The Prosecutor General’s Office of Egypt, who is the prosecutor in the process of the murder of demonstrators in the days of the 2011 revolution, demanded the highest punishment for the defendants.

Two German designers, Daniel Seering and Mario Schuster, have made part of a tree trunk growing on the side of one of the country's roads invisible. To do this they needed some tape and some paint, writes The Daily Mail . The idea came to the designers after they worked on fitting the transformer booths into the surrounding landscape. After which they found a suitable tree and realized their plan. A short video posted on YouTube shows that the designers achieved their goal.

The forecast for the Russian economy for 2014 depends on how the Crimean crisis will develop and how the Crimean crisis is resolved, the World Bank economists say. The new WB forecast for the Russian economy provides for two alternative scenarios, but both of them come down to slowing down growth rates.

The other day, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed limiting the purchase of foreign cars at the expense of the state budget. The ministry was explained this initiative with a desire to support the domestic manufacturer. However, experts predict that officials will only transfer to foreign cars of the Russian assembly, and an exception will be made for the main German cars.

Uzbekistan refused to recognize Crimea as part of Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic said that in order to find a mutually acceptable compromise solution to the problems that arose in Ukraine, direct bilateral negotiations are needed, Interfax reports.

In Japan, a prototype of the compact electric car FOMM Concept One was created. According to developers, this is the smallest four -seater electric car in the world. In addition to this, he is able to swim almost like a boat. When this light mini is immersed in the water of the waterline, it passes just above the wheels. "Fish-mobile" also knows how to move on the surface of the water, writes Wrom.ru. Fomm Concept One weighs only 460 kg.

The Russian pop singer Diana Gurtskaya arose difficulties with obtaining an American visa. The problem lies in the photograph, which, according to the requirements, must be done without glasses. At the same time, Gurtskaya, as you know, is blind from birth, and therefore constantly wears dark glasses.

The European Commission has not yet been able to obtain consent to the reverse scheme of gas supplies to Ukraine, which could reduce Kiev’s dependence on Gazprom, the Kommersant newspaper writes. The reverse supplies of gas to Ukraine from Slovakia can become one of the forms of assistance to this state, but Bratislava does not have unnecessary means to support Kyiv.

The laureates of the Book Anti-Prime "A paragraph" were announced on Wednesday, March 26, at the National Exhibition-Fair "Book of Russia" in Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports. As Alexander Nabokov, editor -in -chief of the Book Review newspaper, told the agency, this year the organizers again had to introduce the nomination "The worst proofread", which was not for several years in a row. There were several annoying books this season, ”he said.

In one of the hospitals in St. Petersburg, several doctors kept a hunger strike for three days due to a significant reduction in wages. Three employees of the Peter the Great Hospital at the SSU named after Mechnikov in this way decided to attract the attention of officials and the public to a truly flagrant contract of salary - almost a third.

Russian companies that are organizing tourist tours to the UK filed a collective complaint to the embassy of this country. According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), the cause of the complaint was problems with the issuance of visas to Russians, because of which many could not fly on vacation or on vacation. The ator noted that the association also sent a letter to the embassy with a request to solve the problem as soon as possible.

The International Literary Prize of memory of the famous Swedish children's writer Astrid Lindgren, awarded since 2003 for his contribution to the development of children's and youth literature, was awarded to the Swedish writer Barbro Lindgren this year, the chairman of the international jury Larry Lempert said on Tuesday in Stockholm. "Barbra Lindgren is a literary creator of the new.

“In 2004, the Kremlin delegated a landing of Russian politicians, public figures and political strategists to Ukraine in order to prevent the impending “Orange Revolution”. Work was launched to discredit the rapidly gaining popularity of the future leader of the Maidan Yushchenko. Its leitmotif was that Yushchenko is a nationalist, or, at least, connected with the nationalists, leading them to power.

Olympic figure skating champions in the team tournament and bronze medalists in the individual competitions of Sochi-2014 dance duet Elena Ilyini and Nikita Katsalapov at the World Cup, which started in the Japanese site, will perform together for the last time. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to a source familiar with the situation. “In the site of the Ilyins and Katsalapov, they perform together for the last time,” the source said.

In the Omsk region, a scandal broke around the resignation of one of the ministers of the regional government. The head of the Ministry of Property Relations Vadim Merenkov disappeared after he became a defendant in a criminal case. The official was accused of illegally selling state lands. On March 25, the investigation announced Merenkov on the federal wanted list and appealed to the court with a petition for temporary removal from his position.