Angry mobs ready to lynch a suspected pedophile raged in the central Kazakh city of Satpayev, as they hunted for a man who allegedly abducted and raped an underage girl.
Kazakhstan is working closely with the World Health Organisation to combat COVID-19
On July 17, in his video address for the press conference of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan in Nur-Sultan, Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, noted the following: “Having …
Kazakhstan to merge pneumonia and coronavirus cases, but only from Aug. 1
Health authorities in Kazakhstan say that they will merge tallies of pneumonia cases into overall statistics on coronavirus, but that they do not intend to apply this protocol retrospectively. Health …
Kazakhstan: Pink lake threatened by lockdown-weary visitors
A rare pink lake in Kazakhstan is in peril after it was swamped by hordes of sightseers seeking distraction from the lockdown …
Coronavirus: Chinese report of ‘more lethal’ pneumonia in Kazakhstan dismissed
A new strain of pneumonia has a “much higher” mortality rate than the one caused by COVID-19 and is spreading in several Kazakh cities, Chinese officials have warned. The central Asian country has …
Kazakhstan changed conditions for issuing A-5 visas to investors
Now investors can apply online and receive the Investor Visa Referral Letter of the Investment Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 5 working days via the …
Belarus’ Belavia postpones resuming flights to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
This time Belavia has also announced postponement of flights to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent. Thus, the company said that it is postponing resuming flights to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent till July 31 …
Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan: New Rules for Tallying Covid-19 Data
The decision on July 17, 2020 by the governments of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to start counting certain cases of pneumonia as Covid-19 in official data provides greater transparency and accountability …
Kazakhstan Cuts Rates as Second Lockdown Batters Economy
The Kazakh central bank cut interest rates as the economy took a fresh blow from a second wave of coronavirus infections.The National Bank of Kazakhstan cut the base rate by 50 basis points to 9%, …
Majlis Podcast: What Happened To The Aid Central Asia Got To Fight The Coronavirus?
Despite hundreds of million in aid from abroad, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have all seen spikes in cases of the virus in recent weeks.