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20.11.2008 Russian Duma passes longer presidential, parliamentary terms
The State Duma, the lower house of Russian Parliament, today in the second reading approved the bills extending longer terms for the President and Parliament, from current four years to six and five years respectively.
20.11.2008 South Korea launches tanker for Russian Far East shipping company
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched a new 104,000-dwt oil tanker ordered by Russia's Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO), the PRISCO press office said on Wednesday.
20.11.2008 The border checkpoints of Primorye will be modernized by 2012
The capacity of ports will be significantly increased.
19.11.2008 Sergey Darkin has gone to Moscow
The governor of Primorye as a member of the official Russian delegation headed by the President of RF Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the International summit of the heads of States and Governments of APEC.
14.11.2008 The temps of housing construction in Primorye are steadily rising
Some 236,5 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation in Primorye since the beginning of the year, which is 6 percent higher than in the corresponding period last year.
13.11.2008 Medvedev to discuss new security architecture at EU-Russia summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will outline his proposal for a new "Euro-Atlantic security architecture" at an EU-Russia summit in Nice on Friday, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday. Medvedev first revived the Perestroika idea of a new security system "from Vancouver to Vladivostok" in his first foreign policy address in June. Western diplomats say they are open to the idea, but that the concept remains vague.
13.11.2008 The French Film Festival is back in Primorye
The festival “French cinema today” will run in Vladivostok in December. It is organized by the Embassy of France in Russia and the «Unifrance» company with the support of the administration of Primorye Territory.
13.11.2008 A new nature reserve “Leopardovy” will appear in Primorye
A united State nature reserve of federal significance “Leopardovy” was created in Primorye. This was done by combining two protected areas: the «Barsovy» reserve and the «Borisovskoe plateau».
12.11.2008 The artistic life of Asia-Pacific region will be discussed in Vladivostok
The international science and practical conference will be held in the capital of Primorye.
11.11.2008 Environment marathon starts in Primorye
The cycle race will take place on the route Vladivostok-Khabarovsk.
10.11.2008 The crossings of Primorye will become more comfortable
The preparation of coastal marine and land crossing points to the activities of the APEC Summit 2012 has started.
06.11.2008 Vladimir Putin: Russia for greater energy cooperation with India
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today said the country favoured greater energy cooperation with India and assured the visiting Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora that Russia would discuss India's proposal to participate in Sakhalin-3 project.
06.11.2008 Russian ship crew saves 68 Somalis from sinking
The crew of a Russian vessel has rescued 68 Somali nationals who were stranded on a small boat around 75 miles south of Malta, the company that owns the Russian ship said on Wednesday.
06.11.2008 The experts have discussed issues related to the management of quality.
A unified information day on the «Implementation of the ISO international standards of quality management, environmental and professional safety for enterprises working on export» took place yesterday in the administration of Primorsky Krai.
05.11.2008 More than nine thousand families of Primorye have received certificates for maternity capital
The families of Primorye have made 5 302 applications for maternity capital from the beginning of this year. Since the inception of the program (January 2007) more than nine thousand parents received the certificates for maternal capital.
30.10.2008 Production of Ka-52 combat helicopter started in Primorye
Mass production of the Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters was started at the Progress Works in the city of Arseniev, Primorsky Territory (Primorye), on Wednesday. Ka-52 helicopters will be purchased by the Defence Ministry under the state order during a period ending in 2015. The first combat helicopters for the Russian Armed Forces will be produced in 2009.
29.10.2008 The famous ecologist Alexander Tkalin will make speech at the international forum “Nature without border”
Known environmental organizations and ecology scientists have shown serious interest in the International environmental forum “Nature without borders”, which will be held in Vladivostok on 12 and 13 November. The famous ecologist Alexander Tkalin will make speech at the plenary meeting on the topic of intergovernmental cooperation in protecting the marine environment and coastal zone management in North-West Pacific.
