Articles by Malika Orazgaliyeva

ASTANA – Director of the Miloserdie (“Mercy”) Volunteer Society, social activist, actress, producer and TV presenter Aruzhan Sain, 40, is one the most famous and successful women in Kazakhstan. Sain wasn’t chosen for TV for her connections, but through her own hard work and determination, she says. “I was six years old when I was…

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Saint Petersburg, Russia to participate in the 20th International Economic Forum and hold a series of bilateral meetings. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Mateo Renzi took part at the forum session “Capitalising on the New Global Economic Reality.” In his speech, Nazarbayev noted the world has lived…

ASTANA – The June 17 joint session of Parliament’s upper and lower chambers reviewed and approved the government report on the successful execution of the 2015 national budget. The main features of administering the budget were its anti-crisis direction and stabilising role, said Minister of Finance Bakhyt Sultanov in presenting the report. Thus, the first…

ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired a meeting of the Security Council of Kazakhstan in the Akorda presidential residence June 10 to assess the June 5 terrorist attacks in Aktobe and determine measures to ensure the country’s security. Prosecutor General Zhakip Assanov, Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov, National Security Committee Chairman Vladimir Zhumakanov and…

ASTANA – Kazakh security officials announced June 12 that they have killed or arrested all suspects involved in the June 5 attacks in Aktobe city and have lifted the red terror alert imposed on the city following the attacks. The last suspect, Arsen Tanatarov, was detained June 12 after the Aktobe Regional Anti-terrorist Centre received…

ASTANA – Four more suspects in the June 5 Aktobe attacks were killed June 10 in a firefight with anti-terrorism forces in Aktobe after security forces surrounded an apartment where the suspects had barricaded themselves, according to Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (KNB). Security forces surrounded the apartment in a house on Nekrasov Street, cordoned off…

ASTANA – A regular meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation took place in the Kazakh capital June 8, the Defence Ministry of Kazakhstan reported. Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan Imangali Tasmagambetov, Minister of Defence and State Councillor of China Chang Wanquan, Chairman of the State Committee for Defence of Kyrgyzstan General…

ASTANA – The Council of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) discussed cooperationin the spheres of economy, industry, energy, innovations and health care, during a meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 7. Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov attended the event. In particular, at a closed-door meeting, the heads of delegations debated…

Nazarbayev Says June 5 Terrorist Attacks Organised by “Supporters of Radical Pseudo-Religious Movements” ASTANA – June 9 has been declared the National Day of Mourning dedicated to those who lost their lives during the June 5 terrorist attacks in Aktobe city. In preparation, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the order and addressed the people of…

ASTANA – According to information released June 7 by the Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs, 13 suspects connected to the June 5 shootings in Aktobe have been killed as they were being chased down by the security services, eight have been arrested and security forces are searching for seven suspects. No additional incidents occurred in…

ASTANA – Kazakh opera singer Maria Mudryak, who lives in Italy, took part in the city’s festivities devoted to the Year of Italian Culture in Kazakhstan. She performed her only solo concert in May on the stage of Astana Opera House. Mudryak has many world tours planned to European countries and her schedule is busy…

ASTANA – Five more suspects in the June 5 shooting attacks in Aktobe were killed overnight in clashes with antiterrorism forces and two were arrested, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs. Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov also announced June 6 that the ministry believes it has identified all of those involved in…

ASTANA – Commander of an Airbus 320 and Chief Aviation Inspector for the Committee of Civil Aviation of the Kazakh Ministry of Investment and Development Toty Amirova is doing her bit to erase the gender divide in the air – and everywhere else. There are only a few women working as co-pilots in Kazakhstan’s flagship…

The Kazakh delegation took an active part in the recent events convened in Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany, where it promoted better dialogue with the European Union and connectivity projects on the Eurasian continent.  Brussels hosted the third high level political and security dialogue between the European Union (EU) and Central Asian countries. European External…

ASTANA ­– First Deputy Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev summed up the results of the Land Reform Commission’s first session, during a recent briefing at the Central Communications Service. “We created the headquarters of the commission under the Ministry of Agriculture. The secretariat of the commission started its work, which is to accumulate all the proposals…

ASTANA – Foreign direct investment (FDI) increased 30 percent in 2015 in Kazakhstan’s agricultural industry and 80 percent in the country’s petroleum products sector, President Nursultan Nazarbayev told a May 18 meeting of government ministers and regional akims (governors). He also reported that 2015 FDI in Kazakhstan’s engineering sector increased seven fold. The head of…

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed bilateral cooperation as well as international and regional issues with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a May 8-9 trip to Russia. Nazarbayev also participated in the grand Victory Day Parade in Moscow’s Red Square May 9. Nazarbayev congratulated Putin on the 71th anniversary of the victory in the…

ASTANA­ – Citing a failure of the government to adequately explain four elements of the nation’s new Land Code relating to the sale and lease of agricultural lands, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev placed a moratorium May 5 on those elements until 2017. Speaking at a specially convened high level meeting with parliamentary leaders and government…

ASTANA – Approximately 86,000 Kazakh citizens have introduced nearly 1.2 trillion tenge (US$3.7 billion) worth of previously off-the-books property into the official Kazakh economy as a result of a programme allowing citizens to register such property without penalty, Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov told a regular session of the Kazakh government on May 3. Of that…

ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov told the April 28 fifth foreign ministers’ meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Beijing  that the world is experiencing a crisis of confidence between global players caused by a polarity of their interests. “Indiscriminate use of economic sanctions leads to…

ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov and Spanish acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil discussed trade, the environment and international issues during García-Margallo’s April 24-25 first official visit to Kazakhstan. “Spain is one of the most reliable strategic partners of Kazakhstan in Europe and in the…

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev paid a working visit to Tashkent on April 14-15 where he held fruitful talks with President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. During the meeting, Nazarbayev and Karimov considered the main directions of bilateral cooperation in the spheres of trade and economy, water and energy, transport and logistics, as well as culture.…

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Tehran on April 11-12 resulted in the signing of 66 bilateral agreements worth more than $2 billion. The deals are in the areas of metallurgy, mining, agriculture, transport and logistics, tourism, science and education, as well as medicine. The documents were signed following meetings with Iranian President…

ASTANA – The conference “Partnership for Civil Service Excellence” was held April 4 at the city’s Regional Hub of Civil Service, reported regionalhub.org. Hub steering committee chairman Alikhan Baimenov, United Nations (UN) resident coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative in Kazakhstan Norimasa Shimomura, Kazakh Minister for Civil Service Affairs Talgat Donakov and…

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Cuban President Raul Castro had a productive meeting during the first ever visit by a Kazakh leader on the Freedom Island on April 2. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation in the areas of labour, employment and social protection during the visit the…