Private banks of Switzerland began to forbid their leaders trips abroad, even to neighboring France and Germany, writes Financial Times . The reasons for such a restriction are fears that bankers can be detained during the World Campaign against the preservation of banking secrets in the fight against money laundering.

It is officially confirmed that the captain of the Greek tanker captured the other day is a citizen of Russia. This was announced on Friday RIA "Novosti" by the press attache of the Russian embassy in Athens Vasily Gavrilov. "It is confirmed that the captain of the vessel is a Russian citizen. His name and surname are established by us," said the diplomat. However, according to him, the embassy does not yet plan to unveil the name of the captured sailor.

The scandal ended with a 16-year history of searches by German detectives of a mysterious ghost woman who committed serial murders, robberies and other crimes, leaving abundant traces of her DNA everywhere. The so -called "Halebrobonn ghost" turned out to be a product of the rich imagination of forensics, who used dirty cotton balls in their work.

On April 1, the Conficker worm may launch a new attack, warns Compulenta . Security experts warn that the Conficker worm will receive some kind of update on April 1st. What exactly and what will happen after this is not reported. Experts believe that the malware can be used to organize DDoS attacks, as well as to carry out mass mailings of spam or infected letters.

The new terrible social phenomenon is strengthened in Turkey: these are the so -called "suicides of honor", reports inopressa.ru with reference to The Independent . The so -called "murders of honor" reached record marks, about 200 per year, according to official statistics, which is equal to half of all murders in the country.

Russian biathletes failed on Friday to compete for medals in a sprint race of 7.5 kilometers with two fire lines in the final stage of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. The faster of all this distance was overcome by German Tina Bakhmann. The second result was shown by her compatriot Simon Hausvald, who lagged behind the winner 3.7 seconds. Swede's leaders closed the top three Anna-Karin Olofson-Zidek. All winners did without misses.

The Belarusian Orthodox Church (BPC) initiates the introduction of legal regulation of access to Internet resources. “In connection with the exceptional importance of this problem, we urge to introduce effective regulation of the Internet-nervous at the legislative level,” said the Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus, Metropolitan Filaret at the meeting of the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko with members of the BPC Synod, ITAR-TASS reports.

The influence of the ruble devaluation factor on the growth of consumer prices in February-March has been exhausted, said the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Alexei Ulyukaev. "It is unconditional that inflation is slowing down. I do not think that there is a risk of inflation of 15%, 20%. I am deeply convinced that we will fit 13%. This is also indicated by the current dynamics.

On the night of Sunday, March 29, a transition to the summer will be made in Russia. According to the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, in accordance with the procedure for calculating the time determined by the Government of the Russian Federation, on March 29, 2009, the winter time period ends in Russia. In this regard, the clocks of the clock throughout the Russian Federation at 2 a.m. on March 29, 2008 (local time) are transferred one hour ahead.

The Georgian authorities hired a new PR company with the aim of a more effective lobby for their interests in the United States. As reported by The Hill , specializing in the coverage of the American Congress, representatives of the official Tbilisi signed a six -month contract with Public Strategies.

The first conference "House temples at universities (universities) of Russia" will be held today in the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. This was announced by RIA Novosti by the rector of the Church, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Archpriest Maxim Kozlov.

During the Internet conference of US President, Barack Obama was asked why not allow marijuana and not to tax it with tax, which will "help to raise the economy." Perhaps the Air Force reports, who asked the question was inspired by the recognition of Obama that in his youth he himself used this potion.

20 people died on Friday as a result of a major accident in China. Another 11 were injured, reports Sina news service. The car accident occurred in the East Chinese province of Jiangsey, RIA Novosti reports. On one of the local high -speed tracks, a passenger bus rammed a road fence for unnamed reasons and drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with two heavy trucks. The cause of the incident is currently being investigated.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) intends to make radical changes to the Olympic fire relay. An international stage will be excluded from it, and now it will be held only in the country that accepts games. In support of this reform, members of the IOC management, who held a three -day meeting in Denver (Colorado), made this reform on Thursday.

The legendary American director Woody Allen received the consent of the Australian film film Nicole Kidman to act in his new film, which has not yet had a working name. The plot of the film and other details are not yet published, reports Variety .