NEWS

Films of the 'Hidden' program from the collection of the International Short Film Festival Future Shorts will be shown in the cinema Mir from 9 to 19 April. 1.5-hour programme consists of 11 films from one to twenty minutes long.

The program and time of carrying out the 22nd Rudolf Nuriev International Ballet Festival has been confirmed. The Festival will open on May 11 with Adam's Giselle and finish on May 22 with a Gala-concert.

Tatarstan will continue cooperation with the World Bank in the sphere of carrying out analytical research in the field of poverty and the standard of living in the republic. Special attention will be given to making state-run programs of social assistance to the most vulnerable groups of the population more target-oriented.

A contest among teams of KVN, which is an acronym for a Russian sketch comedy organization called the Club of the cheerful and sharp-witted people, was held in Istanbul on March 29. Initiated by Tatarstan students who study in Turkey, the event was supported by Tatarstan Trading house.

Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Moukhametshin proposed holding the Day of Europe annually.
He made this proposal on March 28 meeting with the head of the European Commission Delegation to Russia Marc Franco.

The project of Kazan OAO Danaflex with the application of nanotechnologies for technology development and establishment of production of the transparent high barriers polymer films for flexible packaging received a positive opinion from the Investment Committee and the Board of the Russian State Corporation of Nanotechnologies.

On March 27 within the framework of the Days of Europe, KSU launched festive events devoted to the 10th anniversary of the European Union Information Centre.

On March 27, a ceremony of opening the library of the Oxford Russian Foundation was held in the reading room of the Lobachevsky Scientific Library. The Lobachevsky Library boasts almost 2500 books in English on open access.

On March 26, the Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Tatarstan hosted the meeting between its Minister Airat Farrakhov and Dr. Jury Brahman, Head of Medical Tourism Department of Asaf Ha-Rofe, an Israeli leading medical centre. The meeting was also attended by employees of the Ministry and heads of republic’s clinics.