The National Hockey League (NHL) will raise the salary cap before the start of the 2012/13 season. This was reported by The Toronto Star. Negotiations between the players' union and league officials agreed to set the payroll cap at $70.2 million. However, the minimum amount that one team can spend on player salaries during the season has not yet been determined. The NHL salary cap was introduced in 2005 and was initially set at $39 million per year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin named seven unresolved problems in Russian budget policy. This is stated in the text of the Budget Address for 2013-2015, published on the Kremlin website. Among the issues that have not yet been resolved by the government are, in particular, the high dependence of the Russian budget system on commodity markets, the low efficiency of implemented budget expenditures and constant changes in tax legislation.

Former top manager of the German bank BayernLB Gerhard Gribkowsky was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for accepting a bribe from co-owner of the Formula 1 auto racing Bernie Ecclestone , writes Spiegel with reference to the decision of the Munich Regional Court. Previously, he admitted to receiving $44 million for a deal to sell Formula 1 shares. Gribkowski was accused of abuse of power, receiving a bribe, and non-payment of taxes in the amount of almost 15 million euros.

The US Supreme Court on June 28 recognized the constitutionality of health care reform developed by the administration of President Barack Obama . reports this Reuters Five out of nine judges spoke in support of Obama's proposed reform package. In accordance with the court decision, by 2014 the vast majority of US citizens will have to acquire health insurance policies. The court's decision was hailed as a victory for the Democratic Party ahead of the 2012 presidential election.

28.06.2012, 17:40:19 version Print | PDA/PDA Clients of Vitas Bank. Photo by RIA Novosti, Anna Klimenko Greetings from the USSR Vitas Bank suspended operations due to Soviet debts Vitas Bank suspended operations due to the outflow of funds and actions of the Central Bank. The financial organization, fulfilling the requirements to increase capital adequacy, placed funds in USSR bonds, which became the reason for the scandal.

The Belgorod Regional Duma adopted amendments to local legislation introducing a fine for using the services of prostitutes, reported on June 28 on the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Clients of prostitutes will now be held administratively liable and fined five thousand rubles.

The head of the State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan, Gudret Gurbanov, denied information about Iran’s intention to send its submarines to the Caspian Sea. 1NEWS.AZ reports this. According to Gurbanov, there is no possibility for submarines to operate in the Caspian waters. “In this regard, we consider all reports about sending Iranian submarines to the Caspian Sea absurd,” he emphasized.

The international hotel chain Hilton Worldwide plans to open 28 hotels in Russia in the next three years. This as reported by RIA Novosti . was stated by the president of the hotelier in the European region, Simon Vincent, Currently, the DoubleTree by Hilton Perm, Hilton Garden Inn Ulyanovsk, DoubleTree by Hilton Moscow Leningradsky-Riverside, Hilton Garden Inn Yaroslavl, Hilton Garden Inn Moscow New Riga and Hilton Garden Inn Krasnodar hotels are under development and construction.

Defender of the Spanish football club Barcelona Eric Abidal, who underwent a liver transplant in April, was recognized as the best player of the Catalan team in the 2011/12 season. The official website of the team reports this. 32-year-old Abidal will receive the Aldo Rovira Prize, which is awarded based on the results of a vote by the management of Barcelona and representatives of the Catalan media.

The Russian financial agency will begin work at the beginning of 2013. stated this Russian President Vladimir Putin in his budget address . The agency should receive broad powers to manage the public debt, free budget funds, national funds and pension savings. At the beginning of 2012, the Ministry of Finance prepared a bill on the RosfinAgency. In April, Minister Anton Siluanov asked Vladimir Putin to speed up the decision to establish the department.

New Yorker Anthony Pinder asked his beloved to marry with the help of a short animated film, which he worked on himself, writes The Daily Mail. The main characters of the video were Lego men. They “played” lovers and depicted various romantic situations. According to 24-year-old Anthony, to create the film, he purchased sets with children's construction kits, and then gradually photographed frame by frame to eventually assemble a one-and-a-half minute video from the resulting photographs.

Participants in the conflict at the Eye Microsurgery International Scientific and Research Center refused to agree to a peace settlement, Interfax reports . Thus, the Ministry of Health and MNTK, on ​​the one hand, and the former head of Eye Microsurgery, Hristo Takhchidi, on the other, will resolve the dispute in court, which will resume on July 20. Hristo Takhchidi was fired in November 2011 on the initiative of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.

The authorities of Hildburghausen in Thuringia allowed to open the grave of the “Countess of Darkness” - the presumed heiress of the French kings, MDR reports. Historians are going to exhume the remains to finally establish her identity. This information was confirmed in an interview with Mitteldeutsche Zeitung by the head of the city department for culture, Margitta Stange.

Childish insult 27-year-old Briton is going to sue the group Placebo Imagine that you are 12 years old. One day your cousin comes to visit you, takes a few pictures, and a month and a half later the image of your face appears on the cover of the debut album of some group. The record hits the charts, the band becomes a star, your face appears on posters and T-shirts. What will you do in such a situation?

McDonald's has unveiled details of its "We All Make The Games" advertising campaign for the London 2012 Olympics. According to Marketing Week, £10 million was spent on the campaign. The campaign aims to show people taking part in the Olympics, but doing so "away from the glare of the stadium lights". In other words, the campaign will highlight the lives and work of service personnel, in particular McDonald's workers, as well as fans.