GDANSK – The month of November in Polish universities traditionally brings out the ‘Students of the First Years’ Championships’, a competition were freshmen compete in games prepared especially for them. This year these games were held in several cities: Gdansk, Poznan, Warszawa, Katowice, Krakow and Lublin. In each city students rivaled to qualify for […]
ALMATY – The 2017 WU Organizing Committee, straight after getting the rights to host the Winter Universiade joined theKazakh Republican AIDS Center social campaign on HIV prevention and decreasing stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV. The aim of this campaign is to attract young Kazakh people to problems of HIV through voices […]
ALMATY – During the Evaluation visit in Almaty, the FISU Evaluation Committee with Leonz Eder, Kairis Ulp, Roger Roth and Milan Augustin paid a visit to Astana, where the FISU representatives were received by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr Karim Massimov. Also present were the Minister for Tourism and Sport […]
KAZAN – The ‘All-Russian Scientific Conference On Enhancing the Role of Physical Culture and Sports in Personality Development of Students’ kicked off in Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University on November 17th. The plenary session of the conference saw the participation of Oleg Matytsin, 1st Vice President of FISU and Russian Student Sports Union President; Alexander Parshikov, Director […]
GWANGJU – Everybody has a highlight in life. In a storytelling contest, ordinary people share moments of their lives that inspired their dreams and gave them courage to move towards tomorrow. The event is held to better promote the slogan of the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade, ‘Light Up Tomorrow.’ The Gwangju Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) […]
KAZAN – Farid Abdulganiev, Universiade Village Mayor and Deputy Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate delivered a report on Kazan’s bidding experience at the 1st International Tourist Forum Landmarks of Future. In his report titled ‘How to Find and Attract an Event:From Bidding to Hosting’, Farid Abdulganiev gave a detailed review of Kazan’s two bidding campaigns […]
KAZAN – Hot on the heels of the FISU Flag Relay, a unique event inspired and pioneered by the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate, the organizers of the 27th Summer Universiade plan to stage the Universiade Torch Relay. Starting in the spring of 2013, the Universiade Torch Relay will end on July 6th, the opening […]
BRUSSELS – Hardly a week before the final decision is taken by the FISU Executive Committee members which city to attribute the 2017 Universiades to, Bidding City Trentino withdraws its candidature for the 2017 Winter Universiade. FISU was informed by the President of the Bidding Committee, Manuela Di Centa who told FISU that the Provincial […]