28.10.2008 6,5 thousand new jobs were created in Primorye
The specialists point the decrease of the unemployment level in Primorye.
24.10.2008 More than 1,5 billion roubles were directed on the modernization of Primorye power grid this year
The implementation of agreements on improving the reliability of electricity was discussed at a meeting with Governor Sergei Darkin.
24.10.2008 Russia's Pacific Fleet completes anti-submarine drills
Surface ships and submarines from Russia's Pacific Fleet have completed a three-day anti-submarine exercise, the fleet's press service said on Thursday.
24.10.2008 The problem of neglect children in Primorye is under the control of the territorial administration
Regional seminar on the prevention of child neglect is being held in Vladivostok.
23.10.2008 Enterprise rents forestry plot for nature conservation purposes
For the first time in Russia an enterprise has rented a forestry plot for nature conservation rather than commercial purposes. The Nerpinky fisheries cooperative rented for 25 years a forestry plot of 45,300 hectares in the Khasan district of the Primorye territory.
23.10.2008 Only month left till the martial arts festival in Vladivostok
Primorye is preparing to the festival of martial arts that will take place in Vladivostok on November, 22. More than 200 sportsmen of Primorye will show their skill and sport experience. They are the representatives of all martial sports federations.
22.10.2008 The governor Sergey Darkin: “We must provide the residents of Primorye with quality drinkable water”
A new pumping station that will daily supply Vladivostok with 50 thsd cube meters of water was started at the Pionerskoe reservoir (Pioneer). The governor of the region Sergey Darkin took part in the event. The governor also has conducted a meeting on the issues of the development of South Primorye’s water supply systems.
22.10.2008 Large area of taiga on fire in Primorye territory
The Primorye territory’s taiga is on fire at an area of 1,600 hectares. The regional forestry department reported that a total of eight fires have been registered in the Dalnegorsk, Chuguyevo, Pozharsk, Ternei, Yakovlevsky and Anuchinsky districts. Active fire fighting efforts are underway in these territories. Over 230 people have been involved in the effort.
21.10.2008 The lots for the APEC summit are being approved in Vladivostok
The regular meeting of the Coordinating Soviet by the Interdepartmental operative stab on the preparation to the APEC summit took place in Moscow.
21.10.2008 Russia's Polymetal reports 18% gold output growth
Polymetal, Russia's largest silver producer and one of the largest gold producers, said its gold output grew 18% year-on-year in January-September to 211,000 ounces.
21.10.2008 New governor of Amur Region Oleg Kozhemyako assumes office
Oleg Kozhemyako was sworn in as governor of the Amur region on Monday, an official in the press service of the Legislative Assembly of the region told Itar-Tass.
21.10.2008 China Southern Airlines Company is restoring the flight Harbin-Vladivostok
The airline will start its work in a week
20.10.2008 The charity children marathon was announced in Primorye
Children from the families requiring the state and public support will receive gifts.
20.10.2008 Fetisov as senator asked to promote sport centre construction in Primorye
Primorye's Governor Sergei Darkin has asked Vyacheslav Fetisov to help with sport complex construction in Vladivostok.
20.10.2008 Primorye territory is ready for realization of the most daring projects
The former heads of the region that arrived on the 70th anniversary of the region consider so.
17.10.2008 Days of German culture will be held in Vladivostok
The German embassy in Moscow, the German-Russian forum, the far east academy of art, the Primorye regional Philharmonic are the organizers of the event, informed in the press-service of the Primorye regional Philharmonic.
17.10.2008 Sergey Darkin has met with the former leaders of Primorye
The VIP-guests have arrived to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the region’s formation.
16.10.2008 The construction of the recovery center for children with oncology and hematological pathology
New equipment and furniture are being placed in the building.
15.10.2008 Vladivostok sea trading port renewed grain export
On October 10, Vladivostok sea trading port finished shipment of 3.500 tonnes of barley to holds of Rich Honor and the ship headed for Japan, according to the media-department of the port.
