Kazakhstan December 1st Public Holiday Update

Sources: Қазақстан жаңалықтары ҚазАқпарат (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has announced that he was in favour of the recently-voted new December 1st annual public holiday honoring Kazakhstan's first president, as "many countries recognize such a holiday". [full story]