On Monday, a resolution on the support of the entry of Albania, Croatia and Macedonia into NATO’s integration and the integration of independent Kosovo into Euro -Atlantic institutions was introduced to the US Senate, RIA Novosti reported in the Chamber of Secretariates. Recall that the United States officially recognized the independence of Kosovo on February 19, after which Belgrade revoked the ambassador of Serbia from Washington.

The crew of the Russian ship "Lida Demesh", detained last Saturday in the Japanese Sea by North Korean border guards, may be released during Tuesday, a source in the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang said. "The General Consul of the Russian Federation in the (North Korean) city of Chondin met with the sailors, after which the corresponding protocol was signed with the Korean side," a source in the Russian diplomatic mission noted.

The human rights organization of Amnesty International, on the eve of the elections in Russia, published a report with the conclusion that in Russia from year the main freedom is increasingly limited: there are less and less space for dissent, independent media and activities of independent organizations.

The foreign press on Tuesday comments on the official visit of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev in Serbia. According to the Western press, expressing Belgrade support in the Kosovo question, the successor of Vladimir Putin showed that the hopes to change the foreign policy of the Kremlin under the new president are unreasonable. In fact, Serbia bought the patronage of Russia, going to a number of economic concessions, analysts are sure.

The Supreme EU representative for general foreign policy and security policy, Javier Solan, demanded that the Belarusian opposition Alexander Kozulin immediately release a five -year term on charges of hooliganism and organize riots from prison. Today, Kozulin was released for three days to participate in the funeral of Irina's wife.

The leadership of the Moscow City Branch of the Russian Red Cross (RSC) states that on Tuesday there was an unauthorized seizure of the head office of his organization.

Russian distributors of three Oscar laureates - “The old people here are not a place” of the Cooen brothers, “Neft” Pola Tomas Anderson and Jason Wright Daith are counting on increasing fees after publishing the results of the American film academics Prize.

Last Friday in St. Petersburg, a tow truck led by a traffic police officer took a car with an eight-year-old boy Yegor, fastened to children's seat in the cabin. According to the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" , the owner of the car, father of the child, Vitaly Maryin overheated the engine, and he parked at the sidewalk for a minute on Kolomyazhsky Prospekt near the house number 15. Leaving his son in the cabin, he jumped to the nearest store at the water bottle.

In the Moscow region, police officers detained their colleagues, who are suspected of involvement in the theft of prestigious foreign cars. At the time of the detention, the suspects just drove a column of four Lexus RX400 cars, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement. Among the detained drivers were two employees of their own security department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia and the Internal Affairs Directorate on the Moscow Railway.

At the International Exhibition in Geneva, the premiere of the most powerful and sports version of the Maserati Granturismo model, which received the "S" index in the name. Will the car be equipped with a modernized V8 engine, the volume of which Italian experts increased from 4.2-liter to 4.7 liters and added capacities to it? Instead of the previous 405 hp The Granturismo S motor will develop 440 hp. It is reported by CARSCOOP.com .

Telemon Minsk - Vatican will allow you to make a prayer virtual meeting of Belarusian youth with Pope Benedict XVI . This was said by the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarusia, Archbishop of the Minsk-Mogilev Tadeusz Kondrusevich at a press conference in Minsk on February 26.

In Italy, robbers, dressed in police officers, abducted diamonds from a jewelry salon. For the implementation of the plan, the criminals pierced the secret hole, and their goal was the collection of Damiani salon, prepared for the party on the occasion of the Oscars. The impudent robbery of one of the salons of the Damiani jewelry house occurred in the Italian city of Milan. The robbery itself took a matter of minutes, although preparation for it required at least a few months.

The international team of scientists recorded the sharp spread of deadly diseases around the world. Over the past 50 years of deadly diseases on Earth, there are four times more. Approximately 60% of viruses were transferred to people from animals, writes the Gzt.ru newspaper .

The Chita Ingodinsky District Court intends to proceed with the complaint of the ex-head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev on Tuesday on Tuesday on recognizing the actions of the prosecutor's office to conceal the fact of falsification illegal. “The court plans to proceed with the complaint in the afternoon. In the case, the American Express Corporate cards appear in the case,” the lawyer Igor Sapozhkov said.

During the European Football Championship, which will be held this summer in Austria and Switzerland, fans in the stands will be able to smoke without any restrictions. This was reported by the organizers of the competition with reference to the official owner of the championship - the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). There is no legislatively fixed ban on smoking in open stadiums in Austria and Switzerland.