Russian State Duma has introduced a law prohibiting children to use electronic school diaries and to engage in online learning. The law is formally called “On the legal regulation of social networks” – according to the idea of the authors it was supposed to prohibit the registration of persons under 14 years of age in…
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Swiss business – pro-EU27
An UBS poll of 2,500 entrepreneurs and senior managers underscored the importance that Swiss business leaders assign to relations with their biggest export market in spite of the UK vote to leave the bloc undermining the EU cohesion. Nearly two out of three top executives would prefer Switzerland to put ties with the European Union…
Stockholm: Five dead and ‘large number’ of injured in terrorist attack
At least five people are dead and many more injured after a terror attack that saw a hijacked lorry plough into pedestrians outside a Stockholm department store. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said it appeared the crash was “a terror attack” and the country’s intelligence service said there was “a large number of injured”. …
Stockholm ‘lorry attack’
A lorry has driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least two people, Swedish police say. https://twitter.com/NNRNews/status/850352967878422529 Earlier media reports said three people had been killed. Police said a number of people were also injured. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said the country has been attacked and everything indicated that this was…
MEPs vote visa-free for Ukraine
Ukrainian citizens will be exempted from EU short-stay visa requirements, after Parliament endorsed an informal deal with the Council on Thursday. Under the new law, Ukrainians who hold a biometric passport will be able to enter the EU without a visa for 90 days in any 180-day period, for tourism, to visit relatives or friends,…
EU condemns violence in St.Petersburg
“Our thoughts go out to the people of Russia, and in particular to those who have lost loved ones in today’s explosion in the Saint Petersburg metro. We wish a swift recovery to those who have been injured,” – says the statement of the European External Action Service. “The European Union condemns in the strongest possible…
St.Petersburg CCTV images of an alleged terrorist
Russian media realised an image of an alleged terrorist, the CCTV image started to circulate soon after the explosion was defined as a ‘terrorist act’. #ЭКСКЛЮЗИВ: Камера запечатлела предполагаемого виновника после взрыва в метро Петербургаhttps://t.co/yJ3Qqz7J6o pic.twitter.com/kH8Mq49fGl — РЕН ТВ | Новости (@rentvchannel) April 3, 2017 REN TV publishes a photo of the alleged terrorist who…
Terrorist act during Putin’s visit to St.Petersburg
In the metro of Petersburg on a ‘blue line’ there was a terrorist act. On the runway between the stations “Sennaya” and “Technological Institute” around 14:40 a self-made device exploded . Further, at the station “Ploshchad Vosstaniya” another device was found and neutralized. The explosion was carried out not by a suicide bomber, but most…
“Terrorist act” in Saint-Petersburg
On Monday about 15 hours in St. Petersburg at the metro station “Technological Institute” there was an explosion. Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko said that, according to preliminary data, 10 people were killed and 20 injured. The Prosecutor General’s Office called the explosion in the subway a terrorist act, the Investigative Committee opened a…
Putin postpones ‘direct line’
The ‘direct line’ with Vladimir Putin this year is likely to take place either to the Day of Russia on June 12, or to the Day of the Protection of Children on June 1, reports Kommersant newspaper, referring to its ‘close to the Kremlin’ sources. In the Kremlin, the late date has been explained by…
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