Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has signed into law the bill "On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan", which was introduced last month and recently approved by the Senate and which makes May 7 a new annual non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan. [full story]