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Location of Odesa region's policemen's assassins determined
1.10.2011
The police have determined the location of the criminals who killed two police officers in the Odesa region on Friday, a source in the law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Saturday. At the same time, the Interior Ministry's Main Department in the Odesa region has not confirmed this information.
According to the source, the criminals have barricaded themselves in a hotel in the Prymorsky district in Odesa. There is information that the police have encircled the building and are exchanging fire with the criminals.
According to earlier reports, two Ukrainian police.. [+]
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Monument to Isaac Babel unveiled in Odessa
13.09.2011
Monument to great writer Isaac Babel was unveiled in Odessa on September 4.
Now this great native of Odessa, author of famous "Konarmiya" in bronze can be seen on the corner of two Odessa streets -Zhukovsky and Richelievskaya where the monument is erected.
The memorial composition consists of a bronze sculpture of the author of famous Odessa stories and collections of short stories "Konarmiya" who sits on the stairs with a notebook in his hands. Beside his statue there is the symbolic wheel. According to sculptor George Franhulyan, the wheel is an important symbolic.. [+]
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Lukoil to restart Odessa refinery in 2012
12.09.2011
The executive leadership of the Odessa refinery hopes to renew work at the facility in 2012, Interfax-Ukraine learned from Lukoil-Odessa Refinery General Director Valeriy Chakheyeva.
"We have hope. We need to keep equipment battle-ready; that is to say, after making a decision on the route on delivering crude, we need to begin working immediately", Chakheyev said.
Chakheyev said that the most optimal route for crude deliveries was the Lisichansk-Kremenchuk-Odessa.
OilNews reports that in June 2011, Lukoil Vice President Valeriy Subbotin state that the company.. [+]
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Odessa Railway prepares the next generation
12.09.2011
Odessa Railway has recently provided 238 students from the State Academy of Railway Transport, Dnipropetrovs'k National University of Railway Transport and Odessa College of Railway Transport with practical and theoretical training in railway operations and safety to prepare them to work as onboard staff. Accommodation was provided in passenger cars, with trainee catering staff using railway kitchen equipment.
On July 1 UZ introduced electronic documentation for domestic freight, and the Centre for Professional Development has developed a programme to train staff taking on the.. [+]
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Port of Odessa throughput climbs 1.4 percent to 16.9 million tons
7.09.2011
Cargo traffic at Odessa Commercial Sea Port (OCSP) in January-August of this year totaled 16.9 million tons, up 1.4% over the same period last year, the state-owned company said adding the increase was driven by a 11.2 percent gain in dry cargo volume.
Eight-month volume of export containers rose 24%, import containers – by about 35.4%. Port of Odessa reports a 71.9 percent surge in handling of ore cargo. Shipments of raw sugar increased by 25%, of citrus and bananas - by 36.9%.
The company’s profit for the period is expected to reach UAH 341.2 million (vs planned UAH.. [+]
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Turkish Airlines starts new line to Odessa
26.08.2011
Turkey’s national air carrier Turkish Airlines will increase its number of flights to the Ukrainian cities of Odessa, Kiev and Donetsk, the company announced Thursday.
“As of Sept. 9, [Turkish Airlines] will fly four times a week to Donetsk,” the statement read. The airline currently flies to Donetsk twice a week. As of Sept. 12, the airline will fly 12 times a week to Kiev and 11 times a week to Odessa.
Turkish Airlines will start flights six times a week to Washington, D.C., as of Aug. 29 and five times per week to Los Angeles, as of Aug. 30. The company currently flies.. [+]
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Odessa faces problems in servicing debt, IFX says
11.08.2011
The Ukrainian city of Odessa faces difficulties in servicing its $40 million Swiss-franc denominated debt to BNP Paribas, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing Mayor Oleksiy Kostusev.
Kostusev said today at the city’s administration meeting that he asked the Finance Ministry to help but so far has not received any assistance, according to Interfax.
Odessa received the BNP Pariba loan, which pays an annual interest rate of 8.5 percent and matures on Dec. 30 next year, in 2007, Interfax said. The city pays a coupon every quarter, according to the news.. [+]
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Illegal casino protected by police in Odessa
8.08.2011
According to OdessaMama.org.ua and its Chief editor, V. Zabranskij, local police is protecting the illegal slot machine hall in Odessa, the summer capital of Ukraine. We thought we should mention this story to demonstrate the reality of gambling ban enforcement in Ukraine.
