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Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra returns to North America
26.02.2010
The Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Hobart Earle, returns to North America for the first time in more than a decade, with a concert stop at 8 p.m. March 2 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Tuesday's concert follows a format that has proved popular with Odessa Philharmonic audiences: a classical symphony (Beethoven's Symphony No. 7) followed by a selection of waltzes, marches and polka by Johann Strauss. "Earle and his orchestra have almost perfected the idiom of the Viennese waltz," wrote Die Presse. Tickets range from $55 to $85 with a.. [+]
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Odessans have robots
16.02.2010
Fair warning to anyone trying to do evil in Odessa, Ukraine – they have a giant robot guarding the port. While he doesn’t seem to move much, I don’t think he has to. This silent sentry warns anyone coming in to Odessa to be good, or he will smite you with his mighty steel rod.
The giant steel robot doesn’t actually move, because he can’t. He’s built from scrap cars and whatever other material the people who put him together could find.
Source: Dave Freeman, www.crunchgear.com.. [+]
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Odessa upgrades heating network
12.02.2010
Upgrades and modernization of the district heating network in Odessa will cut greenhouse gas emissions, executives said.
Swedish environmental and engineering consulting company Sweco said it was chosen by the Odessa District Heating Co. to upgrade the outdated heating system in the historic city.
Eva Nygren, the president of Sweco, said the modernization program will increase efficiency while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
"The contract is further proof that our engineers with energy and environmental expertise are in high demand around the world," the.. [+]
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Yanukovych will move quickly on Odessa bid deposits
4.02.2010
The issue of returning bid deposits to bidders in a tender for the privatization of the Odessa Port-Side Plant will be immediately considered if Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych is elected president, MP Iryna Akimova from the Regions Party said.
"I think that if Viktor Yanukovych comes to power then this issue will be a top-priority. It will be considered and solved as top-priority… I think that this will be done immediately," she said.
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Ukraine detained a Russian intelligence officer in the Odessa region
3.02.2010
Ukraine has detained a Russian intelligence officer and expelled four others, breaking up what it said Tuesday was a spy ring that intended to steal military and state secrets.
The man was scheduled to meet the Russian agents in the Odessa region of Ukraine to hand over information when they were arrested, the officials said.
The announcement came less than a week before a presidential runoff election in Ukraine and might stir new tensions between Ukraine and Russia, which have had a contentious relationship in recent years.
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Bandera’s effigy, his order, decree making him hero burned in Odessa
30.01.2010
An effigy of Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, his order of the Hero of Ukraine and the presidential decree awarding him this title were burned in Odessa on Saturday by activists protesting against the glorification of the Nazi henchman.
Several public organisations, including the Office of Officers and Black Sea Cossacks, condemned Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for glorifying and rehabilitating Nazi criminals and their supporters. They described Yushchenko’s actions as “leading to a division of the country, insulting the feelings of people, especially of the.. [+]
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Premier: Odessa Port-Side bid refunds must wait until privatization
28.01.2010
KIEV, Jan. 27 – Ukraine will return UAH 800 million of bid deposits to two Ukrainian bidders in a tender to sell the Odessa Port-Side Plant, which failed to take place, but not until the company is privatized, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
"The funds will be returned at once when fair privatization of the Odessa Port-Side Plant starts," she said in an interview with the Ukrainska Pravda online publication posted on Tuesday.
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Odessa Jewish Educational Network Celebrates 10 Years
13.01.2010
The Jewish community of Odessa, Ukraine, celebrated a decade of educational accomplishment last week as it marked 10 years since the founding of the city’s Ohr Avner Chabad network of schools.
Founded by Rabbi Avraham and Chaya Wolff, who began with a kindergarten and day school of 57 students, the network today boasts some 600 pupils.
“Everything started small,” said Wolff, who arrived as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in 1992 and serves as the city’s chief rabbi. “Now we have 11 couples from Israel who teach here.”
