Government to improve conditions in Kazakh penal colonies by 2023
NUR-SULTAN – No Kazakh correctional colony meets international standards and measures will be taken to improve conditions, said Deputy Prosecutor General Marat Akhmetzhanov at an Aug. 28 roundtable in the capital. He suggested completely modernising the colonies within the Development of the Penal Correction System Road Map for 2019-2023. The proposal was submitted by the…
Radiation levels in Kazakhstan remain normal following explosion at Russian missile testing facility
NUR-SULTAN – Radiation levels in Kazakhstan after Aug. 8 explosion at a Russian missile testing facility, according to the Kazakh hydrometeorological service Kazgidromet’s tests, remain normal as the air masses from Arkhangelsk, where the explosion happened, have not reached Kazakhstan. “The monitoring of the radiation background and radiation pollution of the surface atmosphere in Kazakhstan…
New Kazakh programme allows students to earn tuition funds, course credit for volunteering
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Information and Social Development will launch in September a programme allowing Kazakh students to receive course credit and funds to pay tuition in exchange for volunteering. The Social Student Loan Project will be administered by the information and social development ministry and Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science. “The…
