Tatyana Voltskaya - the results of the round table, on which teachers of St. Petersburg discussed how to choose the best schools and teachers, who, as part of the national project "Education", can be allocated additional and considerable money. Who should determine this and how to make this money do not cause envy and conflicts. Guest in the studio - Director of 272 gymnasiums of the Admiralty district of St. Petersburg Kalmykova Galina Andreevna.

In Germany, there are celebrations dedicated to the memory of Henry Heine. 150 years from the date of his death was celebrated a week ago. Heine's poems - one of the main German poets of the XIX century, the literary innovator - are also relevant now. The Germans did not limit themselves to one day of memory. Many publications continue to publish materials on Heine's work. A popular network newspaper prints an excerpt from Heine daily, an innovator in poetry, prose and journalism.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Sergei Seninsky takes part . Kirill Kobrin : The Russian government again returned to the idea of revising the conditions of import into the country of foreign cars. Last week, the head of the Federal Agency for Industry, Boris Aleshin, said that his department proposes to change the very concept of a new car from the point of view of customs.

Radicals like Muktada al-Sadra have a chance to enter the regional arena The Iraqi government canceled the commandant’s hour introduced in Baghdad on February 24, after the riots in the capital went to decline. This lull came after the meetings of political and religious leaders held in the feverish atmosphere in order to weaken the tension between Shiites and Sunnis, which arose as a result of the destruction of the Golden Mosque. Cars returned to the streets of Baghdad.

No one is 52 % His opponents in the Kremlin administration are 23 % Shamil Basayev 15 % Journalist Anna Politkovskaya 10 % The survey is not a scientific research, reflects the opinions of only its participants

President of Poland Lech Kachinsky arrives today on a visit to Ukraine. During a two -day trip, Kachinsky will hold negotiations in Kyiv with President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, and then visit Kharkov. The visit of the Polish president is held on the eve of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, scheduled for March 26. The former head of the Polish state, Alexander Kvasnevsky, actively supported the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine at the end of 2004.

In Baghdad, at least 60 people were killed and more than 140-A were injured as a result of a series of explosions, including the Shiite mosque. Relations between Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis sharply aggravated after February 22, when the Shiite shrine in Samarra was blown up. Almost 400 people became victims of the new wave of violence. US President George Bush rejected the assumption that Iraq was on the verge of a civil war, and called on the Iraqis to make a choice in favor of unity.

On March 3, on the air, we will talk about how the meaning was originally invested on the holidays on February 23 and March 8, and what it is today.

The German Deutsche Bank completed the purchase of 60% of the shares of the United Financial Group investment bank, one of the largest in Russia, increasing its share in its authorized capital to 100%. The amount of the transaction is not disclosed. The United Financial Group was founded in 1994 by the former Minister of Finance of Russia Boris Fedorov and a former employee of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, US citizen Charles Ryan.

In the main prison of the Afghan capital of Kabul, the fourth day continues the rebellion of prisoners. Several prisoners were killed, dozens were injured. Part of the prison premises were captured by prisoners, led by former Taliban and the head of the group, who was engaged in kidnapping. Rioters demand to free them or as soon as possible to consider their cases in court. The prison is surrounded by troops. Negotiations are ongoing.

In the Krasnodar Territory, at the Tbilisi poultry farm, the cause of the mass case of chickens became - according to the results of the latest tests - bird flu, and not pseudo -core, as previously expected. Over the past week, more than one hundred thousand birds died at the factory. In Stavropol, where the H5N1 virus is a dangerous for a person, a special headquarters was created to combat the epidemic. Bird flu is also detected in Dagestan.

Alexandra Samarina, editor of the Politics Department of "Independent Gazeta" Elena Rykovtseva: Yesterday Mikhail Kasyanov announced the creation of a new social movement. And this is how the newspaper “News Time” told about this today. Announcer: “In the current severe period for domestic democrats, few of them risk starting from scratch. Ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, despite his year, was decided by his rather difficult and so far of unproductive opposition existence.

Today in America Yuri Zhigalkin: The German government transferred the USA secret plans for Baghdad's defense on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. The United States does not agree with the reform plan of the UN Committee on Human Rights. The price list of the legislator-blesser was discovered by the investigation. These are the topics of the heading "Today in America", at the microphone in New York - Yuri Zhigalkin.

Two Russian tennis players - Marat Safin and Nikolai Davydenko - met in the first round of the tournament in Dubai. Safin turned out to be stronger - 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2.

Dmitry Medvedev: "Even the most obvious issues are drowning today in long -term coordination procedures" Why four priority programs put forward by the President of Russia are not implemented on time, were discussed today in the Council for the preparation of national projects. According to his head, Dmitry Medvedev, timely develop, “modern healthcare”, “quality education”, “effective agriculture” and “affordable housing” - this is the name of projects - administrative costs interfere.