April 11, 2014. Training Center of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ, a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) is going to select the winners of the 2nd local professional championship WorldSkills Russia-2014 today. According to the company's press service, contests were held in 16 different categories (IT helpdesk, graphic designer, welder, fashion designer, beautician, and others) on April 9-11. Over 250 people from 31 educational establishments and 11 cities of Ural Federal District attended the championship, and more than 3,000 high school students attended the event as spectators. The

April 11, 2014. Rosaviation Committee granted Orenburg Airlines permission to operate Yekaterinburg-New York and Yekaterinburg-Los Angeles flights. The updated list of authorized destinations was published on the agency's website. The said flights will be operated three times a week on Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

April 11, 2014. Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK)), launched a poetry project called 275 Lines in celebration of the enterprise's 275th anniversary. 'The idea behind the project is to promote amateur poets and help the plant's employees and their children reveal their creative potential and broaden their communication networks. Poetry Night was coordinated at Seversky Blast Furnace Museum; the evening's theme was spring, nature's rebirth, and love of one's motherland,' TMK press service says. Poets read their

April 11, 2014. Burevestnik Scientific Research Institute (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) held a meeting headed by Deputy Chairman of the Military-Industrial Committee under the Russian Federation Government Oleg Bochkarev on problems relating to fulfilling the government defense order for Koalitsia SV and on production of a pilot batch of samples that will take part in the Victory Day Parade in 2015, the corporation's press service says. The meeting was attended by officials from federal executive bodies, managers and employees from defense enterprises, and members

April 11, 2014. The number of Internet users over 18 years of age in Ural Federal District rose by 9.3% in 2013, Yandex newsletter on the Internet development in Russian federal constituencies says. Also, the number of users who access the Internet from their mobile gadgets increased by 70% last year. The number of Yekaterinburg residents over 55 years age who use the Internet went up by 10%. At the same time, the monthly fees for access to the Internet in Yekaterinburg are still among the highest compared with Moscow and Saint Petersburg. In Yekaterinburg, 500 to 600 RUR a month guaranteed