French authorities have prohibited the sale of three types of sprouts from the British seed supplier, Thompson and Morgan, reportedly infected with E. Coli, France’s secretary of state for consumer affairs, Frederic Lefebvre said in a statement on Saturday. On Thursday evening French authorities were informed about 10 people affected by E. coli in Bordeaux [...]
Archives: 25 June 2011
June 25, 2011
June 25, 2011
Egypt extends custody of Israeli spy suspect for 15 days
Egyptian court extended for 15 days the custody of Ilan Grapel, a US-Israeli citizen suspected of espionage on behalf of Israel, Egyptian news agency MENA said on Saturday. Grapel was arrested on June 12 in Cairo on suspicion of espionage. He is accused of “the subversive activity, aimed at damaging Egypt’s economic and political interests.” [...]
June 25, 2011
Russian tourists in Turkey evacuated from plane on false alarm
Russian tourists were evacuated from the Tu-204 jet in the airport of Turkish resort city of Antalya because of the false activation of fire alarm system, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), Sergey Izvolsky said on Saturday. A Red Wings Tu-204 jet en route from Antalya to the southern Russian city of [...]
June 25, 2011
Vladikavkaz household gas explosion injures 55
Fifty five people were injured when gas exploded in a cottage house during a wedding in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz on Saturday, North Ossetian deputy Health Minister, Taimuraz Revazov said. According to the preliminary information, the blast was caused by the depressurization of a gas cylinder. “The number of the injured has increased [...]
June 25, 2011
Main news of June 25
WORLD *Egyptian court extended for 15 days the custody of Ilan Grapel, a US-Israeli citizen suspected of espionage on behalf of Israel, Egyptian news agency MENA said on Saturday *French authorities have prohibited the sale of three types of sprouts from the British seed supplier, Thompson and Morgan, reportedly infected with E. Coli, France’s secretary [...]
June 25, 2011
At Least 46 Wounded In Vladikavkaz Gas Blast
A gas explosion at a wedding reception in southern Russia has injured at least 46 people. Emergencies Ministry spokesman Alexander Andreyev said the blast in Vladikavkaz on June 25 left 11 people in a critical condition. The explosion, apparently caused by a faulty gas canister, tore through a courtyard where wedding guests had assembled. Reports [...]
June 25, 2011
“Animal News”: hippos, lion and tiger cubs in the world’s zoos
“Animal News”: hippos, lion and tiger cubs in the world’s zoos 13:26 25/06/2011 Two lion cubs are growing up in the Hagenbeck zoo near Hamburg. The Hanoi zoo is home to a big family of Indochinese tigers – tigress Mi and her four cubs, and visitors of the Prague zoo could for the first time see a [...]
June 25, 2011
What makes Russians happy
Add to blog You may place this material on your blog by copying the link. Publication code: What makes Russians happy 14:00 25/06/2011 The market research agency Masmi Russia found out what it takes for Russians to attain complete happiness. Preview: What makes Russians happy 14:00 25/06/2011 The market research agency Masmi Russia found out what it takes for [...]
June 25, 2011
FSB, police in Moscow seize from illegal sale databases with info on citizens, organizations
Russia’s Federal Security Service and police has held a large scale operation in Moscow to seize from illegal sale databases with personal information about organizations and citizens, the FSB press service said in a statement. The FSB and police are holding an operation “to terminate illegal activities of persons selling in various shopping malls in [...]
June 25, 2011
Russian premier to meet with Ukrainian president on Saturday in Crimea
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during the premier’s visit to Crimea, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Putin is paying a private visit to the Ukrainian region on Saturday. During the visit Putin will have an informal meeting with Yanukovych, Peskov said.
June 25, 2011
Khodorkovsky, Lebedev should not be in jail, deserve to be released on parole
Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov and a new leader of the Right Cause party said Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev should not be in jail and deserve a parole Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev have been in prison since 2003 and were convicted of a second set of charges [...]
June 25, 2011
The Sound of Music
RussiaProfile.Org, an online publication providing in-depth analysis of business, politics, current affairs and culture in Russia, has published a new Special Report on the performing arts in Russia: Bodies in Motion. Twelve articles by both Russian and foreign contributors examine the current trends in theater, music and adjacent forms of art both as creative activities [...]
June 25, 2011
No flights for aircraft without safety systems from 2012
Planes that do not meet the world’s aviation safety requirements will be banned from flights from 2012, the head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), Alexander Neradko said on Saturday. In 2009 Rosaviatsia issued an order stipulating that all the passenger planes should be equipped with the Traffic Collision Avoidance System as well [...]
June 25, 2011
Language A Sensitive Issue In Kyrgyzstan
Language is a sensitive topic in Kyrgyzstan, as the country’s interim president Roza Otunbaeva mentioned recently, when she publicly backed promoting the development of the state language, Kyrgyz. Otunbaeva’s made her remarks in a speech, which has reopened debates over the role of Kyrgyz and Russian languages in the country. “The Kyrgyz language has not [...]