On September 07, at 12:00, we will have a seminar by colleagues from Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory. They will talk about research methods and instruments at Shamakhi Observatory.

On July 20, at 11:30, we have a seminar by Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev, where he will report on the progress of his PhD thesis at Astronomisches Rechen-Institute (Heidelberg). The seminar title is "Improving The Survival Likelihood Of Star Clusters After Instantaneous Gas Expulsion".

On May 27, at 11:00, we have a seminar by Dr. Nasridin Minikulov from the Astrophysical Institute (Dushanbe). He will talk about the photometry and polarimetry of UX Ori-type stars, and about the monitoring of space debris at Sanglok Observatory.

Chingis T. Omarov has been appointed as the president of the National Center of Space Research and Technology (NCSRT), JSC. Rashit R. Valiullin has been assigned as the acting director of Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute of NCSRT, JSC.

An international collaboration which includes Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute has reported in the journal Nature that optical rays and not just X-rays provide reliable observational data for black hole activity.

The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan has signed an executive order for awarding 39 Kazakh researchers with the al-Farabi prize in science and technologies. Among the recipients of the prize there are members of Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute and of the National Center of Space Research and Technologies.

The KAZCOSMOS delegation headed by Talgat Musabayev, the chair of the Aerospace Committee of Kazakhstan, has visited Bali, Indonesia, and participated in the 22nd Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-22), discussing the interactions in space activities.