The International drugsindical, which was engaged in the transportation of Colombian cocaine to the southern regions of the PRC, was liquidated during the first joint operation of law enforcement and customs authorities of Hong Kong, mainland China and the United States. According to local media, the police managed to confiscate 142 kg of cocaine and arrest 9 drug addicts - three Colombia citizens, Venezuela, as well as residents of continental China and Seangan.

In the city-hero Kyiv, solemn ceremonies of wreaths began on monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, delegations of veterans, servicemen of the country's armed forces put living flowers to the grave of an unknown soldier in the Glory Park in the Dnieper cooler. The main street of the city - Khreshchatyk is ready for the festive procession and military parade. The column of veterans will be headed by the head of state.

The president of the National Italian Football League Franco Carraro, who worked at his post for more than five years, resigned. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Italian television. According to Carraro, his resignation will allow the Federation to focus on solving serious problems that have accumulated in Italian football recently.

On Victory Day in the metropolitan region, it will be cool and windy. According to Tuesday in Roshydromet, a cold atmospheric front approached the region, which in the coming days will ensure not only a decrease in temperature, but also the rains. In the early morning in the capital there were about 6 degrees of heat, in the region the thermometer showed to plus 7 degrees.

President of Poland Lech Kachinsky appointed Anna Fotygu, new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. The ceremony of the appointment of the new Polish Foreign Minister took place on Tuesday in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, RIA Novosti reports. "Fotyga is the best candidate for this post ... and she will be the first woman appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Poland," Kacinsky said at the ceremony.

In Italy, deputies of both chambers of parliament and regional representatives began the second round of voting on the presidential election of the country. It is expected that this round of the elections will be unsuccessful, since the coalitions led by Romano Prodi and Silvio Berlusconi did not come to a compromise about the candidate and promised to lower incomplete ballots into the urns for voting.

The solemn ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers to the memorial to the Soviet soldiers, which fell in the Great Patriotic War, was held today in the capital of Lithuania in the Antakalnsky cemetery. Its organizers are the embassies of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan in Vilnius, as well as the Lithuanian organization of veterans who fought on the side of the forces of the anti -Hitler coalition.

The famous violinist, Maxim Wengerov, as part of a world tour, will give a concert in Moscow in the Hall of Tchaikovsky on May 15. As Elena Tyurina told Interfax, Vengerov will perform the work of Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, accompanied by the piano.

The Estonian Parliament on Tuesday ratified the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union. 73 deputies voted for the ratification, against 1, there were no abstained. In total, there are 101 deputy in parliament. Even before the vote, all six parliamentary parties said they would vote for ratification.

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, believes that humanity did not extract the right lessons from the Second World War, and in the modern world attempts to impose someone else's will to sovereign states.

In Georgia, Victory Day is solemnly celebrated. May 9 here is an official holiday, festive events are held throughout the country. The main ones took place in Tbilisi in the Victory Park, where hundreds of veterans of the Great Patriotic War gathered. President Mikhail Saakashvili, the speaker of the parliament Nino Burjanadze and other officials laid wreaths at the monument to an unknown soldier located in this park, ITAR-TASS reports.

The famous actress Nicole Kidman said she still loves her ex-husband Tom Cruise. In an interview with the American women's magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, the star of Hollywood said about Cruise: "He treated me very well. And I loved him. I love him now." Oscar also reported that their divorce in 2001 was a “deep shock” in 2001. “I always knew that at some point something terrible could happen to me, but I could not imagine that this impact would collapse on me,” Nicole said.

The Communists began in Moscow a procession in honor of the 61st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. At about 11:00, people, veterans, as well as representatives of left -wing parties began to gather on the Square of the Belorussky station. In addition to the Communists, representatives of the Vanguard Red Youth, National Bolsheviks, the Union of Communist Youth and other organizations are in the columns, in addition to the Communists. The action started around 11:30.

The Netherlands police for participating in the riots that broke out on Monday evening after the final match of the Cup of the country of football, 47 people have already been detained, ITAR-TASS reports citing a representative of the Dutch law enforcement agencies. According to him, the video of the fights will be carefully studied in order to identify their instigators.

Interpol announced on Tuesday about the detention of one of the leaders of the Russian criminal groups of Zakhar Kalashov in Dubai, looking for the Spanish police. Representatives of Spanish law enforcement agencies who previously issued an international order to arrest him were distributed about this in Madrid.