September 5, 2014. A direct flight from Yekaterinburg to Budapest might be reintroduced in the nearest future, General Consul of Hungary in Yekaterinburg Sándor Molnári said at a press conference in the Mid-Urals’ capital. ‘I can’t give you the exact launch date yet, but we are working on this. Negotiations are in progress,’ the consul said. Prior to 2009, Malev Airlines used to operate Yekaterinburg-Budapest flights, but the offer was withdrawn due to low demand and poor sales. Sándor Molnári also said that Hungary’s Consulate-General in Yekaterinburg issued 3,398 entry visas to applicants

September 5, 2014. 16,024 people have applied to Yekaterinburg Employment Center looking for a job since the beginning of 2014. 10,266 applicants found a suitable position; this figure comes to 47% of the officially registered jobless in the area, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Employment Department’s press service reports. As of September 1, 2014, 3,597 unemployed citizens were registered with the employment center. The official unemployment rate thus stood at 0.49%. Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises placed announcements for 31,469 job openings as of early September, including 8,006

September 5, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region paid a portion of face value and coupon yield on the seventh coupon period on the constituency’s government bonds issued in 2012, Sverdlovsk Region Finance Ministry reports. ‘Acting on the Provision on the issue of Sverdlovsk Region 2012 government bonds with a fixed coupon rate and debt amortization, Sverdlovsk Region Finance Ministry directed funds of National Settlement Depository to the payment of a portion of face value and coupon yield on the seventh coupon period on Sverdlovsk Region government bonds issued in 2013,’ the Ministry says. The seventh

September 5, 2014. Ural Airlines came up with a special offer for travelers to the Emirates: very appealing rates on early booking of Dubai-bound flights. According to the air carrier’s press service, passengers flying from Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, and Perm can benefit from the following rates: if you book more than sixty days before the flight, the price will come to €150, if you book thirty to fifty-nine days before the flight, the price will come to €200, and if you book at any other time, the price will come to €250. Passengers flying from Samara, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, and

September 4, 2014. ChTPZ Group representatives were among Chelyabinsk Region’s official delegates who took part in the international industrial exhibition Eurasia Expo that is currently taking place in Urumqi, China, the Group’s press service reports. The constituency’s official delegation to China was chaired by acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky; the team of the so-called ‘white metallurgists’ was represented by Chairman of ChTPZ Board of Directors Alexander Fedorov. The Eurasia Expo Exhibition was sponsored by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Business Council, and

September 4, 2014. Travel.ru carried a rating of Russian cities that are most frequently traveled to in the summer; the rating is based on hotel booking data between June 1 and August 31, 2014. Yekaterinburg was given the fourth position in the rating. Among the top ten summer trips cities were Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhniy Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Samara, and Perm as well. Travelers stayed in Yekaterinburg for three days on average last summer; they spent some 3,800 RUR a day on accommodation at local hotels. Moscow was ahead of Saint Petersburg in terms of

September 4, 2014. The member enterprises of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) based in the Urals, that is, Sinara PipePlant (SinTZ) and Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ) announced the results of their financial aid campaign targeted at helping local kindergartens and schools get ready for the new school year. The company’s member enterprises support eight schools and six kindergartens in Kamensk Uralsky and nine schools in and around Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Region, TMK press service reports. Thanks to these pipe manufacturers, two schools in Kamensk Uralsky got a new food unit and two mores schools got

September 4, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) is about to complete the shipment of large-diameter pipes for the terrestrial part of Lukoil’s Vladimir Filanovsky oil and natural gas deposit located in the Caspian Sea. Under the contract, the shipment comes to more than 65,000,000 kg of LDPs, the Group reports. These 559mm and 711mm pipes with wall width of 11.1mm to 25.4mm have a three-layer corrosion-resistant outer coating and are made from X52 and X65 steels at the plant’s Vysota 239 Department. The customer required that all the pipes should be made

September 4, 2014. Cyclists from the Russian team Armada (sponsored by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) won prizes in the ICU 2014 para-cycling road world championship in Greenville, USA. According to the corporation’s press service, winner of both stages in the world cup competition Sergey Ustinov was declared second best in the UCI rating (C3) after he won the silver medal in the course of an individual relay; he was only outstripped by an Irish sports player Eoghan Clifford. Svetlana Moshkovich, who was only three points behind Sandra Graf from Switzerland and was

