King Juan Carlos of Spain LJUBLJANA – The Spanish Royal Household confirmed to the Organising Committee of the 1st European Universities Games that His Majesty, the King Juan Carlos I, accepted the chairing of the Honour Committee of the EUSA Games. As a keen sportsman himself, King Juan Carlos supports and appreciates sporting activities as […]
KAZAN – A solemn ceremony of the Volunteer of the Year Awards took place on December 5th, International Volunteer Day, inKazan. 16 volunteers were named the best in their categories. Nailya Fakhrutdinova, a student of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, was announced as the best Kazan 2013 volunteer of the year 2011. The […]
KAZAN – A solemn ceremony of awarding the statuses of Kazan 2013 Ambassador to world kickboxing champion Musa Musalaev and young opera singer Aida Garifullina took place as part of the 2011 Republican Youth Forum. Credentials to the newly appointed Kazan 2013 Ambassadors were handed over by Tatarstan’s Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism […]
NIZHNEKAMSK – The FISU Flag Relay in the Republic of Tatarstan crossed the finish line as the FISU Flag replica with Nizhnekamsk’s name on it was handed over to Aidar Metshin, Mayor of the city. The solemn FISU Flag replica handover ceremony took place in the municipal children and youth creativity centre and saw […]
Marc Vandenplas with Village Mayor Farid Abdulganiev KAZAN – The FISU Inspection Team arrived on December 5th in Kazan for a five-day visit to assess the preparation process of the city for the 27th Summer Universiade. The delegation, headed by Marc Vandenplas, FISU Director for the Summer Universiade, consists of FISU CTI Chair for the […]
KAZAN – The Universiade Torch Relay’s concept was presented on November 29th during the overview workshop organized specially for students of higher education institutions that had partnered with the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate. Deputy Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Igor Sivov was the one to introduce it to leaders of volunteer […]
KAZAN – Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the display booth of the FISU Flag Relay ‘Universiade in Your City!’ set up at the 2011 Republican Youth Forum’s exhibition of winning projects on November 29th. The results of the FISU Flag Relay that had travelled through 16 university cities of Russia this autumn were introduced […]
CORDOBA – The last Executive Committee Meeting in 2011, which took place in Cordoba,Spain on November 25 and 26, concluded with the presentation of the bids for the European Universities Games 2014 and its attribution. Members of the Executive Committee were presented the reports of the inspection visits of the evaluation committee, performed in […]
