Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s press service reported that Sixty-four people, including 42 citizens of Kazakhstan and 22 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, were evacuated to Astana on Feb. 9 from the Turkish areas affected by the devastating earthquake. People were evacuated from the provinces of Gaziantep, Mersin, Kahramanmaras, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, and Elazig.
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Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as top EU leader
Ursula von der Leyen has been voted in for a second term as European Commission president, winning an emphatic victory as mainstream groups in the European parliament united to deny a win for anti-EU and extreme-right forces. The Strasbourg chamber erupted in applause when it became clear that von der Leyen, the first woman to lead the EU executive, had cleared the hurdle by 41 votes – a stronger result than her first election in 2019.
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Kazakhstan is getting ready for lower house of parliament elections
Kazakhstan is gearing up for snap elections of the lower house of parliament on March 19. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for snap elections in the wake of the deadly street protests in January 2022. The elections are part of the president’s ambitious reform agenda, Jana Kazakhstan, known as the New Kazakhstan, which aims to usher in a new era of political liberalization. The parliamentary elections are stage two of Tokayev’s program, following his reelection with 80 percent of the vote last November. The elections will see 70 percent of lawmakers elected through party lists, while the remaining seats will be contested in single-member districts.
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The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 35,000
On Monday, The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 35,000 as only a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble more than a week after the disasters that devastated swaths of both countries.
