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.

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.

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.

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.

The 47-year-old resident of Kentukka William Meredith, having listened to the complaints of his two daughters about the drone flying over the house, took the gun and knocked him down. The angry owners of the apparatus, who accused the man of damage to property of $ 1800, Meredith ordered to get out of his territory, threatening that he would shoot them, reports the site d-russia.ru . For this, Meredith was soon arrested and sent to prison.

The United States imposed additional sanctions against Russia related to the policy of the Russian Federation in relation to Ukraine. This time, sanctions spread to eight companies and individuals, one way or another associated with the domestic billionaire Gennady Timchenko.

Investigators of the Samara region find out the circumstances of the murder of a girl who was a novice journalist and a hereditary politician. The victim Anna Bondareva was a candidate for deputies from the Just Russia party, whose member is also her father. In the murder of a girl who is committed during the rest of the youth company in the country, her boyfriend is suspected.

A group of Catholics from Castellammare Di Stabia under the Napopol invited a priest who agreed to cleanse the city from evil forces by committing an act of exorcism from a helicopter, reports The Independent . According to believers, their city was captured by social and moral decay. The local Catholic community decided to make a massive attack on the forces of evil after several temples in Castellammar Di Stabia were robbed and desecrated.

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.