Last week the journalist noticed illegal slot machine hall in one of the busy underground pedestrian tunnels in Odessa and called the police. Any form of gambling except for poker tournaments and lotteries is banned in Ukraine since July 2009. Police officers arrived, took his testimony and the journalist left.. [+]
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First Ukrainian grain shipped to Odessa port
4.08.2011
The first batch of Ukrainian grain from the new harvest was shipped to Saudi Arabia from Odessa port, according to the Eastern European government’s website.
A panamax ship, the biggest ship to navigate the Panama Canal’s locks, took 52,000 metric tons of barley, according to the statement published today.
About 200,000 tons of grain is expected to be exported this month from Ukrelevatorprom, a grain storage elevator in Odessa port, according to the statement.
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Odessa-made international database of taxi services
3.08.2011
BeSoft today is pleased to announce Taxi INT 1.2.1 for iOS, an update to their Travel app that lists more than 1,200 taxi companies throughout the world. Constantly expanding, the database currently includes 15 different countries and more than 100 major cities. In addition to phone numbers and auto-dial, many listings include additional information, such as rates, fares to points of interest, and airports. BeSoft is currently developing a multi-lingual website where taxi companies can add themselves to the database. Users may go to Settings to update the database, or may set it to update.. [+]
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WBO Interim Title in Odessa?
10.07.2011
According to various sources in Ukrainian media, highly regarded Kiev-based Russian junior middleweight boxer Zaurbek Baysangurov (25-1, 19 KOs) will soon go for the biggest prize of his career to date. WBO #4 Baysangurov, 26, who is also ranked #2 by the WBA, #8 by the WBC and #13 by the IBF, faces 38-year old WBO #5 Brazilian Mike Miranda for a vacant WBO interim light middleweight title. This battle will crown a huge K2-promoted event in the seaport of Odessa, one of the most beautiful Ukrainian cities, on July 30.
Baysangurov was a wrecking ball early in his career with a sound.. [+]
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Odessa Film Festival starts on July 15
8.07.2011
Odessa Film Festival will start on July 15, 2011. In its second year, the festival will host Hollywood actor John Malkovich to attract more attention. Marina Vladi, the wife of the legendary Soviet poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky, will also come to Odesa to greet the new Russian film “Vysotsky, Thanks for Being Alive.” Popular Russian actress Oksana Akinshena who played Vysotsky’s wife in the movie will accompany Vladi.
The official part includes movies that have been shown before during festivals around the world. The jury will select the best of 14 competing films and.. [+]
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Sea Breeze 2011 comes to a close
21.06.2011
Exercise Sea Breeze 2011 successfully finished after a closing ceremony and combined press conference at the Ukrainian Officer's Club in Odessa, June 18.
Air, land and naval forces from Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Macedonia, Moldova, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in Sea Breeze, the largest multinational maritime exercise this year in the Black Sea, co-hosted by the Ukrainian and U.S. navies.
"We are honored to once again have co-hosted the annual multinational Sea Breeze exercise with our.. [+]
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Odessa port expects a 2.3% gain for H1 2011, at 13,3 million tons
18.06.2011
Cargo throughput of SE Odessa Commercial Sea Port (OCSP) in the first half of 2011 is projected to be 13,3 million tons, up 2.3% compared with H1, 2010’s numbers, the state-run company said.
Six-month net income of OCSP is expected to reach UAH 205 million (+13.9%). The volume of payments to the country’s budget will be about UAH 220 million.
State-owned Odessa Commercial Sea Port is a largest port of the Black Sea-Azov basin. The port encompasses 14 ha, 9-km waterfront and 54 berths to accommodate 13meter draft vessels. Port of Odessa enables trade flow in the amount of.. [+]
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QSC sound system in Arcadia Plaza Hotel
10.06.2011
Opera Café has opened in the Arcadia Plaza hotel in Odessa, Ukraine, complete with a QSC sound system. Installed by the engineering department of Real Music, QSC’s Ukrainian distributors, the venue takes its name from the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre. The Café itself is located in Odessa’s late night tourist district.
The former private members club and restaurant within the hotel has been completely restored and repositioned as an elite karaoke restaurant. The venue is divided into four zones — the main karaoke hall, two VIP rooms and a dancefloor.
The.. [+]
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