Day: April 28, 2017

The EU will consider the continued membership of a United Ireland after Brexit

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EU leaders can encourage the people of Northern Ireland to reunite with the rest of the island for the sake of EU membership. On Friday, April 28, reports The Independent. At the moment, according to the newspaper, the Irish diplomats are working to achieve from the heads of countries — EU members support this idea at the upcoming summit. The meeting will take place in Brussels on Saturday, April 29. The summit will discuss the position of EU States on the issue of Brexit conditions. At the end of March, Prime Minister of Ireland ENDA Kenny stated that the final agreement on Brexit should be included a paragraph about the commitment of the parties the idea of a United Ireland. This caused a sharp reaction of London: it was assured that most of the people of Northern Ireland in favour of maintaining the region within the United Kingdom. In June

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The Parliament of Montenegro voted in favor of joining NATO

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The deputies of the Montenegrin Parliament voted for the country’s accession to NATO. About it reports on Friday, April 28, radio and television of Montenegro (RTCG). In a document called the bill on the confirmation of the North Atlantic Treaty and the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Greece and Turkey voted 46 deputies from 81. While there were only 46 deputies, and there was no opposition. A field meeting was held in the building of the Parliament of Cetinje. The opposition spent nearly his protest, writes TASS. The rally was attended by thousands of people, the demonstrators burned a NATO flag. On 11 April it was reported that the President of the United States Donald trump signed the act of accession of Montenegro to NATO. 19 may 2016 NATO countries signed the Protocol on the accession of Montenegro, thus giving it the status of observer

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Near Kaliningrad fallen from the eighth floor twins survived

Russia

In the Kaliningrad region, two young twins fell out of the window of the apartment located on the eighth floor and survived. This was reported on the website of the regional investigative Department of the investigative Committee for the region. On the evening of 27 April in Svetlogorsk (the city is located near Kaliningrad) prismatrivalsya for young boy and girl, the grandmother left, leaving the twins under the care of their ten year old sister who was doing homework in the next room. “Left unsupervised, kids can open a window through which fell from the height of the eighth floor at the peak of the basement, and then on the sidewalk. The girl in the fall from the visor caught the passerby”, — stated in the message of management. Eyewitnesses of the incident called the medics. Both children are hospitalized in regional children’s hospital. Their condition is estimated as average

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Putin noted the growth of drug trafficking from the territory of Ukraine

Russia

Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the security Council reported an increase in drug trafficking from the territory of Ukraine. The words of the head of state, the correspondent “Tapes.ru” on Friday, April 28. “Expand the trafficking of synthetic drugs and new psychoactive substances. Most often, their providers are criminal groups from abroad: Europe, Asia, and the recent strong flows from Ukraine”, — said Putin. In addition, do not attempt to stop the spread in the Russian regions of Afghan drugs, including heroin, said the head of state. The President announced statistics, according to which in Russia there are 600 thousand drug addicts. “Unfortunately, over the past five years, this figure does not change, the number of drug addicts has increased by 60 percent,” he said, adding that according to unofficial polls, the illegal substances consumed about 7.5 million people, two million of them

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The PACE statement of no confidence in Agramunt trip to Syria was considered harassment

Russia

Pedro Agramunt First Vice-speaker of the state Duma Ivan Melnikov called harassment statement of the Bureau of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on mistrust to the head of the organization, Pedro Agramunt, in connection with his recent trip to Syria. On Friday, April 27, reports TASS. “Even if there is some friction, they can be solved peacefully and not sticking out of the conflict. And then all of Europe put on display biased persecution, authoritarian pressure on the person who has shown a willingness to listen to another point of view, with your own eyes to get acquainted with visual reasoning, to reduce the intensity of unnecessary confrontation,” — said Melnikov. The head of the Duma international Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky expressed support Agramunt, which, in his words, “decided to look at the situation in Syria and to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the struggle

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A military court sentenced the Imam of the Moscow mosque to three years in prison for extremism

