On June 20, a reception campaign has launched in Russian universities, the reception of documents will last until July 25, and by July 30, universities should publish lists of submitted for admission. According to the new rules, applicants can submit documents only in five universities per 3 areas of training in each. Graduates who graduated from the school before January 1, 2009 will be able to choose the form of entrance tests - the exam or entrance exams in traditional form.

Kirill Kobrin: From Russia - to the favorite place of rest of Russians abroad - to Turkey. Moscow and Ankara signed a joint official statement on the safety of tourists. In relation to Turkey, the main thing is the safety of tourists in transport, the Russian side said: "In connection with the recent tragedy in Antalya, Russia puts forward requirements for tightening vehicles on which our tourists make trips." What is done for this?

The Constitutional Court of Romania recognized the decision of the country's government to reduce pensions by 15 percent to not corresponding to the Constitution - as part of a package of tough measures to reduce budget deficit. The government also offers to reduce by a quarter of civil servants salaries. Reducing government spending is one of the conditions for obtaining the next tranche of the loan of the International Monetary Fund.

It is now possible to officially complain about the overly strong hugs of police officers on the Internet. But most experts do not expect tangible success from this practice (in the photo: the detention of the participant of the Strategy-31 action, May 31, 2010, Moscow). According to the Department of Own Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, in 2009, more than one and a half thousand police officers were dismissed by citizens' complaints.

The Colosseum, the symbol of Rome, plunged into darkness on the night of June 24-24, when midnight came in Israel. By order of the mayor of the Italian capital, Dzhanni Alemanno, the lighting was repaid in protest against the abduction by the militants of the Palestinian group "Hamas" of the Israeli soldier Gida Shalit on the border of the gas sector four years ago and the requirement of his immediate liberation. This was reported by the Radio Liberty correspondent in Italy Vsevolod Gnetius.

The US Congress on Thursday voted to introduce new unilateral sanctions against Iran, which the world community suspects of nuclear weapons. For the bill, designed to strengthen the pressure on Tehran, all the senators present at the meeting first spoke out. Then he was supported by 408 members of the House of Representatives with eight votes against. The sanctions relate to foreign companies cooperating with Iran in the banking and energy spheres.

The Russian State Corporation Rostekhnologi plans to buy 50 Boeing-737 aircraft in the amount of $ 4 billion. On Thursday, US President Barack Obama reported on the signing of such an agreement between the Russian and American side at a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the end of the negotiations of two leaders in Washington. Obama emphasized that the transaction will create an additional 44 thousand jobs in the United States.

One of 7 goals clogged with Portugal into the DPRK gate Economic, political and other near -sports aspects of the World Cup, which is held in the South Africa, attract the attention of the Russian sports press. Anton Oresh on the Hedgehog website writes about one of the most memorable "accessories" of the World Cup in South Africa - about wouvusels. The theory that everyone who is interested in football or has a relationship - morons has received, to my regret, a significant confirmation.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a policeman died as a result of the attack, another hospitalized. According to Interfax, the deceased headed the department of the district authorized police department of the Chegem district. The incident occurred in the village of Nartan of the Chegem district. The search for the shooters is being conducted.

In the city of Osh in the south of Kyrgyzstan, more than a thousand people submitted applications for the search for missing relatives. As Interfax was informed in the city administration, during the search operations, the bodies of seven missing were already found the day before.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in early July will perform a tour of the countries of Eastern Europe and the Caucasian region. As the US State Department stated today, the purpose of the tour is to "strengthen bilateral ties." Clinton will visit Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The tour will begin on July 2.

Rose Otunbaeva has to make difficult decisions. The head of the Provisional Government of Kyrgyzstan, Rosa Otunbaeva, was calling for the population to participate in a referendum to adopt a new Constitution . It will take place, despite the fact that an emergency and commandant hour in certain areas of the republic have not yet been canceled. According to Otunbaeva, the referendum will become an indicator of the country's unity.

Mikhail Zlatkovsky, "Driving people not beer" The court rejected the lawsuit of the Pivovars Union against the head drugologist of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Evgeny Brun, whom the brewers were accused of "demonizing beer." The artist sighed freely.

In Romania, hundreds of demonstrators, dissatisfied with the government decisions on reducing salaries and pensions, tried to break into the presidential palace in Bucharest. The crowd was scattered by the police. Prime Minister Emil Bok announced strict measures to reduce the budget deficit - to fulfill the conditions for the payment of new trenches of the loan of the International Monetary Fund. In particular, it is supposed to reduce the salaries of civil servants by a quarter.