Kazinform
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| Type | News agency |
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| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | Astana, Kazakhstan |
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Official website
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www.inform.kz |
Kazinform is a Kazakh international news agency and one of largest media in Kazakhstan. It is based in Astana. The news agency mainly focuses on national and Eurasian news.
Until 1925 the news agency bore the name Orenburg-Turgay Department of ROST. It was then renamed KazROST, until it was again renamed KazTAG in 1937. President Nursultan Nazarbayev issued an order for the agency to be renamed in 1997 as KazAAG. In 2002 it was named Kazinform by the Kazakh government. Since 2008 the news agency belongs to the holding company Arna-Media.
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