Minister of foreign affairs of Slovenia Karl Erjavec arrives in Kazan
15 September 2015, Tuesday
On September 15, Deputy Chairman of Slovenian Government, Minister of foreign affairs of Slovenia, Co-chairman of Intergovernmental Russia-Slovenia commission for trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation Karl Erjavec, Russian Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky and Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov arrived in Kazan to take part in a session of Intergovernmental Russia-Slovenia commission.
The officials were met by Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Prime Minister of the republic Ildar Khalikov. Karl Erjavec and Rustam Minnikhanov will have a meeting at the Kazan Kremlin in the evening this day.
Members of the Slovenian delegation will also visit an academic and laboratory campus of the Institute of fundamental medicine and biology at Kazan Federal University, regional engineering center of medical simulators “Center of medical science”, and Advanced technology technopark “IT-park”.
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.