The European Union abolished trade benefits from Belarus for violating the rights of workers, reports Reuters . According to Peter Mandelson EU Commissioner, "Europe attaches great importance to working conditions, as well as environmental protection." “In this case, Belarus clearly violates the standards of the International Labor Organization,” he said in a statement.

Today, the Koptevsky court of Moscow will make a decision on the claim of the Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov against the deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitvol about the protection of honor, dignity and recovery of 50 million rubles from him, RIA Novosti reports.

The parliament of Buryatia endowed Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn with the powers of the President of the Republic, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. In support of the candidacy of the 51-year-old Nagovitsyn at a meeting of the People’s Khural, 57 deputies out of 61 present spoke out, 4 opposed, there were no abstained. Khural includes 65 parliamentarians, and to approve the candidacy for the post of president of Buryatia, there is enough support for the simple majority of deputies.

In the metropolitan hotel "Russia", which is under reconstruction, a fire occurred, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the capital's department of the Ministry of Emergencies. There are no victims. The fire occurred between the basement and the first floor of the building, its area was four square meters. I managed to cope with fire in a few minutes. The reasons for the fire are established.

This week, the Stockholm Arbitration Court rejected the claim of Globe Nuclear Service and Supply (GNSS) against JSC Techsnabexport. The court also ordered GNSS to compensate Techsnabexport for costs incurred in connection with the process in the amount of more than $6 million. The GNSS company at one time acted as a sales agent for Techsnabexport in the American market.

Summer. In the Western football powers, in the local football clubs there is a time of transfers, purchases of players, and bloating prices. Who was not excited at one time by the transition of Backham from Manchester United to Real Madrid! Or Shevchenko from Milan to Chelsea? Well, a well -known routine has long. But unexpectedly and in our political life, something similar appeared. That is the time of transfers. And Mr. Mironov is already looking at the best players of other political teams.

Today in Brussels a meeting is planned by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov with the head of the Pentagon Robert Gates and the EU Supreme EU on foreign policy and security, Havier Solanna, RIA Novosti reports. “It is expected that one of the negotiations will be the deployment of strategic elements about the United States in Europe, other questions,” said Serdyukov.

The leader of the ATP Nikita Belykh spoke out that the democratic parties represent a single candidate in the upcoming elections of the Russian President, Interfax-Volga region reports. “If a single candidate from a democratic opposition appears, then my personality is personally necessary to support such a candidate.

Chinese archaeologists discovered a sunken ship built more than 400 years ago - during the Ming dynasty, reports Radio "Freedom" . The ship loaded with porcelain products lies at the bottom of the South China Sea at a depth of only 20 meters. The first examinations of the finds suggested that the ship received a hole, running into reefs. The global positioning system helped archaeologists to find the ship.

The football player, who completed his career, Dmitry Alenichev spoke about the immediate plans as a senator in the Federation Council. He became a senator from the Omsk region - the candidacy was proposed by United Russia. 29 out of 36 deputies voted "for". According to Channel One , Alenichev admitted that he did not stay in the Omsk region for long, but already has a clear plan of action. The day before, Dmitry Alenichev said: “Today I fly to Moscow, but I’ll be back here in the near future.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** President of the Russian Federation V. Putin - He held a telephone conversation with the new President of Israel, Sh. Perez , during which the situation was discussed in the Palestinian territories. - held a meeting with ... Poem -subject in the Southern Federal District D. Kozak , dedicated to the state of affairs in the district. ... the governor of the Leningrad Region V.

The Board of Directors of the United Coal Company OJSC Yuzhkuzbassugol terminated the powers of General Director George Lavrik and elected the new head of the company Gennady Kozovoy, reports Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax. Kozova, who is also the general director of OJSC "Razdadskaya", will proceed to the duties of the head of Yuzhkuzbassigul from June 16.

Grigory Gritsenko Last week, Europe celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of the Marshall plan. In our country, when discussing it, several hackneyed theses are traditionally used, which boils down to the fact that with the help of this plan there was an economic enslave of Europe from the United States, after which European states have long been forced to support the aggressive policy of American imperialism, even if it contradicted their national interests.

China’s authorities cut the new Hollywood ribbon about the Pirates of the Caribbean, which “reproaches and distorts (image) of the Chinese,” the Sinhua agency reports. Episodes with the participation of Captain Sao Feng are cut up to 10 minutes. “The captain was played by Lysym, his face is strong in scars. He also has a long beard and long nails, he was played in accordance with how they love to demonize the Chinese in Hollywood.

** What will they answer? ** The G-8 summit in Heiligendam was the most violent in the history of these events. What is not surprising: he passed against the backdrop of a rapidly worsening relationship between Russia and all other countries of the "eight".