Monument to Marshal Zhukov to be renovated by May 9.

MOSCOW, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - A monument to Marshal Georgy Zhukov, a
Soviet military leader, located on Manezhnaya Square in the centre of
Moscow will be renovated by May 9.

A source at the prefecture of the Moscow Central Administrative
District said on Tuesday that seams on the monument's pedestal would be
mended.
The last renovation took place three years ago after the monument had
begun to tilt washed by ground waters. Its pedestal was reinforced and the
water isolation improved.
The monument to Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov was unveiled
on May 8, 1995 in front of the History Museum on the occasion of the
50th anniversary of Russia's Victory in the Great Patriotic War
(1941-1945).
Zhukov is depicted sitting on horseback.

.Bosnia harbors rich oil reserves but politics prevents development.

BELGRADE, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - The cost of oil reserves in Bosnian
oil deposits is estimated at dozens of billions of dollars but politics
has so far been a hindrance to their development, the Serbian news agency
TANJUG reported on Tuesday.
Last week , Milorad Dodik, the prime minister of the Serbian Republic
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, said that his government was ready to conclude
a concession contract with Russian companies Zarubezhneft and Gazpromneft
for prospecting and exploitation of the oil and gas fields.
TANJUG recalls that in 1989 , two years before the former Yugoslavia
disintegrated, four major deposits habouring about 50 million tons or 366
barrels of oil were prospected in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
With existing world prices the cost of these deposits is estimated at 27
billion dollars. One deposit (near the town of Lopar) is in the Serbian
Republic, the second (near the city of Tuzla) is in the territory of the
Muslim-Croatian Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The remaining two
deposits are located in border areas.
Simultaneous exploitation of all the four deposits could be profitable
for foreign companies but will be impossible if the government of the
Serbian Republic and the Federation don't reach an agreement.

.International tourism fair ITB-2010 opens in Berlin.

BERLIN, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - The 44th annual International Tourism
Exchange ITB-2010 opened in the Messe Berlin convention centre on Tuesday.
ITB-2010 is one of the world's biggest fairs of tourism, travel and
excursions. More than 11,127 participants from 187 countries, including
Russia, displayed their expositions in 26 pavilions on an area of 160,000
square meters.
In his opening speech Rainer Bruderle, the German Minister of Economy
and New Technologies, wished its participants to establish mutually
beneficial business ties and conclude new interesting contracts. The
minister said that although the world tourism industry was on decline
because of the financial crisis he hoped that 2011 would become a "normal
year" with stable prices and growing numbers of vacationers.
"But Germany in time of crisis is confirming its title of world
tourism champion," Bruderle emphasized.
The participants in the exhibition include international associations
and tourism federations, national and regional tourism organizations,
tourism and transport agencies, tourism operators, hotels, insurance and
other companies related to tourism.
Turkey is taking part in the ITB-2010 as a partner country. Every year
Turkey attracts the growing number of tourists, especially from Germany
and Russia. Turkey expects the number of German travelers to increase from
4.5 to 5 million in 2010. That is why Turkish tourist companies will try
to present the cultural diversity of their country, the national cuisine
and new tourist facilities and tourist routes.
The main exhibition themes this year include cultural tourism
(pavilion 10), health improvement spas (pavilion 16), sea cruises
(pavilion 25); pavilions 6, 8 and 10 are devoted to Travel Technologies
that will feature data bases, distribution systems, technological
solutions, booking systems and calculation programs. A series of business
events such as seminars, symposiums, meetings with experts and press
representatives as well as roundtables will also be held.
The exhibition will be open until March 14. Organizers expect more
than 110,000 professional visitors from all over the world and 170,000
tourism and travel lovers.

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