The Council of Europe has updated the rules for issuing Schengen visas, significantly simplifying travel to European countries for legal travelers. One of the main innovations is that now it will be possible to apply for a visa online six months before the trip, and not three months, as it was before. The minimum period for applying for a visa is 15 days.

Michael Kalvi never appeared on the forum (at least today), but has already become his main character. The last chance to appear on the PMEF will be tomorrow - and if it occurs at the plenary with the participation of Putin, it will be spectacular. However, without the head of Baring Vostok, there was something interesting on the forum-we talk about the main thing. The main intrigue.

The most important thing about the first day of the PMEF-2019 Michael Kalvi never appeared on the forum (at least today), but has already become his main character. The last chance to appear on the PMEF will be tomorrow - and if it occurs at the plenary with the participation of Putin, it will be spectacular. However, without the head of Baring Vostok, there was something interesting on the forum-we talk about the main thing. The main intrigue.

The founder of Telegram and VKontakte, Pavel Durov , said in his Telegram channel that he refused to eat for “clear thought” – for the past six days, the entrepreneur has been drinking only water and not taking any food. Prior to that, in May, Durov switched to eating exclusively seafood, a year ago he stopped eating eggs, dairy products and products with gluten and fructose, and for the past 15 years he has not eaten meat, does not drink alcohol and coffee. For what.

Nine popular VPN services did not comply with Roskomnadzor’s requirement to connect to the state information system with a list of prohibited resources, so they could be blocked “within a month,” Roskomnadzor head Alexander Zharov said in an interview with Interfax. Only one service was connected to the registry - Kaspersky Secure Connection from Kaspersky Lab. Who will be disconnected?

Sberbank President German Gref and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin exchanged views on the digital transformation of the capital and its price at SPIEF. Gref tried for a long time to get Sobyanin to answer why Moscow was investing so much money in technology, and the mayor replied that the capital was saving money in this way. Sobyanin: “An intelligent transport system, which is based on artificial intelligence, big data, and a huge number of information flows, is an expensive thing. Really dear.

The contraction of the Russian car market accelerated significantly, stagnation was replaced by a fall: in May, 6.7% fewer cars were sold than a year ago, according to the message of the Association of European Businesses (AEB). Sales fell 2.2% in April, rose slightly in March, and fell 3.6% in February, for the first time after two years of growth. Quote.

Fiat Chrysler refused to merge with Renault because of the position of the French government, which is the main shareholder of the company. The merger proposal was submitted to Renault's board of directors on May 26 and involved an equal distribution of shares between the companies and the creation of the world's third largest automaker after Volkswagen and Toyota.

The largest Russian retailer X5 Retail Group and BKSbank will launch a virtual installment card that will allow visitors to make purchases on credit with a grace period. You can apply for it in any supermarket using your passport, subject to approval of the credit limit, and use it only at Perekrestok. X5 is trying to support demand for consumer goods as household incomes fall.

31-year-old ex-VP of Goldman Sachs bank William Littleton sued his former employer, US bank Goldman Sachs for discrimination based on sexual orientation. A month earlier, Littleton filed a complaint with the Bank's Employee Relations Department, but the complaint was considered unfounded, after which the vice president was fired - despite the fact that in the previous 8 years he received only good performance at work.

Viktor Vekselberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation, said at SPIEF that testing of unmanned vehicles by Yandex in Skolkovo was prevented by a statement to the Prosecutor General's Office. He cited the case as an example of how outdated regulation holds back technological progress. Quote. “We (Skolkovo) entered into an agreement with Yandex, which wanted to test unmanned vehicles on our territory. We began to use an unmanned taxi.

The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, at the energy session of the SPIEF once again fell upon electric vehicles in general and at the American Tesla in particular. He believes that it is reasonable to "short" its shares. Quote. "I mentioned this phenomenon of overvaluation many times - 2 years ago, in June 2017, when Tesla was worth around $340 per share. Those who heard us then and sold the shares could make good money, since the current price of Tesla shares does not exceed $200.

The government will do everything to ensure that Yandex does not suffer from administrative pressure. This was assured to Interfax by Deputy Prime Minister for Digital Economy Maxim Akimov, commenting on reports that the FSB demanded that Yandex hand over encryption keys. Quote. Yandex is very important for the national and even global economy.

“People do not take loans from a good life. This is not an increase in living standards, people support it in conditions of low economic growth. Loans are for people with low incomes. This is an economic problem, so that people have employment, have incomes, and then there is no need to go for loans to maintain living standards,” said Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina at the SPIEF session “ In Search of Growth Stimuli” .

The Supreme Court proposed to cancel the statute of limitations for tax crimes - until the debtor pays The head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin. Photo: kremlin.ru Potentially catastrophic for the business news: the Supreme Court (Sun) proposed to consider evasion of taxes by a crime that lasts until the debtor finally pays off the state, the “statements” write .