Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on holding early presidential elections on April 26. Nazarbayev explained his decision by the interests of the people of Kazakhstan, “their request to me and the general will.” On February 14, members of the Council of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan announced that in the conditions...

The Russian and Kazakh governors plan to “give up” the territory and adjust the border section for mutual convenience. “We have a settlement called Russkaya Polyana, from where the road to the regional center passes through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Border demarcation is underway today, and if it is completed, then...

Last year, Kazakhstanis experienced several serious events, for example, the weakening of the national currency tenge and joining the Eurasian Economic Union. All this was reflected in their level of life satisfaction. Social polls show that the residents of Kazakhstan are most worried about unemployment (35% of respondents), difficult ...

Expenses associated with the maintenance of government bodies and subordinate organizations will be optimized by 9% or 103 billion tenge, Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said during the consideration of the law “On Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the Republican Budget for 2015-2017”. Most…

Political leaders of Kazakhstan supported the initiative of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) to hold early presidential elections. The ANC is an advisory body to the president of the country and is headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev himself. The ANC explained the initiative by saying that Nazarbayev needs to be given a new mandate of national trust in the context of “global...