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 The 2010 UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour Award WinnersUN-HABITAT on Monday announced the winners of its 2010 Scroll of Honour, the UN's most prestigious award in human settlements development. |
 The 20th World Water Week opens in StockholmThe 20th session session of the annual World Water Week opened on Monday to examine the theme, "The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement". |
| Obama’s plan: re-build America to beat recession President Obama has unveiled an expensive plan to re-build America and beat the recession. On the back of more gloomy jobs figures, the president wants to spend the equivalent of around 40 billion euros over six years to re-vamp the US’s ageing, roads, railways and airports. |
 Caucasus development strategy until 2025 to be approved Mon - PMThe strategy for the North Caucasian federal district development until 2025 will be approved on Monday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told a meeting on the region’s social and economic development. |
 Working Group of the Moscow Energy Conservation considers specific measures to implement new standards in construction2 September there was the Coordinating Board working group meeting to develop and implement the new regulations of energy saving in construction. One of the questions was an analysis of Moscow enterprises preparedness to construct power efficient buildings. |
 TNK-BP to boost investment in exploration and output by 50 pct in 2013Russian-British oil joint venture TNK-BP plans to increase investment in exploration and production by 50 percent to $5 billion in 2013, Vice President Sergei Brezitsky said on Monday. |
| Moscow, Astana to sign deal on construction of NPP with VVER-300 reactor Moscow and Astana plan to sign before the end of the year an agreement on the construction in Kazakhstan of a nuclear power plant with a water-cooled water-moderated VVER reactor with a capacity of 300 megawatts, Russian Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko told reporters on Friday. |
 The business center “Pavlovsky” got the new anchorThe pharmaceutical company MSD in Russia leased about 4300 sq m in the business center “Pavlovsky” in the south of Moscow, becoming the second anchor tenant. |
| International Architecture Exhibition opens in Venice Entitled “People Meet in Architecture”, it is the first time the exhibition is curated by a woman, Japanese Kazuyo Sejima, a laureate of the Pritzker prize – the so-called Nobel for architecture. |
 Russia’s Ingushetia hopes to find partners at Expo-2010Ingushetia will use Russia’s pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 to find Chinese investors to set up a car manufacturing plant in the North Caucasus republic, Ingush President Yunus Bek-Yevkurov said. |
 VW looks to expand in Russia, up sales to 360,000 by 2017Volkswagen expects to expand production in Russia and boost annual sales to 360,000 cars by 2017-18, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said on Thursday. |
 In 2011 in Moscow will be constructed 90 kindergartens on typical design and 10 kindergartens on individual designMore than 90 planned kindergartens in Moscow in 2011 will be built on typical design. The deputy head of the Department of Urban Development of Moscow Vladimir Khaikin said about this to journalists on Sept. 1. |
 40m pounds loan to help pay for new homes in the HighlandsA company building affordable homes in the Highlands has signed a 40m pounds loan deal with Royal Bank of Scotland so it can construct new properties. |
| NY Approves New Neighbor for Empire State Building NEW YORK - The Empire State Building's owner has lost his bid to stop a new skyscraper from rising in the neighborhood. |
 Moon-Invest decided on the “Format”The Russian developmental company Moon-Invest has sold the shopping center “Format” located in Mytischi situated near Moscow. As it became known CRE, the buyer was the investment fund Vi Holding. |
 Schools is a traditional gift to Moscow from Glavmosstroy to the September 1Grand opening of two new schools, that were built in Moscow by "Glavmosstroy", was held on September 1, 2010 to the Day of Knowledge. Each school is designed for 550 students. The building owner and investor of these projects is Government of Moscow. |
 All that we have planned we did - The Committee for Architecture and Urban Development of Moscow reported about the results of the Committee activity for the first half of 2010"The results of the Committee for Architecture and Urban Development of Moscow and lower Organizations activity for the first half of 2010 and tasks for the second half of 2010" is the theme Meeting of the economic session of the Moskomarkhitektura. |
 The Municipal Department of Capital Construction of Moscow (Mosgorzakaz) reported about the results of the department activity for the first half of 2010"The results of the department activity for the first half of 2010 and tasks for the second half of 2010" is the theme Meeting of the economic session of the Municipal Department of Capital Construction of Moscow. |
 Alexander Kuzmin: underground parking project on Triumphalnaya Square is readyAfter three years under the Triumphalnaya Square will be constructed the five-level underground parking. About this on July 18 told the Head of Committee for Architecture and Urban Development of Moscow, the Head Architect of Moscow Aleksandr Kuzmin. |
 About some results of Moscow builders on the eve of Builder's DayThe Moscow’s first deputy mayor and the head of the Integrated Body for Urban Design Policy and Development of
Moscow Vladimir Resin and the Head Architect of Moscow Aleksandr Kuzmin press conference which has passed on July,
29th became the detailed public report about the results of work of Moscow building branch for the 1 st half of 2010. |