The threats of eurozone stability due to huge debts of Greece caused the day before a noticeable rise in the dollar in relation to the European currency, which has become met to a record low level over the past five months. The rise in price of the dollar leads to a decrease in world oil prices, which is already creating a direct danger to the Russian economy and its state budget, writes Independent Gazeta .

The new album "Plastic Beach" of the Gorillaz animation group, created by the artist Jamie Hughlett and Blur's soloist, Damon Elbarne, will be released on March 8 on the Virgin label. Cartoon musicians themselves spoke about the results of their work to the NME portal.

The court of the town of Milton-Keynes, where, near Christmas, singer Amy Winehouse hit the theater administrator, sentenced the 26-year-old performer. Amy gave 2 years conditionally and ordered to pay the victim $ 160 for moral damage, AFP reports. Recall that an unpleasant incident occurred with the Soul-Land in mid-December. According to eyewitnesses, on December 19, Winhaus came to the theater for the play "Cinderella", where the legendary Hollywood actor Mickey Runi played.

The Federal Agency for the Management of State Property (Rosimustry) began to destroy goods seized in the Cherkizovsky market in Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports. The Federal Property Management Agency clarified that these goods "by the decisions of the Basmanny District Court are subject to destruction as material evidence." "The specified property does not meet the safety requirements of consumer life and health and poses a threat to the environment," the federal agency emphasizes.

Since the beginning of the year, the Russian customs blocked the import of cell phones, laptops, wireless Bluetooth harmonators and other devices using encryption algorithms. The problem, according to the Russian Forbes , in the agreements of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan about the Customs Union, which entered into force on January 1.

The scandalous series "School" cannot be prohibited, however, you can "move" its display for a later time, the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in Moscow, Evgeny Bunimovich, believes. “You can“ move ”the series. Time is very important,” Bunimovich said on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio on Wednesday. However, he is categorically against the ban on the show of the series. “It is impossible to prohibit in any case. Any ban is the best advertising,” Bunimovich is sure.

According to the requirements for the sites of federal departments, the information on the sites should be available to users around the clock and cannot be encrypted. Sites can not work no longer than 4 hours a month.

All foreign journalists who are at the international airport of the capital of Haiti, illuminating the consequences of natural disaster from there, must leave the airfield. This was required by US military personnel, under the temporary control of which the air terminal is located, ITAR-TASS reports. The US military did not explain the reasons for such an order, indicating that the entire press should leave the camp deployed on the territory of the airfield today up to 8 hours of local time.

The Russian government expects to demonopolize the construction industry due to the mass construction of affordable housing, the first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov said. "In the near future, we will deploy mass house -building housing construction programs, high -quality and affordable for the main part of the population," Shuvalov said at a conference at the National Economy Academy on Thursday. His words are given by Interfax agency.

Fraudsters tried to buy a villa in Italy on behalf of the famous Russian entrepreneur, the head of the Interros holding Vladimir Potanin, the Echo of Moscow reports. According to the Consul General of Russia in Milan Alexei Paramonov, unknown persons forged the entire package of documents to participate in the auction. The documents were executed on the false forms of the Russian Consulate General. The package of documents included a copy of the fake passport of Potanin.

Tyumen police officers detained their colleague, who is suspected of trying to steal a large batch of products from the hypermarket. Moreover, the thief in uniform acted especially cynically, since she had several thousand rubles in cash with her. In relation to the 43-year-old ensign of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Raisa Mamkina, a criminal case was opened under part 3 of Article 30 and part 1 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempt on theft).

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved on Thursday the National Educational Initiative "Our New School". The head of state said this in St. Petersburg at the opening of a pedagogical assembly. The adopted decision was preceded by a conversation with the Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko, who assured that this program has passed a wide discussion in society, Interfax reports.

The Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation is preoccupied with a decline in confidence in the official media in the regions. The governors have the task of implementing blogs and becoming starters of virtual discussions, as well as promote the development of regional political Internet media, writes “Independent Gazeta” .

The Japanese luxury auto producer Lexus announced the removal of the SC model from the assembly line, produced since 1991. The reason for this solution is low sales of these cars. For 6 months of 2008, 1,230 cars were sold in the United States, which is 40% less compared to 2007, Drom.ru reports. In July 2010, the project will be completely closed. In honor of this, Lexus produces a special limited version of the SC430 called Eternal Jewel for the internal roar of Japan.

The Russian authorities attacked the trail of the smugglers' network who used the services of a professional divers to deliver illegal cigarettes to Estonia. It is reported by Postimees with reference to AFP. According to representatives of the Russian border service, smuggling looked like this. Nine cigarettes were packed in waterproof material and tied with a cable to a diving suit. In this form, they crossed the Narva River to the other side.