Ule Einar Bjorndalen Norwegian biathlete, eight -time Olympic champion Ule Ainar Bjurndalen was recognized as the best athlete of the 2014 Winter Olympiad in Sochi. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" . At the 2014 Games, the biathlete won two gold medals-in a sprint and a mixed relay. Thanks to this, Bjorndalen became the most titled athlete in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, on his account 13 awards (of which eight are gold).

In Berlin, along the entire perimeter of the wall that once divided the city, luminous balls are installed, which will be released into the sky on Sunday, on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall, which became the prologue of the fall of the Communist regime of the GDR and the reunification of Germany

How does Tunisia differ from the rest of the Arab countries? And what is it an exception that only confirms the rule, or a radiant example for others? As expected, in this country the parliamentary elections had defeated moderate forces - first of all, the block of secular politicians "Tunisian appeal".

“You are not interested in anything,” David Sitkilov blames me, “except as it can be faster to lift to America and humbled Russia as dirty against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine. I would send you out of the country for inciting interethnic growth. You read only letters corresponding to your view. You should be ashamed! But for a certain amount, I think you could say not such things. ” Everything is easier, David. People, tuned like you, almost do not write to us.

The origin of the word "jazz" up to our times remains a mystery. Is it true that it was born in New Orleans? Is it argotic roots? Is the New Orleans Geters with tin? Or did the word “jazz” came from other edges and slowly lost its slang tint and entered the American dictionary already on equal terms with the rest of the new terms of the twentieth century?

Alexander Pyatigorsk (1929 - 2009) Postscript, part 5. London Calling I write these lines, sitting in the London East End, in the Khakni area, which stretches north and east of the Shordich, which is located exactly north of the City; Part of the hack, where I am now, is called Dolston. Stouc-Neington begins north of Dolston, then Stamford-Hill.

Kenneth Bay, who had now been released for two years, spent two years under arrest in North Korea. The picture was taken in January 2014. US President Barack Obama expressed gratitude to the authorities of North Korea for the liberation of two US citizens - Matthew Miller and Kenneth Bay. Both Americans have already been sent to the United States . Another US citizen, Jeffrey Foul, was taken into custody in the DPRK, was released in late October.

A fragment of a fallen airliner near the road near the village of Grabovo in the east of Ukraine Today, a plane flew out of Kharkov to the Netherlands with the remains of several passengers of the Boeing-777 Malaysian, shot down on July 17 over the territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists. At the farewell ceremony with those who died at the Kharkov airport, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Bert Kunders attended. 193 dead of 298 were subjects of the Netherlands.

Denis Levkin - Anarchist, one of the defenders of the Pakgauz of the Warsaw station in St. Petersburg “Levkin’s case: I was convicted innocently. Look around - who will be the next?”, “Levkina’s case: 4 years for what you didn’t do.

The origin of the word "jazz" up to our times remains a mystery. Is it true that it was born in New Orleans? Or did the word “jazz” came from other edges and slowly lost its slang tint and entered the American dictionary already on equal terms with the rest of the new terms of the twentieth century? Etymology, the origin of the word jazz: I happened to talk about it, but for a very long time. Accurate data, dates, evidence from where this word came from - no. There are only assumptions.

Alexey Devotchenko In the Moscow Gogol Center, on Kazakova Street, today they said goodbye to actor Alexei Devotchenko. Subsequently, his ashes will be buried at one of the cemeteries of St. Petersburg. As it became known earlier, Devotchenko was found dead on November 5 in an apartment on Altufevskoye Shosse, which he rented in Moscow. According to the city administration of the Investigative Committee of Russia, there were no signs of violent death on the artist’s body.

Sergey Lavrov and John Kerry The United States and Russia agreed to exchange information about the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, US Secretary of State John Kerry, who met the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said on Saturday. Kerry also said that with the discrepancies available with Moscow in a number of facts related to Ukraine, Washington and Moscow are ready to continue the dialogue.

Donetsk Museum of Local Lore after the artillery Cultural life in the self -proclaimed republics is barely glowing, but still it is During the hostilities from Donetsk and Lugansk, it was not possible to evacuate cultural values. Some of the museums suffered from shelling, and now they are closed to visitors. Museum employees are forced to master new forms of work. They do this, despite the lack of funding. Most of all went to the Donetsk local history museum.

Should the Kremlin prepare for new sanctions by Washington? What is behind the decisive victory of the Republican Party in the elections to Congress? Were the election personal defeat of President Obama? Did America overwhelm the wave of conservatism?