LUCERNE – The FISU Evaluation Committee, led by FISU Vice-President Marian Dymalski with the members Roger Roth, WU CTI Chair; Milan Augustin, WU Director and Paola Forni, WU Assistant met first with the Cantonal Council of Lucerne, Guido Graf and Mrs Ursula Stämmer-Horst, City Council of Lucerne. Mr Graf who is also the […]
LAUSANNE – On 31st of January 2016 Professor Kairat Zakiryanov (FISU Assessor) informed FISU that the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism will host the FISU Winter Universiade Conference during the during the Winter Universiade. This educational event is supported by the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Conference will […]
ALMATY – FISU delegates visited Almaty for a number of meetings and inspection visits with the Almaty Organising Committee from 29 January to 2 February 2016. During this five-day visit, lots of practical meetings were conducted by the FISU delegation consisting of Winter Universiade Director Milan Augustin, WU Executive Assistant Jiho KIM, WU […]
LUCERNE – Today the Bidding Committee of the 2021 Winter Universiade presented its bid book to the media. The presentation by the cantonal councillors Guido Graf and Niklaus Bleiker, the city councillor Ursula Stämmer-Horst, the president of the Swiss University Sports Federation Andreas Csonka and Urs Hunkeler, Head of the bidding committee attracted […]
ALMATY – The Almaty 2017 OC hosted a press tour allowing media representatives to get acquainted with the construction progress of three main venues for the 2017 Winter Universiade, i.e. the ‘Ice Arena’ with 3,000 seats, the ‘Ice Palace’ with 12,000 seats and the Athletes’ Village for 5,000 people. The OC stated that […]
LAUSANNE – On Friday 22 January, 2016, the Bidding Committee of the 2021 Winter Universiade which represents the governments of the cantons of Central Switzerland and the City of Lucerne and represented by Urs Hunkeler, officially handed over its bidding book to FISU Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond and Director of Winter Universiade Milan […]
ALMATY – Despite reducing the budget for the Winter Universiade twice, from 32 to 17 billion tenge, the financing of the games will be completely provided. The 2017 WU Organising Committee had to economise on some details of preparation, but in general the preparation process goes at full speed. Kazakhstan and foreign companies […]
ALMATY – Bauyrzhan Baibek, the Mayor of Almaty, has inspected the construction progress of sport venues involved in the 2017 Winter Universiade, the press service of the Almaty Mayor’s office informed. These sport venues will be a heritage for the next generations of Almaty residents. They will be opened next year, announced as the […]
