The King of Sweden Karl XVI Gustav handed the 2008 Polar Music Prize music award, which is called the "Nobel Prize in the field of music." This year, opera singer Rene Fleming and Pink Floyd were the winners of this year. The size of the bonus for each contractor is 1 million Swedish crowns or 167 thousand dollars, ITAR-TASS reports.

The introduction of real estate tax, which will be calculated from the market rather than cadastral value, can reduce prices in the secondary housing market, says Elena Kornetova, leading consultant of the consulting department of Finexpertiza LLC. Her words are quoted by Rosbalt agency. "Apparently, this will be convenient for potential housing buyers, since the number of offers in the market will grow, but not in the hands of sellers.

The Dane Klaus Bo Larsen was appointed the chief arbiter of the match for the UEFA Super Cup between St. Petersburg Zenit and the British Manchester United, which will be held on August 29 in Monaco. Help the 42-year-old referee, the customs officer in their main kind of activity, will be his compatriots of the judge on the Anders line Nor the Council and Henrik Senderby. The matches of Zenit have never been served by Larsen.

All three three involved parties - Moscow, Chisinau, Tiraspol, but experts say that the settlement of the conflict on the Dniester will stop at Chisinau’s negotiations with Tygrazepol, since the positions of the latter still do not coincide, do not coincide. Moreover, the resolution of the conflict directly concerns the fourth side - Kyiv, since Transnistria, unlike the Caucasian republics, does not have a common border with Russia.

Oil Minister Iran Golyam Hossain Nosari announced his intention to strengthen ties with Russia by improving cooperation with Gazprom. According to "News Time" , one of the options under consideration is to conduct bargaining (swap) operations: Iran will receive part of Russian gas in the north of the country, and transfer its Gazprom in the south.

The world's largest toy manufacturer - Mattel has achieved compensation during the copyright violation against MGA Entertainment, which produces the Bratz doll. The California court ruled that the idea of ​​a toy to its creator Carter Bryant came at a time when he worked in Mattel, who owns the right to Barbie doll, BBC reports.

Interpol, together with the Kostarikan authorities, detained Russian citizen Nikolai Korobkov in the San Jose, looking for the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. This was reported in a special communique, a common bureau of Interpol in Costa Rica. 54-year-old Nikolai Korobkov was wanted on suspicion of large real estate scams committed in the 90s.

The Dagestan socio-political weekly “Chernovik”, against whom a criminal investigation is being conducted, could publish articles on the order of persons on the wanted list for extremism, the investigative committee at the prosecutor's office (SCP) of the Russian Federation believes. Recall, on the eve of representatives of the prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan conducted searches in the houses of employees of the Dagestan weekly.

The Russian company Spirit Telecom plans to start the production of a compact receiver for mobile devices that can accept signals of the Russian GLONASS and American GPS system, Interfax reports. "The module developed by GLONASS/GPS can be used in any navigator or included in any navigation and communication system, as well as installed in various devices, including, for example, animal collars," said Vladimir Sviridenko, vice president of technology.

After the publication of the statement of Dmitry Medvedev on the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on August 26, the MMEVB index lost 5.8%, RTS - 6.10%. By evening, stock indicators partially played a decrease , although there were no obvious reasons for the growth of indices, Kommersant believes. Russian assets have become the cheapest in the world, experts say.

The radio -controlled landmine was discovered during engineering intelligence in South Ossetia, the State Committee for Information and Press of the Republic reports. Fugas was found on the route of movement of the column of peacekeeping forces on the section of the road between the villages of Monaster and Zinagar of the Linkogorsky District of the Republic.

Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev, preparing for a fight for a vacant temporary WBA champion WBA in heavyweight with American John Ruiz, carefully monitored the performance of Russian colleagues at the Beijing Olympics. - Diary of Olympiad-2008 and results “I applauded them,” cites Nikolai’s “arguments and facts.” “To say that we touched the ass of the whole abroad with two gold medals may not be, but fought decently.

Over the past year, in Cambodia, the price of rat meat increased 4 times, while other types of meat due to inflation became unavailable even by the most wealthy of the poor. Since rains have become more frequent in Cambodia, the rats have become even more accessible - it is easier to catch them from flooded places. The Vietnamese are ready to use this, they intend to increase the purchase of the “delicacy” from the Cambodian neighbors, reports Newsru.ua with reference to Reuters.

After the recognition of the independence of North Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia can turn its eyes to separatist enclaves in other countries, Foreign Minister Bernard Kushner fears. Among the most obvious goals of Moscow, the Ukrainian Crimea and Moldova can be distinguished, the head of the French Foreign Ministry said, emphasizing that this is "very dangerous," AFP reports.

The mayor of Tver Oleg Lebedev was sentenced to 1.5 years in the colony, he was found guilty under Part 3 of Art. 294 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Obviating the production of a preliminary investigation committed by a person using an official position," ITAR-TASS reports. The representative of the state prosecution, speaking in court, asked the official to appoint a punishment of imprisonment for a period of 2 years and 3 months.