Hundreds of the illegal plants have been found growing in Astana City, the capital of Kazakhstan, with authorities at a loss to explain how they got there or who planted them. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Kazakhstan fully supports the international program of cooperation in transport sector TRACECA (Europe-Caucasus-Asia), TRACECA National Secretary in Azerbaijan Akif Mustafayev told Trend Agency on May 26. Source: http://www.azernews.az

Kazakh pensioner and grandmother, Lena Toksanbaeva, had never left her native country until the age of 79 on a family holiday to London – and has since caught the travel bug. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Kazakhstan has put the brakes on proposed antigay legislation that threatened to derail its dream of hosting the Winter Olympics. Source: http://www.rferl.org

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have agreed to their maritime border in the Caspian Sea despite the continued lack of agreement on the legal status of the Caspian among its five littoral states. Source: http://www.rferl.org

Several recent scandals have highlighted efforts to influence Swiss parliamentarians by the regime of president Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. Source: http://www.swissinfo.ch

ASTANA – Kazakhstan is working to expand its cooperation with African nations across the board, Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov told  a number of African journalists who participated in the recent Astana Economic Forum (AEF) on… Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

ASTANA – As Kazakhstan develops as a regional player and establishes its national development aid agency as a donor, international development and aid organisations are keen to establish more strategic partnerships and more dialogue with the country. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

How can Kazakhstan maintain friendly ties with Russia and yet continue to build its own national identity? Source: http://www.isn.ethz.ch

WASHINGTON – Bigeldy Gabdullin, president of the PEN Club of Kazakhstan, arrived in the United States recently with a special mission. He says he wants to open the heart and soul of the Kazakh people to the American reader through…