On March 13, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Director of the Northern Department of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Annette Pieper discussed current issues related to the activity of DAAD in Tatarstan and prospects for cooperation between Tatarstan higher education institutions and the Service.

On March 12, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated skier Marta Zaynullina and her coach Farida Safiullina on winning the bronze medal at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. An athlete from Nizhnekamsk won bronze in the women’s 1 km sprint, sitting.

On March 11-13 during his working trip to Canada, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov will visit Montreal high technology park, where headquarters and research units of 30 companies are located.