KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘rumours’

  • 1 Sept Still First Day of School

    Despite the fact that next winter the Asian Winter Games will be held in Kazakhstan, Almaty education officials say the school year will start on 1 Sept as always. Rumors that the school year would start early so that winter vacation would coincide with the games (or so that pupil would have a longer winter […]

  • Nothing Happened

    So despite the rumors, another Astana Day/President’s Birthday passed and 1) Nazarbayev did not step down or announce his plans to do so, 2) Massimov, the Prime Minister, was not dismissed, 3) No ministers were fired or radical new reforms to the government announced. The two most exciting things to happen were the opening of […]