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.

This will be the main topic at the upcoming International Fishermen Congress.

146,4 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation in the region for the last 6 months.

The Governor is on the official journey related to the socio-economic development of the region.

The first group of children from the Sichuan province of China arrived yesterday to the airport of Vladivostok.

Most of the fishery objects are sold outsides the border of Russian Federation.

The applications on participation in the “Leaders of Tourist industry of Primorye 2008” contest are being accepted.

Kamchatka – Russia’s fishing peninsula – celebrates the Fisher’s Day on Sunday.

The international symposium on the physics and technology of nanostructures opened in Vladivostok on Monday. Its participants will deliver over 150 reports and 35 scientists of the Far East department of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) will speak about their novelties. Researchers from Japan, the United States and China will also make reports on their achievements in the sphere of nanotechnologies.

Russia's Vladivostok Air began U.S. service yesterday with scheduled weekly charter service between Anchorage and Kamchatka on Russia's East Coast. The direct connection between Alaska and the Russian Far East are being welcomed by corporate travelers in Alaska.

The Third International Environmental Forum "Nature without Borders" will focus on effective environmental management.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao discussed their upcoming meetings at the next forums of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organisation (APEC).

The price on Russian gas will reach $ 500 per 1000 cubic meters for Europe by the end of 2008 said the Chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller.

One of the themes of the upcoming forum is the energy potential of the Russian Far East

Five hundred children from China's quake-hit province of Sichuan will tour Russia's Primorsky territory for rehabilitation, the regional press service said Saturday.

The issues of cultural and economic cooperation and the possibility of participation of Japanese companies in the construction of the APEC summit objects were discussed during the meeting. "Japan has a long experience in the conduction of major events of international level - noted Mr. Wada - and cities in which such activities are held get a great impetus for further development."

The development of infrastructure, logistics, innovation and investment issues of the fishing industry will be discussed at the round tables of the Congress.

Russia was represented by the Rector of FESU Vladimir Kurilov.

The optimal traffic conditions will be created in the city.

Gazprom believes that it will start production at the Kirinsky block in 2014, and that the Sakhalin-3 project will be yielding 28.4bn cubic meters of gas by 2020, said Vasily Podyuk today, a member of the gas giant's Management Committee.

Appreciable financials incetives will receive 1100 honours students by the outcome of summer exams.

Far Eastern governors will discuss the state border security.

The contract for the construction, valued at 18 billion rubles, will be concluded soon.

The preparation and holding of the APEC summit in Vladivostok will need specialists of different profiles.

Inspectors conduct weekly raids fighting against poaching and monitor the conditions of existence of wild animals.

Municipal program of the mothers and children support is successfully working in the Pogranichniy area.

Sergei Darkin is going to inspect the generating capacities.

The Pacific Bridge Building Company, based in the Far East city of Ussuriisk, will build the bridge across the Zolotoy Rog Bay in Vladivostok. It is now the only bidder left after other companies, including those from Russia, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, had withdrawn from the tender for different reasons. The local builders are planning to build the bridge, which will be absolutely unique in Russia, in the central part of Vladivostok. The job will take 41months and will cost 17.9 billion roubles, Itar-Tass was told at the press centre of Primorye Territorial Administration.

Commercial Port of Vladivostok increased cargo shipments 64% to 2.663 million tonnes in January-May 2008 compared to the same period of 2007, the port's press service informed.

Vice-Governor of the province Yuri Lihoyda held a conference in the constructing rehabilitative treatment center for children with oncologic and hematologic diseases.

14 best graduates of Primorye are awarded with this high honour

The additional panel discussion - "Effective financial capital market - the development of infrastructure business projects in the Far East of Russia" will be included in the program of the second Pacific Economic Congress, which will run in Vladivostok in July 26-27.

All institutions of social protection of Primorye who took part in the exhibition "The fate of the Motherland is reflected in the family as in a mirror" received gifts.

It will be held under the motto "Russia and the countries of the Asia-Pacific - from cooperation to integration".

Russia and Japan are going to develop a programme of cooperation in environmental safety in the two country’s adjacent areas ahead of the G8 summit on Hokkaido due in July.

Stronger measures aimed at preventing avian influenza virus will be taken in the region. This was stated at the meeting of the committee of the Regional Administration on the prevention and elimination of emergency situations.

As part of the annual worldwide events to celebrate International Museum Day, Vladivostok museums, art galleries and exhibition halls will feature displays for city residents and guests during the ‘Night of Museums’ to start Saturday evening and continue until early Sunday.

First Vice-Governor of the region Sergei Sopchuk met with Indian Ambassador.

In 2007, Dutch companies invested $3.3 billion into intensely developing oil and gas projects of Sakhalin Island, thus expanding the overall investment of the Netherlands to $17.5 billion, Sakhalin’s administration recently reported.

More than 500 Russian specialists of the fishing industry are among them, the rest are the representatives of foreign fishing companies, as well as scientists with world name.

FESCO Group , Russia's top container shipping firm, said on Thursday it had approved a share issue worth $767 million to fund acquisitions as it seeks to expand its presence in Russia's key foreign trade gateways.

This governor said at a meeting with heads of municipalities of Primorye.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with his Indian and Chinese counterparts in Yekaterinburg on Thursday. This will be the seventh tripartite ministerial meeting.

The construction will connect the city center and a bridge at the Cape of Churkin.

The Karymsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula has spewed an ash column to a height of 4.5 kilometres above sea level. There is no danger to nearby settlements, told the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The possible change of ownership of the license to explore West Kamchatka offshore fields should not affect Rosneft's Korean partner KNOC, RBC Daily wrote today citing a source at Gazprom. Meanwhile, South Korea has already assigned $270m to bore two exploration wells in Kamchatka, and the Korean drilling rig Doo Sung is expected to arrive on the spot soon. It is presumed that the work on the second exploration well will not start until 2009.

The total transport services in the first quarter of this year increased by 26 percent compared with the same period last year and amounted to more than 13 billion rubles, reported in the department of industry and transport of Primorye Territory.

The receiving of the documents on the participation in the ninth annual contest “The Businessman of Primorye” is over.

The receiving of the applications for participation in the tender for construction has started.

Volunteers of the organizations have prepared gifts for seriously ill children