Germany greatly preoccupied the position of the country lying in the very center of Europe. In addition to benefits, this also carries certain problems. First of all, as it turned out, they are associated with the overload of the highway transit loads. At the same time, the country has no income from this. As it turned out, not only the Eastern European ones, but also, for example, the Danish truckers prefer to refuel in their fuel in their homeland, flying in Germany in transit.

In Astrakhan, an attack on the State Duma of the Russian Federation Oleg Shein was attacked. The incident occurred on Thursday at about 21:00 in the city center, near the building of the regional Philharmonic. Two unknown people attacked the deputy. They shot down Shein from their feet and, having knocked down to the ground, began to beat, as a result of which he received severe damage to his face, reports the information portal of Astrakhan .

The Lithuanian parliament approved and adopted a bill on amendments and additions to the Criminal Code and the Law on Alcohol Control. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the Sejm. The essence of these amendments and additions is to legitimize the issuance of permits for production, storage, transportation, transfer and other implementation of vodka and other strong alcoholic drinks of home production, Interfax reports.

At an adjustable railway crossing near the center of Khabarovsk last night, the Jeep Toyota Land Cruiser crashed into a shunting diesel locomotive at great speed. According to the press service of the regional police department on Friday, the jeep driver ignored the prohibition signals of the semaphore and literally rammed the locomotive, RIA Novosti reports. In serious condition, the driver of a foreign car was taken to the hospital. An investigation is being conducted. Links on the topic

Every year in Russia, the number of crimes in the field of high technology increases by 2 times. This was announced today by the Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Konstantin Machabeli. According to Machabel, the level of crimes in the field of computer information is especially rapidly growing. At the same time, they are 3 times more open annually.

The main military prosecutor’s office held a set of supervisory activities in order to establish the legality of transactions for lease by numerous public and commercial organizations of the objects of the Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA). Based on the results of inspections in defense of state interests, 31 lawsuit was filed in arbitration courts on the recognition of previously concluded lease agreements with null and recovery from tenants of "unjust enrichment".

Eight people were injured on Friday evening as a result of an accident on the Mozhaisk highway of the capital. According to RIA Novosti in law enforcement agencies, three cars collided in the area of ​​house number 9 on the Mozhaysky highway. Two girls 23 and 20 years with closed head injuries were taken to the 69th city hospital.

For the first time in Britain, a family animal transplant was approved: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgery (RCVS) said that cats can be transplanted by the kidneys. According to The Daily Telegraph (translation on the website inopressa.ru ), this measure received the sanction of the College Council, despite the resistance of organizations protecting the rights of animals and a number of ethical doubts with some famous veterinarians.

Currently, Russia contains 877 thousand convicts in places of imprisonment, half of them are sick. This was announced today, speaking at a meeting of the College of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the head of the Main Directorate of Penitentiary execution Vladimir Yalunin. Plots of conclusion contains 82 thousand patients with tuberculosis, 37 thousand HIV-infected, 102 thousand drug addicts.

According to preliminary data, Vaclav Klaus won the second presidential election on Friday with a minimum advantage. As it became known, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and the honorary chairman of the opposition Civil Democratic Party Vaclav Klaus received in the amount of 142 votes. To win, Claus needed 141 votes. The official results of the third round of voting will be announced at 20:00 Moscow time. Professor Vaclav Klaus is the author of Czech economic reforms.

On Thursday, the fifth round of the traditional chess super tournament of the XX category in Spanish Linares, in which all four participants in the unifying cycle of the world championship are attended. The most interest in the fifth round was caused by the duel of the "outsiders" Kasparov - Ponomarev. Kasparov spent this fight in one breath, not giving his future opponent in the unifying match a single chance. Kasparov returned to the line 50%, and Ponomarev now has only five points.

Today in Beijing, the chairman of the PRC Jiang Zemin met with the president of the American company Microsoft Bill Gates. Jiang Zemin said: “We welcome the investments of famous world corporations in China, including Microsoft, in the interests of developing the Chinese industry of computer programs and the computer science industry,” Sinhua reports.

Before the beginning of the last war in the Gulf of Persian, Iraq was armed at the expense of the UK Taxpayers. This is evidenced by secret documents, which under the heading "Commercial Secret" were stored in the Archives of Whitehall for 12 years. And there was something to hide - all the operations mentioned there took place with the permission of Margaret Tetcher.

Russia may apply the right of a veto on a new Iraqi resolution in the interests of international stability. This was stated on Friday at a press conference in Beijing, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Ivanov. "We are convinced that the power option should remain an extreme tool. The most reliable way of solving the Iraqi problem is to act in strict accordance with the UN Charter and international law," the minister said.

Lennox Lewis, who was not present in the duel of Mike Tyson with Clifford Etienne , but watched this fight on TV, commented on what he saw: “I think you shouldn’t even talk about whether Mike was convincingly won or not. In my opinion, he did it very convincing. ' Lewis remarked about how much Mike changed since the battle with him: “The duel was not long enough to talk about how good Tyson's shape is.