For an anniversary of Shamshi Kaldajakov in the South - Kazakhstan regional museum an exposition devoted to a life and creativity of the great composer, was opened.

 “This year my friend would be 80 years. Each of us is a little guilty that he is not with us today. He has lived an uneasy life and has left in it a light trace of the genius”, - the friend of the composer, the author of texts of songs of Shamshi, he national writer Kadyr Myrza-Ali has told at opening of an e...

Not only subjects of his personal use, but also witnesses of an epoch speak about the outstanding composer on  an opening day for an anniversary of Shamshi Kaldajakov. One, as a suit, a cap and a notebook, - from an exposition of our regional museum of local lore. The astrakhan grey peak-cap is presented “with return” by the school named after Kaldajakov is from the Otyrar district. The mandoline was brought by the Shaulderian Sagyndyk Kadyrov, in the family of whome the compose...

Two young artists from Shymkent: Bogdan Poddubny and Shyngys Tagaev have taken part in the republican competition “Children draw the world”, organized by the Ministry of culture and information of the RK, by the  Public fund of Assembly of the people of Kazakhstan and public organization “Ridna Ukraine”.

Bogdan has taken the third place in the senior group (from 11 till 17 years). Four works presented by Poddubny on competition, have caused genuine interest as...

According to the results of the first half of the year the satisfactory estimation is given to work of an akim of the Sairam district, V.Kajnazarov, and his command. The Sairam people have everything to brag with. The district has achieved the big results in increase of incomes of the local budget. As result of which there was allocated money for construction of a new building instead of emergency school in rural district of Arys, for accomplishment and gardening of villages, for working out of ...

According to the July decision of the region’s akim, A.Myrzahmetov, the Syr-Darya place of local value has appeared on the map of the SKR. On 2169 hectares of Turkestan all conditions for increasing of a livestock Bukhara deer will be created.

By the 2000 year of these noble animals primordially living in the Central Asia, remains no more than 400 individuals.

The greatest losses were incurred by Tajikistan because of the civil conflicts. The alarm was hammered by the inter...

Some years ago in Shymkent the stone in the basis of the future grandiose Hall of celebrations on a place of the taken down market trays and market boutiques “Keruen saray” has been put. And today it is possible to say that there were left only internal painting and decorating. Building within the limits of social responsibility of business was incurred by the company “Bereke-A”, the deputy of the regional maslikhat, Rashkul Ospanalieva, rules over i. The design of intern...

The deputy akim of the Shardara district, Tursunkul Bajturganov, has informed the news agency “News-Kazakhstan”  that in the Shardara district of the South - Kazakhstan region more than seven hectares of the earth were allocated for resettlement of 71 families, living in Arnasai on border with Uzbekistan.

The settlement Arnasai from three sides is surrounded by the earths of Uzbekistan, and from the fourth - by the Shardara water basin. Inhabitants of the settlement shou...

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Director of Syrbar Foreign Intelligence Service Amanjol Zhankuliev, the Presidential press service informs.

A. Zhankuliev informed the President about the activities of the department.
Source: KAZINFORM

The Head of the State received Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Grigory Marchenko, the Presidential press service reports.

G.Marchenko informed the President on the results of the work of the bank.

"Generally, the situation is positive. The inflation rate is low enough, the tenge rate is stable. We were even forced to buy currency at the domestic market to prevent too rapid strengthening of the national currency. The s...

 At today's sitting on the issue of reforming the law-enforcement system Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged the Security Council to coordinate work of all law-enforcement agencies and ensure full control over their activities. The President instructed his Administration and Government to take all measures to implement a new Decree "On measures to increase efficiency of law-enforcement activity and judicial system in Kazakhstan&

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On Wednesday, August 18, Prime Minister Karim Massimov gave start to construction of two strategically important energy projects in Astana - Thermal  Power Station 3 and 220 kW overhead transmission line. "President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave a certain instruction to the Government and the Akim of the city to pay special attention to ensuring stable energy supply to Astana", K. Massimov said at the ceremony.

In his opinion, constructi

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Head of State N.Nazarbayev has held a session on the issues of reforming the law-enforcement system of Kazakhstan today, the Presidential press service reports.

Prime Minister Karim Massimov, State Secretary - Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, Head of the Presidential Administration Aslan Musin, Chairman of the Constitutional Council Igor Rogov, Chairman of the Supreme Court Musabek Alimbekov, First Deputy Chairman of "Nur Otan" Party Nurlan Nigmatulin, Advisor to President - S...

Astana applied for hosting EXPO International exhibition in 2017, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan reports.

"After successful participation in EXPO-2008 in Saragossa where Kazakhstan took third place among 104 participating countries, we decided to apply for the right to host EXPO-2017 in Astana", the press release writes.

Such cities as Edmonton, Montreal, Lille and Liege are planned to compete for the right to hold the ex...

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev charged the Government to provide all possible support to neighboring Kyrgyzstan.

Prime Minister Karim Massimov made it public at the meeting on providing assistance to Kyrgyzstan which was held at the Government of Kazakhstan; the representatives of the Government of Kyrgyzstan took part in it as well.



'In whole, we would like the situation on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union to be solved as soon as possible. We are taking n...

A mass sprint devoted to the Day of Sport has been held in Almaty today. The organizers of the sprint are the Akimat of Medeu district of Almaty and the Almaty Club of Marathoners.

All comers took part in the sprint. These are the representatives of all levels of the society including school students, pensioners, businessmen, public servants, veterans of sport. Honorary participant of the sprint Olympic Champion Olga Shishigina said that such campaigns promoted physical culture and sport ...

