Summer comes swiftly in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, with soaring temperatures in late April replacing the freezing winter cold. People expect that every year, it’s the increasing pace of political change that’s been sudden and to an extent unexpected, writes Political Editor Nick Powell from Nur-Sultan When President Kashmiri-Jomart Tokayev addressed the Assembly of the […]
Nur-Sultan, Apr 28 (EFE).- Planned democratic reforms in Kazakhstan are to continue even if protests like the ones that rocked the country in January break out, Kazakh Secretary of State Erlan Karin said Thursday. “The only response (to protests) is not to stop the reforms,” Karin stressed when asked about the outbreak of violence in …
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The state-of-the-nation address delivered by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on March 16 has vowed significant political reforms under the New Kazakhstan agenda. While congratulating people on the Nauryz holiday in Almaty, President Tokayev used the concept of the Second Republic in his remarks. More about what these two concepts envision is in the latest article of Kazinform.
Nur-Sultan, Feb 23 (EFE).- Kazakhstan’s crackdown on violent protests last month prevented “terrorists,” on orders originating from Syria, from launching a “Jihad” in the Central Asian republic, Kazakh Secretary of State Erlan Karin has confirmed. Karin told Efe during a meeting late Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that violent disturbances in January, which …
Terhi Hakala, the EU Special Envoy to Central Asia, met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Nur-Sultan on Monday (February 7) to reaffirm the relationship between the EU and Kazakhstan and discuss the events which transpired in January.