Every Friday journalists Euronews select for you stories that will not make the front page of your newspaper, but that deserve to be told.
"McRussian's" burgers made in Russia
Two famous Russian directors, Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrey Konchalovskiy Putin asked the President to create for nearly one billion rubles (about 17.5 milliond euros) a fast-food chain 100% Russian. The idea is to beat McDonald's to "provide an alternative to the chains of Western fast food."
This chain would use mainly regional products and could serve restaurant chains for schools for example.
The two film legends believe that the project will be profitable in less than 5 years.
The company name might be "We eat at home," this brand is already part of women's Konchalovskiy, actress Yulia Vysotskaya, famous for its cooking show on television and cookbooks. It also has two or three restaurants in Moscow.
It is unknown at the time the response of Vladimir Putin.
Greece: Viral Video on YouTube - Stealing a motorcycle in 2 Minutes!
This video has been around the web in Greece: it shows two people stealing a motorcycle. The bike was parked, fastened with a padlock and covered with a tarp on the street, but no problem for the two thieves. In 2 minutes 30 they managed to steal it.
Surveillance cameras filmed the scene and the video was posted online by the owner of the motorcycle that asks for help to find her.
Turkey: the Directorate of Religious Affairs authorizes toilet paper
The Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) wrote a fatwa saying that the use of toilet paper is permitted by Islam, but the water should be the main source of purification.
"If water can not be found to wash, other cleaning products can be used. While some consider the paper as an inappropriate cleaning materials as used for writing, there is no problem to use toilet paper, "it is written in the judgment.
Portugal wins € 1.6 million with a tax on plastic bags
Portugal has been experimenting this year a tax on plastic bags sold by retailers to consumers who use them to carry their purchases. According to preliminary figures, the state has earned at least € 1.6 million with this new tax.
While some have banned free plastic bags disctribution, such as the Continent stores in Portugal, the Portuguese government has also imposed to pay 10 cents, including tax, for each plastic bag with handles and they are 0, 05 mm thick.
The government believes that revenues will increase significantly this year to 45 million just by selling plastic bags light to consumers.
England: Hell of a banker
A banker, abused, sexually harassed by his colleagues nicknamed the "Lady mad cocaine head" and that broadcast rumors behind his back, to the point that she did a burnout, won 3.2 million pounds before a court in charge of unemployment.
Lokhova Svetlana, 33, was treated for "bitch cocaine addict" who lived in the hook of his father and was dismissed "because of her breasts" by its leaders Londoners in the office of the great Russian bank Sberbank CIB.
Hungary: cuddling against racism
In Hungary a Romanian chose a strange way to fight against racism. He blindfolded on one of the busiest places of Budapest. There was a sign in the hand, "I'm a gypsy. Many think that I am a criminal. I trust you. If you trust me, hold me in your arms! ". His gesture was filmed, here's the video:
In an hour he received 20 hugs. The idea came from a Muslim who had done the same thing.
In Hungary, Roma minorities are an important racism.
Egypt: he flees alone
An Egyptian climbed the building of a communications company threatening suicide. He was angry against his employer who had refused to transfer him.
Doctors are mounted and persuaded not to jump while his employer has promised to revisit the issue of transfer. The scene was filmed and posted on the website i2arabic.com.
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