Articles by Dmitry Norkin

75.2 Percent of Public Facilities Can Now Accommodate People with Disabilities, Say Officials

ASTANA – Roughly 75 percent of public facilities have been adapted to accommodate people with disabilities under the country’s 2012-2018 Action Plan, Healthcare and Social Development Vice Minister Svetlana Zhakupova announced at the recent Coordination Council regular meeting at the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development. Zhakupova added that much still needs to be done.…

Kazakhstan Team Wins 13 Medals at 15th World Police and Firefighters Games

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s five-person team at the 15th World Police and Firefighters Games held in Belfast came home with 13 medals: five gold, three silver and five bronze. The last medal came from boxer Abdusanat Sharafov from Almaty, police captain and gold medal winner of the previous two games in Vancouver in 2009 and New…