The head of the Central Bank of Iceland David Oddsson said that he was not going to resign, despite the demand of the new prime minister of the country, Johanna Sigurdardottir. Oddsson called the requirements about his dismissal of the prime minister "funny." “I never retreated from fulfilling my tasks, I will not retreat now,” he said in his statement published on the website of the Central Bank of Iceland.

** Themes of the day ** The main economic topic commented on by the central media is the meeting of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V. Putin with the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of T. Golikova on Saturday. The press notes that T. Golikova at a meeting with the prime minister stated that this year the base part of the pensions will be increased by 38.7%, and the insurance - by 17.5%.

Yesterday, a law that tightens the media laws entered into force yesterday. This was reported by the "Independent Gazeta" . The law adopted in the summer of last year instructs journalists to double -check the information received from representatives of political parties and public organizations. In addition, the journalist is responsible for information reprinted from another source and equipped with an appropriate link.

On February 13, at the initiative of the Life Foundation, a press conference on the problems of children's oncology in Russia will be held at the Federal Center for Children's Hematology. The press conference is dedicated to the International Day of children with cancer, which is celebrated on February 15.

The contract that the country's leadership recommends Uralvagonzavod to sign with OJSC First Cargo Company, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has points that contradict common sense. This was reported by Uralinformburo with reference to the representative of the UVZ. The company said that the contract, most likely, would not be able to adjust even by the end of the current month.

The main military prosecutor's office of Russia sent to the military investigation all materials on the fact of leaving the military unit in the south Ossetia of the younger sergeant Alexander Glukhov. This was announced on February 9 at a press conference in Moscow by the deputy head of the department of the military prosecutor's office Vladimir Prulyakov IA REGNUM . Now military investigators will have to decide whether it is necessary to start a criminal case against Glukhov.

The Russian side was pleased with the proposal to “reload” in relations between Russia and NATO. The fact that “the time has come to press the Reset button,” said US Vice-President Joe Biden on Saturday at the 45th security conference in Munich. Biden called Afghanistan the priority of US foreign policy, but he also affected the topic of relations with Russia.

On Friday, February 6, an attack on the General Designer of the ANTK named after Antonova Dmitry Kiva - in the entrance of his own house, he received a blow to a heavy object on the head, according to the Ukrainian newspaper 2000 . Currently, Kiva is in intensive care, its condition is evaluated as serious.

The St. Petersburg riot police tore the concert of the Moscow pegan/Folk-metall group Arkona at the Arctic Petersburg club. The official version of the reasons for this sudden audit of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate has not yet been voiced. More than three hundred people gathered at the Arkona club concert at the Arkona club. The musicians managed to play for about half an hour, after which a riot police detachment burst into the hall, ordered to stop music and turn on the light.

At a plenary session on Wednesday, February 11, the State Duma will consider changes to the forest code. Before the final vote, the law will be returned to the second reading to adopt additional amendments.

The eldest granddaughter of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet will be judged by the fact that she beat her husband, reports Echo of Moscow. By the decision of the Maria-Veronica court, she is also forbidden to approach the house of the spouse, the third in a row with whom she does not live. As the husband of the military granddaughter of the ex-dictator said, the family drama occurred at the end of the last year, when Maria Veronica asked him for money for a hairdresser.

The Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation began verification on the fact of detecting boxes with official police documents near the garbage tank in the territory of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Southern District of Moscow. This was reported by the newspaper "Kommersant" .

Bashkiria prosecutor Sergei Khurtin demands to recognize the socio-analytical newspaper "Maidan" No. 1 extremist material. This was reported by the agency of EAN in the press service of the prosecutor's office. According to the prosecutor, a number of publications of publication calls for extremist activity, and also justifies and justifies the need for its implementation.

Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov was recognized as the leading Caucasian politician of 2008 according to the Aksakal Caucasus Investigative and Entertainment Agency, the press service of the Chechen government reports. These are the results of the 12-day voting that Aksakal organized on the Internet.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said the country is considered a candidate for NATO members. According to him, in Georgia Le Azon-office opens, which can be figuredly called the NATO office in Georgia, our Abkhazia reports. According to him, the office will work on the relationship of the alliance and Georgia. It was also decided that annually in Georgia a national draft of actions will be developed, which will be approved as a result of discussions with NATO.