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Expats give #Kazakhstan high marks in new #InterNations report
Kazakhstan has shown the biggest improvement in the 2019 InterNations Business Solutions Expat Insider report, moving 27 ranks up to 22nd place from 49th spot in 2018. Along with Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Qatar have also shown huge improvements with respective 21 and 20 points up comparing to their 2018 scores – thus being nominated “biggest […]
#Kazakhstan and #China leaders agree to develop long-term strategic partnership
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during an 11 September meeting in Beijing to “develop a long-term, strategic and comprehensive partnership”, reports The Akorda, writes Dilshat Zhussupova. L-R: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo credit: akorda.kz. “We believe that China’s success is an important basis for the […]
#Kazakhstan history of peace and #Denuclearization are valuable in time of global risks, says president
As the role of international law and global institutions in maintaining peace and security diminish, Kazakhstan’s history of peace and denuclearization can serve as a valuable model, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the 11 September gathering of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, writes Zhanna Shayakhmetova. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivers a lecture at the […]
#Kazakhstan – Judicial reforms, more local control among issues addressed in state-of-the-nation address
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reaffirmed his commitment during his 2 September state-of-the-nation address to create a more inclusive government and continue the reforms begun by Kazakhstan’s First President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, writes Aidana Yergaliyeva. Photo credit: akorda.kz “Our work should proceed from the need for the full implementation of the Five Institutional Reforms and the Plan […]
#Kazakhstan – Tokayev’s first state-of-the-nation address sets tone for socially oriented and business friendly state
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (pictured) delivered his first state-of-the-nation address as the head of state at the 2 September joint session of the Kazakh Parliament. The hour-long address provided specific instructions to government officials and calls on legislators to help strengthen civil society and social security, support domestic businesses and develop the economy, writes Aidana […]
#Kazakhstan marks International Day against Nuclear Tests with non-proliferation award, international conference
Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev presented Aug. 29 the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Free-World and Global Security to the relatives of former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano, who passed away in July, and to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo in Nur-Sultan – writes ASSEL SATUBALDINA of […]
‘I might be naive, but we can win the struggle for a world without nuclear weapons,’ says #Kazakhstan anti-nuclear activist
The struggle for a nuclear weapons free world can be won because people understand its importance, as represented by the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who have signed The ATOM Project petition against nuclear weapons testing, said ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador and Nevada-Semey international anti-nuclear weapons activist Karipbek Kuyukov (pictured) in an […]