The EU budget in 2015 lost € 888 million ($ 989 million) due to the use of fraudulent schemes. This was reported in the annual report of the European Bureau of Fraud (European Anti-Fraud Office, Olaf), the data of which is quoted by Reuters . As follows from the OLAF report, most unscrupulous schemes were used in Eastern Europe - in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Among the examples of fraud, € 1.3 million is given for the modernization of one of the enterprises to freeze vegetables in Bulgaria.

The State Department warned US citizens about the threat of terrorist attacks in Europe. A warning that will act before the end of August is published on the website of the foreign policy. Appeal to US citizens is published in connection with the holding of the European Football Championship in France.

PayPal payment system will cease its work in Turkey, the company said in a statement . This decision was made after the Agency for Banking Regulation and Supervision of Turkey did not extend the PayPal license. Customers of the payment system will not be able to use it on June 6, 2016. The company recommends users to transfer all the funds remaining in the system to bank accounts. In January 2015, PayPal stopped serving customers in Crimea.

The ruble exchange rate may be strengthened if geopolitical tension subsides, said the head of Sberbank German Gref in an interview with Russia 24. “The ruble is laid down geopolitical tension. If the situation with Ukraine is resolved, then I think we will see the strengthening of the ruble exchange rate, ”Gref Vreita Interfax quotes.

Billionaire Evgeny Prigozhin complained to the Kuibyshevsky District Court on Google, Yandex and Mail.ru for refusing to remove links from the search results under the Law on Oblivion, Vedomosti write . The newspaper, citing a court base, reports 20 claims against Internet companies in three months. In two claims against Mail.ru, the court has already refused, the rest of the decisions have not yet. Yandex confirmed the Fontanka and Vedomosti in the St.

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft signed an agreement with the European Commission providing for the fight against aggression on the Internet. Within the framework of him, they promised to delete the “inciting hatred” of the content within the day, as reported on the commission’s website. “Recent terrorist attacks reminded us of the urgent need to solve the problem of illegal aggressive statements on the Internet.

On May 23, the Mercedes Gelandewagen car Ruslan Shamsuarov, the son of the vice president of Lukoil, crossed the double continuous strip on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow. The police told the driver to stop, but Shamsuarov and his friends refused to submit to the requirements. After that, they tried to get away from the chase, and the Shamsuars broadcast what was happening in Periscope, accompanying the actions of the police with negative comments. The car repeatedly violated the rules of the road.

The Google search engine has become the most popular Internet service in Russia, ahead of Yandex for a total monthly audience. This was reported by the newspaper Vedomosti with reference to TNS data for April 2016. Last month, 20.5 million Runet users contacted the Google website and applications. In Yandex, this figure is slightly lower - only 20.4 million people, in third place Mail.ru - 19.3 million.

Marijan Murat / DPA / EPA The pouring rains that had passed on Monday caused a number of floods in the south of Germany. According to information agencies, at least four people were killed and about ten were injured. The epicenter rampant the elements fell on the commune of Braunsbach in the vicinity of Stuttgart, where, by a happy chance, no one was injured. To eliminate the consequences of the storm, the authorities involved about seven thousand firefighters and rescuers.

The DPRK conducted an unsuccessful launch of the rocket, Yonhap reports with reference to the statement of the United Committee of the chiefs of staff of South Korea. “North Korea tried to launch an unidentified type missile in Vonsan’s suburb, but he probably turned out to be unsuccessful,” it was said. According to Reuters sources, it could be a medium -range missile. The military continues to collect data. The media learned about the preparation of testing in advance.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, explained that the recognition of Moscow by the self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) in the Donbass will currently be “counter -productive”. He stated this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Law enforcement officers came to the building of the Echo Moskvy radio station for the interrogation of the chief editor of the site Vitaly Ruvinsky in the framework of the criminal case against the opposition Alexei Navalny. This was written on Twitter by the editor -in -chief of the radio station Alexei Venediktov. https://twitter.com/aavst/status/737575700568236033 Venediktov did not specify what kind of case we are talking about.

Former adviser to the head of Rosrybolovstvo Yuri Khokhlov denied information about his detention. In the commentary of Interfax, he called the operation to give him a bribe with a “theatrical provocation”. “On May 24, an attempt was made to simulate a bribe from some law enforcement agencies with the participation of the actor. They did not give me any bribe, no one detained me, there are no restrictions on freedom against me. No accusations were charged to me, ”he explained.

The Swiss raw material trader Gunvor Group sent special dividends of $ 1 billion to pay off the debt to one of the founders of the company, Russian businessman Gennady Timchenko. This was written by Financial Times, indicating that the group spent a record amount of funds in order to stop it with Timchenko, who was one of the first to fall under the anti -Russian sanctions of the West.

The cost of gas production in Russia is $ 20 per thousand cubic meters, this is one of the lowest indicators in the world, said the deputy chairman of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev. It is reported by RBC. According to Medvedev, this amount does not include transportation costs that are growing, as well as the cost of modernization. In the summer of 2015, Gazprom estimated the cost of gas production of $ 30 per thousand cubic meters. According to the results of 2014, this indicator amounted to $ 38.