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Transneft scraps oil exports via Yuzhny
25.12.2009
Russia has scrapped January oil exports via Ukrainian ports and also said it fears Ukraine will have problems paying for its gas, a sign of a possible repeat of New Year gas rows which have led to supply cuts in Europe.
Europe, which receives 25 percent of gas from Russia, was left short of supplies in January 2006 and 2009 because of pricing rows between Moscow and Kiev.
Another key transit state, Belarus, cut Russian oil flows to Europe in January 2007, also due to a pricing row, which further undermined the image of Russia, the world's largest oil and gas producer, as.. [+]
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SOCAR to open 30 petrol stations in Odessa
24.12.2009
Ukraine's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in Azerbaijan Boris Klinchuk told a news conference that the relations between Ukraine and Azerbaijan are developing successfully.
By Ukraine's statistical data, the trade turnover in October has risen dramatically and for the first time the Ukrainian-Azerbaijani economic relations have had a positive balance of $16 mln.
This is due to the fact that Azerbaijani oil was first supplied to Ukraine. Ukrainian companies bought about 500,000 tons of oil refined at the Kremenchuk oil refinery. SOCAR has its affiliate in Kiev. Negotiations are.. [+]
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Heavy snowstorm wreaks havoc in Odessa
20.12.2009
A heavy snowstorm has wreaked havoc on Odessa as well as on many Ukrainian regions Thursday leaving thousands of cars and trucks stuck on highways between cities for hours with authorities sending emergency crews to save lives.
The city of Odessa, which appears to be one of the worst hit by the snowstorm, declared an emergency Thursday by asking its residents to stay at home when possible to let the authorities remove snow.
The traffic stopped between Odessa and other major cities in the region, such as Mykolayiv and Illichivsk, with hundreds of cars and trucks buried.. [+]
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President of Ukraine meets Chanukah in Odessa
17.12.2009
President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko joined the Jewish community of Odessa in a ceremony for lighting the candles of the Chanukah Menorah. The event was held in the Odessa synagogue.
Chief Rabbi of Odessa and Southern Ukraine Avraham Wolf, who is also a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary serving Jews in this area, emphasized that the honor of lighting the shamash candle of the Chanukah Menorah was bestowed on President Yushchenko for all that he has done in order to ensure that there is freedom of speech and freedom of religion and conscience in Ukraine.
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Bulgarian state should own Bulgarian cultural center in Odessa: Agency Chairwoman
17.12.2009
The Bulgarian state should own the Bulgarian cultural center in Odessa, Rayna Mandzhukova, chairwoman of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, said at a press conference, cited by FOCUS News Agency.
She says the Association of Bulgarians in Ukraine wants the Bulgarian state to buy the property and concede it to the Association.
Svetlana Dragneva, deputy chairwoman of the Association of Bulgarians in Ukraine, says a Bulgarian delegation will arrive in Ukraine at the beginning of 2010 to start talks and resolve the problem.
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Kiev Economic Court orders return of Odessa chemical plant deposit
15.12.2009
Kiev Economic Court has ordered the State Property Fund to return a UAH 400 million deposit to Frunze-Flora, which the company paid to bid in a tender to sell Odessa port-side chemical plant that failed in September.
The petitioner demanded that the SPF pay additional fines, but the court ruled that it needed to pay only the sum of a bid deposit and state duty.
The State Treasury, participating in the case as a third party, said that the SPF is unable to submit the proper documentation to return the bid deposits to the two participants in the tender.
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Yushchenko stumps on Odessa-Brody
11.12.2009
The Odessa-Brody oil pipeline will not return to its intended status if either of his two rivals wins in January elections, the Ukrainian president said.
Ukraine holds the first round of its fifth post-Soviet presidential election Jan. 17. Incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko squares off against Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the pro-Russia Party of Regions.
The 419-mile pipeline had run in the reverse direction toward Russia following supply concerns. Oil is delivered to the Odessa-Brody pipeline from a junction of the Druzhba.. [+]
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