Competition is intense: chain and non-chain hotels offer the most fancy product for those who want to stay overnight anywhere in the world. The owners try to attract mainly tourists on vacation with their whimsicality.

Retailer Metro Cash & Carry will simplify the issuance of customer cards in order to increase the flow of visitors. This was said in a statement. Now, instead of seven documents required to obtain a card, you only need to provide two. In addition, the speed of issuing passes has decreased from 15 to 5 minutes. Metro Cash & Carry stores are mainly designed for small wholesale buyers - legal entities and private entrepreneurs; you can enter the store only with special customer cards.

The number of Russians who believe that the country needs significant changes has doubled over the past six years and for the first time significantly (56 versus 44%) exceeded the number of those who believe that stability is more important.

Gazprom is one of the eight official sponsors of UEFA / NurPhoto via Getty Images In Kiev, they have started to cover up Gazprom logos on the UEFA Champions League final advertisements. The photos were posted by the Kiev city administration's chief representative for the Champions League final preparations, Andrey Miroshnichenko, on his Facebook page . The photos show how the Gazprom logo is covered with black tape on one of the advertising modules, and hidden by a blue patch on another.

The Côte d'Azur, which emerged as a resort around 200 years ago thanks to wealthy Russian holidaymakers, bills itself as "the oldest tourist destination in the world." But now - as a resort for the young and active – The Cote d'Azur is not an administrative unit, but a poetic definition invented in the 19th century. Stefan Liegear. There is not even a consensus on its boundaries. How will you define the boundaries of this territory?

"The latest version of the law is harmless, it does not permit anything, it does not prohibit anything. The government had the right to impose sanctions even without this law," said deputy Nikolai Arefyev / Maksim Stulov / Vedomosti The State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a law on retaliatory sanctions against the United States and countries unfriendly to Russia.

the government After the release of President Vladimir Putin’s new May decree, will reboot support for small and medium-sized businesses. reports this RBC with reference to measures prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development. The department, according to documents obtained by the publication, in its proposals pays special attention to the procedure for financial support for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.

The law on counter-sanctions has not yet become "Zhirinovsky's law" / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has instructed the relevant Duma committee on control and regulations to think through a mechanism for assigning the names of their author-deputies to laws adopted by the chamber, TASS reports. This topic was raised by the leader of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, during the third reading of the bill on counter-sanctions.

May 23, 2018, 14:56 / Economics Exclusively by subscription How the military took control of Egypt's economy after the Arab Spring Declining living standards again cause dissatisfaction among the population Jared Malsin The government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (pictured) has changed the regulation of industries to make it easier for the army to do business / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi crushed the opposition and won re-election in March with 97%

3.6% this is how investments in fixed capital grew in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2017, Rosstat reported. For the whole of 2017, investments grew by 4.4% after three years of decline, Rosstat confirmed its previous estimate. In 2018, analysts expect investments to grow by 3%, in 2019 - by 2.9%, which is significantly more modest than the September expectations of the Ministry of Economic Development - 4.7% in 2018 and 5.6% in 2019.

The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) found no traces of doping among Russian football players - all tests showed a negative result. This is stated in a FIFA message . The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) agreed with the football federation’s decision to close the case, it noted. FIFA does not disclose whose doping samples were analyzed. However, the federation clarifies that these were players who could take part in the next World Cup.

US President Donald Trump uses at least two iPhones with limited functionality. One smartphone is designed for making calls, the second is for posting messages on Twitter and reading news. this Politico reports with reference to two high-ranking sources in the presidential administration. Both smartphones were issued to the president by the White House Information Technology and Communications Agency. Aides urged Trump to change the phone he uses for Twitter every month.

The Krasnodar Radio and Television Transmission Center has limited the broadcast of TV channels and radio stations in Sochi from May 21 to 31 on weekdays from 9.00 to 18.00 due to preparatory work for the World Cup. Interfax reports this. During the work, it is planned to install LED garlands on the television tower, which “will create festive images” during matches, said Vladimir Lukyanov, head of the Sochi radio and television broadcasting station.

The High Court of London will decide on the claim of Oleg Deripaska 's UC Rusal , which is trying to block the sale by Crispian of Roman Abramovich and Alexander Abramov of a 4% stake in Norilsk Nickel, until June 28. As one of the participants in the process told Interfax, the judge considering the case said this when closing the hearing on Tuesday.

May 22, 2018, 12:27 am / Comments Will we fulfill the May decree? EBRD Chief Economist Sergei Guriev on the systemic problems of the slow growth of the Russian economy Sergey Guriev , professor of economics at Sciences Po, Paris, president of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) in 2016-2017. In May, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) published its new macroeconomic forecast.