Murmansk

Since the start of the year, more than 6 million tourists have visited the province of Antalya, a major holiday destination on the Mediterranean coast.

Data from the local tourism authorities indicated that the number of tourist arrivals in the city between Jan.1 and Sept. 13 leaped 202 percent compared with the same period of last year.

At least 41 people on board a Russian passenger jet were killed, including two children, after the aircraft crash-landed at a Moscow airport on Sunday, bursting into flames on impact, reported CNN.

A total of 41 people, including at least two children and one crew member, died on Sunday after an airplane of Aeroflot made an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport and burst into flames, news agencies reported.
 

Stoychev managed to swim 1000 meters at a water temperature below zero degrees, reported NOVA TV. 

New world title and new record for Peter Stoychev!

The Bulgarian is again the best on the planet in swimming in icy waters. The start of the race was given in Murmansk, Russia, on Saturday afternoon.

The winner of the 11 World Cups in Swimming Marathon Petar Stoychev made the first workout in the icy waters of Semenovskoye Lake. He will take part in the World Ice Swimming Championship, which begins tomorrow (15 March), reported bTV. 

Russia on May 19 unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia.

A former Russian pornstar has declared her intentions to stand against Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Presidential elections.

32-year-old Elena Berkova, who lives in the northwest city of Murmansk, released a video on her Instagram stating her intentions and outlining her policies.

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise departed for the Netherlands on August 1 nearly a year after Russian authorities seized it during a protest against an oil platform, the Amsterdam-based environmental group said.

The Arctic Sunrise left the northern Russian port city of Murmansk and was headed to Amsterdam, Greenpeace International said.