Kazakhstan to Cut Civil Service by 25% by Next Year
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is planning significant reforms in its civil service after Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that the nation will cut the civil service by 10 percent this year and by 15 percent next year, reported Akorda press service. The announcement came during Tokayev’s state-of-the-nation address delivered Sept. 1 at the joint session of…
Kazakh Government Begins Talk With Leading German Geology Companies
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar explored ways to strengthen Kazakh and German cooperation in subsoil use and geology during a video conference with the heads and representatives of more than 100 leading German companies, including Volkswagen, Siemens, Linde, Schaeffler, Knauf, Lufthansa, SMS group, and DMT, reported Kazakh Prime Minister’s press service. The…
Kazakh President Proposes Seven Reforms in His Address to Nation, With Focus On Economic Recovery
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined seven areas for the nation’s economic recovery in his state-of-the-nation address Sept. 1 at the joint session of the Kazakh Parliament, reported Akorda press service. “The new economic course of our country should be based on seven major principles – the fair distribution of wealth and duties, the…
Public Interest in Nur Otan Party Primary Process Growing, Says Nazarbayev
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President and Chair of the country’s ruling Nur Otan party Nursultan Nazarbayev noted the growing interest in the party’s upcoming primaries in October during an Aug. 28 meeting of Nur Otan’s political council bureau, reported Nur Otan press service. The registration for primaries began Aug. 17 and lasted through Aug. 28.…
Kazakh Military Medical Team Returns to Kazakhstan After Two Weeks in Lebanon
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh military medical team returned to Kazakhstan after spending more than two weeks in Lebanon providing medical care to patients who suffered in the Aug. 4 blast in Beirut, reported Kazakh Defense Ministry press service. The doctors received 635 patients, including 73 who required surgeries. The doctors departed to Beirut on Aug.…
Kazakhstan Eases COVID-19 Restrictions, Reopens Places of Worship, Sports Centers, Cultural Venues
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has taken further steps to ease the current COVID-19 restrictions in the country. Starting from Aug. 31, the nation will reopen religious, sports, and cultural facilities, among other objects based on a recent decision by the government commission chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov. Quarantine restrictions that were in place from…
New Kazakh Eco-Tourism Industry May Attract up to 167 Million Dollars of Private Investment
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has striking tourism potential and one of the recent areas in the development of the field is in eco-tourism which may attract up to 70 billion tenge (US$166.6 million) of private investment and create 4,000 jobs, said Kazakh Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Magzum Mirzagaliyev during the meeting with Kazakh…
Tokayev Explores Turkestan Tourism Development Options, Visits Major Cultural Sites
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the Otyrar regional tourism center in the Turkestan Region as part of an effort to attract more tourists to explore the region’s rich cultural heritage, reported Akorda press service. The Otyrar center is spread out over 2,092 square meters and began employing 54 people when it opened its…
Tokayev Inspects Areas in Turkestan Region Damaged by May Floods
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the Myrzakent district in the Turkestan Region that suffered from floods in May during his visit to the region, reported Akorda press service. Tokayev toured a new residential area that would welcome people who lost their homes due to the floods after Uzbekistan’s Sardoba reservoir dam partially collapsed…
Kazakh President Visits Arys One Year After Ammo Depot Accident
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the town of Arys in the Turkestan Region on Aug. 20 and checked in on the places that have gone through reconstruction after an explosion at an ammunition depot last year in June, reported Akorda press service. The explosion occurred June 24, 2019, on a military base just…
Kazakh Military Doctors Treat Patients Caught in Blast in Lebanon
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh military doctors are currently in Lebanon providing medical care to people who suffered from a devastating blast in Beirut, reported Kazakh Defense Ministry press service. The tragedy occurred Aug. 4 and was caused by the detonation of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely at a warehouse in the port. More than…
Kazakh President Instructs Government to Step Up Fight Against Corruption
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed the importance of tightening measures to fight corruption in the country during a meeting that explored the government’s efforts to curb corruption, reported Akorda press service. Tokayev noted that the fight against corruption is one of the top priorities in the nation’s strategic development. Lack of actions, however,…
Kazakh Officials Brief Diplomatic Missions on COVID-19 Situation
