The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has begun the formation of a “white list” of cultural figures, who should provide “maximum assistance” in the country, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the department. Now 34 people are on the list.

In England, they thought about closing the tunnel near La Channel connecting the UK with France, after he survived the largest attack by migrants at the beginning of the week. On Thursday, the leader of the opposition Party of Independence of the United Kingdom (UKIP), Naigal Faraj, announced the possibility of overlapping the tunnel until the situation with the influx of illegal migrants is settled, The Belfast Telegraph reports.

In Moscow, the auction in support of political prisoners had to be transferred urgently due to the fact that the police arrived at the scene. The organizers had to urgently look for another room. According to Newsru.com, the volunteer of the company "Citizen and the Police" of the Moscow Helsinki group (MHG) Khabib Poghosyan, activists called the address where the event was moving, but did not specify what kind of place it was. According to Poghosyan, the event is now taking place on the street.

The organization of oil exporters (OPEC) predicted oil prices in 2016. This, as Interfax reports, said OPEC Secretary General Abdalla al-Badri during a meeting-seminar with a Russian delegation led by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak in Moscow. According to him, "we all suffered greatly" from instability in the market and the volatility of prices, which has already lasted several quarters. "The current situation is a test for everyone.

The Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov promised to consider the complaints of the "democratic coalition" about the refusal to register in several regions after the opposition arranged a protest of the CEC building. This was reported by the activists themselves. Journalists also reported the conversation of representatives of the demop department with Churov.

The Russian creative union of cultural workers opposed the transfer of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Isaac's Cathedral and other cultural monuments, the organization’s official letter says.

In the German city of Roveil, a special 246 -meter tower was practically completed, which will test the elevator on a magnetic pillow - Muggle (Sokr. From "Magnetic Levitation"). As you know, the technology of Maglev has long and successfully implemented in the field of high -speed railway transportation. Now, developers want to introduce it into the elevator transportation system.

Additional checks that the Investigative Committee conducts at Rusnano are related to initiating the case against the head of the state -owned company Anatoly Chubais. This was announced to RBC by the author of the complaint businessman Dmitry Lerner. The essence of the matter, as follows from his comments, boils down to the fact that he lent his brother more than 250 million rubles, which he did not return.

Czech Skoda automobile enterprises in Mlada-Boleva, Kvassin and Wrkhlabi closed for modernization, reports tvoe-avto.com . One of the enterprises from July 27 to August 14 will receive new modernized workshops, the remaining two plants in the period 3 to 14 will conduct planned maintenance of equipment. At the Kvasin plant during the holidays, a series of events aimed at preparing to increase capacities will be held during the holidays, 110km.ru notes.

Ukraine intends to develop trade with Iran after the abolition of sanctions. Trade relations between the two countries exist today: according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, in the first half of 2015, $ 350 million, mainly grain, sunflower seeds and sunflower oil were delivered to Iran. The CCI held a number of negotiations, the purpose of which is to attract Iranian investments in the Ukrainian economy, the independent newspaper said.

Volkswagen assembly employees from August 3 to a month go on corporate vacation. This was reported to TASS in the company Volkswagen Group Rus. "The production site at the gas car factory, on which the Volkswagen and Skoda models are carried out, will be on corporate leave from August 3 to 31, 2015," the company said. On corporate leave from July 27 to August 21, the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga is also located.

The two largest Russian sellers of mobile devices - Euroset and Svyaznoy - as well as retail networks of their key partners - MegaFon and Vympelcom - have not been purchased by Samsung smartphones for more than a month. This was reported on Thursday by "Vedomosti" with reference to employees of several retailers. The publication notes that this is either due to marriage, or because of the price war between the sales of phones.

The United Nations noticed that Russia was frequent with the application of the right of veto in relation to the UN Security Council of Resolutions. In July, the Russian side repeated the record of 18 years ago, when in one calendar month the same state twice blocked the initiative entered in the Security Council.

Former Popular Top Gear programs Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May concluded a contract for the creation of a new Automotive show, reports Interfax with reference to a message published on Twitter Clarkson. "With great enthusiasm, I announce that R. Hammond, J. May and I signed a contract with Amazon," the report says. According to the British publication Daily Mirror, the former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman will join the work on the project.

Moscow was in the three regions with the greatest drop in industrial production, follows from the report of the Ministry of Economic Development "On the current situation in the economy of the Russian Federation following the results of the first half of 2015." The industrial production index for the capital fell by 12.8%. For six months, industry decreased only in the Moscow region (13.3%) and North Ossetia (18.5%).