Chancellor Merkel has pressed the “debt brake” The German Federal Government has approved a program to reduce federal spending, which will result in savings of about 60 billion euros. This is exactly the amount of debt that accounts for the budget of the current coalition government of the CDU/CSU and the Free Democratic Party led by Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured).

Vladimir Putin laid the foundation stone for the International Olympic University in Sochi Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Sochi on a working visit - the head of government spoke with representatives of the International Olympic Committee, including its President Jacques Rogge, and laid a commemorative capsule at the foundation of the Russian International Olympic University.

The authorities of the republic now suspect not policemen, but soldiers, of the theft from the credit card of a deceased Pole. Polish government spokesman Pawel Gras admitted yesterday that he was mistaken in accusing Russian riot police of stealing from the credit cards of his fellow citizens who died in the Tu-154 plane crash near Smolensk .

Animafest in Zagreb announced the winners At the Zagreb festival, one famous animation director said: “I shoot for a year, but the film turns out to be only ten minutes long - the scale is disproportionate. The further you go, the more you think: what to spend this year on?

A court in the Indian city of Bhopal yesterday found eight employees of the Indian-American company Union Carbide guilty of deaths. The Bhopal tragedy of December 3, 1984 went down in history as the largest man-made disaster in the world. Lawyers explain the long investigation period by the slowness of the judicial system in India. The sentencing of former chemical plant director Jagannath Mukund and his fellow engineers accused of negligent homicide will be announced soon.

Automakers are ready for mergers and acquisitions Global car manufacturers expect the industry situation to stabilize over the next five years. This is evidenced by an annual study by the international company KPMG, the results of which were published today. Automotive companies are pinning their hopes for growth on developing countries. The markets of North America, Western Europe and Japan, according to experts, will be characterized by excess production capacity and low profitability.

The Supreme Court confirmed the right of air carriers to change flight conditions without the knowledge of passengers If you bought a ticket for a Boeing of one airline, but it turns out that you will fly on a Yak owned by another carrier, then you have no formal reason to complain about a violation of your consumer rights - this happens in full accordance with the current rules air transportation.

PACE is studying the corruption component of the WHO-declared pandemic The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has begun its own investigation into the circumstances surrounding the emergence of the A/H1N1 influenza virus strain.

They danced “Laurencia” at the Mikhailovsky Theater Residents of a Spanish village, waiting for the return of their lord, commander of the Order of Calatrava, from the war, are waiting for him to their misfortune. Despite the victory over his enemies (or perhaps thanks to it), Mr. Commander is not inclined to show mercy towards the peasants, but is inclined to let his hands go.

Our upcoming rivals, the Egyptians, created a sensation Two victories of the noticeably renewed Russian team over the Beijing 2008 Olympic champions the Americans, a sensational success of Egypt in the same group “C” in a meeting with Finland, zero points for the best team in Europe based on the results of the 2009 continental championship of Poland away in Germany - that’s, perhaps, , the main results of the first round of the intercontinental round of the World League.

Holidays in the US did not prevent global stock markets from believing in the banking sector Global stock markets resumed their rally yesterday amid speculation about upcoming mergers and acquisitions this year and a broader economic recovery. The Russian market did not stand aside and reacted to external events.

Historical territories are supposed to be protected by law St. Petersburg may be stripped of its UNESCO heritage site status. And not at all because the main panoramas of the city are distorted by tall buildings, and not because of the battles around the Okhta Center. It’s just that, according to Russian laws, the center of St. Petersburg is not a historical territory. And the international community cannot protect those monuments that national law does not recognize as such.

Kaczynski supporters mixed beatification with campaigning Less than two weeks remain until the early presidential elections in Poland, which will be held on June 20. There are ten candidates on the list, the main rivalry is between the representative of the ruling party Civic Platform (CP) - the acting president, Marshal of the Sejm, 58-year-old Bronislaw Komorowski, and the leader of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, 60-year-old Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

Russia wants to catch up with China and Europe in trade with the Middle East Condemnation of Israel's policy of continuing the economic blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip was heard yesterday in speeches at the opening of the international exhibition "Arabia Expo" in Moscow.

Basketball CSKA became the national champion for the 41st time The third match of the final series of the men's basketball super league between Khimki near Moscow and the capital's CSKA lost its intrigue as soon as it began. After two unconditional victories of the army team on their site, it seemed that in the next game in their home arena the Khimki team would be able to provide some significant resistance to the “red-blues”, but there was no trace of this.