Today, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's President Jean Lemierre has arrived with an official visit to Kazan.

The Vice-mayor of Kazan Ludmila Andreyeva has been awarded the Order of Friendship. The award ceremony was on 22 February held in the Kremlin with the participation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, said today the Kazan's Mayor Ilsur Metshin

On 20-31 March, the Francophony Days cultural programme will be held in Kazan. This year, the event is arranged by the Alliance Francaise Kazan public organisation with the support of the Embassy of France in Russia, assistance of the Tatarstan's

On 20 February, the Russian Emergency Ministry's dog service holds a training course in Kazan. It is to run for five days with the purpose to issue certificates for the Volga-Urals regional centre's dog squads.

The Russian Federation Council has declined to approve the agreement with Tatarstan on delineation of powers between the public authorities of Russia and Tatarstan for the term of 10 years.

Tatarstan's First Deputy Prime Minister, Economy and Industry Minister Boris Pavlov today met in Kazan with the delegation of Canada.

The Russia-Canada science-and-training conference entitled Education for Dialogue Between Cultures is today held at the Tatarstan's major educational establishment, Kazan State University.

The Strela Kazan team has been invited to take part in the rugby Challenge Cup to start in London on 24 February.

Today, the Orthodox Christians begin the 40-day Lent, the great fast, that will finish at Easter, this year to be marked on 8 April.

The prohibition imposed by the Russian air traffic federal agency Rosaviatsia and Russian transport surveillance federal service Rostransnadzor on the Tatarstan carrier performing charter and single flights to the EU, will soon be cancelled, the company's General Director Magomed Zakarzhayev

The German Siemens could establish a national medical centre based on nanotechnologies using the facilities of the Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Centre in Kazan. This and other projects were a focus of the meeting on 14 February between the Tatarstan's President

On 13 February, the head of the Kazan's Executive Committee Marat Zagidullov met in Kazan with the Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat, founder of Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects, told Intertat.ru the Kazan's executive Committee's press service.

Tomorrow, delegations of the Russian Economy Development Ministry, led by the head of the Investment Policy Department S. Ganeyeva, and of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, led by Secretary General Horst Reichenbach, will begin a visit to Tatarstan,

The transnational DTZ real estate advisor will conduct a comprehensive survey of the Kazan's property market. According to the Kazan Executive Committee's information and analysis department, on 9 February, the Executive Committee's head Marat Zagidullov met with the company's Moscow

The Tatarstan's Economy and Industry Ministry hosted a meeting between representatives of the local higher educational establishments and an Ernst &Young Academy of Business's delegation, said the ministry's press service. Opening the meeting, the Tatarstan's Economy and Industry Minister Boris

The Russian Swimming Federation's presidium has approved 26 athletes who based on the results of the national swimming championship, ended Wednesday in Moscow, have passed the qualification round and will represent Russia at the World Aquatics Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

Today is the first day of the Swiss Confederation's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Erwin Hofer's visit to Tatarstan, says the Tatarstan's Trade and Foreign Economic Cooperation Ministry's press service.

The Moscow international innovation and investment show is the largest science-and-technology event for inventors, developers and manufacturers of hi-tech products, investment projects in the fields of research, technology and industry, said the fund's press service.

On 6-18 February, the 25th Shalyapin international opera festival will be held in the Tatarstan's capital, the Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre told Intertat.ru. On the threshold of the Tatarstan's major opera event, a press conference was held at