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 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.