Veterinaries from Russia and the EU are to conduct joint inspections at meat-producing enterprises of Poland. The upcoming inspections are very important especially as cases of trichinellosis have been registered in Poland recently.

Moldova has said all the problems concerning wine supplies to Russia have been solved and export will soon be resumed. Moldavian winemaking companies suffered 180 million US dollars of losses due to the ban.

The State Duma has approved a bill prohibiting any foreign companies to use soviet brands if Russian companies already use them. The deputies responsible for the bill believe this measure can protect home manufacturers.

Venezuela is going to buy 5-9 diesel- powered submarines of two different types. The deal is estimated at 1-2 billion US dollars depending on the number of units acquired.

MasterCard Worldwide Company has published a rating of world’s top 50 trading centers and Moscow takes the last 50th position.

The International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg closed on Monday. The last day of the forum was marked with a great performance for all participants, investors and common citizens and tourists happened to visit St. Petersburg 10 June.

Despite the fact that first laws regulating the length of a working day - 8 hours a day - were accepted almost 100 years ago, there are still over 614,2 million people or 22% of the total number of employees, who work over 48 hours a week.

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and NYMEX have signed an agreement on cooperation in order to set up an international commodities and raw materials exchange in St. Petersburg.

The international Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg hasn’t been opened yet, but it has showed its first results. PSA Peugeot-Citroen car manufacturer is going to sign an agreement on mass car production in Russia.

Bank of Cyprus has received a license to realize banking activity in Russia. One of the top banks of Greece and Cyprus has become the first of them to enter the Russian market.