Review of foreign events: by Astrid Lindgren to Scrooge McDuck

Europeans will undergo further testing for solvency European Commission reports that wish to receive credit for a mortgage will prove their solvency. Commissioner to the UK market, Michael Barnir reports that strongly cross-checked to be loans that are issued for the acquisition of new properties and renovating existing ones. In addition, the new proposal will be reviewed loans secured by real estate purchased by the mortgage. Individuals who purchase property for the first time, and those with low incomes will be inspected first. In the sector of the EU economy brewing discontent over the bill. Many believe that the solvency test, conducted in addition, may lead to a decrease in requests for loans. In Sweden, there will be bills with portraits of Bergman and Astrid Lindgren According to Agence France Presse, with reference to an official statement of the central bank of Sweden, the country will banknote with the image of famous cultural figures: the actress Greta Garbo, writer Astrid Lindgren, filmmaker Ingmar Bergman and singer Birgit Nilsson. The new banknotes will enter into circulation in 2014 - 2015 years. Forbes named the richest fictional characters by Forbes magazine Scrooge McDuck - the richest fictional character. Achieved such status cartoon hero delivering a 30 percent rise in gold prices. Condition Scrooge equal 44.1 billion dollars. Second place was a vampire Carlisle Cullen - the hero of the book series "Twilight" by investing in WalMart and Google. Condition Cullen is estimated at 36.2 billion dollars. The third line is Artemis Fowl, the hero of the fantasy novels by Irish writer Jon Kolfera. 13.5 billion dollars - as Forbes has estimated the state of the young hero who has received inherited the reins of the world's largest crime syndicate. Portugal has applied for financial assistance from the EU President Jose Socrates, Acting Prime Minister of Portugal, addressed to the European Union with a request to provide emergency financial assistance to his country. According to experts, we can talk about granting Portugal 80 billion euros. Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, said that Socrates appeal will be considered at short notice. Reduction of debt on credit cards in the U.S. According to WalletPop, the U.S. debt on credit cards continues to grow. But there are places where the debt on credit cards tends to decline. WalletPop contacted the credit bureaus Experian and Equifax and asked them to share information on U.S. cities, where credit card debt has declined. According to Experian, the average debt on credit cards fell by more than 5% in 48 municipalities. Nearly half of them in the south or southwest of the country.