will be held in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry . A festival dedicated to cat videos from the Internet The event, called Internet Cat Video Festival, will take place as part of the week-long digital technology festival Culture TECH. Cat videos sent by Internet users will be shown on Thursday evening in the city's central square: the image will be projected onto the walls of houses.

On September 11, a spontaneous rally took place in Yakutsk: citizens demanded that a suspect in the rape of a four-year-old girl be handed over to them. The protesters also wanted to punish two of the suspect’s friends, who are witnesses in the case. The action was organized to collect signatures for the death penalty for pedophiles. The document was signed by the mayor of Yakutsk Aisen Nikolaev. opposite each other stand In the Yakut microdistrict Zalog, several small apartment buildings .

The European Commission has asked the authorities of Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands for information on the tax schemes under which many international corporations operate. newspaper writes about this The Financial Times , citing unnamed sources. Related materials: Double Irish with an apple The US Senate suspected Apple of tax evasion May 23, 2013 According to the publication, the European regulator became interested, in particular, in the tax transactions of Apple and Starbucks.

In the Novgorod region, 13 suspects of theft of maternity capital funds were detained. reported this on September 12 RIA Novosti . A press release from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, received by the editors of Lenta.ru, states that five criminal cases of fraud have been opened regarding the theft from the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been opened against officials of the Pension Fund for bribery. About this on Thursday September 12, reports the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Earlier it was reported that the police, on suspicion of extorting 3.5 million rubles, detained the head of the Main Directorate of the Pension Fund No. 8 and the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Pension Fund No. 3 for Moscow and the Moscow region.

The Parliament of Georgia may next week consider the legislative initiative of the deputy, leader of the People's Party Koba Davitashvili, who proposes to block access to high government positions for functionaries of the former ruling United National Movement (UNM) party. Similar restrictions have already been introduced in Georgia.

Israeli-born Dutch filmmaker Hani Abu-Assad has been appointed to direct the English-language remake of the Korean crime drama Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Deadline reports. Warner Bros. acquired the rights to film the remake in January 2010. There is no information yet about which actors will appear in the English version of the film. The film's premiere date has also not been announced. Abu-Assad’s most famous directorial work is the film “Paradise Now,” released in 2005.

Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Vladimir Klitschko has changed the song to which he enters the ring. On October 5, before Klitschko’s fight with Russian Alexander Povetkin, not the traditional Ukrainian composition “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be played, but the song “Brother for Brother” by the Ukrainian group Kozak System. The Ukrainian publication “Vzglyad” writes about this.

The Voyager 1 space probe has left the solar system and entered interstellar space, officially reported . NASA NASA explained that the corresponding conclusions were made based on an analysis of the latest data received from the device. “Now we can definitely answer the question ‘are we there?’: ‘yes, we are there,’” the agency said in a statement. NASA did not specify when exactly the device left the solar system.

Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the EuroKino TV channel for broadcasting the film “All Songs Only About Love” by French director Christophe Honore. This is reported on the department's website. As Roskomnadzor notes, the film “contains propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships.” Roskomnadzor also issued a warning to the EuroKino channel for broadcasting a film “containing pornographic propaganda.” The department does not indicate the title of the film.

The Public Opinion Foundation has abandoned its election forecasts. According to RIA Novosti , this was stated by the head of the organization, Alexander Oslon. “Our job is to conduct surveys,” he emphasized. At the same time, according to Oslon, his organization will provide a methodology for predicting voting results.

A German-Israeli research team has developed an unusual way to assemble diamond qubits into interacting ensembles. To do this, she decided to use a modified SP1 protein isolated from aspen. The study is posted as a preprint in the archives of Cornell University, and the Technology Review blog writes briefly about it .

Google has entered into a long-term lease agreement for the former Mayfield Mall building in Mountain View, California, which is being redeveloped into an office complex for the second time in its history. agency reports this Bloomberg . The agreement was signed with Rockwood Capital and Four Corners Properties, whose joint venture owns the shopping center and is engaged in its redevelopment. The terms and conditions of the lease were not disclosed.

The blobfish, famous for its sad appearance, won a vote and became the official mascot of the Ugly Animals Conservation Society. Thus, the fish was de facto recognized as the ugliest animal in the world, writes BBC News. Biologist and TV presenter Simon Watt, president of the Ugly Animals Conservation Society, said he hoped the action would draw attention to such animals.

Hostages of the Pledge Residents of Yakutsk demanded the death penalty for pedophiles People's gathering in Yakutsk. Photo: news.ykt.ru On September 11, a spontaneous rally took place in Yakutsk: citizens demanded that a suspect in the rape of a four-year-old girl be handed over to them. The protesters also wanted to punish two of the suspect’s friends, who are witnesses in the case. The action was organized to collect signatures for the death penalty for pedophiles.