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The State Joint Stock Company Latvian Pasts (Latvian Post) offered a new service the possibility to track the movement of ordinary parcels, writes the portal tvnet.lv. Previously, this possibility concerned only parcels with delivery and notification. Now Latvian Pasts offers to provide a special barcode the most usual departure. The ability to track the package path will cost more. As well as a simple package, it will have to be picked up at the post office on its own. The gain is that customers will be able to know the exact time of arrival. Today this service is available for parcels in 37 countries of the world. ...

After another visit of the Italian police Alexander Loginov decided to refuse to participate in mass start in the World Cup (WCh) in the Italian Antholz. This was declared by the Russian athlete himself in an interview to RT. Psychologically, I 'm very exhausted, Loginov said. Running in a situation like this would certainly be hard for me. According to him, no one will be able to influence his physical condition. At the same time the athlete added that he can worry quite strongly, which affects psychological mood. Earlier the Championship with reference to the personal trainer Loginov Alexander Kasperovich reported that the athlete Alexander Loginov refused to take part in mass start on WCh in Italian Antholz. Read also: Loginov refused mass start on WCh and thinks about retirement ...

120 people were evacuated due to a fire in one of the apartments of a five-storey hostel in Kokchetava, the press service of the Department of Emergency Situations of Akmola region of Kazakhstan reported. Department specified that the fire happened on February 17 at 2 hours 10 minutes (on February 16 23:30 Moscow time) on the fourth floor of the hostel. Rescue workers evacuated 120 people, including 25 children. Four people were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning. It is noted that in the apartment where the fire broke out, there was a conflict between a man and a woman. Before the arrival of the fire...

Russian border guards detained a poaching vessel with four Ukrainian citizens on board in the western part of the Sea of Azov. This is today, February 15, the press service of the Crimean Border Administration of the Federal Security Service of Russia reports. According to border guards, the captain of the poaching ship did not comply with the legal requirement of the border order to stop and attempted to escape. Then the poaching vessel was stopped. On board, the border guards found more than 290 copies of kalkan galleys, as well as an illegal fishing gear, by poachers...

The Russian athlete Natalia Voronina took bronze in the 3000 meters race at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City (USA). Her result is 3 minutes 55.534 seconds. Won the distance Martin Sablikov (Czech Republic) 3 minutes 54,252 seconds. Silver at Carlaine Akhterekte (Netherlands) 3 minutes 54.924 seconds. In fourth place another Russian athlete Eugenia Lalenkova, with a personal record of 3 minutes 55.801 seconds. According to the news agency, in the team sprint at th...