To warn readers from dirt and unsanitary conditions, the HolidyCheck tourist portal and the Austrian newspaper Kurier made a negative rating of hotels with the worst bathrooms. According to Euromag.ru , the majority are in areas experiencing a tourist boom every summer, so travelers are forced to come to terms with mold on the walls and insects in the shower. But one German hotel was also included in the list.

A walking boat, lasting last night , sank in the Neva after a collision with a cargo ship, was raised to the surface by morning. All passengers injured during the emergency have already been released from the hospital. Law enforcement agencies, meanwhile, continue the investigation of the incident - according to preliminary data, the culprit of the incident is the captain of the boat and the second member of the crew, which was on board.

In January -July 2012, AvtoVAZ OJSC reduced car sales compared to the same period last year by 10% - up to 334 thousand 630 units. Sales of cars in Russia in Russia decreased by 13% - to 297 thousand 825 pieces. According to the company quoted by Autonews , in July 2012 AvtoVAZ increased sales relative to June 2012 by 3% to 51 thousand 343 cars. In July of this year, 47 thousand 093 Lada vehicles (+4.6%) were sold in the Russian automobile market.

The famous American rapper and actor Snup Dogg said that he was tired of hip-hop, now intends to focus on the music in the reggae style and even changed his name to Snup Lyon, RIA Novosti reports with reference to AP. “I feel that I have always been a milestone,” said Snup Dogg on Monday at a press conference in New York.

In the United States, the federal judge of the district of the District Manhattan Frank Maas ruled that the terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and Taliban, and Iran should pay more than six billion dollars to the families of the dead during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack as moral compensation, CNN reports. Compensations should be received by 110 people who survived the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, and the heirs of 47 dead, said the Voice of America .

Henry Resnick "I am at a loss. Prescribing to journalists how to cover an OPEN trial is, excuse me, beyond the powers of judges. Open court hearings implement the principle of openness. For example, a judge in an open court session cannot prohibit anyone from audio recording (video recording under a ban may occur). So, based on this: how can correspondents be prohibited from directly quoting the testimony of witnesses? At the same time, leaving journalists the right to indirectly quote...

In St. Petersburg, during a night walk along the Neva, a walking boat sank. There were 15 people on board: of which 13 passengers and two crew members. All of them are saved. In the first minutes of the people who were in the water, other vessels, which were nearby, lifted aboard. Ten people were taken to hospitals for inspection, but they did not record serious injuries, mainly hypothermia, Interfax reports with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in St. Petersburg.

In the course of communicating with participants in the All-Russian Youth Innovation Forum "Seliger-2012", Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to continue his efforts to create the opportunity to arrive in Russia of the Dalai Lama XIV . The question of the possibility of the arrival of the leader of the Buddhist Tibet in Russia was asked by one of the participants in the forum - a resident of Kalmykia.

The new Lada Largus AvtoVAZ model, only two weeks ago entered the retail sale, is already in such increased demand that those who wish to acquire it are forced to wait in line for up to three months. From July 16, about 2 thousand cars were delivered to the dealer network at a price of 380 thousand rubles: both 5-seater and 7-seater. For two weeks, AvtoVAZ hoped to implement 1.2-1.3 thousand from the bottom. But the novelty began to be very popular.

Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina is included in the UN high -level group for the implementation of the agenda in the field of global development after 2015. The list was announced in New York by the UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon. He said that the first meeting of the group will be held in September as part of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Karelian blogger Maxim Efimov, who fell into disgrace after a critical article on the Russian Orthodox Church, again tried to place in a psychiatric clinic, the Russian News Service reports. However, the Petrozavodsk City Court refused the investigators in the petition for the appointment of a psychological and psychiatric examination, Openinform reports.

Danila Lindele “When Ternovsky stated that the government is irremovable, Putin interrupted him: “You will talk like that until the morning.” The audience approves, but Dima continues to the roar of part of the crowd. Finally, he asked his question: “Why is the power in Russia irremovable, and What do we do in such conditions?" Putin, in his usual manner, avoided all the questions, saying that everything is changing, that 2/3 of the Cabinet of Ministers has been updated.

Mikhail Babkin “A huge number of clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church (MP) do not know how to apply the sign of the cross to themselves. As a rule, they are baptized with the so-called “Petrine” cross, that is, turning the cross of Christ “upside down.” (It is on such a cross, upside down , the Apostle Peter was crucified.) The clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church (MP) usually “perform” the sign of the cross from their forehead to – at most – the solar plexus.

From alcohol, people become more attractive in their own eyes, scientists found out. Moreover, even the thought of alcohol makes a person believe in his charisma. The people around them do not notice any changes. Scientists explain the effect of images from modern films about glamorous life. The study sheds light on why acquaintances in the bar are so often unsuccessful, jokes the journalist The Daily Mail . Conclusions were made by scientists on the basis of three experiments.

The Daily Electronic IPAD gasete has announced the decision to dismiss 50 out of 170 of its employees, Sotovik.ru reports with reference to All Things Digital. Upopular measures are associated with the desire of the publication spreading through the channels of a paid subscription, to remain afloat, because, despite more than 100 thousand subscribers on the iPad, iPhone and Galaxy Tab 10.1, the newspaper continues to incur losses.