NEWS

On June 24 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin visited construction materials hypermarket Leroy Merlin in Kazan.Leroy Merlin is a French retailer company that specializes in sales of construction and decoration materials. The company was founded in 1923 in the North of France and today takes the 3d place in Europe by sales of construction goods.

On June 24 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, accompanied by OAO Tatneft Director General Shafagat Takhautdinov, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Irek Faizullin, took part in the opening ceremony of the largest multi-level car parking in Kazan on Chistopolskaya street.

On June 23 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in official opening of Planetarium at V.P. Engelgardt Astronomical Observatory. Total area of the Planetarium is 15 hectares.

On June 22 at a meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with Singapore delegation led by Vice-Premier and Minster of Finances Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science and Educare company signed Memorandum on cooperation, and Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication and Singapore Committee on international trade signed Memorandum on mutual understanding.

On June 22 an official Singapore delegation of Government officials, businessmen, representatives of different economic and industrial sectors, major Singapore and international companies led by Vice-Premier and Minster of Finances Tharman Shanmugaratnam visited Kazan IT park to take part in Tatarstan-Singapore Business Forum.

On June 22 at a weekly video conference meeting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that agricultural producers should do their best to overcome consequences of unfavourable weather conditions. He continued that municipalities can introduce emergency situation regime to mobilize all resources.