RF rescuers in Haiti save another two survivors.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian rescuers have pulled another two people from under the rubble in Haiti's earthquake-hit zone, Salavat Mingaliyev, leader of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (RME) operational group in Haiti, told journalists on Tuesday.

Mingaliyev said, "In the past three hours, another two people have
been rescued. They were pulled out from under the rubble of a collapsed
building".
So, Mingaliyev said, RME personnel during the rescue operation in Port
au Prince have rescued eight survivors, and surveyed over 80 square
kilometres of the stricken territory.
An RME airmobile hospital was also set up not far from the area where
Russian rescuers are at work. Hospital personnel have already given
medical aid to about 200 earthquake victims.

.St Pete int'l Workshop-2010 ushers in tourist season.

ST PETERSBURG, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - A St Petersburg international
Workshop -2010 that begins here on Tuesday ushers in this year's tourist
season in Russia. The forum is held by the North-Western regional branch
of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RUTI) and the Association of
national tourist offices in Russia (ANTOR).
Invited to participate in the Workshop are travel industry
professionals and businessmen from various regions of the Russian
Federation, and major tourist countries, such as, in particular, Greece,
Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, and Hongkong.
An official at the RUTI regional branch has told Itar-Tass that the
purpose of the business meeting is to present international tourism's new
possibilities to the Russian market and create conditions for direct
contacts between Russian and foreign partners.
The dialogue will also deal with the problems of the hospitality
industry, which acutely needs investments. Russia affords a tremendous
recreation potential. It has available all prerequisites for rendering its
regions attractive to investors. The programme for the forum provides for
a seminar on the theme of "How to Sell Travel Services in 2010", and for
the examination of legal matters concerning arrangements for young
people's travel.
According to the ratings of the World Tourism Organization, Russia
ranks the world's fifth by the number of natural landmarks, ninth by the
amount of cultural and historical attractions to tourists, the 85th by
hotel accommodation resources, the 115th by the criterion of accommodation
price accessibility, and the 122nd one by the efficiency of marketing
policy in tourism.

.RF-Denmark intergovt council to discuss econ coop'n.

COPENHAGEN, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - The 8th session of the
Russo-Danish intergovernmental council for economic cooperation is to be
held here on Tuesday.
The council will discuss a wide range of matters concerning
Russo-Danish cooperation in the financial-and-economic sphere, in the
fields of transport, energy, and agriculture.
The session will be presided over by the Council Co-Chairmen Igor
Levitin, Russian Minister of Transport, and Klaus Grube, Permanent State
Secretary, Danish First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. A protocol is
to be signed as a result of the session.
The intergovernmental economic cooperation council was set up under
the Russo-Danish agreement, dated October 27, 1992, on the development of
economic, industrial, scientific and technical cooperation.
Working groups on trade, investments and interbank cooperation, the
agri-industrial sector, transport, energy, environmental protection, and
regional cooperation function within the Council's framework.
Levitin, who arrived in Denmark on Monday, familiarized himself with
the operation of Copenhagen's Kastrup airport, and met with the executives
of the Moeller-Maersk Company, discussing cooperation in the field of
shipbuilding and the development of the sea transport infrastructure.
Vyacheslav Grushetsky, RF Trade Representative in Denmark, told
Itar-Tass, "Notwithstanding the global financial and economic downturn,
Russia and Denmark have managed to avert a considerable slump in
reciprocal trade. The downturn proved not as deep as has been the case in
trade with many other European countries and with the whole world".
Russo-Danish trade turnover decreased by 18.2 percent in the
January-October 2009 period as compared with the corresponding period of
2008 to run at $2,600 million. Russian export declined by 5.5 percent
while Danish one by 32 percent. Decrease in Russia's reciprocal trade with
European Union countries over the period was, however, 44, 2 percent and
with the world as a whole -- 42.1 percent.
Energy resources, ferrous metals, timber, fish, and chemical-industry
products are Russia's staple export commodities. Machines and equipment,
food, furniture, footwear, and medicines are imported from Denmark.
The Russian Trade Representative said, "In that difficult period
Denmark did not abandon a single cooperation project in Russia, although
the financing of some of them was cut down. The major Danish companies
Danfoss, Rockwool, H+H, etc. continue to operate in Russia. The most
interesting projects are connected with efforts to raise the energy
efficiency of the housing/public utilities sector, in which the Danes have
gained a wide experience, and with the development of agriculture".
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