In Moscow, the second festival of Polish films "Visla" ended. The festival was closed by the film of Dorota Kendzezhavskaya "Time to die." The main role in it was played by the legend of Polish cinema Danuta Saftlyanskaya. This year, the actress was 94 years old. The actress came to Moscow and met with the audience on the last day of the festival, the Culture TV channel reports.

The head of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trisha said that it was necessary to make every effort to restore trust, which was regarded as a signal to the subsequent reduction in bets. After that, the unified European currency fell sharply, approaching the level of $ 1.3 per euro, Bloomberg reports. In addition, Trisha in his speech, which he uttered in Tokyo, said that any uncertainty would slow down the exit of the world economy from the crisis.

The relations of Washington and Havana "remained frozen for 50 years and do not hide from the night in the morning." This was stated by US President Barack Obama in Mexico City, where he is on an official visit. At the same time, the US President noted that he is “optimistic” and wants to “reformulate” relations with Cuba, ITAR-TASS reports.

The ONEPOLL.com portal conducted a survey designed to determine the books that most inspire readers. The first place in the list was taken by the novel "Kill the Mockingbird" Harper Lee. The work on the fight against racism in America from the Great Depression bypassed the Bible, which took second place, writes The Telegraph .

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, by his order, made changes to the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Kremlin press service. The Council includes the General Secretary of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Russia Priest Igor Kovalevsky. He took the place of Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusevich , who has served in Belarus since the fall of 2007 and is now withdrawn from the Council.

The North Atlantic Alliance will not cancel the military exercises planned for May in Georgia , despite the sharp protest of Moscow. Instead, in Brussels, Russia is offered as a member of the Partnership for the Peace program to join them. “The exercises in Georgia have long been planned, and they have long known about them. Georgia made a proposal, and it was accepted. Russia could join at any time and can now.

A Mercedes bus with an explosives cargo travels from Voronezh towards Moscow, says Life.ru. According to the publication, the information entered the Moscow Salvation Service, and the special services have already announced the threat of a terrorist attack. Earlier, Life.ru reported that the Russian special services revealed the plans of the Al-Qaeda international terrorist network to organize a number of terrorist attacks on Easter.

On Thursday, a 4-year-old boy died in the Rostov-on-Don hospital, who was shot down at the stop of the Moskvich car with a policeman-trainee of the local Internal Affairs Directorate at the wheel. If, before the child’s death, the driver who lost the car drive, threatened up to two years in prison, now the alleged punishment may increase at times: if the forensic experts confirm the boy’s death from the injuries received in the accident, Gazeta.ru reports.

An emergency in the Russian army: a military service soldier died under an BMP (infantry fighting vehicle). The incident occurred at the collection point of military equipment of the Kantemirov Division, deploying in the Voronezh region, when the military distilled combat vehicles, reports Life.ru.

From punishment for unlawful behavior at a wheel, even high -ranking officials cannot turn away. So, the acting head of the Council of the Losinoostrovsky District of Moscow, Alexei Moshchenko, was sentenced to administrative arrest for driving without a driver’s license. The term of arrest is three days. According to Kommersant , on April 7 on Mira Avenue, traffic police officers stopped the Audi Allroad SUV under the control of Moshchenko.

The government of Turkmenistan signed the first agreement with the European company in the field of gas production and transportation. The German concern RWE was contracting not only to develop Turkmen deposits, but also to build gas pipelines. The authorities of the republic expect that in the future this agreement will allow Turkmen gas to get a direct access to world markets (now Ashgabat will transport its fuel in transit through Russia), the newspaper Gzt.ru recalls.

Eight police officers serving in the Scottish police said they were preaching the Jedi religion. According to the Air Force , citing the Stratzheid district police, eight officers and two civilian employees claim that the teachings are discussed in the movie epic, George Lucas "Star Wars". It is worth noting that in the UK, officers of only this Scottish district admitted their commitment to the Jedi religion.

In the Samara region, law enforcement agencies resumed an investigation into a resonant crime of seven years ago. In 2002, two raiders shot colleges from a machine gun. Only now it was possible to go on the trace of robbers, one of which was detained in Moscow.

In honor of the celebration in 2009, the 100th anniversary of the German Audi Audi Audi Audi Audi Audi Russia is a special project for Russian fans of the brand. Since April, a new Audi TT sports car is presented on our market. It bears the symbolic name "100 years of Audi", Autonews reports. The "anniversary" TT is available in two exclusive decoration options with a body painted in bright orange color Glutoral or Golden Nordischgold.

The American state of tennex is investigating the case of the obscene behavior of three police officers who, being at the post, used the services of prostitutes. A particularly scandalous nature of this crime is that the 15-year-old girl was among the partners of their loving law enforcement officers. Three employees of the police department of the city of Memphis were resigned after they were suspected of sexual ties with prostitutes.