The leaders of Europe's right-wing nationalist parties have begun the process of creating a single faction in the European Parliament, reports BBC News. An agreement on long-term cooperation was concluded by the head of the Dutch Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, and the leader of the French National Front, Marine Le Pen. At negotiations held in The Hague, they agreed that the current leaders of European countries are too tolerant of the spread of Islam and immigration.

Lawyers have revealed the whereabouts of the former head of the centralized procurement department of the Ministry of Health of the Rostov Region, Marina Lipovskaya, who fled from court on November 11 during the announcement of the verdict. agency reported this on November 14 The Interfax . According to lawyers, Lipovskaya is in a psychiatric hospital in the village of Kovalevka, Rostov region.

The Moscow Regional Duma adopted a bill according to which, from 2014, owners of shopping and office centers with an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters will pay tax based on cadastral value. reports this RIA Novosti . Next year the tax rate will be 1 percent of the cadastral value, in 2015 - 1.5 percent, in 2016 - 2 percent. It is expected that thanks to the amendments, next year the budget of the Moscow region will receive an additional 503 million rubles.

The St. Petersburg shipbuilding enterprise Severnaya Verf laid down the keel of the third serial frigate of Project 22350 on November 14, 2013, Interfax reports . The ship, which became the fourth in the project, received the name “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov.” The Russian Navy's need for ships of this type is estimated at 20 units.

On November 13, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to initiate supervisory proceedings on the complaint of the lawyers of the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and the former head of Menatep, Platon Lebedev, against the second verdict. This was reported on the official website of the court.

On November 14, supporters of the Islamist movement “Muslim Brotherhood” disrupted a lecture by Egyptian scholar Mohammed al-Nabawi, who was going to give a lecture on Egypt at the University of London, writes the London Evening Standard. About 30 Islamists entered the lecture hall, where they began shouting slogans and trying to get to the scientist, who had not even begun to speak. Al-Nabawi hastily left the premises, accompanied by security.

Publisher Capcom has decided on the release date for the story addition to Ace Attorney 5 in the West. As reported on Facebook by the British division of the company, a new episode of the game, called Turnabout Reclaimed, will become available in Europe and the United States on November 21. The add-on will be distributed through the Nintendo eShop and will cost gamers $5.99 (€4.99 or £3.99 depending on region).

Half of all Internet traffic in North America comes from the Netflix video service and Google-owned YouTube video hosting service. Mashable reported this with reference to data from the Canadian company Sandvine. Just over 30 percent of traffic is reported to come from Netflix. Another 19 percent go to pages on the YouTube website. About four percent of traffic goes through the BitTorrent torrent tracker.

Physicists from the University of Washington have discovered stable photoconductivity in strontium titanate (SrTiO3) crystals. The discovery was made by accident - a similar effect in strontium titanate had not only not been observed previously, but, according to scientists, was not expected. The physicists' article appeared in the journal Physical Review Letters , and a summary of it is given in a university press release .

German authorities have approved a contract for the supply of Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks, modernized Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles and armored recovery vehicles to Indonesia. According to Jane's , the German company Rheinmetall confirmed the entry into force of the contract. In addition to armored vehicles, Germany will supply Indonesia with ammunition for them. Germany and Indonesia agreed on the supply of combat vehicles in October and signed a contract in December 2012.

The Bank of Russia has stopped accepting bonds of the mining and metallurgical company Mechel as collateral for loans. As stated in the official press release of the regulator, to adjust the value of the company’s bonds from November 14, “an adjustment factor of zero is used.” The Central Bank did not explain why they made this decision.

All this controversial Ukraine is preparing to bury the agreement with the EU Photo: Sergey Supinsky / AFP Two weeks before the summit, at which Ukraine planned to sign an association and free trade agreement with the European Union, the local authorities demonstrated that they were ready to backtrack. The government said that the country's priority is relations with Russia.

A dog named Rupi, who was found in a landfill near the Indian Leh in the fall of 2013, visited Everest. Together with his owner, former golfer and traveler Joan Lefson, he reached the South Camp on the mountain at an altitude of 5364 meters, reports Agence France-Presse .

A delegation of specialists from the Uruguayan armed forces visited Russia and tested RPG-7V2 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, Infodefensa reports. The delegation included Colonel José Gonzalez, Lieutenant Colonel Alfredo Larramendi and Major Claudio Suarez, representing the commission to select new grenade launchers for the Uruguayan ground forces. As Infodefensa notes, the grenade launcher tests were successful; The military expressed satisfaction with the shooting.

Two weeks before the summit, at which Ukraine planned to sign an association and free trade agreement with the European Union, the local authorities demonstrated that they were ready to backtrack. The government said that the country's priority is relations with Russia. The ruling Party of Regions, in turn, noted that Ukraine is suffering heavy losses due to cooling relations with the Russian Federation and cannot ignore this.