Kaliningrad news

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.

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.

www.investinkaliningrad.ru. These were the words by the Consul General of Germany in Kaliningrad, Dr. Aristide Emil Fenster speaking at the official opening of Hipp’s first baby foods manufacturing plant in Russia. Manufacturing facilities occupying 1.5 hectares of land in Mamonovo will launch production in November, and according to Natalia Slivka, Director of OOO “HiPP” the products will appear on the shelves of stores in Russia and other CIS countries in January. With over 15 mn EUR of investment already, the plant is currently being furnished with hi-end equipment. More than 50 people have already started working in it. The plant has the production capacity of 30 mn jars a year, with the possibility of 3-times increase should the market conditions become more favourable. In that case the number of jobs would rise accordingly.

www.investinkaliningrad.ru. The first two sites of the future recreation and gambling zone “Yantarnaya” on the Baltic Sea coast in 50 km from Kaliningrad will be put up to auction on 25 September. Applications for bidding should be submitted not later than 23 September.

The Baltic Course. Lithunian manufacturer of refrigerators Snaige made a decision on August 12 to close down its factory in Kaliningrad, Russia, Snaige reported

Based on materials by RUGRAD.EU. According to data provided by HeadHunter recruitment agency experts based on the vacancies placed on hh.ru by companies-employers and CVs by jobseekers, the demand for skilled personnel in Kaliningrad showed moderate growth in March after a 50% drop by the end of 2008. The number of vacancies placed by Kaliningrad employers at hh.ru in early April reached around 67% of pre-crisis level.