14.10.2008 The detachment of the Chinese Navy is arriving to Vladivostok today
The Chinese seamen will stay in the regional center till Friday
13.10.2008 Vladivostok will be developed after the example of Hakodate
October 7, there was a summit meeting of Igor Pushkarev, the mayor of Vladivostok and Nishio Masanori, the mayor of Hakodate (Japan). Since 1992 Vladivostok and Hakodate are twin cities.
10.10.2008 The foreigners will help to create the Primorye’s megalopolis
Primorye will cooperate with the south-Korean Pohang
09.10.2008 Primorye is preparing to celebrate its anniversary
Primorye is preparing to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The Far Eastern Krai was divided into Primorsky and Khabarovsky on October, 20, 1938. Since then the counting of the Primorye history has started.
06.10.2008 Primorye is among the leaders of the economic growth
The biggest industrial growth is reached at the processing productions.
06.10.2008 Russia, North Korea break ground on rail link project
Russia and North Korea began Saturday the reconstruction of a railroad from Russia's Khasan to North Korea's sea port of Rajin, a project estimated at 150 million euros ($207 million).
06.10.2008 Russian warships, submarines, aircraft participated in FE exercises
More than ten ships and submarines and also aircraft and marines of the Russian Pacific Fleet have participated in the strategic command and staff exercises Stability-2008.
06.10.2008 The governor of Primorye and the head of Russian Railways have signed an agreement on cooperation
Sergei Darkin and Vladimir Yakunin has discussed the perspectives of development of transport complex of the region.
03.10.2008 Russia, NKorea begin reconstruction of Khasan-Rajin railway
Russia and North Korea will begin the reconstruction of the 55-kilometer Khasan-Rajin railway linking the two countries on Friday.
03.10.2008 The final actions on the coasts clean up will take place in Primorye
Children will clean the coasts of the Emar bay and Popov Island together with the ecologists.
01.10.2008 Russia, China begin firefighting drill in Far East
An exercise involving Russian and Chinese rescuers and firefighters began on Wednesday in the Far Eastern Russian village of Rovnoe, a local emergencies service spokesman said.
30.09.2008 American pensioners dream to see Vladivostok
Vladivostok, September 30, the passengers of “The Brilliant Princess” cruiser are going sightseeing.
30.09.2008 The residents of Primorye will receive subsidies to pay for housing and communal services
1,7 billion roubles are envisaged in the regional budget for that purpose.
30.09.2008 The dairy-farms of Primorye will get more subsidies
The subsidization of dairy-farms will be increased next year. But the differentiated method in the payments distribution will be kept.
29.09.2008 The festival of Russian-Korean friendship will take place in Primorye
The demonstration performances of the Taekwondo masters and artists of the Republic of Korea are in the program of the event.
26.09.2008 South Korean president to visit Russia on September 28
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will arrive in Russia on September 28 on a two-day visit to discuss joint projects and international issues, and to attend a business forum, the Kremlin said on Monday.
26.09.2008 Military exercise to be held in Sakhalin, Kuril Islands region
A tactical exercise, Bereg (Coast), will be held in Russia's Far East from September 29 to October 25 as part of the Stability 2008 strategic command-post drill.
25.09.2008 The large-scale investment projects will be realized in the timber industry of Primorye
Three regional timber enterprises were included into the list of the priority state projects.
25.09.2008 The United Shipbuilding Corp. will be formed in 2009
The main tasks of the Far East sub-holding will become the guarantee of the Pacific Fleet fighting order.
24.09.2008 South Korean shipyard builds supertanker for PRISCO
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has started building an ice-class tanker with deadweight of 104,000 metric tons for the Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO), the Russian company said on Monday.
24.09.2008 North Korea-Russia railway reconstruction to be started October, 3
Reconstruction of the railway section between North Korea’s port Rajin and Russia’s station Khasan in the Primorye territory will be launched on October 3, press secretary of the Vladivostok branch of the Far Eastern Railway Alexander Artamonov told
on Tuesday.
