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‘Russian’ to Ireland – Tourism Ireland Targets Russia on Travel Trade Mission
Tourism Ireland, organisation promoting Ireland overseas as a holiday destination, is on the mission to Russia to promote business.
23 Jan 2012. Tourism Ireland and a number of Irish tourism representatives are in Russia this week for a travel trade mission in Moscow and St Petersburg, targeting the Russian holiday and business tourism market.
The trade mission, which kicks off today, involves meetings with travel agents and tour operators from the main regions of Russia, as well as other Russian-speaking CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries like Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; the Tourism Ireland delegation will be encouraging those influential tour operators and travel agents to include the island of Ireland in future holiday programmes. Read more…
2012 Dublin Festival Of Russian Culture – Sponsorship Opportunties
Sponsorship opportunities opened for 2012 Dublin Festival of Russian Culture, organised by the Dublin City Council in association with the Moscow City Government, and taking place from February 20 to 27.
The week-long festival is made up of multiple free events and is designed to appeal to people all ages, and to increase knowledge of Russian culture within Ireland.
Ireland-Russia bilateral trade, September 2011
Dr. Gurdgiev: Irish exports to Russia totalled €46.9 million in September, up 61.2% yoy, against Irish imports from Russia of €7.8 million, up 14.7% yoy.
Read full post at trueeconomics.blogspot.com.
Enterprise Ireland: The Market: Welcome to the new Russia
A psychological ‘iron curtain’ left over from Soviet times, and the fact that this part of the world was almost entirely off-limits until the mid-1990s, may be unintentionally limiting mindsets among Irish business leaders. In this issue, Enterprise Ireland’s new man in Moscow Gerard MacCarthy and the Russia office staff highlight the opportunities.
The Russian economy is recovering, but faster modernisation needed, OECD says
The Russian Federation must further modernise its economy to meet long-term development and income inequality challenges, according to the OECD. A combination of sound macroeconomic management, improved business climate, effective social policies and greater energy efficiency is required.
Jinny Software Wins Product Innovation Award at Russian Mobile VAS Awards 2011
Good to see an Irish software company dong well in RU.
November 25, 2011- Jinny Software won the Product Innovation Award at the VIII Mobile VAS Conference in St. Petersburg. Robbie Byrne, Jinny’s Regional Sales Director for Europe, was there to accept the award on Jinny’s behalf.
Event: IRBA Christmas Lunch In Association with “To Russia with Love”, A Charity Helping Orphans
We are delighted to announce that the IRBA will be hosting a Christmas Lunch at 12.30pm on Wednesday the 7th of December in Fire Restaurant at the Mansion House in Dublin 2.
Date: Wednesday, the 7th of December 2011
Time: 12.30pm (until 2.30pm)
Venue: Fire Restaurant, The Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 http://g.co/maps/vfp3d
Overview: The Irish Russian Business Association is proud to support the fantastic work of To Russia With Love www.torussiawithlove.ie. Since the charity was founded in 1998 by Clontarf housewife Debbie Deegan thousands of Russian orphans have been given the chance to have normal childhoods, living and learning in bright, warm, modern, clean surroundings. Children who had never known the meaning of love are growing up cared for by the To Russia With Love extended family. Your contribution goes a long way in making it possible to give these children the life and love that every child is entitled to.
Russia’s accession to the WTO – opportunities for Irish exports & investment
Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev: “The market potential for Irish trade with Russia is in the region of €1.3-1.5 billion or roughly double the current levels of exports; for Irish investment into Russia is in the region of €1 billion per annum. There is also a huge potential for Russian investment into Ireland. In recent years, Russian investments into EU have been increasing from about €3 billion annually in 2008 to the expected volume of €4.1 billion in 2011. But Ireland remains off the map for Russian investors with just two Russian-owned companies being clients of the IDA.”
Read full article on trueeconomics.blogspot.com.
Related News
WTO Working Party seals the deal on Russia’s membership negotiations
Nov 10. Russia’s accession to the WTO cleared a major hurdle when the WTO Working Party on its accession approved, ad referendum on 10 November 2011, the package spelling out Russia’s terms of entry to the organization. The Working Party will now send its accession recommendation to the 15 —17 December Ministerial Conference, where Ministers are expected to approve the documents and accept Russia as a WTO Member.
Russian Economy – Summary 2011
Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev’s concise but comprehensive overview of Russian economy on trueeconomics.blogspot.com.



