November 27, 2013. An old piano manufactured by the German company Offenbaher is going to be restored with support from Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member of ChTPZ Group). The instrument was presented to the enterprise by one of the plant workers, the company's press service reports. The piano was produced in the late 19th-early 20th century. According to the experts' estimates, the instrument was hand-made from oak; most likely, this was designed to meet a specific order. The front panel is fitted with hand-made chandeliers, the bearing frame is gilded and has some colored

November 27, 2013. One of Uralvagonzavod Corporation's key enterprises, Yekaterinburg-based Uraltansmash, reports that, just like the corporation's head plant, it fulfilled the government defense order for 2013 ahead of schedule, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service reports. Thanks to the smooth, coordinated, and professional performance of all the production and technological facilities involved in the fulfillment of the defense order, the enterprise finishes the production year off with great success. It is already by the end of November that the company fulfilled its

November 27, 2013. Ural Airlines is going to double the number of flights offered from Yekaterinburg to the most popular destinations in the summer of 2014. For one, starting from March 31, 2014, Yekaterinburg-Tel Aviv flight will be operated twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, the airline's press service reports. Starting from April 30, 2014, Yekaterinburg-Rome flight will be operated twice a week a well, on Wednesdays and Sundays. In addition to new time slots, the airline, which wants to make its customers happy, decided to operate the traditional winter time Yekaterinburg-Munich

November 27, 2013. In 2013, the number of job openings for the top management in the sales sector did not go up, but the number of job application actually rose by 13.8%, Superjob.ru's research findings indicate. Employers are looking to hire a person with great experience: in 61% of cases, three to six years' experience is a must, in 15% of cases, one needs to have over six years' experience to apply. Finding such a person is always a very trying task for the employer. There are often some additional job prerequisites such as fluent English, being ready to go on business

November 27, 2013. The Russian communal housing infrastructure's annual turnover is 4 trillion RUR, the Construction & Communal Housing Services Minister Mikhail Men said at the annual meeting of Chair of the Soviet of the Federation Valentina Matvienko with heads of ministries and departments, Prime reports. According to Men, this is nearly 7% of the Russian GDP. 'This means 140 million consumers, not counting the industrial sector,' the minister said. Men said that the infrastructure got over 60% worn out in the course of the last two decades. The minister pointed out