The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent the entire government of the country to study at the Academy of Public Administration, ITAR-TASS reports. “All members of the Cabinet of Ministers should improve their qualifications at the academy,” said the head of Turkmenistan, speaking at a government meeting. “Whoever does not pass the final exams will be dismissed,” Berdimuhamedov warned. The report from the meeting was shown on national television.

The Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel made the initiative to create the International Council for Economics under the UN following the example of the Security Council of this international organization. She believes that this is necessary in a crisis and in order to prevent its repetitions in the future.

Lonely elderly people and those who are called "socially unprotected", owning real estate, often become victims of apartment scammers, writes Metrinfo.ru magazine. There are several ways to take away the apartment. First ? This is to find the landing owner of the apartment and persuade his living space to give or sell at a price significantly lower than the market. This option, very common in the 90s, is fading today?

The Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater from St. Petersburg on Friday begins short tour on the stage of the famous London Cultural Center "Barbican". During the weekend, the opera troupe of the Mariinsky Theater, under the direction of the well -known British public, Maestro Valery Gergiev, will present three operas - the “Peak Lady” Peter Tchaikovsky, “Demon” by Anton Rubinstein and “Karamazov brothers” Alexander Smelykov, RIA Novosti reports.

The Jewish Heritage Museum in New York performed 13 works of the famous German composer of Jewish origin Felix Mendelsson, who were never previously performed. The concert took place as part of the Mendelssohn: Lost Treasure and Inhibition of Wagner, reports The New York Times . In total, the initiator of the program, the researcher Stevens Somari managed to find about 270 musical works that have never been fulfilled publicly since Mendelssohn in 1847.

Moscow approved the draft agreement on visa-free trips of citizens of the two countries to Argentina and Russia pre-worked out with Buenos Aires. According to the document, Russians and Argentines with current passports will be able to enter, leave, follow transit and stay in both states. The stay - up to 90 days for each period lasting 180 days starting from the date of the first entry.

The press service of the head of the Altai Republic, Alexander Berdnikov, refutes the information that is actively exaggerating in the media and the Internet about his resignation in connection with the Mi-171 helicopter disaster , in which 7 people, including high-ranking officials, including the envoy of the President of the Russian Federation.

National Bolsheviks, detained the day before in St. Petersburg for the leader of the city "Limonovites" Andrei Dmitriev. "All three were taken to the 4th judicial site of the magistrate court of the Admiralty district, now they are listening to the case of one of our activists," Lemonovets said. The participants of the action were charged with the articles of the Administrative Code 20.1 (petty hooliganism) and 19.3 (disobedience to law enforcement officers), reports.ru reports.

The Government of Ukraine will ensure the functioning of the Artek International Children's Center, which is close to bankruptcy, due to the redistribution of expenses for the maintenance of the president and its secretariat. This was stated on January 30, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. It should be noted that Artek is part of the management of the President of Ukraine and in recent years has not been funded from budget funds.

In Washington, there are rumors about the pregnancy of the first Lady of the United States Michelle Obama. The third child may be born in the family of the new president of the United States. This was written by The Daily Mail , referring to the American blogger, known under the pseudonym Perez Hilton. “This is not yet confirmed and so far only rumors ... but in Washington they say that Michelle Obama is pregnant,” he writes, adding: “Is it true ????? this will be good news!

The Belgian Finnish Company Fortis agreed on the new terms of the transaction with the BNP Paribas and the Belgian government. The share of the Fortis insurance business purchased by BNP Paribas will be less, and the French bank will take over more problem assets, Bloomberg reports.

The Investigative Committee at the prosecutor’s office (UK) of the Russian Federation issued a decision to attract owners of Rosukrenergo (Rue) of Ukrainian businessmen Dmitry Firtash and Ivan Fursin as accused in the case of HighRock Holdings LTD, the Ukrainian Observer portal, citing its sources.

The Australian Police Victoria arrested the many children Arthur Philip Freeman, who dropped his 4-year-old daughter from the bridge during the morning hour of the peak. The tragedy broke through the eyes of other children of a ruthless killer, as well as drivers standing in traffic, who helped to detain the criminal.

In the Republic of Bashkiria, police detained two robbers who fell asleep right at the crime scene. Tired attackers simply did not find the strength to hide. In the Bashkir city, Oktyabrsky police officers detained two men who fell asleep at the crime scene, reports REGNUM with reference to the press service of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to investigators, two friends drank tightly, and then decided to ride around the city at night.

The head of the administration of the Beloyarsky city district, Alexander Privalov, who, according to media reports, has experienced serious problems with alcohol in the last three years, has been encoded from drunkenness. The All -Russian glory, gained thanks to the attention of journalists, prompted him to this decision, says the New Region agency. Currently, an election campaign is underway in the Sverdlovsk region - they choose the heads of local self -government bodies.