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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Interim President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has appointed a recently dismissed prime minister to head his administration, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Police in the Kazakh capital, Astana, and in the cities of Almaty and Shymkent have detained dozens of people who protested the government's move to rename the Central Asian nation's capital after former President Nursultan Nazarbayev, just days after his surprise resignation, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Police in Astana have detained about 20 people who protested against renaming Kazakhstan's capital after former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who stepped down from the post earlier this week, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's eldest daughter was elected speaker of Kazakhstan's upper parliament house on March 20, a day after her father announced his resignation. Also on March 20, the Kazakh parliament approved renaming Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, to Nursultan after Nazarbayev. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Countries around the world on October 25 agreed to the Declaration of Astana, vowing to strengthen their primary health care systems as an essential step toward achieving universal health coverage. The Declaration of Astana reaffirms the historic 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata, the first time world leaders committed to primary health care, the World Health Organization said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) has the potential to become an essential pillar on the new Silk Road and a financial bridge between China and Europe. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Rafis Abazov*: Continue reading
