March 04, 2014. Ural Airlines will now offer its Yekaterinburg-Munich flight all the year round. The flight is operated every Saturday, the airline's press service says. A new flight from Krasnodar to Munich will also be launched on April 26, 2014. If you book more than 60 days before the flight, a round trip ticket to Munich from either Krasnodar or Yekaterinburg will cost €290 (all fees and charges included). 'Munich, one of Germany's most beautiful cities, has a lot of nice surprises to offer tourists. In the spring, Munich hosts the second largest festival (preceded only by

March 04, 2014. The amount of forestry resources use fees paid to Sverdlovsk Region budget in 2013 (including fines and awarded damages) came to 816m RUR, the local Forestry Department's press service says. According to the data that were reported at the Department meeting, the forest restoration target figures were met by 111% last year. Sverdlovsk Region also has all the standard nursery materials and seed stock to work on forest restoration in 2014. In addition, the area of forest was four times smaller in 2013 than in 2012; the percentage of forest fires that were extinguished on the

March 04, 2014. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Viktor Nazarov and Director-General of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation Oleg Sienko signed a cooperation agreement, the corporation's press service says. The joint projects and events will be coordinated by Omsk Region Economics Ministry on behalf of Omsk Region Government and by Transport Machine-Building Design Office (KBTM) on behalf of Uralvagonzavod. The agreement provides for the two parties cooperating in various fields: exchanging information on the scientific, technological, and innovative potential of hi tech

March 04, 2014. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ, a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) started getting ready for its 80th anniversary. The plant was officially set up on May 13, 1934: on this day, the first 64 pipes were drawn in the Pipe-Drawing Department, the enterprise's press service says. 'In the time we have left before this special day, we'll coordinate a number of festive events in Pervouralsk that will be open to everyone: long-service employees, plant workers, the local youth, and the youngest residents of the town. The festivities will feature sports competitions (a

March 04, 2014. The National Rating Agency affirmed the national scale rating of METCOMBANK at AA- (very high solvency, Level 3), with Positive Rating Outlook, the bank's press service says. Analysts report that the affirmation of the rating had to do with the bank's stable financial performance, its strong market positions, and a well-diversified customer base. Positive Rating Outlook was brought about by the increase in the customers' borrowing activity and could actually prove positive if the bank's lending portfolio retains its good quality and the market risks keep