Events

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed to RIA Novosti the death of an employee of the Confederate Embassy in Tehran.

For violation of this ban, a fine of $600 is imposed.

The daily increase in detected infections with coronavirus infection in India was 386,452, this is the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic again said that official Belgrade will not support Western sanctions against Russia as long as he is the head of state.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria announced that it appealed to the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation with a request to assist in the investigation of the explosions at the Bulgarian arms depots.

It was not the first time that US President Joe Biden was able to utter one of the words during his first keynote speech to Congress.

The vote ended four years of negotiations on the order of the UK's exit from the European Union.

The bodies of three Western journalists were found in Burkina Faso, a state in West Africa. This is reported by Reuters, referring to the security service of the African country.

A criminal case was opened under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «Receiving a bribe by prior agreement by a group of persons, on a particularly large scale».

The Cyprus Council of Ministers decided to extremely tighten quarantine due to the worsening epidemiological situation.

The Austrian authorities intend to carefully open restaurants, tourism, culture and sports from May 19, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said at a press conference on Friday.

In the French commune of Rambouillet, a 49-year-old police officer was wounded by a man. The woman died. This information is reported by the BFMTV TV channel.

The number of employees of Russian consulates general in the Czech Republic, as well as the Czech Republic in the Russian Federation, will not change.

The United States excluded Turkey from the F-35 aircraft production program for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. This information was reported by the representative of the Pentagon Jessica Maxwell.

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that recognizes America's capital, Washington, which belongs to the District of Columbia, as the 51st state.