In Moscow, at these minutes, the parade on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day, the main national holiday of Ireland, ends. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, about 4 thousand people participate in the action. The order is provided by 2 thousand police officers. The new Arbat and the Streets of Znamenka and Vozdvizhenka are blocked up to 15 hours, at this time the procession should end.

In Zurich, the Russian economic and financial forum is opening today. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Alexander Zhukov, representatives of the presidential administration, both chambers of the Federal Assembly, as well as the Russian business community, take part in his work. Leading Swiss politicians and businessmen are invited to the forum.

Elections in Iran were neither free nor honest, representatives of the European Union believe. According to them, parliamentary elections did not meet international standards. Iran citizens, the EU believes, could not make a free choice of candidates with various political views, since more than a third of the candidates were not allowed to participate in the elections, Associated Press reports. As Polit.ru previously reported, on March 14, parliamentary elections were held in Iran.

In the city of Pattani, located in the south of Thailand, two people died as a result of the bomb explosion, 14 people were injured. The explosion thundered in the parking lot of one of the hotels. According to the representative of the police, the bomb was hidden in a fire extinguisher located in a parked car. In the explosion, an employee of the hotel security service died on the site, another person died in the hospital from the injuries.

The situation around the Tarus hospital, which is persecuted by local authorities, is still far from permission. Despite the intervention of the Governor of the Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov, by mid -March, nothing has changed. As reported by Polit.ru , in August 2005, the Moscow cardiologist, candidate of medical sciences, Maxim Osipov, opened a cardiological technique in the ordinary district hospital of Tarusa and established the Society for Assistance to the Tarusian Hospital.

In India, terrorists attacked grenades on civilians who participated in the festival. As a result, 3 people died, about 50 were injured. According to the agency, about 15 thousand people took part in the festival. The attack occurred on Sunday morning in the northeast of the country. Law enforcement agencies believe that the fighters of the "United Front of the Liberation of ASOM" (ULFA) committed the attack. ULFA has been conducting an armed struggle for state independence since 1979.

The Board of Directors of the largest Italian airline Alitalia on Sunday night approved the sale of the enterprise to the Air France-KLM alliance, the France Presse agency reports. For almost a day, the Board of Directors gathered for a meeting in Rome on Saturday morning, and provided the text at 2:45 local time (4:45 Moscow time) went to develop the decision and preparation of the final communique. As stated in the Communist, the decision on the possibility of absorption was made unanimously.

In recent years, Iran has repeatedly become a topic of discussion at the international level due to its refusal to suspend its nuclear program. It is this country’s decision that periodically provokes the emergence of new sanctions from the United States and the UN Security Council. At the same time, Iran today is increasingly perceived as a serious force in its region and an important center of world politics.

The potential candidate of US President from the Republican Party John McCaine unexpectedly arrived in Iraq today. McCaine's stay in Iraq was not disclosed for security reasons, Echo Moscow notes. It is assumed that the Republican will meet with the Iraqi authorities and representatives of the American contingent in Iraq. In the coming days, McCain's visit to Israel is also planned.

The ideology of sovereign democracy motivates the latter, among other things, by saving national resources. Indeed, in a sovereign democracy there is no need to spend much on elections, there are no debates in principle, television calmly runs on advertising, operates from profit, candidates do not go to groups, experts do not order programs, investigators do not investigate competitors.

The next procession of the former legionnaires of the Latvian Legion Waffen SS took place today in Riga. There were no excesses. Since 1994, on March 16, the marches of the former legionnaires of the Latvian Legion Waffen SS have been regularly held in Latvia.

Alexander Lukoyanov In recent years, in connection with the refusal to suspend its nuclear program, Iran has repeatedly become a topic for discussion at the international level. It is this decision of the country who periodically provokes the emergence of the next sanctions by the United States and the UN Security Council. At the same time, Iran today is more and more perceived as serious power in its region and an important center of world politics.

About 25 listeners of the European University and Sympathetic gathered today on Solyan Lane near the Museum of Defense of Leningrad for the next action against the closure of the European University in St. Petersburg. According to the university student and a member of the organizing group, Dana Kornilova, the purpose of the action ongoing is to attract the attention of society to the university’s problem and protest against the conspiracy of silence.

In China, the first equipment was created for the production of fuel from straw. The developers expect their brainchild will bring a significant economic effect and will help scientists open new ways in finding environmentally friendly energy carriers. The new installation underwent technical certification at the Institute for Verification and Control of the Quality of Products of the Province of Ankhoy, Sinhua reports.

In Budapest, there were clashes of manifestants with the police. Hungarian nationalists tried to hold a procession along the streets of the city. When the crowd approached the art palace, where the country's prime minister Ferenz Durchan spoke at that time, the special forces blocked the demonstrators. In response to the police, stones, firecrackers and bottles with incendiary mixture flew.