NEWS

June 19, a meeting of Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev and the delegation of the French Republic headed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Russian Federation Jean de Gliniasty has been held today at Kazan Kremlin.

The English language in secondary educational institutions of Tatarstan will be taught from a new angle. Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Education and Science Andrei Pominov stated it at a press-conference at Tatmedia agency.

The US corporation Fluor Energy and Chemical Products’s chief Peter Osterweer has named the Taneko oil refining and petrochemical project in Tatarstan’s Nizhnekamsk the most complex one he had worked on.

Traditional celebration of the national Tatar holiday Sabatui took place in 48 Russian regions in June.

In the framework of the Tatarstan-Kuwait cooperation the visit of spouses of high-ranking politicians and diplomats of the State of Kuwait to the Republic of Tatarstan is taking place on June 18-23.

The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan is hosting the Russian-Canadian seminar “Modern tendencies in the development of federative relationship in Canada and the Russian Federation” on June 18. Experts from Canada are taking part in the seminar.

The preparation for the International Islamic Business and Finance Summit, to be held in Kazan on 25-26 June, is in progress.

The launch of the Amman asphalt-mixing plants by OAO Tatavtodor with the participation of Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took place on June 18 in Arsk municipal district, Tatarstan.

The Tatarstan Prime minister Roustam Minnikahnov has toured the Alkeyev municipal district.

The targets set for Tatarstan’s smaller oil companies, stipulating recovery of 6.7 million tonnes of oil in 2009 and drilling 206 thousand metres in wells, remain unchanged, told a staff meeting the Nefteconsortium’s general director Fanis Valiev. The meeting was chaired by the advisor to the President of Tatarstan on oil, gas, energy and the environment Irina Larochkina.