Tokayev and Cambodia's prime minister discuss direct flights, energy and AI
Astana, 17 October. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held talks at the Akorda with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, the first Cambodian head…
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No candidate for UN secretary-general wins backing of all five veto powers
New York, 17 October. In a straw poll in the UN Security Council none of the seven candidates for secretary-general won the support of all five…
Tokayev proposes making AI the sixth CICA dimension
Baku, 15 October. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed at the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building…
Tokayev in Yerevan: put environmental issues above political differences
Yerevan, 16 October. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at the Leaders' Summit on biodiversity in Yerevan, held on the eve of the 17th…
Tokayev and Herzog discuss the Middle East; delegations leave the CICA hall
Baku, 15 October. On the sidelines of the seventh CICA summit, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met Israeli President Isaac Herzog and…
The e-parliament as the cosmos of state consciousness. Ideas
Parliamentary elections will be held in sovereign Kazakhstan on 19 March 2023. That is wonderful. But I propose to look at this process more broadly…
James Giffen, implicated in “Kazakhgate”, dies
James Giffen died on 29 October 2022 in Manhattan. He was 81. VRKNews.kz reports, citing the New York Times, that the cause of death was cancer.
Rishi Sunak becomes the new UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak became the new prime minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, at which the…
Mikhail Gorbachev, last president of the USSR, dies
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the USSR, has died in his 92nd year after a prolonged illness. One may feel differently about him, but with…
When Kazakhstan will start defending Russia — expert
Well-known Kazakhstani political analyst Gaziz Abishev has spoken about when Kazakhstan will start defending Russia, VRKNews.kz reports.
Tokayev speaks out on Donetsk and Luhansk
Kazakhstan does not recognise Luhansk and Donetsk, Taiwan, Kosovo, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, citing the principle of the territorial integrity of…
Kazakhstan approves constitutional reform — referendum results
The amendments to Kazakhstan's Constitution were supported in the referendum by 77.18% of citizens. VRKNews.kz reports this, citing the Central…
Nazarbayev reacts to yet another monument dedicated to him
Kazakhstan's first president Nursultan Nazarbayev has reacted to a proposal to erect a monument to him, VRK News reports.
