Astana, Mar 30 (EFE).- Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov retained his position in the new Kazakh government after early parliamentary elections on March 19, official sources in the Central Asian republic reported on Thursday. The chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house of the Kazakh parliament), Yerlan Koshanov, proposed Smailov’s candidacy to Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, …
Astana, Mar 29 (EFE).- The Mazhilis, or the lower house of the Kazakh Parliament, began its first session on Wednesday with the dissolution of the government decreed by the country’s president, Kassym Jomart-Tokayev, according to Akorda, the president’s office. “In relation to the dissolution of the Government of Kazakhstan before the newly elected Mazhilis I …