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A military court sentenced the Imam of the Moscow mosque to three years in prison for extremism The court also decided to take Mahmoud Valitova into custody in the courtroom. MOSCOW, April 28. /TASS/. The Moscow district military court on Friday sentenced to three years in a penal colony of the former Imam of the capital mosque of Mahmud Velitov, finding him guilty in the public justification of terrorism. About it the correspondent of TASS from the courtroom. “Recognize Valitova guilty, sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of three years in a General regime colony,” announced the presiding judge. The court also decided to take Valitova custody in court, on bail to be cancelled. Protection of Mahmoud Valitova intends to appeal the verdict, said the lawyer Dagir khasavov. As found by the court, 27 September 2013 Velitov during prayers in the mosque on the street Khachaturian in Moscow said

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In the “Apple” announced a nearly blind because of the attacks of the activist

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In the “Apple” announced a nearly blind because of the attacks of the activist Moscow. April 28. INTERFAX.RU Unknown attacked the activist of the “Yabloko” Natalia Fedorova near her home in Moscow and doused it with chemical substances, said head of the Moscow branch of the party Sergey Mitrokhin. “Natalia Fedorova came out of his house, at this moment ran up to her man, whom she had not seen, sprayed in face with chemical solution and disappeared”, — said Mitrokhin, “Interfax”. She is now in the First city hospital with burns of face and eyes, vision almost gone; the doctors say it should recover, but it is not yet clear.Sergei Microchiropteran the Metropolitan branch of the party According to Mitrokhin, the attack can be connected with the Fedorova fight against the expansion of the store next to her residence building, which could lead to the demolition of her house. “She

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The Russian space forces checked the readiness to defend against a promising means of attack

Army

Commander of the aerospace defence forces Viktor Bondarev © Vladimir Smirnov/TASS MOSCOW, April 28. /TASS/. Strategic bombers Tu-160 and Tu-95MS bombers and about 50 aircraft and helicopters took part in the checking of associations, formations and units of the aerospace defence forces of Russia. About it journalists were reported by the chief of the HQs of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev. “The auditing of associations, formations and units of the aerospace defence forces has confirmed the readiness of all the armed forces to effectively perform their tasks in a timely manner and protect our facilities from existing and promising means of aerospace attack,” he said. The test crews strategic bombers Tu-95MS worked relocation to operational airfields and conditional launches of cruise missiles of air basing, and the Tu-160 has performed the supersonic flights. The commander said that crews of su-27 fighters made interception of air targets, helicopters carried out

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On a small raft “Kon-Tiki”. Journey as the first global reality show

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On a small raft “Kon-Tiki”. Journey as the first global reality show 28 APR 70 years ago, Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl went on a makeshift raft from South America to Polynesia across the Pacific ocean. The journey of Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl on a raft across the Pacific ocean is now considered the classic event in the study of the planet and human history. However, at the time, the journey has not only brought many discoveries and made the official science to reconsider its view on a number of things, it is, in fact, was the first reality show, which was 101 days and watched the whole world. And after books, movies and documentaries about this expedition it can rightly be considered a true cultural phenomenon. “Wake up, you’ll all drown!” It all started with the fact that Thor Heyerdahl put forward a bold hypothesis. In his opinion, the Islands of

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Ukraine showed in the video of “Eurovision” Palace “swallow’s nest”

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Ukraine showed in the video of “Eurovision” Palace “swallow’s nest” Ukraine was included in the official promo video of “Eurovision-2017” the image of the Palace-castle “swallow’s nest”. The video was published at the Ukrainian crisis media center (Ukraine SG Media Center) in Facebook. A 30-second clip shows the types of Ukrainian cities and villages, as well as the Crimea. In particular, the video appears the castle “swallow’s nest”, located on the Aurora cliff of the Peninsula. Ukrainian crisis media center is an organization that was created in March 2014. The main goal it has set itself “to provide to the world community objective information about events in Ukraine, challenges and threats to national security, particularly in military, political, economic, energy and humanitarian fields,” reads the organization’s website. Russia in 2017 will not participate in “Eurovision” since the security Service of Ukraine forbade entry into the country for singer Yulia Samoilova.

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