In Düsseldorf at the train station, unidentified people attacked passers-by with an ax, injuring several people. At least five people were injured, according to AFP. There is no information about the dead. The exact number of attackers is unknown. Police said they had arrested two people and were looking for other suspects.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that civil servants must by April 1 employ "their wives, husbands, mistresses and lovers, relatives and friends." “[Employ] those who should and can work. If the wife or mistress is sick, well, we will treat. If they can and should work, they should be at work from April 1 at the earliest,” the Belta news agency quotes Lukashenka’s statement at a meeting on topical issues of the country’s development.

Season 7 of HBO's Game of Thrones premieres on July 16, 2017. A teaser appeared on the official twitter of the series: The premiere date was revealed during the series' Facebook broadcast: a date plate was placed inside an ice cube that was melted by fire. Subscribers were encouraged to leave comments on the broadcast in order to increase the flame and find out the date sooner. The date appears around the 14:54 mark: GoT FB Live: Fear The Winter Almost there Game of Thrones fans.

In the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, Rostov played a draw with Manchester United 1:1. Rostov responded to Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's pass with an accurate shot from Alexander Bukharov from Timofey Kalachev's serve.

The state of health of the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh worsened after his return to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center from the Matrosskaya Tishina hospital. This was announced by his lawyer Andrey Grokhotov. “He returned to Lefortovo around February 23, I only got to see him on March 7, and I can state that he feels worse,” Interfax quoted him as saying.

The Holy Synod included in the calendar the names of 16 saints who “labored in the countries of Central and Western Europe” before the church schism of 1054. “[Among them] is Saint Patrick, the enlightener of Ireland, better known among the believers of our country as Saint Patrick,” said Vladimir Legoida, head of the Church’s Department for Relations with Society and the Media. In Catholicism and Protestant churches, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17.

In Krasnodar, a court sentenced opposition activist Alexei Mandrigel to ten days of arrest for publishing a collage depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and a swastika on his VKontakte page in 2012. An administrative case was opened against the activist under the article “propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols” (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

How Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan played in Russia - by the minute In the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, the draw brought Rostov and Manchester United together. The great English club led by Jose Mourinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the main favorite of the tournament, but Rostov has already beaten Bayern in this European cycle - why not beat Manchester United? The first match ended with a score of 1:1, a week later continued in Manchester.

In central Italy, on the afternoon of March 9, a bridge collapsed on a motorway. As a result, two people died and two were injured. The dead, according to the Ansa agency, were spouses aged 60 and 54; they were passing under the bridge at the time of the collapse. Workers engaged in technical work on the bridge were injured as a result of the incident. .

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg opened a criminal case on fraud in connection with the theft of 12 million rubles from the funds allocated for the construction of a road to the new Kresty-2 pre-trial detention center.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting on the development of the country that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev would have to "pay for something" if Belarus was forced to pay as much for Russian gas as European countries. Lukashenka noted that Belarus does not want low gas prices from "fraternal Russia", but the fulfillment of obligations.

Two robbers broke into a BP gas station in New Zealand on March 7 and stole candy. One of them was wearing a shark costume and carrying a hammer. Published by Canterbury Police on March 5, 2017. Canterbury Regional Police say the robbery happened at 2 a.m. The robbers broke the window and scared the seller, who hid in the back room. The men fled, taking the sweets with them. The police were unable to find the criminals.

The subject ranking of the best universities in the world, which is compiled every year by the British consulting company Quacquarelli Symonds, includes 28 Russian universities. Last year there were only 17 such universities. The subject ranking evaluates universities in specific disciplines. This year, the QS rankings compared the quality of teaching in 46 different subjects. Among them are mathematics, physics and astronomy, linguistics, law, sociology, philosophy and others.

Andrey Zakhtey, accused in the case of "Ukrainian saboteurs", wrote a statement asking him to deprive him of Russian citizenship, which he received in 2014 in Crimea. This was reported to Meduza by his lawyer Alexander Popkov.

Australians have found that US residents practically do not use electric kettles. And they were not ready for such a discovery. “Po… Wait. Americans don't have electric kettles?" “When you move out of your parent's house, you buy two things - a kettle and a toaster. This is how you provide yourself with breakfast and dinner. Toast and instant noodles.