After months of wrangling over a monument to the medieval prince Vladimir (960-1015), the Russian state and the Orthodox Church in Moscow laid the first stone. The statue is a symbol of unity of Russian history, said Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinski Tuesday during a ceremony.
The United Nations existed seventy years. Which is celebrated worldwide on October 24 by exposing 180 sites in more than fifty countries in the official blue of the UN. The Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands the blue object. Which announced the UN.
Students of Yale University can breathe a sigh of relief, their Van Gogh remains their Van Gogh. The Court of Appeals of New York ruled Tuesday that the institution is the rightful owner of the painting " The night café. A great-grandson of a Russian collector said he was entitled to the painted by Vincent van Gogh painting in 1881, but the New York judge disagreed.
Pope Francis declares Sunday for the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church a couple sacred. It's about the French couple Louis and Zelie Martin . The two lived in the 19th century and were the parents of the famous French saint, Saint Therese of Lisieux .
Around 26.4 million Canadians can Monday at the parliamentary voting. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has been in power since the spring of 2006 , going for a fourth mandate for his Conservative Party. He will compete against Thomas Mulcair , leader of the leftist NDP , Justin Trudeau and the Canadian Liberals.
A man with the remarkable name Santa Claus is elected to the council of the American town of North Pole, Alaska .
