In Japan, elections are held today in the upper house of parliament. 433 candidates are fighting for 121 deputy places. Every three years, the upper house, which includes 242 deputies, is half updated. It is reported that voters' activity decreased compared to similar elections in 2010.

King Philip and his family welcome from the balcony gathered in front of the royal palace In the parliament of Belgium on Sunday, the new king, 53-year-old Philip, swore. He vowed to observe the Constitution, to ensure national security and territorial integrity of the country. Philip became the seventh king of Belgium. Earlier on Sunday, in the Royal Palace in Brussels, a ceremony of signing the act of abdication from the throne of King Albert II, who reigned about 20 years, took place.

In Sundays, the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wins the upper house of the Japanese parliament. This is evidenced by the data of the ecsit regulations. In the elections, it was decided who would get half of 242 seats in the upper house. The Liberal Democratic Party of ABE and its coalition ally, the party of the new Komayto, together received 71 mandates, which in total with existing mandates gives them 130 deputy seats. Official voting results are expected no earlier than Monday.

Poster to the film "Prince and beggar" Hollywood and Stalin: Love without reciprocity (part 16) Continuation of the series, start read here . The beginning of the Great Patriotic War put an end to anti -Americanism in Soviet propaganda. Soviet citizens now needed encouraging and confidence that Moscow has strong allies - the USA and Great Britain. Four in a row of release of the "combat filmborne" began with plots about this.

Alexei Navalny and his election campaign visit the Pope to Brazil to Maria Alekhina's complaint about refusing the parole 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus' and the Russian-Ukrainian Relations The 70th anniversary of Mika Jagger's 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War

Coat of arms of Yekaterinburg In Yekaterinburg there is an election campaign on the eve of the elections of deputies of the City Duma and the head of the city appointed on September 8. The head of the city is the speaker of the municipal assembly. Since 2010, the two-headed system has been operating in Yekaterinburg, the administration has been managing the city manager, and the head of the city is one of the city deputies.

In the Novokhopersky district of the Voronezh region, on Sunday , another rally was held against the development of nickel deposits . The action was agreed with the authorities. The RIA Novosti agency, citing law enforcement agencies, reported that about 900 people entered the rally. According to the environmental movement "in the defense of Hopra", there were about three thousand protesters.

Ivan Tolstoy: Bogofil. Forgotten and unknown by akim Volynsky. Today we will talk about a literary figure that everyone knew a hundred years ago, many read, but even those who did not open his books understood that we were talking about a modern guru, one of the central characters of the Silver Age. Akim Volynsky, Chaim Leibovich Flexer, was born in 1861 and died in 1926.

The Pope Francis goes to his first foreign visit-to Brazil, on World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. It is expected that the number of participants in an event of a global nature can reach three million people. The rostrum on the beach of Kopakaban will be eight -meter height and will take an area of more than three thousand square meters. The site on which the pontiff will serve the mass will accommodate a million people, and in the area it will be equal to seven football fields.

In Nizhny Novgorod yesterday, during the preparation and holding of a football match between the local Volga team and the Moscow Lokomotiv, about 40 fans were detained for offenses. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod region, the Lokomotiv fans set fire to fire, firecrackers, smoke bombs and ruined more than 60 seats.

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Australia appointed a monetary reward in the amount of 180 thousand dollars for information, which will lead to capture of persons engaged in crossing illegal migrants across the border. This was announced today by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Australia Jason Claire. His statement was made against the backdrop of toughening by the Australian government of migration policy - due to the increase in the country of migrant flow to the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on the plans to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians, noted that the upcoming contacts will be difficult. Netanyahu announced this on Sunday before a weekly meeting of his office. The prime minister emphasized that whatever agreement was reached based on the results of these negotiations, it should subsequently be submitted to a national referendum.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirmed the intention to participate in the elections of the Moscow Mayor on September 8. Upon arrival from Kirov to Moscow, he stated that his headquarters was continuing the election campaign. Starting from July 29, Navalny will hold three meetings with voters on the streets of Moscow daily. Then his headquarters will begin the release of a campaign newspaper.

Fendri Esel, "Bohemian Gemini" Prague Biennale of Contemporary Art is a poor cousin of the Venetian Biennale, although it teases it, opening almost on the same day. The main talent of its organizers is the search for the perfect site. At first, it was located in the workshops of an abandoned plant in the Karlin area, in the year before last - in the wrapped office skyscraper "Micron" at the devil on the straps, now - at the cargo station in the Zizhkov region.