October 23. Kazinform's timeline of major events

EVENTS

1995 – The republican media holding Khabar Agency JSC is established in Kazakhstan.

2013 – Kazinform News Agency and Tianshannet, one of the leading and largest online news centers in Xinjiang, sign a cooperation agreement in Urumqi.

2016 – The traditional symbol of the World Mining Congress - Oil Lamp and the right to hold the World Mining Congress to Kazakhstan is passed to Kazakhstan at the solemn ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2017 – Taraz native Omirali Nyshan becomes a two-time world champion at the 7^th World Parataekwondo Championships in London (Great Britain).

2018 – Almaty becomes the first city in Kazakhstan to join the Healthy Cities International Organization.

2018 – Kazakhstan’s chess players win four medals at the 2018 World Youth Chess Championships in Greece.

2020 – Monuments honoring the 175^th anniversary of Kazakh poet and thinker Abai and the 1150^th anniversary of scientist Abu Nasr al-Farabi are installed in Turkestan.