The governments of the countries participating in the eurozone last fall were a promise that everything would be fine with the euro, and gave the head of the European Central Bank of Mario Draga the time to stabilize the currency. However, time was wasted. This, as reported by Finmarket IA , said in an interview with Handelsblatt, Jurgen Stark, a former chief economist of the ECB, who resigned in 2011 due to a dispute with Mario Draga about the bond purchase program.

The organizers of the World Games in the Neolimpian sports held in the Colombian city of Kali will have to replace all the sets of awards made for the winners of the tournament. Due to the inattention of manufacturers, athletes instead of world champions became champions in the game of words. In the inscription on medals intended for winners and winners of the competition, an annoying spelling error crept.

Russian actress Ksenia Rappoport and director Alexei German Jr. became part of the jury of various programs of the 70th Venice Film Festival, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the film for filming. Rappoport along with the French director Katrin Corsini, Belgian director Frederick Fonteyn, Egyptian actor Amr Wakid, Italian director Leonardo Di Kostanzo and Iranian actress Farakhani will evaluate the parallel program "Horizons" (Orizzonti).

The American Ford car manufacturer will begin to review 33 thousand C-Max Hybrid models due to problems with panoramic roofs, Avtobizon.ru reports. Ford specialists have found that car passengers can get traumatic brain injuries that go beyond the American Federal Standard of Vehicle Security. The review campaign will begin on August 19, 2013 and will touch the car production cars from January 2012 to June 25, 2013.

The Nikulinsky Court of Moscow appointed a debt of the parties on a resonant criminal case against Alexei Rusakov on August 2, the alleged culprit of the accident , in which the famous actress Marina Golub died, reports RAPSI . During the debate, the state prosecution will voice what punishment, in his opinion, deserves the accused. During the interrogation in the Moscow court, Rusakov himself said on July 29 that he did not plead guilty.

The author of the novel about the serial killer and the cannibal "Silence of the lamb" Thomas Harris, in the preface to the anniversary publication, revealed who inspired him to create the image of the protagonist Hannibal lecturer, writes The Times . According to Harris, this person was the prison doctor of the Mexican city of Monterrai by the name of Salazar, the writer said in the preface of the new publication dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the release of his famous thriller.

British scientists have found that the Incas before making children sacrificed them well, and also pumped alcohol and drugs. They came to such conclusions by examining the bodies of three Ink children four to five and 13 years old, found back in 1999 at an altitude of 6 thousand meters on the border of Chile and Argentina, according to the article of the PNAS scientific journal.

The French law enforcement agencies doubled the damage from the bold theft committed last Sunday at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. Initially, the abduction of jewelry for 40 million euros was reported, but now the prosecutor’s office found out that we are talking about "theft of a century" for more than 100 millions of euros. This is one of the largest thefts of jewelry in Europe in the 21st century, the BBC television and radio company emphasizes.

In the Elkhov district of the Samara region, police special forces freed four men who spent two years in captivity. One suspect was also detained and the arsenal of criminals was removed. The hostage liberation operation took place at 6:30 Tuesday in one of the villages, the official website of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

The Government of the Russian Federation has completed the preparation of the bill on the introduction of criminal punishment for companies and citizens that evade the payment of insurance premiums to the Pension Fund and the compulsory and medical insurance funds, the Kommersant newspaper writes.

In relation to the deputy chairman of the Football Federation of the Moscow Region, detained on July 10 at the time of receiving a bribe , a criminal case was instituted on the attempt on fraud using an official position. This was reported by the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Region.

Mercedes-Benz has stopped supplying a new Cla sedan to the Russian market. The official letter was sent by the Russian representative office of the company dealers, Kommersant writes. According to the publication in dealerships, those cars that have already been ordered will reach consumers, but applications for new cars are no longer accepted. Currently, the Mercedes-Benz plant in the city of Kekhemet, Hungary, where CLA and the subop-former B-class are produced, produces CLA for the US market.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation agreed with the relevant departments of amendments to the Labor Code, which will limit the amount of payments to top managers upon dismissal of state-owned companies from three to six monthly salaries, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. The bill may be submitted to the government at the end of summer.

In the chapel of Sheremetyevo Airport, an inadequate citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was detained. According to ITAR-TASS with reference to the press service of the Department of Transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District, we are talking about the incident in the building of the chapel of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, located on the territory of the international airport.

The provision of refuge for the fugitive ex -employee of the CIA of the United States Edward Snowden will show that Russia is on guard of the ideals of freedom - this opinion was expressed by the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department on the relationship between the Church and Society (Vede), Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin. "It is pleased that Russia in this case, as in many others, is shown, despite serious pressure," he said in an interview with Interfax -religion to the portal.