30 December 2015

	“PenzaNews” editor-in-chief Pavel Polosin receives “25 Years of EMERCOM” medal 30.12.15 18:35 \| Society Internal Services Major General Sergei Kozlov, head of the Penza region EMERCOM department, has presented Pavel Polosin, editor-in-chief of PenzaNews agency, the medal “25 years of Russian EMERCOM” on Wednesday, December 30.
	Penza placed fourth in “City of Russia” contest 30.12.15 15:27 \| Society Penza took the fourth place in the voting phase of the project “City of Russia. National Choice” that concluded on Wednesday, December 30.
	Penza region plans to give farmers free land for 6-year use 30.12.15 14:40 \| Agriculture The Penza region authorities are currently working on a law draft to create a list of municipalities where citizens can get land for a subsidiary farm or cattle farming free of charge for a term of 6 years of less.
	Penza to hold charity concert for children with illnesses on January 6 30.12.15 14:24 \| Society The Penza youth center will host a charity concert on Wednesday, January 6.
Zarechny to host countrywide basketball tournament 30.12.15 14:24 \| Sport The sports and recreation center “Lesnoy” located in Zarechny of the Penza region will host the countrywide Christmas basketball tournament for juniors born in 1999-2000 on January 4-8.
Penza mayor rewards talented school students with money prizes 30.12.15 13:07 \| Society The Penza city administration head Victor Kuvaytsev has presented 12 talented school children prizes of 5,000 rubles, in an official event held in the city hall on Wednesday, December 30.
	Penza-St. Petersburg flights to temporarily stop for January 30.12.15 13:01 \| Society The Penza airport will temporarily stop conducting the fights from Penza to St. Petersburg in January 2016, the airport director Yuri Oskolkov told PenzaNews agency.
	“Stopping Prohibited” road signs to be installed on Ternovskovo, Antonova streets in Penza 30.12.15 12:33 \| Society Additional road signs will be installed in Penza on the road section adjacent to “Mediclinic” clinical and diagnostics center on Ternovskovo street, 160V, and on the approach to “Dante” company building on Antonova street, 3.
Over 11,000 hectares added to Penza region agriculture 30.12.15 11:56 \| Agriculture Over 11,500 hectares of out-of-business farming lands were returned back to the Penza region agriculture in 2015 thanks to land clearance operations by local agricultural producers.
	“PenzaNews” staff receives gratitude letter from regional RST branch 30.12.15 11:33 \| Society The staff of PenzaNews agency has received a letter of gratitude from the Penza regional branch of Russian Student Teams (RST), a countrywide youth civil organization.