Today, the Constituent Assembly of Nepal is likely to elect Nepali Congress Party nominee Rambaran Yadav as the country's first president. On Saturday, he received the support of 283 deputies in the 594-seat transitional parliament, with 298 needed, beating two other candidates from the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML). However, since he did not obtain the required majority, repeat elections will be held.

The Germans offered Georgia and Ukraine a different plan German diplomacy is now particularly active in Georgia and Ukraine, whose relations with neighboring Russia are overshadowed by the desire of these countries to join the Western military-political bloc NATO. Judging by the first reaction from Moscow, German mediation inspires more confidence among the Russian authorities than the activities of the Americans in this area.

Ukrainian customs officers detained video materials of TVC journalists Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has repeatedly proposed to the government and the Russian Foreign Ministry not to renew the bilateral agreement with Ukraine “On Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership,” now has another reason to accuse Kyiv of violating the parity agreements of 1997.

The election campaign moved outside the United States Senator Barack Obama's nine-day foreign visit on the eve of his 47th birthday in early August is attracting a lot of attention. After all, the most important regions of the world are being visited by the Democratic Party candidate for the presidency of the United States, who, if he wins the November elections, will determine the country's foreign policy for the next four years.

New tests for applicants for Russian citizenship will appear in September Russia intends to ensure that all applicants for its citizenship have a good level of knowledge of the Russian language . By September of this year, the Ministry of Education and Science, with the help of the country's leading philologists, will prepare new tests in Russian, which all foreigners and stateless persons who wish to acquire a Russian passport will have to pass.

Samples of various products presented at exhibitions of weapons and military equipment are perceived primarily not as exhibits for contemplation, but as an occasion to once again comprehend the situation on the arms market, an opportunity to see new directions for the development of certain types of weapons, guess the prospects for their use and make amendments to your own products.

Fans of Lokomotiv and Spartak became interested in football politics Last weekend, fans of Spartak and Lokomotiv found out whose leadership was worse. Having settled opposite each other in the stands of the stadium in Cherkizovo, the fans focused on the VIP box, where they addressed their calls for the dismissal of managers, demands for new financial injections and expensive purchases, as well as coaching resignations.

There are not many St. Petersburg groups among the applicants for the Golden Sofit award "Golden Sofit" - the highest theater award in St. Petersburg - has been awarded at the end of the season since 1995. The founders of the award are the St. Petersburg organization of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia, the theater and production association ART “Improvization” and the cultural committee of the city government. Nominees are determined by expert councils (each genre has its own).

Igor Sechin reported to Dmitry Medvedev Russian President Dmitry Medvedev summoned Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin for the first time last Friday to report. As Vremya Novostei managed to find out, Mr. Sechin, who is responsible for the fuel and energy complex and subsoil use, was invited to the country residence of the head of state “Gorki” to find out the implementation of Mr. Medvedev’s instructions, which were given back in February.

Nelsinho Pique reached the podium for the first time Lewis Hamilton won his second consecutive victory in the Formula 1 world championship. This allowed the McLaren driver to break away in the individual championship from Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who finished the race in Hockenheim third. Renault driver Nelson Piquet created a sensation by finishing in second place. Germany is order, and order, as we know, beats class.

On Monday, another wave, formed on an active cold front, will reach the north-west of European territory from the south. It will become a little cooler in the center of Russia; the cold front, along with thunderstorms, will move to the Volga. In some places there will be short-term rain and thunderstorms (mainly in the eastern half), during the day +22...+27оС. In the south, away from the fronts, the weather is more or less calm.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy and Security , Javier Solana, and the head of the Iranian Security Council, Said Jalili, at a meeting in Geneva on July 19, failed to agree on Tehran’s cessation of uranium enrichment work. Representatives of the “six” countries took part in the negotiations, which includes Russia, Great Britain, China, France, the United States (as permanent members of the UN Security Council) and Germany.

Chronicle of sporting events The almost one and a half year period of Olympic selection for representatives of women's beach volleyball has ended. The composition of the participants in the Beijing tournament became known even before yesterday evening’s end of the last qualifying cycle stage of the World Tour in Marseille (France).

The Polish president wants to resolve the conflict with the Foreign Ministry Negotiations between Warsaw and Washington on the deployment in Poland of a dozen interceptor missiles of the American missile defense system (ABM) have stopped due to disagreements in the Polish ruling elite . The Polish radio station RMF reported this yesterday with reference to diplomatic sources. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski allegedly decided not to sign an agreement with the George W.

The stock market breaks record lows The Russian stock market, which had not been providing investors with good news lately, suffered its deepest fall in the last few months on Friday. Blue chips fell in price by an average of 3-5%. Stock indices lost an average of about 4%. Analysts and traders note several reasons for the collapse, primarily the falling price of oil and the negative attitude of investors towards the Russian market.