UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2019. Fifteen hostels closed down in Yekaterinburg after the new federal ban on operating hostels in apartment buildings came into effect, business owner Alexei Karavayev announced at the Managers & Developers Guild's recent summit. There are now 67 hostels with 2,000 beds in Yekaterinburg all in all, with the average price at RUB 500 a night. Given these legislative changes, Karavayev said, the share of local home owners who started doing 24-hour rentals illegally has gone up. At the same time, there were 125 hotels in Yekaterinburg as of December 1,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2019. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD), the Ural branch of the State Contemporary Art Center, and Masterklass Art Studio for Children & Grownups coordinated a series of events for the Angel of Hope Project. According to the bank's press service, eleven children in the 10-16 age group who come from three Yekaterinburg-based schools for children whose parents are not in the picture took part in the project. The craft workshop was part of the bank's Children Believe in Miracles Charity Program. The State Contemporary Art

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2019. The automobiles driven in Ural Federal District's constituencies are 12.5 years old on average, Avtostat reports. 'Depending on a particular federal district, the number varies greatly throughout the country. In four of Russia's federal districts, cars are, on average, several years 'younger' than in the country overall,' the agency says. As for Ural Federal District, local cars are, on average, 12.5 years old; for Central Federal District, the number is 12.2 years, for Volga Federal District, North-Western Federal District,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2019. Ural Airlines' new direct flight from Moscow Region's Zhukovsky Airport to Hungary's capital will become available starting December 28, the air carrier's press service reports. The flights will get operated on Airbus A320 liners every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Departure (Zhukovsky): 12:30 PM Departure (Budapest): 2:15 PM The flight is 2 hours and 55 minutes long. 'Budapest's rich history has turned the place into one of the world's most beautiful cities. Budapest is called the Pearl of the Danube for a reason:

UrBC, Magnitogorks, December 6, 2019. A conference on industrial tourism development takes place in Chelyabinsk Region on December 5, 2019; Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) representatives are giving a talk on the company's successful experience with industrial guided tours, MMK's Information & PR Department reports. The conference gets coordinated by Chelyabinsk Region Tourism Development Center with support from Chelyabinsk Region's Culture Ministry. Speakers will be presenting success stories of industrial guided tours, company museums, and special on-site