 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated Kazakhstanis on the coming Day of Sport celebrated on August 15. Kazinform offers its readers the text of the congratulation referring to the Presidential press service.

Dear compatriots!

I congratulate you on the Day of Sport of the Republic of Kazakhstan!

From the ancient times our people have considered health as the main wealth of a human being. Following this covenant the Kaza

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Muratbek Makulbekov/ Besides reduction of harvest, the hot and dry summer of 2010 caused one more problem - wildfires, the total area of which reached 4 thousand hectares. Vice Minister of Emergencies Valery Petrov said it at the Government's telephone conference on Monday. In this connection, Head of the Government Karim Massimov charged the Emergencies Ministry to study Russia's experience in firefighting.

"It is important to study the exp

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In accordance with Business Road Map 2020

Program South Kazakhstan region has received the largest amount of funds for its implementation. The first projects of the Program have already been approved. Head of the

Regional Department for Industry and Entrepreneurship Nurzhan Altaev

told Kazinform about the details of the Program aimed at developing the industry of the region.

Mr. Altayev, how much mo...

The representatives of the Embassy of the U.S. met with the activists of the non-governmental organization united in the Civil Alliance of South Kazakhstan region. The meeting was held by the Second Secretary of the Political Section of the U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan Colleen Altstok. She familiarized with the activity of the non-governmental organization of South Kazakhstan region and noted high activity of the organization and its good contact with business community and regional administrat

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Today "Kazinform National Company" JSC celebrates its 90

anniversary from the foundation day. Kazinform's big and friendly staff congratulates its readers on this jubilee and expresses gratitude for their fidelity and persistence, high appraisal of the work of journalists providing information from all over the world and CIS states, main cities and regions of the country.
Kazinform is a member of such organizations as the international association of information agencies OANA (Orga...

In due time the rural district Kyzylkija was famous all around by its vineyards. But during the antialcoholic campaign they have been cut ruthlessly down. Today their revival is engaged by the JSC Amangeldy, headed by N.Kuralov.

In 2007 year the JSC has occupied the first 17 hectares under vineyards. And today taifi the pink occupies already 140 hectares, on 76 of which the drop irrigation is introduced.

All this time Botagoz Zhumabaeva from the next aul of Akzhar (in a photo) w...

If according to the results of the last year the Kazygurt district was in a tail, in a rating of cities and districts for the first half of the year 2010 it has closed a three of leaders. Аn akim of the Kazygurt district T. Aliev has reported about the done work before the akim of the region.

He has stopped on work of revival of the Almaty apport. Apple-trees are already landed on eight hectares. In the autumn the trees will be planted on 32 hectares with use of a drop irrigation.
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Past Wednesday an akim of the Saryagash district, M.Myrzabaev reported before the akim of the region about results of social and economic development for the first half of the year. From his words, in a rating of rural districts, the city Saryagash, Koshkarata and Birtilek rural districtsare on the last place. Their akims were reprimanded.

Claims have been stated to work of all command of M.Myrzabaev. The first deputy akim of the region, B.Ospanov, in particular, has noticed that many ...

Maktaaral has deficiency of irrigation water.

- Ten days cut for watering a furrow waited some water, - the head of a country economy of village Myrzasholshoky Elena Smerdova tells. - The Earth has withered. Now we have water, but in insufficient volume. It is necessary to someone for the first watering, and to someone - for the second. There is a heat between cotton-growers, because everyone understands that: if they do not receive a crop, they cant feed a family.

Meanwhile, nego...

In the regional parental centre a command of the physicians who have arrived from the clinic of the Kaunas medical university has finished their work.
The Lithuanian colleagues have stayed in Shymkent during the whole month. All this time the brigade from five experts of an extra-class practically was all day and night in the centre. Visitors from Baltic advised the difficult patients, imparted experience with the South Kazakhstan doctors on nursing of kids.
On August, 28th there will arrive...

Within the limits of social responsibility of business the JSC Katko builds in the Suzak district, in village Sholak-Korgan, a new school. It is planned to put it in operation very soon.

It is not the first gift made by the company to the Suzak people this year. Thanks to the sponsor's support of the association for the districtal maternity hospital the medical equipment is got: the complete set, two lamps for carrying out of phototherapy, an incubator, refrigerators, surgical and gynecol...

Elena Tsinn became its winner, the crown of the first vice-Ms.of Shymkent was given to Banu Dzhamankuzova.

In total 500 pretenders took part in the competition. During the selection rounds and the final the jury estimated not only beauty and grace of participants, but also their intelligence and creative abilities. Now winners are going to present Shymkent on a republican beauty contest which will pass on September, 16th in Almaty.

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The press-service of the akimat of the SKR informs that Nurzhigit Kalmurzaev is appointed as an akim of the city Kentau according to the order of the akim of the South- Kazakhstan region, of Askar Myrzahmetov.

55-year-old N.Kalmurzaev is an engineer-technologist by speciality. He began his labour way as a mechanic of an elevator of the Tulkubas district. Later he worked at complex base of settlement Tulkubas, where he has served from the engineer on safety precautions till the post of...

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Katsuya Okada.

The issues regarding bilateral cooperation were discussed at the meeting, the Presidential press service informs.

'Nuclear issue is of common concern for Kazakhstan and Japan', Nursultan Nazarbayev noted. The Semipalatinsk nuclear test site had been active for a long time in Kazakhstan that affected the state and its people.

'While addressing ecological problems we had always f...

By the Government's Resolution as of August 9, 2010, Arman Yevniyev was releived of his duties as Vice Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan; the Ministry's press service informs.

Saktash Khassenov was appointed to this post.

Source: KAZINFORM