President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke about his vision of the consequences of the global economic crisis: he does not threaten Belarus, but "to some extent will affect." "Today I want to ask some smart ones a question that giggled over Lukashenko. And who was right, Lukashenko with the security of the economy or marketers with their exchanges, quotes?" - said Lukashenko at a meeting in the KGB of Belarus. “To some extent, the global financial crisis will affect Belarus.

The Security Service of Madagascar announced the prevention of attempts by a coup. The head of the service, Lieutenant Colonel Rene Lilison, reported in the Malagasian capital Antananariv on the arrest of 19 people who were preparing to seize the residence of Prime Minister Mahazuariv on the outskirts of the city, ITAR-TASS reports. "They intended to kill a lot of the Malagasis, to make a split into the armed forces," Lilison said.

Experts of the UN Development Program at the Institute of Modern Development the day before presented the report "Energy and Sustainable Development".

The metropolitan traffic police on Tuesday in the morning blocked the action of the Russian car owners (headlights) against the bucket of flashing lights. Motorists planned to travel from the center of Moscow along Kutuzovsky Prospekt in an organized manner, meeting the cars of officials moving in the dividing strip with signals of the crasons. However, at the departure to Kutuzovsky Prospekt, 16 traffic police patrol vehicles blocked the column path.

The Government of the Russian Federation considers it possible to use maternity capital funds for the construction of individual housing, the corresponding amendments to the legislation on maternity capital in the near future can be included in the State Duma, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

During the boat in the real estate market, investors evaluated development companies based on the value of net assets and land plots. This approach completely discredited itself. Promotions of real estate companies from the moment of placement until April of this year lost to the RTS index on average 67% and are still at the bottom. However, experts expect real estate to rise in price, and companies will constantly recount the cost of net assets towards raising, writes Forbes Russia .

FIREEE chief specialist in computer security issues and a famous expert in vulnerabilities in Windows, Mark Meffret, said that, in his opinion, Apple is not as serious as Microsoft. According to Hacker.ru , he shared his considerations in an interview with CNET. According to the expert, Microsoft in security matters is one of the best in the industry.

In Ukhta, a resident of the city was detained, which, while intoxicated, extinguished the eternal fire. As Interfax was informed in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Komi Republic, on the evening of April 16, an outfit of the patrol service of the Ukhta Internal Affairs Directorate noticed how three young people drank alcohol near the memorial of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War. One of them flooded the fire with a liquid from a glass bottle.

In the American state of Tennessee, two people were killed, two more were injured as a result of shooting, arranged by an unknown near one of the medical institutions of the city of Knoxville. All injured women are former or current employees of the medical center. According to RIA Novosti , citing AP and police representatives, on Monday, April 19, at about 16:30 local time (01:30 p.m.

In Makhachkala on Imam Shamil Avenue on Tuesday, two explosions occurred one after another, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Makhachkala International Affairs. The first explosion occurred near the house No. 10V on Shamil Avenue at about 21:15. At about 21:45, the second explosion thundered there.

Prof Media holding, which not so long ago consolidated 100% of Rambler Media, can put up an asset for sale. As it became known to RBC Daily , among potential buyers - WebMediagroup. "Prof Media" estimates Rambler at $ 200 million.

In April, the New York Museum of the Metropolitan Museum for the first time opens the full collection of Pablo Picasso’s works stored here, many of which were unknown or the belonging of the famous Spaniard was not confirmed - so far such works were stored in storerooms, RIA Novosti reports. "This iconic exhibition is completely concentrated on the works of Pablo Picasso stored in the museum collection.

Fiat is preparing a five -door version of compact 500 for production, a source close to the Italian car account. Such a model will appear in Europe in 2011, the start time in the United States has not yet been determined. The novelty will be produced at Fiat plants in Italy, Serbia and Mexico. On Wednesday, the general director of Fiat and Chrysler Sergio Marcionne will present a Fiat development plan for the next five years.

In the Irkutsk region, a sentenger and killer of a 14-year-old girl, with whom he dealt right in front of her school friend, was sentenced. On Tuesday, the Irkutsk Regional Court sentenced the 27-year-old native of Buryatia Vladimir Protasov to 27 years in prison for the murder of a schoolgirl. The criminal will serve the sentence in a maximum security colony, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Investigation Department at the prosecutor's office of the Irkutsk region.

The defendant in the Euroset case Sergei Kutorgin terminated the deal with justice, which was concluded in September last year, becoming the first agreement of this kind in Russia. By agreement with the investigators, Kutorgin showed an testimony against other defendants in the case and had to admit his guilt, Rosbalt reports.