All Three Candidates Vote in Presidential Election, Turnout at 41.69 Percent by Noon
ASTANA – “As of 12 p.m. [Astana time], 41.69 percent of registered voters have voted,” Central Electoral Commission (CEC) member Tatyana Okhlopkova announced to the media shortly after one o’clock on April 26, Kazakhstan’s election day. As the day progresses, long queues have begun shaping inside and in front of polling stations in the Kazakh…
President Calls Upon Citizens to Use Their Voting Rights
ASTANA – Ahead of what is termed the “day of silence,” when the law explicitly bans campaigning and electioneering one day prior to the election, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed his fellow countrymen on April 24, appealing for a high turnout in the country’s presidential election on Sunday, April 26. The election of a…
Public Commission to Deploy 10,000 Observers on Election Day
ASTANA – The National Public Commission for Control of Elections has promised to recruit the single largest group of observers, up to 10,000 well-trained individuals, for the April 26 Kazakhstan presidential election. As a result, it would be able to cover each of 9,741 polling stations across the ninthlargest country in the world. The non-governmental…
April 26 Election to Serve as Another Test of Kazakhstan’s Democracy
Three days are left until the key event of Kazakhstan’s political life over the last four years. More than 9 million citizens are registered to vote in the presidential election on April 26. This will be the sixth time the people of Kazakhstan will have gone to the polls to choose their leader. For a…
Central Electoral Commission Begins Cooperation with OSCE Observers
ASTANA – Past positive cooperation between Kazakhstan’s electoral authority and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers was recalled March 24 as Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Kuandyk Turgankulov met with the head of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Cornelia Jonker.…
Nur Otan Party Nominates Nazarbayev for Presidential Election
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s ruling Nur Otan party nominated President Nursultan Nazarbayev as its candidate for the early presidential election at the party’s congress in Astana on March 11. The incumbent accepted the nomination and is expected to mount a campaign for the election that is due in less than two months. “We must, as a party,…
Kazakhstan to Vote in Early Presidential Election on April 26
ASTANA – In a televised address to the nation, President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his decision to call an early presidential election in Kazakhstan on April 26. “In the interests of [our] people … and to fulfil the demands of the law, I took a decision and, in line with paragraph 3.1 of the national Constitution’s…
Kazakh Delegation to Attend Global Gathering of Sports Press
ASTANA – In early March, a delegation of the Association of Sports Press of Kazakhstan (ASPK) is scheduled to participate in the 79th Annual Congress of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). The Astana Times sat down with President of ASPK Ilyas Omarov to gain his insight on the expectations of the Kazakh sports press…
South Kazakhstan: Silk Road Mysteries, Unique Nature and Vibrant Culture
They say South Kazakhstan is a place where antiquity meets modernity. The region’s ancient culture, dating back thousands of years, ravishes with its unique complexes of archaeological sites and medieval architecture. A multifaceted region, it brings together a historical heritage of two very different civilisations, the settled urban one and the nomadic one of the…
Astana Will Hold Annual Burkasyn Mass Ski Festival this Month
ASTANA – According to the Astana Office of Tourism, Physical Culture and Sports, on Feb. 28, the capital will host the main public ski event of the year, Burkasyn 2015. The mass sports festival, which has already become traditional, will be held for the 13th time this year. The ski race starts at the banks…
