Irina Lagunina: The EU summit in Brussels decided to postpone the issue of representing Serbia status of a candidate for a union until March. Despite the fact that Serbia, according to European leaders, has achieved significant progress in cooperation with the International Tribunal in The Hague, the recent outbreak of violence in the north of Kosovo complicated the discussion on the further rapprochement of Serbia with the EU.

Leader "Yabloko" Sergey Mitrokhin The leader of the Russian Party "Yabloko" Sergei Mitrokhin demanded that the Central Election Commission of Russia cancel the results of the elections to the State Duma, and the head of the CEC Vladimir Churov called for resignation. Speaking on Friday at a meeting of the Central Election Commission, Mitrokhin personally assigned responsibility for falsification to Churov.

Anti -government demonstration in Homs on December 6 The United States expressed extreme concern about the possible major attack of the Syrian troops on the city of Homs - the Center for Anti -City Speech. The United States called on the Syrian authorities to immediately let international observers into the country. The Syrian opposition previously warned of a possible mass massacre in Homs.

The original is taken from Anna_smirnova in Post (08.12.) I would like more time to write this cart, but no. I write quickly, without going into artistic details. I hear around and see the same question in the tape: the political situation is specifically tired of, but I can’t go and get on the head from pent, sit for several days, fly out of work, throw children/cats/dogs at home; what to do? She herself asked this question yesterday afternoon. And yesterday evening I received an answer.

The application of the European Union, published today in Brussels, says that 17 countries of the eurozone and almost all other EU partners have reached a fundamental agreement on the tightening of budget policy. This measure should lead, according to EU leaders, to overcoming the current long crisis. It is expected that the leaders of the European Union will consider a new contract at the next summit, which should be held in March.

The police detaining protesters for shares on December 7 in Moscow In Moscow, the opposition rally against falsifications in the elections scheduled for tomorrow will be observed by members of the Public Council under the capital's department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the editor -in -chief of Echo of Moscow, Alexei Venediktov, who is a member of the Council, he will personally make sure that journalists do not interfere with the lighting.

In the province of Kunar, in the northeast of Afghanistan, five people were killed during the suicide bomber today, including the chief of police of the Gazi-Abad district. Several people were injured. The attack occurred at the mosque after Friday prayer. The Taliban took responsibility for the attack. A few days ago, about sixty people were killed in Kabul and Mazari-Sharif as a result of simultaneous attacks.

Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Today it became known that the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, already convicted of seven years of conclusion for abuse of powers when signing gas contracts with Russia, was arrested in the next criminal case for an unlimited term.

Mikhail Suprun On December 8, the Oktyabrsky District Court of the city of Arkhangelsk issued a verdict on the resonant case of Mikhail Suprun - Alexander Dudarev. Both of them are found guilty of violating the inviolability of private life, but the criminal prosecution of historian Mikhail Suprun was discontinued due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, and Alexander Dudarev received a year probation.

In Ingushetia on Friday evening, unknown people wounded Sofia Esmurziev’s deputy minister of health from firearms. She drove up in a service car to her house when a shot rang out. According to Interfax with reference to doctors, the life of the victim who was taken to the hospital is out of danger. The attackers disappeared from the crime scene by car. They are being wanted.

A militant suspected of involvement in the attacks on police officers was detained in Karachay-Cherkessia. As Interfax was informed in law enforcement agencies of the Malokarachayevsky district of the republic, another 6 militants from the same group are listed on the wanted list. According to investigators, it was they who attacked the police near the village of Ukhenen at the end of October. Then two police officers were injured.

South Ossemy President Eduard Kokoita The president of the self -proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoita resigns. His duties will be performed by Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev before the repeated elections. In the new elections, the ex-candidate of the presidency from the opposition Alla Dzhioev will be able to take part, and its supporters will terminate the protest. Such the essence of the compromise agreement reached between the authorities of the republic and the opposition.

Angel Merkel makes a speech before the start of the EU summit At the Thursday evening in Brussels, the European Union summite has been reached a fundamental agreement on the establishment of a new limit of the structural deficit of national budgets of the Eurozone countries. Now it will correspond to half a percent of the gross domestic product. Previously, the limit was three percent. Tight tightening budget norms is required in order to prevent a repetition of debt crises in the future.