NEWS

This week a film about the tourist attractions of Tatarstan will go on the morning air of the Russia TV channel. The film was made by request of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism within the bounds of the tourist-attractive regions supporting program realization. On the basis of this program the Republic of Tatarstan has found itself among the ten most interesting for tourists regions of the Russian Federation.

The SOLLERS company is about to shift the production of the SsangYong off-roads to the Far East, restructuring the SOLLERS - Naberezhnye Chelny automobile plant for the Fiat passenger cars production.

Yokogawa Elecrtric International company management (Japan) met with RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov at the House of Government. The parties have discussed questions of mutually advantageous cooperation on a number of projects.

Nikas Safronov hopes to present a large-scale personal exhibition of painting from private collections in Kazan. The famous Russian artist who is considered to be classic told about it at an online-conference at the Tatar-inform video studio.

Presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan took part in solemn events of the final part of “Silk Road-2009” rally on September 13.

A presentation of Tatarstan’s investment potential for members of the European Business Association (EBA) is today held at the premises of the Tatarstan representation in Russia.

Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin was re-elected as Vice-President of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) at the X World Congress of the organization. The forum took place on September 8-11 in Quito, Ecuador. Mayors of over 70 cities, including heads of Paris, Vienna, Beijing, gathered at the congress.

On September 15-16, an international business forum for younger entrepreneurs called Joining Efforts to Determine the Future will within the ongoing Year of Youth be held in Omsk, Russia. Its participants have today arrived on a Friendship Train in Kazan. The delegates were met by younger scientists and businessmen, representatives from the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism, Kazan Executive Committee, as well as journalists.

The Republic of Tatarstan Rugby federation was officially set up on September 12.

34 cars and 16 trucks made it to Ashgabad to the finish of the first Silk Way Rally. Carlos Sainz in the car race and Firdaus Kabirov in the trucks race won overall after a great week of fighting and challenges among the leaders.