07-Mar-2006	St.Petersburg in USA

The official delegation of St.Petersburg have returned from the USA. The Governor of St.Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, reported that American buisnesses were very interested in developing cooperation with the city. Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems were offered to become residents of St.Petersburg special economic zone. American Tour operators pointed out that there is still lack of information about the city attractions, entertainment and the hotels are expensive. The city officials informed that the American company Gensler will carry out the works for creation of an artificial island for a new passenger terminal on Vasilievsky Island.

07-Mar-2006	St.Petersburg in USA

The official delegation of St.Petersburg have returned from the USA. The Governor of St.Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, reported that American buisnesses were very interested in developing cooperation with the city. Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems were offered to become residents of St.Petersburg special economic zone. American Tour operators pointed out that there is still lack of information about the city attractions, entertainment and the hotels are expensive. The city officials informed that the American company Gensler will carry out the works for creation of an artificial island for a new passenger terminal on Vasilievsky Island.

06-Feb-2006

We are attending the International Confex held in London from February 21 through February 23, 2006. You can meet our representative - Inna Pavlova , in the Overseas Sector at booth Y600.

02-Feb-2006	Ice Palace

The Ice Palace will decorate Palace Square in St.Petersburg. According to its builders, the construction of an Ice Palace is a recreation of the one built on the square in 1740 in honor of Empress Anna Ioannovna in commemoration of the Russian victory over Turkey and it will require between 3 and 5 tons of ice from the lakes of the Leningrad Region.

17-Jan-2006	St.Petersburg specially for the New York Times

St.Petersburg is a great alternative for the winter leisure for Americans – suggests New York Times special correspondent Steve Doherty. To his opinion Russian is mainly perceived through the works by Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Pasternak. Russia is an exotic destination, and St.Petersburg looks like an interesting proposal. However, the city lacks publicity and promotion. Steve told that the main reason of his journey is a big article in which he wants to tell his compatriots what Russia, and St.Petersburg in particular, as a winter destination is. During five days of his staying in the city, he visited a service at St. Nocolas and Kazan Cathedrals in St.Petersburg, Catherine’s Palace in Pushkin and attended the Tsars Ball in there, took a horse ride and strolled along the streets of Dostoyevsky. He told that he had been instructed about the security in the city, however, he found the city friendly and hospitable. The only inconvenience was the lack of the orientation information in English. “St. Petersburg is a magical city I would like to live and will definitely come back!”