24.09.2008 Sergey Darkin has lead the working meetings with the governors of the Northeast Asia countries
It is assumed that the ferry communication Donghae (Korea) – Sakaiminato (Japan) – Vladivostok (Russia) will be opened in the near future.
22.09.2008 The owners of talented youth prizes will be named in Primorye
The amount of the premiums is 30 thousand roubles.
17.09.2008 The works of South Korean governor will be presented at the exhibition in Vladivostok
The work of the governor of the Gangwon province Kim Jin Soon will be presented at the art exhibition of the countries of Northwest Asia that will be opened on Wednesday in Vladivostok. Kim Jin Sonn is not only a politician, the member of the committee on the consolidation of the country’s competitiveness but also a talented photograph and the president of the art council of the country.
16.09.2008 Medvedev Looks To Asia Amid Russia-West Tension
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Moscow would pursue economic cooperation with Asia amid growing tensions between Russia and the West over the conflict in Georgia.
16.09.2008 The qualified staff is needed at the construction of the objects for the APEC summit
At the construction of the APEC summit infrastructure the qualified technical specialists will be needed. The employment centers of Vladivostok and Ussuriisk informed about that after the analysis of the manpower for the erection of these objects.
16.09.2008 N. Korean Top Officials to Visit Russia
North Korea's top officials are to visit Russia later this year, a U.S. radio report said Sunday.
16.09.2008 All comers can watch a football match between the movie stars and the team of governor of Primorye
The residents and guests of the region are invited to a football match where the combined team of governor Sergey Darkin and the combined team of actors – participants of the film festival “Pacific Meridian”.
16.09.2008 Additional means are allocated for the financing of the public health services
Additional 172 million roubles will be allocated from the federal budget for the financing of the regional program on the prevention and fight with the diseases of social character. The according bill was developed by the administration of Primorye and accepted by the legislative assembly in three readings.
16.09.2008 Vladivostok will become a large center of international cooperation
The government of RF is additionally allocating money from federal budget.
16.09.2008 Timber plants are being built in Primorye
The construction of two timber plants is conducted in the Terney district. The customer of the construction is the OAO “Terneyles”.
04.09.2008 Pacific Future Fishery fair opens in Vladivostok Wed
A Pacific Future Fishery-2008 exhibition and fair opened here on Wednesday as the first event of an International Congress of Fishermen.
04.09.2008 USK MOST to become only contractor to build Vladivostok bridge -Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decreed OAO USK MOST as the only contractor to erect the bridge to the Russky Island in Vladivostok.
03.09.2008 The Japanese Kabuki theatre is giving its art to the residents of Vladivostok
The citizens will see a dance performance “Fuji-musume”.
01.09.2008 39 kilometers of gravel roads were repaired in Primorye
Over 70 million roubles were allocated for these aims from the regional budget.
30.08.2008 The Far Eastern center of shipbuilding and repair will be formed by the end of 2008
The main tasks of the Far East sub-holding will become the guarantee of the Pacific Fleet fighting order.
29.08.2008 7 days till the International Fishermen congress
More than 350 people from 16 foreign countries registered themselves for the participation in the fishery forum.
29.08.2008 The governor Sergey Darkin: “The modern speed electric train will make the cities of Primorye nearer”
The new modern electric train that is able to overcome the distance from Vladivostok to Ussuriisk in an hour has arrived to the Vladivostok department of the Far Eastern railways.
28.08.2008 Russia starts naval exercise off Far East's Kamchatka
Russia's Pacific Fleet, Naval Aviation and coastal defense troops have launched a joint exercise off the Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula, a spokesman for the fleet said on Tuesday.
22.08.2008 The development of the agriculture complex must be of primary importance for Primorye
Such decision was made at the session of the food policy and nature management committee of the Legislative Assembly during the discussion of the law project “On the strategy of the socio-economy development of Primorye till 2025”.
