of the Southern Operational Customs reported.