April 21, 2017
KAZAKH PRESIDENT LAYS OUT PRINCIPLES FOR
MODERNISATION OF NATION’S IDENTITY
BY AIGERIM SEISEMBAYEVA in NATION on 18 APRIL 2017
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev published April 12 a wideranging policy article, “Course towards the future: modernisation of Kazakhstan’s
identity” in national newspapers outlining steps for modernisation of social norms
and priorities alongside the political and economic modernisations announced in
January.
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KAZAKHSTAN AIMS AT A GLOBAL NUCLEAR-WEAPONFREE ZONE
BY ZHANNA SHAYAKHMETOVA in INTERNATIONAL on 14 APRIL 2017
ASTANA – The Central Asian Regional Hub for Countering Global Threats will be
established in the capital within the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under
the Prosecutor General’s Office. The plan was announced April 11 at the meeting in
Vienna between Prosecutor General Zhakip Assanov and United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov.
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EU LAUNCHES HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL SOCIETY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN KAZAKHSTAN
BY AIGERIM SEISEMBAYEVA in INTERNATIONAL on 8 APRIL 2017
ASTANA – Nine new projects funded by the European Union in Kazakhstan worth
3.8 million euros, were presented April 7 in Astana. The projects seek to improve living
conditions, the development of democracy and human rights, the participation of
civil society in a political dialogue at national and local levels, as well as the strengthen
the rule of law.
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KAZAKH PM PROMOTES IT COOPERATION DURING U.S.
VISIT
BY MALIKA ORAZGALIYEVA in CENTRAL ASIA, INTERNATIONAL on
18 APRIL 2017
ASTANA­­– Kazakh Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev discussed
opportunities for cooperation within Kazakhstan’s third stage modernisation
with leading American innovation companies during an April 11-14 visit to the
United States.
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KAZAKHSTAN CONTINUES HISTORIC FOCUS ON SCIENCE
AND INNOVATION
in EDITORIALS on 8 APRIL 2017
It lasted less than two hours, but the impact of the first manned space flight
on April 12, 1961 still rings around the world more than half a century later. The
individual bravery of Yuri Gagarin, combined with the extraordinary vision and
engineering brilliance which put him into orbit, remains a powerful symbol of
how the most difficult challenges can be overcome. Space travel continues to
inspire and encourage humanity to raise our sights.
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STUDY TRIP BRINGS DUTCH STUDENTS TO LEARN
ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN, PEOPLE, EXPO 2017
BY KAMILA ZHUMABAYEVA in EXPO 2017, INTERNATIONAL, PEOPLE
on 15 APRIL 2017
ASTANA – Fifty geography students from the Netherlands’ Utrecht
University visited Kazakhstan for their annual study trip. The Astana Times
learned how they were enjoying the good old hospitality, friendliness and
kind-heartedness of the Kazakh people.
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YOUNG KAZAKH CHESS GRAND MASTER RANKED
AMONG WORLD’S TOP 30 FEMALE CHESS PLAYERS
BY KAMILA ZHUMABAYEVA in PEOPLE, SPORTS on 8 APRIL 2017
ASTANA – Young chess champion and grand master Dinara Saduakassova is now
ranked among the world’s top 30 female chess players after winning first place at the
recent HD Bank Cup International Open Chess in Vietnam.
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RESEARCH: ARAL SEA’S AGE DOESN’T EXCEED 24,000 YEARS
BY KAMILA ZHUMABAYEVA in CULTURE on 14 APRIL 2017
ASTANA – As the May 20-21 Spirit of Tengri 2017 contemporary ethnic music festival
in Almaty gets closer, one of its most anticipated guest performers, the Japanese Oki
Dub Ainu Band, and Ainu music and culture, is coming into sharper focus.
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