Over the past week, 25 thousand new cases of infection with the influenza virus A/H1N1 have been recorded in England, the UK National Health Service said. However, as the doctors are sure, the given figure indicates that the peak of the summer epidemic of this type of flu has been passed, ITAR-TASS reports. Experts agree that the tendency of weakening the epidemic will remain until September 7, when the new academic year begins in the UK.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday will negotiate with the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel, who will visit the Russian Federation on a working visit. The Russian-German meeting will take place in Sochi. Dmitry Medvedev invited Merkel to visit this southern Russian resort in the course of his visit to Munich in mid -July.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Sochi residence of Bocharov Brook was glad for the German economy, which began to recover after the recession. He stated that Russia is counting on cooperation with Germany during the crisis. The rise of the German economy - "this is, of course, the result of the consistent activity of the German government," the president noted.

The Argentine government saved national football from the crisis, agreeing to allocate $ 130 million a year, the Argentinean media said on Friday. It is this amount that will be paid by the Association of Football Argentina (AFA) for the right to broadcast matches on the state television channel. The decision on this was made late in the evening of Thursday evening at a meeting of the country's president Christina Fernandez de Kirschner with the head of the AFA Hulio Grondona.

A Russian citizen acquired an auction in the UK unique publication of the book by Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf ("My Struggle") with the autograph of the author. The name of the winner of the auction is not disclosed. However, it is known that the amount of the rate made was 21,000 pounds (34,900 dollars), RBC reports. In addition to the book, Hitler’s self -portrait made by a pencil was included in the lot.

The crisis in the real estate market also affected Orthodox real estate agencies. Despite the blessing of the hierarchs of the Church, a number of "religious agencies" were generally closed, writes Bfm.ru. The real estate department of the Center for Social and Spiritual Programs of the Holy Righteous Filaret of the Gracious (CSDP), the largest Orthodox real estate agency Moscow and the Moscow Region, said that less appeals began to record due to the crisis.

In the Ulyanovsk region, police detained two of their colleagues who are suspected of killing a detained man. To the reprisal of law enforcement officers, the thought prompted the idea that the change was already ending and they had a lot enough.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko commented on the message of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the President of Ukraine after Viktor Yushchenko did . She considers an unacceptable pause in the development of cooperation between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time, Ukraine will not allow anyone to interfere in its internal affairs and will build its own policy and the future itself, Tymoshenko said.

The Autonews.ru portal compiled a list of cars that look most ridiculous on the roads of Moscow and are least suitable outwards of this metropolis. Fiat 500 : This Italian hatchback, which has gained great popularity in Europe, oddly enough in Moscow, has not yet taken root. It is simply suppressed by large models from German grandi Audi A8, Mercedes-Benz S class and BMW 7 series.

On the wake of the crisis from Russia, 8.1 million foreigners were expelled. Thus, the FSB and other departments defended the priority right of Russian citizens to employment. However, far from all the deprived of work citizens of fraternal countries returned to their homeland - there the crisis is even more acute, experts say. Remaining in Russia, they are forced to either work illegally and for a penny, or go on a “big road,” notes RBC Daily .

The Tver court of Moscow instituted civil proceedings under the lawsuit of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against the head of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" to Oleg Orlov on the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation. The beginning of pre -trial preparation for the consideration of the claim was scheduled for August 31.

Despite the recent criticism of the work of the state corporations by President Dmitry Medvedev, the eighth such department will appear in Russia - the Russian financial agency, Vedomosti reports with reference to the Deputy Minister of Finance Dmitry Pankin.

The Pentagon conducted the next flight test of guidance systems and control of the laser gun of air -based, which is going to be used for missile defense purposes. As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the ARS Agency’s message installed on board the modified Boeing 747-400 Three Kilwat-Class Lasers provided sustainable target tracking.

A serious accident occurred on Friday morning in Moscow on a garden ring. Three cars collided on Earth Val Street: Mercedes, Lexus and Mitsubishi Lancer. As a result of the accident, traffic in the center of the capital was very difficult, the cars almost completely stopped. Only after some time the movement resumed, a source in the city law enforcement agencies told Interfax . According to him, the accident occurred at about 9:00.

As a result of a collision of a flight passenger bus with a truck in the Kemerovo region, from 6 to 10 people suffered, according to various sources. According to the press service of the Siberian Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, the car accident occurred at 09:43 Moscow time on the highway Prokopyevsk-Novokuznetsk, about 10 km from Prokopyevsk, reports Amitel . There was a collision of the PAZ bus (route No. 155 Prokopyevsk-Novokuznetsk) and the Nissan truck.