Jean-Claude Juncker visits Kazan federal university
27 September 2012, Thursday
Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker has visited the Kazan (Volga) federal university. He was accompanied by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
To the point, the Tatarstan-Luxembourg Business Forum is being held in Kazan. Jean-Claude Juncker arrived within his working visit to Russia.
Honorable guests were met by Acting Minister of education and science Danil Mustafin, rector of KFU Ilshat Gafurov and students. Museum of history of the Kazan University was the first object they visited.
The museum fund contains several thousands of items. A unique document, clothing, book and photographic fund is kept here. Among museum pieces are documents and pictures of scientists and graduates of the university of the 19th and 20th centuries. The book fund contains personal collections of scientists, including their scientific works, literature about their life and creative work, books with presentation inscriptions, autographs, author’s and editor’s alterations.
Later on, Jean-Claude Juncker visited assembly hall and left a note in a book of honorable guests.
Finally, bas-relief with depicted Kazan University was presented to the guest.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.