NEWS

Organizational issues related to preparation and holding of the International Forum on sustainable development of Russian towns were discussed at the RT Economy Ministry.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting with heads of institutions of higher education of Tatarstan at the Kazan Kremlin on September 8.

A Tatarstan-wide meeting in Kazan with the participation of the Prime Minister Roustam Minnikhanov has today discussed issues related to housing construction and commissioning in Tatarstan.

RT Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Marat Bariev returned from London where trade and economic meetings of the organizing committees of 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan with representatives of British business and sport circles took place.

September 5, an agreement on cooperation between the Kazan administration and the Intourist external-economic joint company was signed in Kazan by Ilsur Metshin, the mayor of Kazan, and Aleksander Arutyunov, the president of Intourist.

The official opening ceremony of the rally was held at noon on the square near Tatneft-Arena. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, the Russian Federation Minister for Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko and other officials greeted sportsmen.

Specialist for science, technologies and innovations of the financial department for Europe and Central Asia development Jean-Louis Rasin and other experts of the department were the guests of the university.

September 4, a grandiose feast - First Open Modern Culture Festival Kremlin LIVE 2009 - starts at the Kazan Kremlin. It is held on the initiative of the LIVE Group Production creative association and the Kremlin open-air museum with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of youth, sports and tourism of Tatarstan.

First five Fiat Ducato school buses were supplied to the Ministry of Education of the Ulyanovsk Region as part of the governmental program devoted to transport supply of primary educational institutions, the company’s press service reports. In all, within the framework of the contract, next few days Sollers will supply 41 vehicles which are specially constructed for the children’s transportation to the educational institutions of the Ulyanovsk Region.

Parts of Chistopol Street and Amirkhan Prospekt adjacent to the starting point of the marathon as well as the Millennium Bridge will be closed on the first day of the rally.