Work on the construction of a launch complex at the new Russian Vostochny cosmodrome (Amur region) has begun, State Secretary and Deputy Head of Roscosmos Vitaly Davydov told reporters on July 1. “Work on the launch complex on Vostochny began quite recently. Work began not only on the launch complex, but also, most importantly, on providing the cosmodrome systems - energy supply, transport and construction infrastructure, that is, what we needed in the first place,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr.

The organizers of the official Euro 2012 fan zone are expecting a large influx of fans on the day of the Euro 2012 final. In this regard, enhanced security measures will be taken on the territory of the fan zone, the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration reported. In particular, 543 stewards will protect public order in the fan zone. In addition, it is reported that the capital's fan zone after the final match of Euro 2012 will be open until 4 am.

A forest fire in the Yalta mountain-forest nature reserve, near the Uch-Kosh gorge, has been extinguished, the press service of the Crimean Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to the report, the fire was localized to an area of ​​8 hectares on Friday, but inaccessible terrain and stormy winds made it difficult to extinguish the fire. It was extinguished by almost 1 thousand people and four units of firefighting aircraft. The fire started on Monday around 6 p.m.

The new head of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, elected by the board of directors on April 17, officially took office, RIA Novosti reports. He succeeds Robert Zoellick and will lead the organization for the next five years. US President Barack Obama nominated Jim Yong Kim on March 23. She was later supported by the Russian Federation. The official list of candidates also included former Colombian Finance Minister José Antonio Ocampo and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The TV presenter chose a different line of work The permanent host of the long-running reality show "Dom-2" Ksenia Sobchak refused to renew her contract. According to the TV presenter, it is impossible to sit on two chairs, since her current social activities do not fit in with her participation in the show on TNT. Ksenia Sobchak announced the decision on her Twitter blog . “Yesterday I did not renew my contract with the television project Dom-2.

Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson won the Icelandic presidential election for the fifth time in a row. According to preliminary data, in the elections held on June 30, Olavur Grimsson was supported by 52.5% of voters. The rival of the current president, 37-year-old journalist Thora Arnorsdottir, gained 33.2% of the votes and has already admitted defeat. 69-year-old socialist Olavur Grimsson has served as president since 1996. The President in Iceland performs mainly ceremonial functions.

An Israeli military court has sentenced former Hamas commander Ibrahim Hamed to 54 life sentences for masterminding a string of attacks that killed dozens of Israelis. Ibrahim Hamed was found guilty of masterminding suicide bombings that killed 46 people and injured more than 400. Ibrahim Hamed was arrested in 2006 Based on materials from the BBC

The new head of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, who was elected by the board of directors on April 17, officially took office. He succeeds Robert Zoellick and will lead the organization for the next 5 years. US President Barack Obama nominated Jim Yong Kim on March 23. The official list of candidates also included former Colombian Finance Minister José Antonio Ocampo and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Near the Salovka checkpoint in the Uzhgorod district of the Transcarpathian region on the night of June 30 to July 1, when a car was detained, one person died and three were hospitalized. A GAZ car with a trailer van, loaded with cigarettes without excise tax, tried to cross the state border with Hungary at night. In addition to the driver, there were 4 other people in the car who were sitting in the van. “It is assumed that it was smuggling.

Representatives of the Syrian opposition are coming to Cairo to participate in a unification conference under the auspices of the Arab League. About two hundred participants will discuss achieving a common position on resolving the internal conflict in Syria. Representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, as well as Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq, are invited to the conference.

2 people were killed and 11 were hospitalized due to a collision between a Skoda Octavia A5 passenger car and a minibus, which occurred at about 21.30 on June 30 in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region. A statement from the press service of the State Automobile Inspectorate states that the Skoda driver, for unknown reasons, lost control, drove into oncoming traffic, where he crashed into the bus "A 04911 TOUR CNG". At the time of the accident, there were 11 passengers on board the bus.

In the United States, at least 13 people were killed as severe thunderstorms and storms swept across the east of the country following a heat wave. Electricity supplies to about 3 million residential and non-residential buildings have been disrupted - such cases are reported from a whole strip of states, from Indiana in the Midwest of the United States to New Jersey along the Atlantic coast. Earlier it was reported that there was a power outage for 2 million people.

The criminal who opened fire on the night of July 1 in a nightclub in Lille fled the scene with the assistance of an accomplice. He was waiting for him at the exit from the disco in a car, in which they fled together. The shooter is currently on a national wanted list. The police were able to identify the killer of the two people. This is a 30-year-old man who has previously come to the attention of law enforcement agencies. He was, in particular, charged with armed robbery.

On July 1, the police conducted searches at the center of the Drug-Free City Foundation in the Sverdlovsk Region, Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Russian Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the region, told RIA Novosti . “Today, employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from the divisions of the Main Investigation Department and the Criminal Investigation Department conducted searches in the so-called rehabilitation center,” Mr.

Presidential elections are held in Mexico, and citizens of the state also elect members of parliament, members of local authorities, governors of several states and the mayor of Mexico City. Four candidates are vying for the presidency. Most polls show the highest chances of victory for the representative of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, Enrique Peña Nieto.