The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius, was elevated to the throne. It is reported by 112 Ukraine . From now on, Epiphanius is a Metropolitan of Kyiv and all of Ukraine. The ceremony was held at the Liturgy in the Cathedral of Sofia Kyiv. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, guests from Constantinople and hierarchs from the diaspora took part in it.

In dozens of Russian cities today, protests were held against the reform of garbage recycling. The shares were held under the slogan "Russia is not a trash." It is reported by " MBH Media ". The most massive rallies in the Arkhangelsk region became, where garbage from Moscow is planned to be taken to the ShiES training ground. Despite the ban on the authorities, the Arkhanglian activists staged a procession against the “garbage reform”.

Among the English pubs, there are many of them in whose names roosters are mentioned. For example, the “Old Olde Cock Tavern) on Fleet Street in London is included in the list of historical monuments. And he is far from the only one, there is also The Cock, The Cock and Bottle, The Famous Cock and others. The popularity of the cock names is associated not only with the bright appearance of the roosters or the passion of the British to the cocks.

US President Donald Trump said he was considering the option of sending the military to Venezuela. Such a statement sounded in an interview with CBS. Trump refused to go into details. He added that he does not want to talk about it. The US President also said that the head of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro wanted to meet with him, but he refused.

The head of Rosstandart, Alexei Abramov, said that his department would offer the company for inaccurate labeling by GOSTs. He reported this in an interview with Rossiya Gazeta . In Russian legislation, it was proposed to introduce an appropriate administrative offense. The fine may be 1% annual revenue of the company. In case of repeated violation, it can already be 3%.

France President Emmanuel Macron thought about holding a referendum to stop the speeches of "yellow vests". This is written by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper. Sources could not name the topic of the referendum and its questions. According to them, Macron wants to hold a referendum on May 26 - on the day of elections to the European Parliament.

On February 3, 1906, Valentina Tokarskaya, the star of the Moscow musical-Hall, actress of theater and film was born. Personal business Valentina Georgievna Tokarskaya (1906-1996) was born in Odessa. Her father was an actor, mother - a housewife. She studied in Kyiv at the Fundukleevsky female gymnasium. From the age of thirteen, she took lessons at the Kyiv private ballet school Chistyakova. From fourteen, it began to earn money by dancing in the cinema in front of the sessions.

In the Kaluga region, a passenger bus that transported children flew to the ditch and rolled over. Two people were killed in the incident, Interfax reports with reference to police officers. According to preliminary data, 20 children were injured, TASS said with reference to the traffic police. The accident occurred on the 128th km of the Kaluga-Vyazma road. In total, the bus included 47 passengers, including 31 children.

In the photograph of the American state of Virginia Ralph Northem, they found signs of racism: in the picture, one person is dressed in a Ku-Klux-clan costume, the other wears black makeup. Northham said he did not star in a racist suit for his graduation student album.

The Kyodo agency conducted a survey, which showed that the vast majority of the Japanese are confident in the insoluble of the territorial dispute in the southern Kurils during the rule of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The survey is given by RIA Novosti . 88.2% of respondents said that with ABE the dispute would not be resolved, only 7.3% believe that this is possible. The total level of approval of the Japanese government at the same time increased by 2.2%. Now it is 45.6%.

Venezuela ambassador to Iraq Jonathan Velasco Ramirez recognized the opposition leader Juan Guyado as president of the country. He stated this in his video message. The diplomat noted that "our place is on the side of the people, the constitution and the National Assembly - the only legitimate power in Venezuela." Velasco has been holding the post of ambassador in Iraq since 2013.

Maxim Russo Wikimedia Commons / Evaldo Resende rooster Among the English pubs, there are many of them in whose names roosters are mentioned. For example, the “Old Olde Cock Tavern) on Fleet Street in London is included in the list of historical monuments. And he is far from the only one, there is also The Cock, The Cock and Bottle, The Famous Cock and others.

On the morning of February 3, a MAN passenger bus rolled on the Vyazma -Kaluga highway. He moved to a ditch in the area of ​​the village of Izvekovo. There were 48 people, 33 children and 15 adults on the bus, many rode with mothers. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the death of four children and three adults. Initially, it was reported that 24 children and one adult were injured, they were taken to the hospital in a medium -sized state.

The Venezuela Air Force Division General and Director for Strategic Planning of the Supreme Military Command of the Air Force of Francisco Esteban Jesnes Rodriguez announced that he recognizes the speaker of the Juan Guydo National Assembly acting as the president of the country. “Today I proudly inform you that I reject the authority of the dictatorship of Nicholas Maduro and recognize Juan Guydo acting as the president of the Bolivarian Republic,” El Nacional , his words.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Article 238 of the Criminal Code (“The provision of services that do not meet security requirements that entailed the death of two or more persons” after negligence ”after an accident with a bus in the Kaluga region. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the official representative of the UK Svetlana Petrenko. Prior to this, the police opened the case under article 264 on violation of the rules of the road).