The first tranche of financial assistance to Cyprus from international creditors will be received by mid -May. This was announced by the Vice President of the European Commission Ollie REN during a speech in the European Parliament. "The Cyprus help program was approved. It is expected that the first tranche will come to mid -May. This will allow the country to avoid default," he said.

The site of the American information channel Foxnews has been distributed today by the prostrate commentary of the Specialist in the Middle East and Islam Raymond Ibrahim, dedicated to the mass outcome of Christians from the Muslim world. Ibrahim is the author of the recently published book “Crucified: Exposing the New War of Islam against Christians” (Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians).

In Gorno-Altaysk, in the 78th year of his life, a public figure, director and actor Anton Yudanov, who was famous for the fact that he called the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the site "News of the Altai Mountains" reports to the duel of the LDPR leader. Yudanov was also a famous shaman and spiritual leader of the small indigenous people of the tabulars.

An employee of the Ministry of Emergencies and his friend burned at the cottage near Moscow. Investigators suspect arson, although it is possible that the fire covered the building due to a malfunction of gas equipment. The tragic incident happened on the night of April 30, on the day of the fire department of Russia, reports Life News .

The sudden resignation of Vladislav Surkov from the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the government caused a lot of responses and comments. So far, some have guesses about the causes and consequences of the dismissal of Surkov, assuming that it is a “alarming signal” or a prerequisite for changes in the political system, others guess what the former official will do. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the resignation of Surkov on his own on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the heads of the resorts of the North Caucasus OJSC on suspicion of embezzlement of 275.3 million rubles allocated from the budget, according to the website of the department.

The police of the American Clevender are preparing to interrogate three men who are suspected of kidnapping women who escaped from sexual slavery after a decade imprisonment, BBC reports. Arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and long-term forced retention-the driver of the school bus 52-year-old Ariel Castro and two of his brothers, Pedro 54 years old and 50-year-old Onceyle.

In St. Petersburg, police dispersed the theatrical procession of the world-famous troupe of the Cirque du Soleil troupe. A peaceful action in support of the new circus program was stopped on Nevsky Prospekt. Representatives of law enforcement agencies were frightened that the procession could develop into riots, ITAR-TASS reports. The artists of the Canadian circus planned to go with a theatrical performance in support of their new Alegria show.

The US Department of Defense intends to reduce the number of its civil servants by at least five percent over the next five years. This was announced, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the United States, Astton Carter. “We also need to restructure our civilian personnel at a time when we are restructuring our armed forces. Specifically, we plan to reduce the levels of civil servants by 5-6% over the next five financial years.

The Czech brand, which is part of the "large family" VW published the first teaser of the Rapid Sport liftback, reports Aut Forces . From the serial version, the sports conceptual Rapid has a more aggressive design - the car has modified bumpers, a large air intake, a spoiler, two exhaust pipes, as well as 19 -inch alloy disks. The technical characteristics of the model are kept secret. There is no information about the plans for launching aggressive Rapid in the series either.

Makhachkalinsky “Anji” defeated the Petersburg “Zenith” and for the second time in history became the finalist of the Russian Football Cup. The meeting in St. Petersburg at the Petrovsky stadium ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of Anji, which in which Samuel Et'o distinguished himself in the 61st minute. The rival of Anji in the final, which will be held on June 1 in Grozny, will be the Moscow CSKA, who had overcome Rostov (2: 0) in the semifinals of Rostov on Tuesday.

The Great Britain government has convincing information about the use of chemical weapons by the forces of Bashar al-Assad, said the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron, who is going to discuss the situation in Syria with Vladimir Putin on May 10 in Sochi. “Limited but convincing information continues to come to us that the regime of Bashar Assad, known for its cruelty, used and uses chemical weapons, including Zarin,” the British politician ITAR -TASS quotes.

The prosecutor's office of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet), which in the court in the case of an accident at the Nerpa Premier League supported the prosecution, appealed the acquittal of the court . “The state prosecution filed an appeal for an acquittal,” Interfax reports with reference to a source in the TOF prosecutor's office on Wednesday, May 8. According to him, the appeal was filed to the military collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

The nephew of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov died as a result of a car accident in Uzbekistan. 29-year-old Babur Usmanov crashed in Tashkent, where he came from Switzerland, RBC Daily reports, citing the assistant of the Russian billionaire’s wife Elena Smirnova. Babur Usmanov came to Uzbekistan for his cousin’s wedding, which was supposed to take place on May 11. The funeral of the deceased will take place on May 8 in Tashkent at 17:00 local time.

In 1997, Boris Berezovsky was considered the richest Russian businessman with a fortune of $ 3 billion according to Forbes magazine. In 2013, financial collapse could be one of the main causes of depression, which, perhaps, predetermined his death .