September 3, 2014. Following a re-certification audit procedure of the plant’s environmental management system, the board of auditors from the international certification holding DQS recommended that Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant’s certificate should be renewed for three more years, the plant’s information and PR division reports. ‘The inspection of the plant’s divisions and departments revealed not a single case of failure to comply with the certificate requirements. The auditors only found achievements and capacities for further improvement of the system. The most important thing is that

September 3, 2014. Over 1,100 employees of Uralvagonzavod Corporation member enterprises went on holiday to the Crimea this summer. More than 200 workers from the corporation’s head plant will also go to Alushta during the lower season, the corporation’s press service says. ‘For one, employees of Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant went to Alushta Resort this summer. The first portion of holidaymakers went there in June, and the last one is expected to arrive at the end of the lower season, that is, in early October,’ the press service explains. ‘Besides, more than 20 employees of Ural Transport

September 3, 2014. 300 displaced persons from Southeast Ukraine found jobs in Sverdlovsk Region, Director of Sverdlovsk Region Labor Department’s employment division Elena Osudina said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. According to Osudina, despite the locals’ concerns, finding employment for Ukrainian citizens is not going to seriously affect the availability of jobs in Yekaterinburg. There are currently 54,000 vacancies available in the Labor Department’s database. In fact, the department starts looking for suitable positions both in Yekaterinburg and other cities both in Sverdlovsk

September 3, 2014. The industrial segment of GenerationS national accelerator contest carried a list of forty projects that won in the local pre-acceleration stages. The contest’s press center reports the shortlisted projects were selected from different Russian cities, and they are all at different implementation stages at the moment, ranging from a mere idea to an emerging for-profit organization. Quite a few selected projects are backed up by patents and the contestants’ own scientific research findings. The greatest number of contestants were selected from Moscow (10 projects), followed

September 3, 2014. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ, a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) delivered its first consignment of high-strength 168.28x94mm casing with first-generation premium thread joints ChT-VC to Rosneft, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. The first pilot tests of casing with premium thread joints were carried out successfully at Rosneft’s Buzulukskoye deposit. 166,000 kg of casing were made at PNTZ Finishing Center. All in all, the plant will deliver 450,000 kg of new-type casing to the oil company before the end of the year. This is the type of casing with strength grade

September 2, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was awarded with a bronze figurine of a miner and an honorary certificate in the Best Industrial Company Website category, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The results of the annual media communications contest Gold Miner 2014 were announced at the 1st Mining Forum that was held in Moscow Steel & Alloy Institute on the eve of Miner’s Day. The forum was dedicated to training skilled cadre for Russia’s mining industry. As for the contest, this was coordinated by the Gornopromyshlennyye Vedomosti magazine with some

September 2, 2014. Over a thousand children of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s member enterprises’ employees started school this year. ‘In preparation for the Knowledge Day, every member enterprise came up with some presents and festive events for the children so that the young students can remember this day for the rest of their lives. For one, the first-graders, children of Kamensk-Uralsky Foundry Plant workers, got a very remarkable boost at the beginning of the school year – the company trade union organized a special event on the eve of the big day,’ the corporation’s press service says. A

September 2, 2014. Uralcryomash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is planning to design and start producing on a serial scale a tank container with tank shell made of composite materials. According to the corporation’s press service, these jobs are part of the company’s innovative project on the manufacturing of hi tech produce based on technologies meant for making polymeric composite materials-based containers. These containers can be used for transportation of corrosive substances and chemical and petrochemical products. The project is funded by the Russian Industry &

September 2, 2014. National tourist information offices for foreign travelers could appear in the cities that are going to host the world football championship of 2018, RBC reports. According to Russia’s Deputy Minister for Culture Alla Manilova, the introduction of such offices will help create a friendly information environment for the visitors. ‘We expect a large inflow of foreign travelers and would like Russia’s major transportation hubs, airports, and railway stations to get the so-called flagship, that is, national, tourist information offices. They are expected to appear in the World

September 2, 2014. The international rating agency Standard & Poor’s reduced Sverdlovsk Region’s rating from BB+ down to BB on Friday, the agency reports. The Rating Outlook was changed from Negative to Stable.

September 2, 2014. McDonald’s will have to close down two more of its restaurants in Yekaterinburg in September, the company’s press service says. This has to do with a scheduled one-month modernization program, upon the completion of which both restaurants will reopen. The fast food chain announced the news on the stoppage of several restaurants in Yekaterinburg on Saturday, August 30. The restaurants in question are located at 106 Chelyuskintsev St and 2 Yasnaya St (Fan Fan Shopping Mall). The modernization program also covers five outlets in Saint Petersburg, two in Moscow and just as many