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Virtual Sochi coming to Sochi 2014

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MOSCOW, June 17 - RIA Novosti. Winter Olympics Organizing Committee for 2014 “Sochi-2014″ during a conference on “Sport and Technology” in London, introduced an ambitious multimedia project, dedicated to Sochi Olympic Games.

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Russia, Georgia discuss Sochi Olympics 2014

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The Presidents of the Olympic Committees of Russia and Georgia discussed the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi at the Twelfth International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, which opened on June 7.

Russian Olympic Committee president Leonid Tyagachev said he hoped Georgian and Russian athletes could prepare for the Olympics together in an effort to improve bilateral relations. “I think that two young and nice presidents…will make the right decision,” Tyagachev said.

“It is important for us to cooperate and hold competitions on both Georgian and Russian territory. We will be able to unite through the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 and do a beautiful thing,” Tyagachev said.

 

airBaltic Flights From Riga to Sochi

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Latvia’s airBaltic airline will start nonstop flights from Riga to Sochi later this month, Latvian Transport Minister Ainars Slesers said Saturday. The first flight to Sochi is scheduled for June 18. The airline already flies to St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:27
 

Kinotavr Film Festival Starts in Sochi

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Prestigious Russian film festival Kinotavr kicks off in Sochi tonight. Famous film director Aleksei German will be presented a special award for outstanding artistic contribution to the development of Russian cinema art, in the opening ceremony. On June 15 at the closing ceremony, Armen Medvedev will be awarded for outstanding contribution to the development of Russian cinema art and film science.

 

Sochi Awaits Hotels Boom

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Still six years to go, officials in this Black Sea resort are concerned about Olympics 2014, as Moscow faced criticism last month, when the capital’s hotels struggled to manage an influx of 40,000 football fans for the Champions League final.

Sochi officials have pledged an extra 35,000 hotel rooms in the next few years. “We are sure we won’t have the same problems as Moscow, plenty of available and affordable rooms is a priority,” said Yelena Pavlovich, head of the city administration’s hotel development department.

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:41
 
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