UrBC, Yekaterinburg. February 6, 2018. Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Evgeny Kuivashev decided to appoint former Dean of Sverdlovsk Oblast Clinical Hospital 1 Felix Badayev for the position of Counselor. The Governor’s new Counselor will be in charge of setting up a medical cluster in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District, Mid-Urals Information Policy Department reports. ‘Thank you for the many years of hard work. The time has come to embark on a new, very important project that we are working on together with Renova Group: a medical cluster. You also stay responsible for another socially

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 6, 2018. Applications for the concept of EXPO Park in Yekaterinburg are now closed in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Applications have been submitted by architects from ten different countries, including Great Britain, Italy, the United States, France, Japan, Belarus, and Poland. ‘For one, architects who contributed to designing some parts of EXPO Park in Astana, the person who designed Europe’s second tallest building Akhmat Tower in Grozny, and the Architecture & Design Fund (a consortium of over forty Russian companies) all placed their applications with us,’ says

UrBC, Yekaterinburg. February 6, 2018. MMK Group’s trade union came up with a continuous professional development report for 2017. Last year, over 4,000 employees took part in various training courses, the company press service reports. ‘Leaders of all levels, from department chairs to members of production site shift meetings, all joined the trade union’s training programs. The training was given by professionals from Chelyabinsk Trade Union Teacher Resource Center and PERSONAL Corporate Personnel Training Center and by the local trade union experts,’ the press service says. A course on job

UrBC, Yekaterinburg. February 6, 2018. Pervouralsk recently held public hearings on prospective changes in the Federal Youth & Government’s Youth Policy in the Russian Federation Act. The hearings got attended by representatives of the city’s youth groups, youth self-government bodies, members of youth organizations, and deputies of Pervouralsk Duma and Sverdlovsk Oblast Legislative Assembly. At the end of the hearings, Head of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) GR & PR Department Alexander Khanin said the bill in question would play a major role in achieving equality in the field of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg. February 6, 2018. Travel agents and tour operators all expect both domestic and international trips to grow more expensive this year, NTK Intourist Deputy DG and Sales Director Sergey Tolchin said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. ‘Packaged tours grew slightly more expensive for trips around Russia. This mainly has to do with the increase in jet fuel prices last fall. Also, meal options at hotels grew 4% to 5% costlier. At the same time, tour operators working in Turkey report the price of their tours rose by as much as 10% to 15%,’ Tolchin said. Director of Ural