News Archive

29.12.2011 Thursday

Ufa wins IV International Competition "Best City of CIS and EAEC"

Ufa has won six nominations at the IV International Urban Practices Show Competition ”Best City of Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasian Economic Community”. They are “For practice of using effective innovation technologies for emergency repair of heating systems”, “For practice of ...

16.12.2011 Friday

Panasonic offers intelligent transportation systems to Bashkir cities

On December 16, 2011 Ufa City Municipal District Administration hosted a meeting between representatives of Panasonic and Sumitomo and officials from state and municipal road and transport organizations of Ufa, Meleuz, Oktyabrsky, Salavat, Sterlitamak. During the meeting Mr. Tadashi S ...

21.11.2011 Monday

Dmitry Medvedev: Bashkortostan develops effectively

Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, was on a visit to Ufa on November 19. It was his second visit to the capital of Bashkortostan in 2011. The first destination for Medvedev, accompanied by President of Bashkortostan Republic Rustem Khamitov and other officials, was Repub ...

18.11.2011 Friday

5th All-Russia Mothers’ Forum held in Ufa

The 5th All-Russia Mothers’ Forum has come to an end in Ufa. The forum was organized by the Government of Bashkortostan Republic on the initiative of the International Public Association of Charity Funds “Mama”. The principal objectives of the forum were to reinforce the institution of family, ...

02.11.2011 Wednesday

Ufa heritage gains international recognition

On October 27-29, 2011 Istanbul hosted the V International Conference of Eurasia World Heritage Cities dedicated to future generations heritage. The conference participants discussed such issues as reconstruction of historical centres and their popularization, reconstruction and preservation o ...

25.10.2011 Tuesday

Ufa ranks sixth among top 100 large Russian cities

The “Urbanika” Institute of Land Use Planning (St. Petersburg) conducted a research called “Integral Rating of 100 Largest Russian Cities” (Top-100) developed in cooperation with the Russian Architests’ Union. According to the results of the rating, Ufa ranks sixth among Russian cities and is ...

18.10.2011 Tuesday

Ambassador of Poland met with Ufa authorities

On October 17 Wojciech Zajączkowski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland in the Russian Federation, met with First Deputy Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration Vladimir Dmitryuk. Mr. Zajączkowski visited the capital of Bashkortostan as ...

05.10.2011 Wednesday

Auchan hypermarket opened in Ufa

On October 4 the long-awaited grand opening of the Auchan hypermarket took place in Ufa. The hypermarket became the 45th Auchan chain store to be opened in Russia. The ceremony participants included Anvar Makhmutov, Deputy Prime Minister of Bashkortostan Republic Government, Pavel Kachkaev ...

04.10.2011 Tuesday

U. S. Consul General in Yekaterinburg visited Ufa

Mike Reinert, U. S. Consul General in Yekaterinburg, was on a visit to Ufa on October 3–5 as head of a business delegation which included representatives of several major U. S. companies operating in Russia (CitiBank, Penetron, Microsoft, Spectro Technical Services, Emerson Process Management) ...

28.09.2011 Wednesday

Ufa and Shenyang have become twin cities

Shenyang, the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in People’s Republic of China, has become the third city to be twinned with Ufa, the first two being Halle (Saale) in Germany and Ankara in Turkey. This important step came as a logical development to the Agreement on trade, economic, ...