Oleg Kolganov The Nobel Prize has received worldwide recognition. The global status, not yet challenged by any other premium, makes it unique (the authority of this invention of Nobel has not even denied totalitarian regimes prone to isolationism). For 113 years [1], its existence did not occur or, in any case, did not accumulate a threatening prestige of the prize of a critical mass of errors.

On November 17, the Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL OJSC and the Slovak generating company Slovenske Elektrarne entered into two long-term contracts for the production and supply of fuel for nuclear power plants in Slovakia. Immediately after signing the documents, Vice President of TVEL JSC V.L. Konstantinov answered questions from Rosatom.ru.

The European Parliament deprived the deputy of Frank Vanke from Belgium (non -party) deputy immunity. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the European Parliament on November 18 in Strasbourg. 564 deputies voted for depriving immunity, 61 against - 42 abstained, UNIAN reports. The decision was made to the request of the prosecutor's office by Dendermond, who accuses the deputy of racist publications.

More than three quarters of the UK inhabitants are not able to name three parts of which their island consists, Lenta.ru reports with reference to Sky News. About 22% of respondents recalled that the island of Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. In addition, more than two thousand adult respondents could not find their own cities.

The elected US President Barack Obama elected Tom Dashi, a former leader of the Democrats in the Senate as the future Minister of Health of the country, Reuters reports. As representatives of the Democratic Party reported on Wednesday, Dashchi accepted the proposal.

Eric Holder will be the new general prosecutor and Minister of Justice of the United States. He will be the first African American to take this post in history. Messages about this, previously appeared in a number of American media, were confirmed on Tuesday late evening with sources in the leadership of the Democratic Party, the EURONEWS channel reports.

In the crew of the Nerpa Premier League, no one believes in the guilt of the Sailor of Grobov. This was stated by the Himik technician "Nerpa", Michman Evgeny Ovsyannikov, writes Komsomolskaya Pravda . According to the chemical technician, the computer is to blame for the incident that trigger the fire extinguishing system of the sucker (volumetric chemical boat). “We have one sailors: there was one thing: there was a program failure in the computer.

Sberbank, the largest Russian bank, is changing the terms of credit policy, the bank’s press service said today.

Moscow needs more metro. To reduce the load on the Moscow Metro line in the capital, it is necessary to build about 100 km of tracks. This is necessary for 1.2 trillion rubles. Currently, the total length of the metro paths approaches 300 km, and in order for the metro branches to work without overload, you need to have 420 km in total.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation canceled two paragraphs in “Instructions for a medical examination for a state of intoxication of a person who drives a vehicle”, on the basis of which doctors had the right to recognize the driver drunk even if substances that cause intoxication were not detected in his blood. This document entered into force retroactively - from October 28, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta .

'Polit.ru' already turned to eminent sociologists who shared their thoughts about Congress. He read their stories, comparing with his impressions. Trying to wipe something pale pink from the screen, I realized that my efforts were in vain - these were letters. I don’t think that this brief note will close the theme of the third All-Russian sociological congress, but someone must say the bitter words of Pravda.

Today, in the Chicago court, hearings begin in the case of the crash of Boeing near Perm, reports Echo of Moscow . Several families at once joined the lawsuit of Alexei Afanasenkov, filed with the US Federal Aviation Service. According to the Russian, it is this service that should be responsible for the death of his 25-year-old son. The young man died during the collapse of Boeing-737 in Perm on September 14.

Employees of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation on Tuesday questioned the deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Alexei Akulov and the head of the financial administration of the Nazip Abdullaev service, Vesti.ru reports. The Rosprirodnadzor argues that "most likely, this is due to the appeal to the Prosecutor General of the State Duma of Alexander Khinshtein.

The State Duma, without discussion, approved the bill of the second reading on the establishment of a visa -free entry regime and stay for up to 72 hours in Russia for foreign citizens and stateless persons for travel purposes for passenger ferries through sea and river ports determined by the federal government.

The German Solarworld proposed buying German enterprises and the research center of the Opel automaker from General Motors, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. A company operating in the field of solar energy hopes to create a new generation of cars, but so far has only lost 15% of the cost of its shares. They collapsed after an announcement of the intention to buy Opel, reports Reuters .