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05.10.2010
“Education is an issue number one for our republic,” Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov declared at the event marking the International Teachers’ Day.The event that brought together the best teachers from all over the republic was held at the Pyramid Convention Complex.On behalf of the republic’s leadership Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated all those present as well as all the educators of the republic on Teachers’ Day.
05.10.2010
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tunisia to Russia Khemaies Jinaoui met at the Kazan Kremlin to discuss issues pertaining to economic and humanitarian cooperation between Tatarstan and Tunisia on October 5.The Tunisian Ambassador told journalists after the meeting Tunisia intended to actively develop cooperation with Tatarstan. “We are ready to cooperate in all areas,” he said. Tourism, trade and investments are the most appealing areas, he added. Tunisia is a tourist country, visited annually by about 7.5 million tourists, including 180 thousand from Russia. “We would like to increase the tourist flow from Tatarstan,” the guest remarked.
05.10.2010
RT President Rustam Minnikhanov met with members of Netherland delegation in House of RT government.Delegation of Netherlands headed by Deputy director general on external economic relations of Ministry of economy of Netherlands Marten van den Berg consists of 30 businessmen. Officials of companies who arrived in Tatarstan work in such spheres as energy, IT sector, agriculture, pharmaceutics, biotechnologies, mechanical engineering. Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Tatarstan and Netherlands are tied by close relationships. In particular, mutually beneficial cooperation in agricultural sector has been established. Netherlands is a traditional foreign trade partner of Tatarstan and during last years holds leading positions by volume of trade turnover. Speaking about cultural relations, the troupe of Tatar academic opera and ballet theatre named after M.Jalil often arrives with performance to Netherlands.
04.10.2010
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov announced during his visit to a leading IT enterprise in republic that “ICL-KPO VS” should show claim leading positions at Russian and global markets. The spheres of activity have been demonstrated to Head of Tatarstan government. Ildar Khalikov saw the assembling production of company. Here in the workshop computers and laptops are assembled and tested. A laptop produced by “ICL-KPO VS” was handed to Prime Minister. In his turn, he asked Minister of education and science Albert Gilmutdinov to present it to a boy from Drozhzhanoe settlement.
04.10.2010
October 4, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov is visiting Gelendzhik, the Krasnodar Krai where the First Russia-Ukraine interregional economic forum is taking place. The agreement to hold the forum was achieved at the meeting of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovich in Kharkov, Ukraine in the spring 2010. The forums are expected to be held on a regular basis.
03.10.2010
The meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chelyabinsk Region Governor Mikhail Yurevich was held at the governor’s residence on October 3.Chelyabinsk Region and Tatarstan have established good relations and in the future cooperation between the regions will develop, Mikhail Yurevich said. Rustam Minnikhanov states that the Tatarstan delegation had seen the beautiful city of Chelyabinsk and Chelyabinsk region’s modern productions and high potential. Head of the republic thanked the governor and his team for supporting the Tatar community of Chelyabinsk Region.
03.10.2010

October 3, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov is on a working visit to the Chelyabinsk Region. Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich and other officials met the Tatarstan delegation led by President Rustam Minnikhanov at the airport. As part of the visit to Chelyabinsk, Rustam Minnikhanov will visit the Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant where he will also attend the meeting on issues of industrial cooperation.

02.10.2010
Issues related to providing residents of Special Economic Zone Alabuga with railway transport services and further cooperation of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russian Railways were discussed at the meeting attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin on October 2. The meeting took place at Special Economic Zone Alabuga, Tatarstan.
01.10.2010

Package of foundation documents by the project of creating Centre of nano-scale technologies in Kazan on the basis of techno park “Idea” has been signed today between Tatarstan and “Rosnano”. On behalf of Tatarstan signatures were put by Director general of JSC “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” Rafinat Yarullin, Director of JSC “Innovative-production techno park “Idea” Sergey Yushko and Director of Investment-venture fund Ainur Aideldinov, on behalf of “Rosnano” – Deputy director general of “Rosnano” Andrey Svinarenko.

01.10.2010

Session of RT government dedicated to the problems in health care has been held in RT Cabinet in format of video conference. The event was held by RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov. RT Minister of health care Airat Farrakhov made the key report. By his words, 16 areas within the frameworks of national project “Health” are being realized in 2010. Tatarstan is the only region where 4 more large projects are being implemented: improvement of organization of aid to patients with vascular diseases, oncological patients, the injured in road accidents on federal highway M-5 “Ural”, examination of population for the purpose of revealing and treatment of patients with tuberculosis.