The demonstrators struggling with the cutting of trees in a park near the City Hall of Yerevan, on the afternoon of May 16, broke into the city hall building and demanded a meeting with mayor Taron Margaryan. At the entrance, the police tried unsuccessfully to them. When the mayor did not go to the protesters, they demanded his resignation.

“Regarding the Crimean bridge - I congratulate the Crimean, of course, part of the problems with the traffic flow was resolved. But. I would like to remind you that the money for the construction of this beautiful facility was taken, as I understand it, from the budget of the designed bridge across Lena in Yakutsk,” writes a philosophy teacher on Facebook .

The father of American actress Meghan Markle, a few days before her wedding with Prince Harry, will undergo surgery - stenting of heart vessels. The portal TMZ reports this. As 73-year-old Thomas Markle told reporters, the operation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 16. On Monday, TMZ reported that the father of Prince Harry's fiancée has decided not to attend his daughter's wedding because of the photo shoot scandal.

After the “historical” and “symbolic” discovery of the Crimean bridge , which occurred the day before with the solemn participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of state announced to the Russians that new megaprojects and megastations were waiting for them ahead. “We will continue to work on projects of this kind throughout the country. It is throughout the country. We will build new roads, new bridges, new airports and ports ...

A group of engineers from the University of Washington has developed a miniature flying robot that, unlike analogues, receives energy for flight from a solar panel illuminated by a laser beam. As N+1 writes, the robot body, which weighs only 190 milligrams, has two wings driven by a piezoelectric actuator. The robot's ability to fly autonomously is ensured by a 250 milliwatt solar panel installed above it.

The State Housing Inspectorate (GZHI) for the Saratov region decided to inspect the company managing the apartment building No. 35 on Penzenskaya Street in Saratov, after publishing a post in the “Typical Saratov” group on the social network “VKontakte” by a local resident about the leaking roof in his house “ repaired" using cellophane. The user lives in an apartment on the top floor of this house, and since March 2018, rainwater has been constantly flowing into his apartment.

Combot, TGSTAT and CROSSER BOT analysts summed up the first month of blocking the Telegram messenger and concluded that the efforts of Roskomnadzor to limit the access to Telegram slightly affected its visiting users. According to the analysis, which leads VC.ru , after the start of blocking, the share of the active Telegram audience in Russia decreased by seven percentage points - from 82% to 75%.

The police of the region of the campaign in Italy detained five former and existing hotel employees in the resort city of Sorrento (Napol Province), who are suspected of a cynical sexual crime of two years ago. Then the attackers were pumped up with potent drugs, and then raped the UK citizen at the hotel, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano .

On the morning of May 16, in Moscow, in the intensive care unit of the Botkin Hospital, the leader and one of the founders of “Tatra.Doc” director and playwright Elena Gremina died suddenly. This happened a month and a half after her husband, the artistic director and founder of the "theater.doc" Mikhail Ugarov, died from a heart attack. They led the theater together. According to the MBH Media , the cause of the death of Gremin was renal and heart failure.

The aggravation of Russia's relations with the West due to events in Syria can lead to the beginning of the Third World War, 57% of Russians fear. This conclusion was reached by sociologists from the Levada Center based on the results of the survey on April 20-24. According to RBC , 16% of respondents expressed great fears about the radical scenario and another 41% have some fears in this regard.

The Autonomous Non -Profit Organization "Roskanka" created by the Government has published the results of a study of 47 domestic and imported that brands of cognac sold in Russia. The organization’s experts came to the conclusion that every third cognac was made not from grape alcohol, but from cheaper analogues.

UTAIR employees in Kurgan did not allow a 16-year-old young man who flew aboard an airplane airplane, after the operation undergoed home to Vladivostok. Gypsum was imposed on both his legs, and he could not fit in one chair, but the board was completely loaded.

An increasing number of companies operating in various fields are seeking to find application of blockchain technology in their activities. Taiwanese HTC did not stand aside - the day before, HTC top manager Phil Chen spoke about the company's intention to release a blockchain smartphone, writes The Verge . Nothing is currently known about the characteristics of the future device, which is called Exodus.

Sergey Aleksashenko “Attentive readers have noticed that the new presidential “May decree” of 2018 does not say anything specific about increasing wages, except for a very general phrase about the need for “sustainable growth in real incomes of citizens,” notes economist and former deputy chairman of the Central Bank Sergei Aleksashenko on his blog . “In essence, the president only wants from the government that the incomes of Russians grow faster than inflation.

Spanish specialist Pep Guardiola, who heads Manchester City, was recognized as the coach of the season in the English Football Premier League according to the Coaches Association, according to the city's official website . In the 2017/18 season, Manchester City became the champion of England ahead of schedule , and also scored a record 100 points based on the results of 38 rounds.