BAKU, Azerbaijan — The organizers of Baku's bid for the 2020 Olympics said an opinion survey shows that 95 percent of Azerbaijan's people support the initiative. Baku is one of six cities bidding for the games, along with Tokyo, Istanbul, Madrid, Rome and Doha, Qatar. A statement from the organizers said the poll...

As the IOC's point man for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, French ski great Jean-Claude Killy knows exactly where to turn when he needs a helping hand. LONDON — As the IOC's point man for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, French ski great Jean-Claude Killy knows exactly...

... schedule but denied that the games would be affected. INNSBRUCK, Austria — Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak acknowledged Sunday that more than 70 construction projects for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games are behind schedule but denied that the Olympics would be affected. Kozak said during a visit to the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck that the venues in question are almost ready and that only formalities were causing the delays. "They are not major delays," he said...

... government corruption. In his most recent entry, published on the site Saturday, Morozov describes incidents of alleged embezzlement in construction projects financed by Olimpstroi, the federal corporation responsible for building facilities for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Other prominent Russian businessmen who have criticized authorities after fleeing to Britain in the face of criminal charges against them include Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, former Yevroset co-owner Yevgeny Chichvarkin and former...

... from hiring new workers. But such criticism captures only one small part of Europe's difficulties. The fiscal problems of Greece and Spain were also the result of spending a great deal on high-tech and high-prestige projects, such as facilities for the Olympic Games, new airport buildings and high-speed train links. And Spain and Ireland before the crisis did not have a fiscal problem, owing to the rapid economic growth produced by a real estate boom that seemed to promise a new era of economic miracles...

... (dissolution of the company). "LSM-Mekhanizatsiya" (Moscow) Company specialized on field of pipeline (Ø1000-1200 mm) construction (including welding and HDD-horizontal direction drilling) and road construction (including construction for the Olympic Games in Sochi and the 2nd phase of CPC Tank Farm construction in Novorossiysk). Position: Head of HR Department (HR Director). Reported directly to General Director. Key achievements:  Organized overall HR activities in new business...