The special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Walker advocated the introduction of personal sanctions for visiting Crimea, which the United States and the world community are considered the occupied territory of Ukraine. "It is important that the USA, the EU, Ukraine and other countries do not recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea.

The Autonomous Council of the Genta for Art and Design temporarily removed from the work of the director of the Museum of Elegant Arts, Katrin de Zeger after the scandal with the exhibition of the works of the Russian avant -garde, the authenticity of which was questioned. It is reported by the Belgian VRT television channel. The Council will submit the final decision on further work after an independent investigation.

More than 10 billion euros from the Libyan assets frozen after 2011 by the UN decision, Interfax reports with reference to the Le VIF publication, have disappeared from the accounts in the Belgian EuroClear Bank. Frozen funds were controlled by the environment of the overthrown leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi. In four accounts opened for Libyan Investment Authority and Libyan Foreign Investment Company, as of November 2013 were 16.1 billion euros.

A group of independent researchers Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) considers a statement that the Jaish al-Islam (prohibited in Russia) after the collapse of the Russian military transport aircraft is disinformed. The message stated that the aircraft collapsed to the ground after a machine -gun shelling from the ground. CIT reported on preliminary conclusions on her Facebook page .

In Spain, March 8 is a general feminist strike with a demand for the real equality of women and men in the country. In this 24-hour action, dedicated to the International Women's Day, 5.3 million people take part, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the data of trade unions "Workers' Commission" and "Universal Union of Workers".

The national teams of the DPRK and South Korea will not take place together at the athletes parade on March 9 during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Games in South Korean Pyeongchang, the PROCOSSSY of the Ministry of PSA . The International Paralympic Committee (MPC) invited both parties to take a joint part in the opening ceremony, similar to how this happened at the Olympic Games, but the national Paralympic committees of both Korens abandoned this proposal.

The English football club "Manchester City" and the Italian "Juventus" reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. The City football players for the sum of two matches for the second time made their way into the eight of the strongest main European cup, but at the same time suffered the first home defeat since December 2016, losing to the 1/8 final of the Swiss Basel with a score of 1: 2.

President of Poland Andrzej Duda apologized to thousands of Jews who were forced to leave the country at the end of the 1960s, reports the Polsat News television channel. “My generation is not responsible for this. But those who were then expelled, and the families of those who died during protests, I want to say:“ Forgive me, please forgive the Poles, forgive Poland for this shameful act, ”said Duda at the 50th anniversary of the largest student strike, followed by“ twisting of the nuts ”.

In Kiev, an unknown person at about 2:30 at the night of March 8 shot from a grenade launcher at the restaurant’s terrace on Vladimirskaya Street, no one was injured in the incident, the Kiev police reports . The police interviewed the staff of the institution and seized records from video surveillance cameras, which recorded how the unknown came up to the restaurant and shot from a grenade launcher. The grenade launcher itself was discovered near the restaurant.

The ceremony of entering the post of re -elected President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman was held in Prague City. According to TASS, the ceremony was held at a joint meeting of the lower and upper chambers of the national parliament in the Vladislav Hall of the ancient royal and imperial residence.

All 118 miners of the Komsomolskaya mine of AO Vorkutangol in Komi, where the concentration of carbon monoxide, were safely brought to the surface, none of them were affected. This was reported on Thursday, March 8, at Workutangol JSC. “All 118 people who worked underground at the time of smoking were successfully brought to the surface. No one was injured.

Former GRU employee Sergei Skripal , convicted in Russia for the Stateizer and subsequently pardoned, as well as his daughter, previously found unconscious in the English city of Salisbury and then sent to intensive care, are in a state of coma. Earlier, Scotland Yard said that they were poisoned by a neuro-paralytic substance . According to the British publication The Mirror , which refers to the statement of Scotland Yard, Skripal and his daughter are in very serious condition.

The Ukrainian authorities began to arrest the assets of the Russian company Gazprom for non -compliance with the verdict of the Stockholm arbitration on transit dispore with Naftogaz. This was reported on the official website of the Government of Ukraine. “In this case, a description and arrest of assets belonging to Gazprom in Ukraine began,” the report said. Enforcement proceedings in the case are conducted by the Department of State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of the country.

After a massacre in one of the Schools of Florida, the state lawmakers adopted in final reading a law that increases age, giving the right to buy weapons. According to the same law, the sale of all types of weapons is allowed only after three days, and some school workers will receive the right to carry weapons, reports Reuters .

Over the past 48 hours in the suburbs of Damascus, East Guta has died more than 100 people. The cause of the victims was collisions, airstrikes and shelling. About this, as TASS reports, on Thursday was told to reporters by the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Duzharrik.