

On May 9, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev laid flowers to the monument "Otan korgaushilar" in Astana, and honored the memory of Kazakhstani soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945 with a minute of silence.
On April 21, 2012 a Working Saturday on beautification, gardening and sanitation of the city will be held in Astana.
Results of the heating season 2011-2012 were summarized at the meeting, which took place on April 17, 2012 under the chairmanship of Mayor of Astana Imangali Tasmagambetov.
On April 11, 2012 President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan held an expanded meeting on the further development of Astana. The meeting, held in the “Kazakhstan” concert hall, was preceded by the presentation of new architectural projects, electronic control systems for municipal services, maps of transport infrastructure development, engineering services and life support systems of the city, as well as innovative projects of the Kazakhstan’s capital development.
On March 7, 2012 on the eve of the International Women’s day, a solemn meeting and a gala concert took in the capital’s Congress Hall. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the solemn event.
On February 24, a gala-concert and solemn awarding ceremony of the 6th city contest “Shattyk-2012” will be held in the Congress hall, the city competition is carried out within the program of Delphic games among schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, technical and professional educational organizations of Astana.
On February 9 2012, Mayor of Astana Imangali Tasmagambetov gave a report to residents of Astana, on progress work on providing social and economic development of the capital, improving the life quality of residents and put the main vectors on further activities of the Mayor’s office and its administrations. The meeting gathered more than 1.5 thousand persons at the Congress-hall.
On January 9, 2012 180 people from the State housing waiting list of the Housing Department of Astana became new settlers.
A main New Year Tree is a gift from the President of Republic of Kazakhstan to orphans and children without parental care, was held on December 28 at entertainment centre "Duman", in Astana.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan on December 8, the President visited the Palace of schoolchildren, which located on Baurzhan Momyshuly Street 5.