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Pershkina Anastasiya Unexpected victory20 мая 2012 19:47The London football club Chelsea has won the League of Champions – for the first time in its history. On Sunday, Chelsea beat the Munich team Bavaria. The London team competed for this victory for nearly 10 years. Many times within this period, Chelsea seemed to be one step from winning the cup of the League of Champions. Russia makes it to ice hockey final19 мая 2012 21:20Russia has made it to the final of the world ice hockey championship by defeating reigning champion Finland 6-2 in a hard-fought semifinal match played in Helsinki. Three of its goals were scored in a hattrick pulled off by Yevgeni Malkin, who is now certain to become the best striker of the championship. Should fighting pirates be “privatized”?15 мая 2012 15:56Several private insurance companies are planning to create a naval force of their own in order to protect cargo ships from pirates in the Indian Ocean. However, ship owners and some experts are worried that this is only a way for these companies to earn more money. The authors of this project call it Convoy Escort Program. Euro 2012 in Ukraine: geopolitical football13 мая 2012 18:06The EU Foreign Ministers will meet on May 14 in Brussels to decide whether to boycott Euro 2012 games hosted by Ukraine or not. This will be a verdict rather for Ukraine than for football. Rescue operations underway in Indonesia13 мая 2012 16:18Indonesian rescuers have found the body of one of the crew members of Sukhoi Superjet-100 airliner. In total by 2 p.m. Moscow time five bodies of the air crash victims have been recovered. At present only Indonesian rescuers are working on the site of the crash. The Russian colleagues will join them later. Russia’s ice-hockey team defeats Swedes12 мая 2012 17:59Russia’s national ice-hockey team defeated Swedes in the ice hockey world championship preliminary round in Stockholm on Friday. Although Russians were losing in the beginning they managed to turn the tide and fired 7 pucks while Swedes delivered only three. The Swedes opened the score, when the Russian team was short-handed. US missile base - waste of money?11 мая 2012 21:29Another base of interceptor missiles may appear in the USA. It will serve as a protection for the East Coast of the USA against the potential strike on the part of Iran. True, there are doubts that Iranian missiles will be able to reach America, while the U.S. budget may lose 5 billion dollars in the construction of this base. Saakashvili faces trial for crimes against humanity11 мая 2012 15:12Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili may face trial for crimes against humanity, falsifying the results of the 2007 presidential election and unleashing a war against Russia in 2008. A group of Georgian human rights activists who had fled the Saakashvili regime took legal action against the incumbent leader in a Belgian court. Sukhoi Superjet’s crash – who is to blame?10 мая 2012 19:10Russian investigators have opened a criminal probe into possible misconduct during preparations for the demonstration flight of a new Superjet 100 jet which came down in Indonesia on Wednesday. Also an international investigation into the causes of the crash will be conducted. 67th anniversary of WWII victory9 мая 2012 14:36On Wednesday, Russia commemorates the 67th anniversary of victory in World War II. The May 9 Victory Day celebrations are being held all across Russia, including the cities of Vladivostok and Kaliningrad. A tribute to heroes8 мая 2012 18:46Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid a wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden at the Kremlin wall. In this way, ahead of the 67th anniversary of the end of WW2, he paid tribute to the memory of the soldiers who were killed in that war. Hollande’s victory: new France7 мая 2012 18:38France has elected its new President – Socialist Francois Hollande who defeated the incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy by 3%. Thus, leftists took the helm again after a 17-year break and France is facing a new political course. First, Socialists lost their main candidate –ex-IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn due to a sex scandal. A new alternative to the Euro?28 апреля 2012 14:34Residents of the Italian island of Sardinia now have an alternative to euro. The island authorities have introduced a local currency which the residents can use to pay for goods and services. This is not the first time a regional currency has been introduced in the euro-zone since the introduction of the euro. Hungary leaves Nabucco24 апреля 2012 21:24Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has said that his country is leaving the Nabucco gas pipeline project. Experts say this decision poses a threat to the entire project. Hungary’s action is based on a conflict between the country’s leaders and the European Union officials. French elections: far right score high23 апреля 2012 16:41France is in for a historic runoff after Socialist leader Francois Hollande has secured a 1.5% lead in the first round of presidential elections and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is coming in third. The outcome of the second round will depend on Le Pen’s supporters. Eggheads employed as spies15 апреля 2012 23:36Last year, an American applying for a position in the CIA was exposed as a Chinese spy. Mr Glenn Duffie Shriver had been recruited in China, where he spent some time as a university student. Drugs dominate Cartagena summit15 апреля 2012 21:08The sixth Summit of the Americas held in Cartagena, Colombia, has been dominated by a Guatemalan initiative to decriminalize drugs, so that they could be regulated similarly to tobacco and alcohol. Barack Obama re-iterated his administration’s objections to initiatives of this kind, but admitted the need for a discussion on the matter. Justice Libyan-style13 апреля 2012 22:59Libya’s new authorities have put under trial 2 Russians, 3 Belarusians and 20 Ukrainians on charges of The Arctic is open to all13 апреля 2012 18:17Developing the Arctic region, providing the security of ships and protecting the environment are tasks that no country of the Arctic region could fulfil alone. Success depends on cooperation and absolute openness of activity. German writer declared 'Non grata'11 апреля 2012 16:19Writer Gunter Grass has been declared persona non grata in Israel and has lost the support of Social Democrats in Germany. The reason for the scandal was his poem What Must Be Said in which he criticizes both countries’ policies. Experts are at odds over whether this personal opinion is capable of having a political impact. |
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