Connect to share and comment

Olympics: Russia to boost Sochi security from June 1

April 16, 2013 09:33
Russia will boost security at 2014 Winter Olympics host Sochi from June 2013, the interior ministry said Tuesday, after the deadly attack on the Boston marathon raised alarm about sports security worldwide. "From June 1, 2013, strengthened security measures will be put in place on the territory of the city of Sochi," it said in a statement, while insisting that security for visitors to Sochi had always been a "priority" for the government. sjw/zak/gd

Olympics: Russia '85 percent done' with Sochi preparations

March 13, 2013 11:31
Russia is 85 percent finished with preparations for the Olympic Games in Sochi next year, a top official said Wednesday as the International Olympic Committee concluded their latest check-up following this winter's test events. "After evaluating the organisational and construction work that has been finished, I would say we have completed that journey by at least 85 percent," Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said Wednesday at a press conference in Sochi broadcast on a live webcast.

Olympics: Sochi struggling with 'overspending, legacy'

March 13, 2013 09:01
State overspending on the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics amounts to more than half a billion dollars while the government has failed to provide a lasting legacy for sporting venues, according to an official audit report. Russia's federal audit office gave a damning verdict on preparations for the Sochi Games, as well as plans for dealing with the giant venues once the Olympics are over.

AFPTV Agenda

February 25, 2013 17:16
We plan to file the following videos on Tuesday. Please check the daily advisories for any additions and amendments. -- TOP WORLD NEWS -- + ITALY ROME: Follow-up to the general election in Italy. RAW. 1000 GMT (vox pops reax + newspapers). Rolling news coverage throughout the day -- OTHER WORLD NEWS -- + EUROPE BERLIN: US Secretary of State John Kerry meets German counterpart Guido Westerwelle. RAW. 1400 GMT

Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT Feb 21

February 21, 2013 18:15
TOP STORIES ----------- PRETORIA - South African police investigating Oscar Pistorius for murder pulled their lead detective off the "Blade Runner" athlete's case on Thursday after it emerged he himself faces attempted murder charges for shooting at a minibus. - - - - BEIRUT - A car bomb killed more than 50 people and wounded 200 in central Damascus on Thursday when it blew up on a busy highway close to ruling Baath Party offices and the Russian Embassy, state media and activists said.

Formula One: Sochi will be ready to host F1 in 2014 - mayor

February 18, 2013 06:46
Sochi will be ready to stage a leg of the Formula One season in November 2014, Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Russia's 2014 Winter Olympic host city confirmed on Monday. "After the Olympics, Sochi will host the Formula One race in November," Anatoly Pakhomov told Russia's RIA-Novosti news agency. "The construction of the racing circuit is on schedule," he added. "The Krasnodar region administration do not have the right for any kind of failure in this project as the country's prestige is at stake," he insisted.

Olympics: Sochi natives brace for another year of construction

February 8, 2013 01:15
A year before athletes converge on Sochi for the Winter Olympics, the Russian seaside city remains a vast construction site, with traffic choking the streets and locals bracing for another year of nonstop work to transform their landscape. "Construction is everywhere, it is very stressful," said Sochi native Lidiya Naberezhnaya, who lives in the central part of the Black Sea resort city.

February 7, 2013 06:31
Putin sacks Russia Olympics Committee deputy chief over Sochi delays: official sjw/yad

Olympics: Russia rejects Sochi workers abuse claims

February 6, 2013 07:47
Russia on Wednesday dismissed a rights watchdog's report that workers building sites for the Winter Olympic Games next year in the resort of Sochi were abused and cheated out of their wages. Human Rights Watch said in a new report that many workers from post-Soviet nations had their passports confiscated and worked 12-hour shifts with few days off as the Kremlin raced to finish Olympic construction with one year to go until the 2014 Games.

Sochi races to Olympic finish one year before Games

February 3, 2013 23:00
One year before Russia kicks off the 22nd Winter Olympic Games on February 7, 2014, its host city Sochi is one of the world's biggest construction sites, with works proceeding on schedule but declared a disaster by environmentalists. About 60,000 construction workers are on a 24-hour clock ensuring that new venues and transportation infrastructure are built on time in the city of 400,000 people wedged between the Black Sea and the majestic Caucasus range in southern Russia.
Syndicate content