NEWS

Results of the open competition for the best design of the Tatar cultural center under the World Congress of Tatars branch in the United Arab Emirates were announced at the executive committee of the World Congress of Tatars on April 14.

The visit to the Republic of Tatarstan of the delegation of the province Shandong (People's Republic of Chine) led by mayor of Lyaochen, Shandong Mr Sun Yuanfan began on April 14.

Results of “I Speak Tatar” campaign will be summed up on April 26, the birthday of the great Tatar poet Gabdullah Tukai. The campaign has been held in the republic on March 20 - April 14.

The opening of the Sozvezdie - Yoldyzlyk 2009 Festival is going to take place at the Unics Complex on April 15. Performers from Tatarstan's neighboring regions will take part in the event on its first day. The aim of the festival is to support young gifted people of Tatarstan. Participants and winners of the Festival are considered to be successors of cultural and spiritual heritage of the republic.

About 150 Tatarstan volunteers will get a chance to receive a training in Belgrade during the World Summer Universiade-2009. The contract with the Serbian side has already been signed. The training will last for 20 days during which the students will work with journalists, sportsmen and on sites.

Tatneftechiminvest Holding held a board meeting, chaired by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov on April 13.

A delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) is to arrive in Kazan on April 27, Director of the municipal unitary enterprise Universiade-2013 Directorate Vladimir Leonov told an online news conference at the Tatar-inform information agency.

The opening of the annual All-Russian French Language Theatre Festival opened in Kazan on April 13. Last year, it was held in Samara.

Tatneft was included on the list of the world’s largest companies compiled by Forbes, which released a rating of 2000 largest public companies of the world on April 10, 2009. Their total market value made $20 bln, incomes - $32 bln, net profit - $1,6 bln, and asset value - $125 bln. They experienced significant losses over the last year: total net profit of the largest corporations fell by 31% and market value by 49%.

Kazan’s Ak Bars is Russian champion in ice hockey! They have defeated HC Lokomotiv from Yaroslavl I the seventh match of Gagarin Cup series with the score 1:0. Ak Bars has become the first winner of Gagarin Cup.