The European Union will simplify the procedures for issuing visas for a short-term stay in the EU countries and will use a visa policy to stimulate cooperation on migration issues with third countries, the press service of the European Parliament said.

The Ministry of Justice is working on amendments to the legislation on countering corruption in order to decriminalize cases when an offense occurs due to "circumstances of force majeure." A notification of this is published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts . The notification says that the current legislation does not provide for exemption from liability if the ban or avoiding a conflict of interest is impossible due to "objective reasons".

The Rosteleset Association, uniting 196 regional communications operators in 52 constituent entities of the Russian Federation proposed the Ministry of Communications to launch a pilot project in one of the regions to introduce gas supply and blocking systems in residential buildings, Kommersant writes. As stated in a letter sent to the head of the department Konstantin Noskov on January 23, the operators are ready to take on the cost of the implementation of this project.

The International Bobsleya and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) made a decision on the two -year disqualification of Bobsleist Alexei Voevoda for violations of anti -doping rules at the Sochi Olympic Games since December 21, 2018. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

The President of the Palestinian Autonomy and the chairman of the FATH MAHMUD Abbas accepted the resignation of the Rami Hamdalla government and instructed him to fulfill his duties before the formation of a new cabinet. This was reported by the WAFA news agency. Earlier in the afternoon, the government of national consent under the leadership of Hamdullah in full force officially officially submitted the abbasal to the abbus a request for resignation on the western bank of the Jordan.

In the notebook, which was holding the White House adviser to John Bolton during a briefing in Venezuela, reporters saw the distinct inscription "5,000 soldiers - to Colombia." In Washington, they say that there are no decisions to send the military to the territory of the country neighboring Venezuela, but all options for supporting the opposition leader Juan Guydo are considered.

In the Soviet District Court of the Orel, a criminal case began in relation to the former district city Ministry of Internal Affairs Natalia Bashkatova . She is charged with negligence, which entailed by negligence the death of a local resident Yana Savchuk.

Over the past year, Russia has approached one point to the corruption "bottom", taking 138th place out of 180 in the index of perception of corruption (IVK), compiled by the international movement Transparency International . The Russian Federation scored 28 points against 29 for several past years, and the fewer points, the higher the level of corruption in the country. In 2018, Papua - New Guinea, Lebanon, Iran, Guinea and Mexico scored the same points in 2018.

The Ministry of Justice of Canada received a request from the US authorities to extradite the financial director and member of the Board of Directors of the Chinese company Huawei Menu Vanzhou, who was detained in Canada in early December and is currently under house arrest . The Canadian television channel CBC reports to receive a request.

The fourteenth world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik officially announced his career end. The statement of the 43-year-old Russian grandmaster is given on the official website of the superhuman in the Dutch Vake-An-See, where he took the last place last Sunday. “I have already decided to finish my professional chess career a couple of months ago, and now, having played my last tournament, I would like to announce it publicly,” Kramnik said.

Hundreds of car models on the market are vulnerable to the so -called hijacking without keys. This conclusion was reached by representatives of the British organization for the protection of consumer rights of Which? Based on the results of tests carried out by the universal German car club (ADAC).

Director Kirill Serebrennikov did not order to destroy the financial documentation of the autonomous non -profit organization Seventh Studio, his lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov said. Earlier, such an accusation was addressed by former accountant of ANO Larisa Voikina, who became a person involved in the theft of 133 million rubles allocated by the Ministry of Culture.

In the Moscow rental market for expensive housing, demand increased noticeably in 2018. Analysts from Savills came to this conclusion, data from the report of which was provided by RBC . The company includes objects costing from 75 thousand rubles per month as expensive housing. Compared to 2017, the number of requests from potential tenants for such apartments increased by 32% due to the owners reducing the cost of rent. At the same time, the volume of supply on the market decreased by 6%.

Vladimir Guriev "Recently, in some interview, I heard that there are several undeveloped, but very promising niches in Russian cinema, and, they say, who will be the first to do well, he will tear off the bank. For example, a story about a superhero or a team of superheroes-they tried repeatedly, the results each time are catastrophic.

The coach of the Nizhny Novgorod Hockey team "Soyuz" Ivan Orlov on Sunday during the match as part of the Federal Hockey League against HC "NBD Bank" in the city of Kstovo managed to return one of his wards to the life. According to the portal "in the city of N" , in one of the episodes, the Soyuz hockey player Dmitry Tuturkin fled to the corner to pick up the puck, put the skates incorrectly and the opponent flew on it on the ice. Dmitry drove several meters and hit the board.