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Russia’s Putin Amends Tourism Laws Ahead of World Cup

2018-06-05 by Delia Gavrilescu

FIFA 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin has just signed into law instruments that will greatly improve Russia’s tourism product. These instruments address prices, emergency aid, and setting up a personal liability fund by and for tourism operators. The move is seen as a positive one in lieu of the forthcoming FIFA World Cup. According to the news from […]

Tags: FIFA, FIFA WORLD CUP, Football, Russia, Russia tourism, tourism, Vladimir Putin, World Cup

Viva Brazil! A Guide to the 2014 FIFA World Cup

2013-06-19 by Argo Contributor

Viva Brazil! A Guide to the 2014 FIFA World Cup

One country, 12 host cities and 3.3 million tickets. The 2014 FIFA World Cup is from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil, and it’s guaranteed to be festive to the extreme. In preparation, Brazil is currently doing renovations in 13 airports and reworking the infrastructure of 12 cities.

Tags: Brazil, Brazil travel, FIFA, Football, Rio Travel, World Cup, world cup soccer, World Soccer

Rihanna and Milla Jovovich Help Shakhtar Celebrate

2011-05-16 by Phil Butler

Milla Jovovich at Saturday's press conference

In news from Ukraine, Shakhtar Donetsk just celebrated their 75th birthday with special guests pop star Rihanna and Ukrainian-born actress Milla Jovovich. The country’s top football side, Shakhtar reached the quarter finals of this year’s Champions League this year. Their new stadium packed to the rafters with 51,000 adoring fans, Saturday’s party for the team is the talk of the region.

Tags: Champions League, Euro 2012, European Championships, FC Shakhtar, Football, Milla Jovovich, Rihanna, Shakhtar, Shakhtar Donetsk, soccer, soccer champions, Ukraine news, Ukraine sports, Ukraine travel, Viktor Yanukovych

Ukraine Fulfilling Euro 2012 Promises

2010-12-11 by Phil Butler

Slavek and Slavko

With Euro 2012 just around the corner Ukraine’s leaders have reshuffled the administrative deck and come out with new vigor to make the country a vision for visitors. New tourism initiative, infrastructure improvements, and online travel assistance and portals should help make 2012 a huge success for the country. That is if everything can be pulled off in a year. President Viktor Yanukovich seems determined to make it so.

Tags: 2012 Information Center, Borys Kolesnikov, Donetsk, Euro 2012, Football, infrastructure, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Slavek, Slavko, soccer, tourism, Tourism and Culture Ministry, Ukraine tourism, Ukrainian, Ukrainian tourism, Viktor Yanukovich




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Greece’s Kikilias Expects 900,000 Serbian Tourists This Year

2022-05-22 By Phil Butler

As many as 900,000 tourists from Serbia are expected to visit Greece this year, according to Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Recently, Kikilias was is in Belgrade for a series of meetings aimed at promoting Greece’s tourism product. The tourism minister spoke about how that, even despite the multiple crises that have arisen in the current […]

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