The South African Paralympic Oscar Pistorus plans to sell a house in Praetory (South Africa), where on February 14 last year his friend Reva Stenkap was killed - to cover the costs associated with the trial. This was reported by the AFP agency with reference to the lawyer of the athlete Brian Webber. The hearing in the case of the amputant runner began on March 3, and over the past almost three weeks, his legal expenses have grown greatly.

The European Parliament Committee voted for the introduction of trade benefits for Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. In fact, these measures will provide Ukraine with the same conditions for access to the EU market as those that are provided for by a full trade agreement. The political part of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will be signed on March 21.

It is well known how Apple is worried about the quality of applications spreading through the App Store store. A striking example of this is the restriction of many clones of the game Flappy Bird, which have fallen into the “enemy” category of the company recently. However, not only the clones of well -known applications are closed by the road to the App Store by the company's censors, says Yablyk.com .

Alexander Shokhin was re -elected by the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The vote took place at the Congress of the RSPP, held on Thursday in Moscow. First, the extension of the powers of Shokhin for the next term was supported by the board of the Union, then the congress itself approved the decision. Next year, Alexander Shokhin will celebrate a decade at the head of the RSPP, Interfax said.

The concert of the Belarusian group Lyapis Trubetskoy in Tyumen was canceled after the "suggestion", which was made by the city administration to the director of the Mirage club, who agreed to provide a concert. This was reported on the Facebook group. "After transferring Gorky from the Gorky club to the Mirage club, the director was called to the city administration last night and said: if you do not cancel this concert, your club will be closed tomorrow. There will be reasons.

In the family of a two -time Olympic champion in the rhythmic gymnast Evgenia Canaeva and the striker of the Lokomotiv hockey club Igor Musatov, a joyful event happened. The firstborn was born - a son, who was named Vladimir in honor of Grandfather Igor. As reported on the official website of Lokomotiv, the baby was born strong and healthy - weight 3.9 kg, height - 55 cm. “The birth was supposed to be approximately on March 25. So everything is healthy on time.

Actor Valentin Gaft continues to treat and rehabilitation in the surgical department of the Botkin Hospital of Moscow after the operation , RIA Novosti reports with reference to the medical institution. “The patient is in the surgical department,” the agency was told in the reference. Recall that on Friday it became known that Gaft was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Botkin hospital with emergency surgical pathology.

The State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship recommended that the lower house of parliament adopt a bill in the first reading, canceling in some cases a mandatory examination of the delivered goods or the rendered service during the purchase of a single supplier. For consideration by the State Duma in the first reading, the bill is planned to be issued on March 21, in the second - in April, ITAR -TASS reports.

The agreement on the division of products on the development of the Black Sea shelf, signed by Ukraine last year with ENI and EDF, as well as the SCP, which was planned to be signed with the Exxonmobil, Shell and Romanian Petron, the "daughter" of the Austrian OMV, will be revised by the Crimean authorities, since these projects are located in the territorial waters of the peninsula, he told the first publishing house, he told the first time Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Rustam Temirgaliev.

The players of the St. Petersburg Zenit defeated the Dortmund Borussia in the return guest match of the champions 1/8 finals, but could not make their way to the quarterfinals of the most prestigious European Cup, losing in the sum of two meetings. The goals of the Hulk (16 ') and the replacement of Jose Rondon (73'), between which the ball of Sebastian Kel (38 ') was fitting, forced Zenit fans to believe in a miracle, but there were not enough Petersburgers.

The mayor of the French town of Rastel Eipeel in the north of the country was deprived of a driver’s license for speeding. In court, he gave original explanations of what forced him to accelerate to 154 km/h. Interfax , citing Figaro , reports that the detainee by the police Jean-Louis Ennon motivated his act with the desire to quickly dry the car after a car wash. According to him, he exceeded the speed on the road section of one kilometer, and usually always observes the speed limit.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a declaration of the struggle for the liberation of Ukraine, the project of which was introduced by the acting President, Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament Alexander Turchinov. "For" 274 out of 303 deputies voted. The document published on the Rada website says that on March 18, when signing an agreement on the entry of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the Russian Federation, "in the pompous atmosphere of the St.

After the completion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sochi left tens of thousands of volunteers and law enforcement officers, staff and officials, athletes and guests of the Olympic capital, leaving behind a small town built for games near the Olympic Park on the outskirts of the resort city. And today he looks like a "dead city", writes the chief editor of "Blogsochi" Alexander Valov, who visited these places with a camera.

His former head coach Valery Karpin appreciated his work at the Spartak football club at Two. The ex-Rulevo red and white himself announced this on Thursday at a press conference in ITAR-TASS. “Let's put me a“ deuce ”. I don’t evaluate my work on the“ deuce ”, but since they fired, let it be a“ deuce, ”Karpin said. Karpin also expressed confidence that Spartak could become a champion in the 2013/14 season: “There is a team for this. It has formed at the beginning of this season.

Former Russian Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo fell under the investigation into the United States on charges of theft and the distribution of the company's confidential commercial information, Reuters said with reference to these courts. At the same time, according to Reuters, Kibalko is still at large, but The Seattle Times reports that on the eve he was arrested by FBI agents in Belwei (Washington).