Ildar Khalikov meets with representatives of Ertico – ITS Europe
26 February 2014, Wednesday
On February 26 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Director of Ertico – ITS Europe Partnership Services and Communication Department Rasmus Lindholm discussed cooperation in the sphere of traffic safety, immediate response in road accidents, ensuing of safe transportation of vehicles and freight through international transport corridors in Russia and EU countries.
Welcoming Rasmus Lindholm, Ildar Khalikov noted that the company has long dealt with projects on improving road safety in Europe, and this is an urgent issue for many countries.
He reminded as well that two big sports events, summer Universiade 2013 and winter Olympic Games in Sochi, were held in Russia, when traffic safety issues were especially important.
Head of the Ministry of the Interior Artem Khokhorin, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Head of State Road Safety Inspectorate Rifkat Minnikhanov took part in the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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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.
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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.