www.investinkaliningrad.ru. According to the Ministry of Industry of the Kaliningrad region two more companies have been added to the list of Kaliningrad Special economic zone residents.

Based on materials by Rugrad.eu. The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) is currently considering the possibility of investments in manufacturing of laser equipment of wide range of application (medicine, industry, space technologies) at “Quartz” plant in Kaliningrad. The investment in question is 30-40 mn EUR.

Based on materials by Rugrad.eu. Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have to close some of its consulates abroad. Consulates in Saint-Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Pskov will be among the first in the list. Overall, 4-10 consulates will be closed.

Based on materials by Kaliningrad.ru. The number of people crossing Kaliningrad region’s borders in the first 8 months of 2009 both ways decreased by 23.5% compared to the same period of 2008. This was reported by RUGRAD.EU on Tuesday.

ISRIA. Lithuania and Denmark concluded an agreement, under which Lithuania would represent Denmark in Kaliningrad when issuing Schengen visas.

www.investinkaliningrad.ru. OOO “Pyaty Element” is finalising the construction of a cutting-edge brick factory with annual production capacity of 50 mn bricks. With 35 mn EUR of investment the project will create 100 new jobs. Production is scheduled to be launched in December, 2009.

Reuters India. MOSCOW, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Italy's power firm Enel is interested in joining a project to build a nuclear power station in Russia's region of Kaliningrad, the project leader Inter RAO (IRAO.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday.

Neftegaz.Ru. The pipeline expansion is part of a Russian government action plan aimed at increasing supplies to Kaliningrad— a Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland.

The Earth Times. Moscow - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the go- ahead Tuesday for a nuclear plant to be built in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, situated between Poland and Lithuania. The state nuclear holding Rosatom was seeking a Western investor for the five billion-euro project (7.3 billion dollars), Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying.

Reuters. Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe.