From Kazakhstan to Tajikistan, procedures have been adopted throughout the region to change the spelling of surnames by eliminating the patronymic forms imposed during tsarist and Soviet ...

International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. "Republic of Kazakhstan: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report", IMF Staff ...

According to the airline's press service, with the arrival of the spring-summer season, Air Astana will replace its Phu Quoc route with services to Nha Trang. Flights from Almaty to Nha Trang will ...

She directed news coverage for 16 countries. Under her leadership, the bureau covered stories such as the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. Years after being ...

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These designs were inspired by an original sgraffito by artist Evgeny Sidorkin, which depicted traditional Kazakh life ... and landmarks from the city's Soviet-era golden age.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty ...

The conversion of a Soviet-era cinema into the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture by British architect Asif Khan is underway in Kazakhstan. Set to open in the city of Almaty in April, the ...

Located in Kazakhstan’s largest city of Almaty ... A sharp fuel price hike triggered widespread demonstrations in the former Soviet republic with artists calling for a stop to the violence ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, in which nearly half a million Hungarian Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis ...

Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz returned to the notorious Nazi death camp on Monday as the world marked the 80th anniversary of its liberation. Auschwitz was the largest of the ...

India commemorates Republic Day on January 26, marking the adoption of its constitution in 1950. Srishti Jain fondly recalls school celebrations and stresses the day's significance in honoring the ...