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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY 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. FULL STORY For more information on events and activities please visit our web-site at kazakhstanun.com or Facebook.
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