One child died, two were injured in an explosion in the city of Beslan in North Ossetia. According to preliminary data, a hand grenade exploded, which the children found near the military unit and used it when playing. The eight -year -old girl died, two boys - seven and ten years - with fragmentation wounds - were hospitalized. The reasons for the tragedy are being clarified.

Football. Italian championship. 25th round "Jenoa" - "Udinese" 3: 0 "Inter" - "Sampdoria" 0: 0 "Palermo" - "Lazio" 3: 1 "Caglia" - "Parma" 2: 0 "Bologna" - "Juventus" 1: 2 "Roma" - "skating" 1: 0 "Atalanta" - "quevo" 0: 1 "Siena" - "Napoli" 0: 0 "Fiorentina" - "Livorno" 2: 1 "Bari" - "Milan" 0: 2 After the 25th round Inter - 55 points "Roma" 50 "Milan" - 48 (after 24 matches)

Olympiad 2010. Freestyle. Men. Cross 1. Michael Schmid (Switzerland) 2. Andreas Matt (Austria) 3. Eudun Grenowl (Norway) Egor Korotkov from Russia took 25th place

Poland urged the European Union to convince the authorities of Belarus to stop the persecution of representatives of the Polish minority. This problem was considered on Monday at a meeting of ministers of the EU countries in Brussels. According to the Secretary of the European Council for International Affairs, Katherine Ashton, the meeting participants discussed the prospects for dialogue with the head of the foreign policy department of Belarus.

The operation of all exhibition pavilions in the Moscow Park "Sokolniki" will be temporarily terminated, - the authorities of the eastern district of Moscow said. According to RIA Novosti, the decision was made after the roof of one of the pavilions collapsed on Sunday evening. The collapse area was about 6 thousand square meters. There were no people in the pavilion, no one was injured. Most likely, the roof collapsed under the weight of the snow cover.

The eastern regions of Georgia, including the capital of the country - Tbilisi, were seriously injured on Monday from a hurricane wind. 1 people died on a car of which a tree fell. Two more were injured. In different areas of Tbilisi, trees are torn from the root, roofs are torn from many buildings. The power lines were torn off, about 60 thousand families were left without light, of which about 15 thousand in the capital of Georgia.

The American spacecraft "Indevor" safely landed at the Kennedy cosmodrome in Florida. It is reported that, thus, the crew of astronauts of 6 people completed work at the International Space Station (ISS), which lasted almost 10 days. Astronauts installed two new modules on the ISS. Until the fall of this year, American ships must take 4 more flights.

Ten years after his death, Anatoly Sobchak again got into the center of attention - in Russian network diaries. The Russian blogosphere recalls Anatolia Sobchak. The reason for this was not so much the 10th anniversary of his death as the attention of the first persons of the state to him. Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev these days remembered a lot about Sobchak and called him his teacher. Both came to Petersburg and visited his grave.

In France, the 6th day of the six oil refineries of the Total Energy Concern is packed. Strikers require employment guarantees from the management of the company. Profos Union threatens that as a result of an unlimited strike, the country will experience difficulties with fuel. The authorities refute this. At the same time, the France Press Agency reports that several gas stations have already closed in such a large city as Toulouse, and there were queues at gas stations in Nante and Brest.

In London, on Sunday evening, awards were awarded to the British Academy of Cinema and Television (BAFTA). In six nominations, including the main one - "Best Film" - the picture of director Katherine Bigelou "Board Lord", telling about the everyday life of American sappers in Iraq, won. The British actor Colin Ferte (the film "Lone Man") for the best female role for the best female role - his compatriot Carey Malligan (the painting "Education") was received by BAFTA award for the best male role.

Alexander Genis: When I studied at school, the day of February 23 was celebrated as March 8 for boys. The girls took shape and gave us books of patriotic content, and we, 12-year-old boys, not knowing how to behave, went, pouting from importance. Now I no longer know how and what is celebrated on this day, but, one way or another, it is connected with the war, or rather, with a soldier.

In Germany, the leadership of the airline Lufthansa filed a lawsuit to terminate the pilots strike. The company was already forced to cancel hundreds of flights and may lose - according to its estimates - about one hundred million euros. The pilot trade union decided to start a strike because of the fears that Lufthansa, the largest airline in Europe in sales, will try to reduce expenses, hiring foreign pilots who are ready to work for a lower salary.