79% of UK residents do not know how to cook eggs, and 83% said they did not know how to fry chicken. About 30% do not imagine how and from what a traditional British dish is prepared - a potato casserole with meat. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of one and a half thousand people conducted by the Somerfield supermarket network. According to observers, the reason for such culinary ignorance is that people are used to eating fast food and semi -finished products.

According to Emerging Portfolio Fund Research from May 7 to May 14, funds in funds investing in Russia and the CIS countries amounted to $ 403 million. This indicator is much higher than the previous week ($ 51 million), and is record for the last two years. Non -residents invested a larger volume only in February 2006. Then the RTS index grew by 30% amid a sharp growth in oil quotes.

In Texas, a small private plane made an unsuccessful landing. He sat directly on the roof of another plane. The incident occurred at the airport, which is located near Dallas, Vesti TV channel reports. Both machines are caused by serious damage. Both pilots were not injured. Currently, there is an investigation of the reasons why the pilot of the "upper" aircraft failed to calculate the place of landing.

The current president of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez proclaimed himself a winner in the country's presidential election. According to local CEC, he gained 53% of the vote, or 995 thousand from the calculated 1.9 million. The rival of Fernandez, the construction tycoon Miguel Vargas gained 41% of the votes. The election commission officially has not yet proclaimed Fernandez’s victory., Associated Press reports.

On May 16, in the Hague, at the Dutch Institute of International Relations, a meeting of representatives of the Nagorno -Karabakh, Kashmir and Kosovo was held to discuss the situation around unrecognized states in the light of recognition of Kosovo by the international community.

Sergey Mitrofanov As has already been repeatedly noticed, the regime has entered during the period of transformations, which are supposed to have some kind of opinion, but it is difficult to have, however, it is difficult. Partly because the information channels are clogged and there are no trusting material - not to consider it a circular diagram of Olga Krystanovskaya? Cute, but does not give anything. Partly because reality is already discrete by the polar ideas about itself.

The French payment system for rented apartment with services - Sontre Services comes to Russia. A similar practice has existed in France for a long time. As a rule, housing owners require household assistance instead of rent: washing, cleaning, etc. Sometimes the owners offer to pay for housing with sexual services. Currently, the number of such proposals, according to Liberal, is most of the announcements for renting apartments without rent.

The Ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan, stolen in February of this year, was released. The Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan says that the ambassador feels good. Tarik Azizuddin, who was traveling from Peshavar in the north-west of Pakistan to Kabul, was captured on the border of the two countries.

The progress cargo ship delivered water, products, fuel and equipment to the ISS, as well as gifts for the inhabitants of the station. Together with letters, relatives and friends sent their favorite books, films and sweets to astronauts. Also, passengers - ninety grape snails, who will become participants in a scientific experiment, arrived on board the progress. They were transferred on board first.

17 people were injured in the attraction of an attraction in the American city of San Andreas in the Kalaveras district, California. According to representatives of the local police, three victims were hospitalized with moderate injuries, another 14 people received minor injuries. The attraction, a former part of the fair town, was a kind of chain carousel.

At the Moscow Luzhniki stadium, law enforcement agencies conducted exercises to ensure security measures during the Champions League finals. As Polit.ru previously reported, the final will be held on May 21, Manchester United and Chelsea will meet. About 50,000 British fans are expected. During the exercises, sappers and dog handlers have been working on the discovery of explosive devices, writes "Soviet Sport".

The Russian national hockey team reached the final of the World Cup. In the semifinal match, which was held in Quebec (Canada), the wards of Vyacheslav Bykov achieved a convincing victory over the Finnish national team - 4: 0. Throwing four unrequited goals, the Russians took a revenge from a team that did not let them into the final of the home championship a year ago.

As has already been repeatedly noticed, the regime has entered during the period of transformations, which are supposed to have some kind of opinion, but it is difficult to have, however, it is difficult. Partly because the information channels are clogged and there are no trusting material - not to consider it a circular diagram of Olga Krystanovskaya? Cute, but does not give anything. Partly because reality is already discrete by the polar ideas about itself.

In Moscow, the registration of participants in the first meeting of the People’s Assembly ends, the organizer of which was the Coalition “Another Russia”. As Polit.ru suggested, the homelands and activists of the pro -Kremlin youth organizations picked up to the start of the event of the opposition.

The organizer of the gay parade in Moscow, Nikolai Alekseev, managed to spend a single picket near the building of the Prosecutor General’s office. The main requirement of the picketer is to initiate a criminal case against the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov in connection with prohibitions on shares by representatives of sexual minorities in the capital. As Alekseev himself said in an interview with Echo of Moscow, the police did not interfere with the picket.