May 27, 2016

UNITED AIRLINES ENDS FLIGHTS TO NIGERIA

United Airlines will stop flying to Nigeria next month, ending the carrier’s only route to Africa because of weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in collecting money from ticket sales.

May 9, 2016

FIFA FANFEST LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR 2018 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA

2018 FIFA Fan Fest™ - Confirmed Locations
Host CityLocationDescriptionCapacity
EkaterinburgMayakovsky Central Park of Entertainment and CultureLocated just outside the city centre in a popular and well-known amusement park17,000
KaliningradTsentralnaya SquareHistorical square in the very city centre, conveniently situated on the way from the city to the stadium25,000
KazanFamily Center KazanIconic area opposite the city centre, regularly visited by tourists and citizens30,000
MoscowVorobyovy GoryLocated at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, situated on a hill on the right bank of the Moskva River, with an amazing view of the city 40,000
Nizhny NovgorodMinina i Pozharskogo SquarePlaced next to the Kremlin and a busy pedestrian street, this is a unique location in the heart of the city 15,000
Rostov-on-DonTeatralnaya SquareLarge square close to the city centre that is a well-known event location for the local community 25,000
Saint PetersburgKonyushennaya SquareLocated in the heart of the historical city centre, directly next to one of the city’s main sights – the Church of the Saviour of Spilled Blood 15,000
SamaraKuybysheva SquareThe largest square in Russia, located in the heart of the city, in front of the opera and ballet theatre 35,000
SaranskSovetskaya SquareThe main square of Saransk, located in the city centre, and regularly used for major city events 25,000
SochiSouth Mall of the SeaportMost iconic location in the heart of Sochi’s city, at the famous beach promenade 10,000
 Volgograd62 Armii EmbankmentIconic location in the city centre, along the Volga river and connected to the main pedestrian routes  30,000

source: fifa.com