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy and Kazakh Foreign Ministry briefed the diplomatic missions in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan on the latest government efforts to fight the coronavirus infection, reported Kazakh Foreign Ministry press service. The online meeting was attended by First Deputy Foreign Minister Shahrat Nuryshev. The Kazakh officials talked about…
Kazakhstan’s Nur Otan Ruling Party Begins Registration For Primaries
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s ruling party Nur Otan has kicked off registration to the party’s first primaries scheduled for Oct. 1-3, reported Nur Otan press service. The registration will last through Aug. 28. 3,209 people have registered over the two days of the registration. Of them, 1,138 are women and 788 young people under 35 years…
Kazakhstan Eases Travel Restrictions but COVID-19 Test Still a Must for Travelers from Poland, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has updated the regulations for passengers arriving in the country, according to the latest decree of the nation’s chief sanitary doctor. The document categorizes different countries into three risk categories. The first category countries are Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey,…
Kazakhstan’s Presidential Youth Cadre Reserve to Enter New Selection Round in 2021
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed his government to start the second selection round to the nation’s presidential youth personnel reserve in 2021, reported Akorda press service. During a meeting with the head of the Kazakh Civil Service Affairs Agency Anar Zhailganova, Tokayev noted the importance of continuing to work on the youth…
Archaeologists Uncover New Historical Finds Near Khoja Ahmed Yassawi Mausoleum
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh archaeologists have discovered historical objects on the territory of the Khoja Ahmed Yassawi mausoleum in the Turkestan Region, the Azret Sultan state historical and cultural reserve museum reported. The discovery was made in what used to be a shahristan, a part of an ancient town, and on the main street of old…
Kazakhstan to Partially Lift Quarantine Restrictions Starting Aug. 17
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will lift lockdown restrictions on Aug. 17, according to the decision of the state commission chaired by Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin. During their Aug. 13 meeting, the commission noted the positive effect of its second nationwide quarantine that has been in place since July 5 after the nation witnessed a surge…
Seventeen Senate Deputies Elected in Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN – Seventeen Senate deputies from the nation’s 14 regions and cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent were elected to the Senate, an upper chamber of the Kazakh Parliament on Aug. 12, out of 46 candidates that were competing for the seats. Among them are four current Senate deputies, officials, heads of universities as well…
Kazakhstan to Resume Flights With Seven Countries Starting Aug. 17
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will resume flights to Belarus, Egypt, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine starting Aug. 17, reported the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee. “In accordance with the decision of the interdepartmental commission for the prevention of coronavirus as of Aug. 11, recommendations of the Kazakh Healthcare Ministry and the level…
Kazakh Healthcare Minister Visits Turkey to Meet With Counterpart
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy visited medical facilities in Ankara and met with Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca during the visit of the Kazakh delegation to Turkey, reported the Kazakh Healthcare Ministry press service. The delegation headed by Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov visited the district hospital in Manisa. The Kazakh officials…
Kazakh Senate Elections to Include 46 Candidates on Ballot
NUR-SULTAN – Forty-six candidates will appear on the ballot in the elections to the Kazakh Senate, the upper house of the Parliament which is to be held Aug.12, the Central Election Commission (CEC) Chair Berik Imashev reported at the Aug. 10 meeting. The election will decide the electoral fate of 17 current Senate deputies whose…
Fifty-Six Kilometres in 13 Hours: Kazakh Athlete Swims Across Issyk-Kul Lake
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh athlete Vitaliy Hudyakov set a record by swimming 56 kilometres across the world’s second-largest mountain lake Issyk-Kul in 13 hours and 18 minutes, reported Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee. Marathon swimmer Hudyakov is a Tokyo Olympic licence holder and Asia’s multiple champion. Hudyakov started his swim Aug. 5 at 5.15 a.m. from Cholpon-Ata,…
Kazakhstan Sends Special Military Medical Team to Beirut
NUR-SULTAN – A group of military doctors departed Aug. 8 to Lebanon from Aktau to provide medical aid to victims who suffered from a devastating blast in Beirut which killed at least 154 people and injured more than 5,000 others, reported the Kazakh Ministry of Defense. The group included 29 medical workers and four translators…
Kazakhstan Celebrates Abai Kunanbayev’s 175th Anniversary
NUR-SULTAN – Today, Aug. 10, Kazakhstan is celebrating the 175th anniversary of a famous Kazakh poet and writer Abai Kunanbayev. “Hardships come and go, but Abai’s poetry and works are eternal. I instructed the government to designate Aug. 10 as the Day of Abai. Events dedicated to the legacy of a great poet will be…