20.08.2008 A new ecology program will appear in Primorye
About 3 million dollars are planned to be allocated from the federal budget on the development of the program.
20.08.2008 Primorye will become a ground for the unification of the world society against drug addiction
The international issues in the field of counteraction to the drug business will be discussed in the region at the beginning of September.
20.08.2008 WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes
The World Wildlife Fund said on Monday that over 800 walruses found dead 10 days ago by border officials in Russia's Far Eastern region of Chukotka probably died of natural causes
19.08.2008 Sergei Darkin: Primorye will provide the residents of South Ossetia with humanitarian aid
Construction materials, medicines, clothes and food were gathered by enterprises, organizations and private persons of the region.
18.08.2008 U.S., U.K. officially pull out of Russia-NATO joint exercise
The U.S. and Britain have officially pulled out of a Russia-NATO naval exercise in the Sea of Japan slated for August 15-23, a spokesman for the Russian Pacific Fleet said on Friday.
13.08.2008 Residents of Primorye get free high-tech medical care
More than 450 residents of Primorye received appointment cards on the complex operations since the beginning of the year.
12.08.2008 Fishermen of Primorye request the government to implement a single agricultural tax
The representatives of the industry consider the necessity to lower the agricultural tax.
12.08.2008 Russian sailboat returns home after around globe trip
The Russian sailing ship Pallada was greeted by hundreds of residents of Vladivostok on Monday as it arrived in Russia's largest port on the Pacific after completing a journey around the world.
12.08.2008 A council for Enterprise Development is established in Primorye
The governor of Primorye Territory Sergei Darkin has signed the resolution on the creation of the council.
08.08.2008 Modernization of energy system of Primorye is a state task
The governor of the region Sergey Darkin held a meeting on energy problems.
07.08.2008 Sakhalin Projects to Undergo Checks
ExxonMobil's Sakhalin-1 project will be inspected for adherence to operational and environmental regulations, the country's industrial safety watchdog said Wednesday.
07.08.2008 Vladivostok is preparing for the Summit of the local governments of North-East Asia
The event is held in Russia for the first time.
06.08.2008 A small aviation in Primorye will help victims of the road accidents
The possibility of the air-rescue unit is being considered in Primorye.
05.08.2008 A bio-techno park will appear in Primorye
The first bio-technological park of Primorye will appear in the Lazovsky area on the shore of the Kievka Bay.
31.07.2008 A unified regional transport and logistics system will appear in Primorye
All local elements of transport segment will be merged.
28.07.2008 Russian nuclear corp. plans 4GW plant in Far East
Russian state nuclear power corporation Rosatom plans to work with aluminum giant UC RusAl to build a 4GW nuclear plant and an aluminum factory in the Far East, a Rosatom subsidiary said on Saturday.
28.07.2008 Russian Far East territory governor presents strategy of regional development
Governor of Russia’s Far-Eastern Primorye territory Sergei Darkin has done a public presentation of a strategy of the territory’s social and economic development through to 2025.
24.07.2008 Russia to host Frukus-2008 international naval exercises
Russian, U.S., U.K., and French warships will take part in a major Russia-NATO interoperability exercise off the Russian coast in the Sea of Japan on August 15-23, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday.
24.07.2008 The first international film summit “Eurasia” will be held in Vladivostok
The large-scale event will be held during the festival "Pacific Meridian"
24.07.2008 End products will be exported from Primorye instead of timber
This would reduce the size of areas being cut down.
23.07.2008 Gold factory launched in Russia's Far East
A gold factory with a design capacity of around 10 metric tons of gold was launched in the Russian Far East on Saturday, a local natural resources ministry official said.
22.07.2008 The effective usage of water bio resources will be discussed in Primorye
This will be the main topic at the upcoming International Fishermen Congress.
22.07.2008 Stable growth of housing construction is noted in Primorye
146,4 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation in the region for the last 6 months.
21.07.2008 Sergei Darkin works in Moscow
The Governor is on the official journey related to the socio-economic development of the region.
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