The losses Kaliningrad companies that can no longer carry into their territory already paid goods as a result of the ban are estimated at over nine million dollars. That explained the Deputy Prime Minister of Territorial Government, Konstantin Suslov, in … Read More
Since the Kaliningrad amber Company intends to place the export of its goods until further on ice, the Polish Amber processors and sellers think about how they might come in the future to the coveted commodities. As is well known, the … Read More
The magazine “secretion Firmy” has published the ranking of the best cities of Russia. 149 cities with a population 100.000-1.000.000 were compared with each other according to various criteria, which were collected by statistical offices and local administrative bodies. As … Read More
Russia may relocate short range Iskander missiles to the Kaliningrad region bordering Lithuania if NATO strengthens the military presence in Eastern Europe, Russian news agency RIA NOVOSTI reported yesterday, DELFI wrote. Former head of the International Treaty Directorate of the … Read More
Russia is inclined to think that the needs of the Kaliningrad region of electrical energy could be entirely covered by power plants that are fueled by coal and gas. The large-scale project of building a nuclear power plant at Neman … Read More
The Kaliningrad area is one of the four regions of Russia, where the fastest-orphaned children find a new family. The number of orphans decreased in 2013 compared to the previous year by 20% . More and more such children are accommodated … Read More
Because of the ban on imports of pork from Europe, the regional meat processing plants are forced to the produced in the area and avoid considerably more expensive raw materials. The import ban was imposed some time ago to curb … Read More
After almost half a year of living in the unknown, Lithuanian amber processors have been given a new hope that they will get raw amber from Kaliningrad, writes Tomas Kavaliauskas of www.lrt.lt Amber product manufacturers and exporters association together with … Read More
Polish border guards seized 130 kilograms of amber from Russia/Kaliningrad last year, four times as much as in 2012. “Attempts to smuggle amber from Kaliningrad have intensified significantly. According to statistics, nationals of Russia, Poland and Lithuania are making money … Read More
Poland and three Baltic states voiced their alarm Monday over plans by Russia to move nuclear-capable missiles close to their borders, informs LETA/AFP. “Plans to deploy “Iskander-M” missiles in the Kaliningrad district are disturbing and Poland has said so many … Read More
In the first half of this year, 5,795 children were born in Kaliningrad- 222 more than in the same period last year. The birth rate thus rose by 3.4 per cent and now amounts to 12.3 children born per 1,000 inhabitants … Read More
The number of crimes committed by foreigners rose in Kaliningrad in 2013 by 32 percent. Migrant workers are often forced by their employers to “moonlighting”. How can it be otherwise when they speak neither Russian, nor have the faintest idea of … Read More
New figures from the regional Duma Committee on Social Policy in Kaliningrad shows that twelve percent of the people is living below the subsistence level or below the poverty line. According to the chairman of the regional Committee, Galina Jankowskaja it counts in absolute numbers … Read More
The central government in Kaliningrad is willing to take over the financing of the 2020 plan of using 11 billion euros in the state development program for the Kaliningrad region in full. The development program is composed of several parts and other sub-items. … Read More
The only - and for tourists very popular - rail way connection directly from Kaliningrad to Berlin has been taken out of the schedule. It was planned to begin as usual - this May but drastic increase in rail fares in transit has … Read More
Amber deposits on the Baltic Sea rim in Kaliningrad are soon to be placed under special state protection. In this way the Kaliningrad authorities hopes that illegal amber promotion finally and explicitlywill be stopped. According to expert assessments 50 to 150 tons … Read More
The Russian Federation’s Ambassador to Lithuania Vladimir Chkhikvadze says Russia wants a visa-free regime between its Kaliningrad Region and an analogous part of the Lithuanian territory. Russia is not satisfied with Lithuania’s position to allow Kaliningrad residents to travel in … Read More
The court of the district Tsentralny in Kaliningrad has found fourteen books and two booklets of Said Nursi extremistic and confiscated them. The ornate gilt-edged volumes propagate - according to court - extremist ideas. They were found during the house … Read More
