The story with the “plush landing” , when toys with calls to freedom of speech were poured out of Minsk from the manned sword, turned into a serious diplomatic scandal: Belarus decided to withdraw its embassy in Sweden, suggesting that the kingdom do the same or return to the norms of mutual destruction and sovereign equalization. The press service of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus emphasized that "it is not about the breakdown of diplomatic relations," Interfax notes.

Russian woman Lyubov Volosova won the bronze of the Olympic tournament in the female wrestling in the weight category up to 63 kg. In the comforting ending, she surpassed the Pole Monica Eve Mikhalik with a score of 0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0. - Diary of games-2012. Schedule and results of competitions The three -time Olympic champion in this discipline was Japanese Kaori Icho, who forced the Chinese woman Jing Ryusu in the finale - 3: 0, 2: 0. The second bronze went to Batzove Soronzonbold from Mongolia.

Representatives of the Livan Gay community demand that the authorities stop the forced medical examination of men suspected of "unnatural sexual relations", the Russian BBC service reports. It all started from the police raid to one of the Beirut cinemas. In the television show, published the day before, it was argued that the room is actually a "gay home". 36 people were arrested, each of them in a police station was expected for a forced proctological examinations.

Emergency warning systems in a number of regions in the south of Russia are simply absent due to theft of budget funds allocated for these purposes, the Prosecutor General’s Office found out after catastrophic floods in the Kuban.

The historical monument of the Middle Ages, the Church of St. George, the Cyprus city of Famagusta, occupied by the Turks, began to be used as a latrine, the portal "Orthodoxy.by" reports with reference to the Greek agency "Romfa" , which spread the information of the newspaper "Havantis". According to Havantis, in the fortress city there are many historical monuments that will soon turn into a pile of stones.

The first color photograph taken on the surface of Mars appeared on the Twitter Account, which is conducted on behalf of the Curiosity Mars. It is visible on it part of the Gale crater where the apparatus landed. Prior to this, the Mark Road transmitted only black and white photographs in which the mountains are visible on the edge of the Gale crater, part of the Mars-Rosa itself, and the shadow of the apparatus is visible in one of the pictures.

The richest woman in Europe, the owner of L'Oreal, Lilian Betankur, sold a personal island in the Seychelles. As Prian.ru reports, the exact amount of the transaction is not known. However, secret sources report that the price tag on the island varies from 60 to 94 million dollars. The plot of land, called d'Arro, covers 1.25 miles in length and is located southwest of the Seychelles. The new owner of the island was the international organization Save Our Seas, based in Geneva.

In the center of Minsk, unknown people in civilian clothes, presumably KGB officers, forced the owner of the London cafe to paint over the inscription with its name, reports the Charter-97 with reference to the journalist Janin Melnikov. It is reliably unknown whether this information is reliable, however, photographs appeared on the Internet in which a man really paints a tablet with a blue paint with the word "London".

The Google Internet giant presented his new headquarters in London. In an office with an area of ​​160,000 square meters. m in Covent Garden so many distracting things that it is not clear how workers remain in their places. After all, there is a dance studio, a gym, a massage room, a winter garden and numerous "rest rooms".

Russia decided to introduce a fee for car recycling . A new tax, a measure that is aimed at improving the environmental situation, can give the Kremlin the opportunity to protect local automakers from undesirable competition, Inopressa reports with reference to the publication of The Financial Times . According to the law, all cars sold in Russia will be subject to tax from September 1.

Vladimir Varfolomeev “In the near future, the State Duma will consider a new bill that will introduce a ban for the children of officials to receive foreign education... the current law “On State Civil Service” allows officials and their relatives to receive treatment and study abroad. Now, it is likely that a new one will appear an amendment that will introduce restrictions for the children of officials. Violation is punishable by a fine of 5–10 million rubles or imprisonment for up to 5 years.

Specialists of the Byzantium communication group studied the behavior of Russian users of the five largest social networks in order to check how much users have aggressiveness and cynicism in communication. According to RIA Novosti , it was found that Facebook users are more cynical and aggressive than participants in other social networks, and VKontakte users use non -normative vocabulary more often than others.

The judges who worked at the final of the Olympic competition in a support jump could give American Meroni Meroni to the American assessment and not put it on the second step of the pedestal. This was stated by RIA Novosti Bronze medalist of this type of all -around Maria Paska. - Diary of games-2012.

The army and the Egyptian police conduct a large counter -terrorist operation on the Sinai Peninsula, in which tanks and helicopters are involved, with the consent of Israel. During the operation, Egyptian military helicopters for the first time since 1973 (Egypt with Israel) inflicted missile strikes on the territory of the peninsula, destroying 20 militants, reports Newsru Israel .

Bread prices can become noticeably higher in September this year, the Russian newspaper warns. In different regions of Russia, the cost of bread can increase by a different amount: in Yekaterinburg they promise an increase of 22%. In the Rostov region, it has already occurred, by 6-10%. In the Volgograd region, the increase amounted to 24%at once. Since January, the cost of grain has risen by an average of 55%.