According to the Federal Government of Germany, traffic jams on autobahns caused damage to the country's economy the size of 10 to 12 billion euros. According to the Bild newspaper, this information is contained in the response of Germany’s government to a request from the faction of the Liberal Party of the SVDP. The main reason for overflowing autobahns is the presence of a large number of cars in Germany. In 35 percent of cases, traffic jams were caused by repair work, and in 26 percent?

The Russian Foreign Ministry received the requested explanations of the British Embassy in Moscow regarding the new visa rules between the United Kingdom and Russia, Mikhail Kamynin said on Wednesday. “From explanations it follows that nothing new happened: the rules that were introduced back in April this year continue to operate,” he said.

On Wednesday, the championship of Russia in football will take place two matches postponed: “Moscow” - “Saturn”, “Rubin” - “Lokomotiv”. In the event of the victory of the “townspeople” over the “aliens”, the metropolitan club can catch up with Zenit and divide the second line in the standings with St. Petersburg. However, not only this intrigue excited these days the minds of football fans.

The Scottish writer Joan Rowling, who had just published the seventh book about a wizard boy and his struggle with dark forces, is no longer going to plunge into the world of Harry Potter. According to Rowling, until the last moment she did not believe that she would complete the epic, the idea of ​​which she first came to her head 17 years ago on the Manchester-London train. “I feel a deep sense of satisfaction,” Reuters quotes the writer's words said in the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.

The British alternative rock band Muse will perform in Moscow. She will present the new Black Holes and Revelations album as part of a concert in the Luzhniki sports complex on October 15. “The group’s performance program is based on Black Holes and Revelations, and the main hits from previous albums will also be played,” the PRISTIA DALSKAYA agency Polina Gusakova quoted by RIA Novosti quoted.

The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed transferring 90% of the West Coast under the Palestinian control. He stated this on Wednesday during negotiations with the chairman of the Palestinian National Administration, Mahmoud Abbas, reports Newsru Israel with reference to the Maan Palestinian Agency. The office of the head of the Israeli government has not yet commented on this information.

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge in an interview with the independent American information and analytical agency Around the Rings ("Around the Olympic Rings") said that he plans to visit Russia in the coming weeks - perhaps already in August. This was announced by the founder and editor -in -chief of Around The Rings Ed Hula. “Rogge spoke about the plans to visit Sochi in Rio de Janeiro, where he was present at the Pan American Games,” Ed Jul said.

Two girls died and two more were seriously injured as a result of an accident in Nizhny Novgorod due to the fault of a drunk driver. In the morning on Wednesday in the Autozavodsky district of the city, the Audi driver in a state of intoxication failed to control, and the car was taken to the sidewalk, where several people stood. As a result of the collision, two girls 18 and 19 years old died. Two more peers of the dead were injured and hospitalized.

In Australia, for a record amount of more than $ 2 million at the Sotheby's auction in Melbourne, a painting "Varluhulogolong", written by a Barigen artist, was sold. The new owner of the masterpiece was the national art gallery in Kanberra. The picture, written 30 years ago, is one of the five paintings on which the late artist Clifford Sosum Tjapaltarry connected the traditional technique of bright pattern with the skill of drawing topographic cards.

Owners of carriages and equestrian carts in St. Petersburg will be obliged to register them in the traffic police, and Kucherov - to pass exams and receive rights. This decision was made by the authorities of the Northern capital after the tragic death of the daughter of the mayor of Sochi in St. Petersburg. At the same time, the city hall emphasized that carriages from St.

The al-Qaeda terrorist group has already acquired its own cells in the United States, or there are people who make efforts to create them. This, according to the USA Today , said General Viktor Renjart, who heads the northern command. It is responsible for the defense of the continental part of the United States. “To assume that they are not naive. We must seriously perceive this threat,” Renjart emphasized.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met in the Kremlin with senior officers of Russian law enforcement agencies on the occasion of their improvement and assigning new titles to them. At the meeting, the president started a new external threats: according to him, this is NATO at the borders of Russia, the discussion of the deployment of PROs and American bases in Europe. In this regard, the president included in the number of key state priorities to strengthen the armed forces.

Honored Artist of Russia Stanislav Sadalsky admires the artistry of the thief, who robbed him with the entire troupe right during the touring performance in Sevastopol. As a result, the actor lost his mobile phone of the last brand and money from the wallet. “I admire people who can rob so artistically,” commented on the annoying incident on the pages of the Izvestia newspaper Stanislav Sadalsky. “I don’t complain, I am applauding.

After a tragedy with the participation of a carriage in St. Petersburg, where the daughter of the mayor of Sochi , owners of carriage or equestrian carts, will be required to register them in the traffic police, and themselves - take exams.

Up to 13 people increased the number of those arrested for attacking the tent camp near Angarsk, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the senior assistant prosecutor of the Irkutsk region Alexander Semenov, 15 suspects were detained in total. Until the end of the environment, the court must decide the issue of arresting two of them. According to RIA Novosti , the investigation is developing 28 people on suspicion of attacking the camp.