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Interregional Competence Center - the Kazan Technical College of Information Technology and Communications is enrolling the residents of the republic of pre-retirement age for free training on Web Design and Development Competence until September, 1. The training starts in the technical college on September, 5.

Okolitsa-info.ru public news service is working to inform the residents of Russia, including Tatarstan citizens, about the work of the executive authorities of Russian entities and the municipal administrations on improving the quality of life. Everyone can independently publish the information about the activities of regional and municipal authorities on the socio-economic and investment development of territories, increasing the availability and quality of services for the population in the Personal Cabinet at the information portal.

The final of the All-Russian Digital Breakthrough Contest - one of the flagship projects of “Russia - the Land of Opportunities” Non-Profit Organization will be held in Kazan from September, 27 to September, 29. The decision about holding the event in Kazan was taken at a meeting of the organizing committee of the final contest on July 24.

On July 23, speaking at a briefing at the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communication Airat Khairullin said that every day, about 600 citizens of the republic are transiting to digital broadcasting, but 118,000 people continue to watch analog television. The task of the ministry is to inform all these citizens about the ways of connecting digital equipment, to watch 20 TV channels in high digital quality.

On July 23, Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communication Airat Khairullin personally checked the readiness of the largest Kazan Telecentre in the republic to transition to a digital signal throughout the territory it covers - these are 486 settlements of Tatarstan, where more than 1.3 million people live.

On July 22, Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communication Airat Khairullin paid a working visit to Alekseevsk municipal region of the republic and personally checked the readiness of the region to digital broadcasting transition.

Tatarstan Ministry of Economy started accepting applications for subsidies from the regional budget from non-profit organizations implementing socially significant projects.

Tatarstan Ministry of Informatization and Communication informs citizens of the republic that maintenance works will be carried out in the republic, which can result the interruption of broadcasting of the programs of analog and digital television.21+

On July 18, in the IT-park in Kazan, the third class of graduates of inIT social and educational courses on "Web Development" and "Computer Literacy" took place, where participants were handed in the certificates of advanced training.

As many as 1111 participants from 51 countries took part in the online cyber security contest. Ninety four high school teams and 222 student teams solved 20 tasks in the areas of web, reverse engineering, programming, networks, cryptography and shorthand. The teams from South Korea, Russia, USA and Poland became the winners.