11:20, 23 December 2009 | GMT +5
Nursultan Nazarbayev to congratulate “Egemen Kazakhstan” on its 90th anniversary
sp;ASTANA. December 23. KAZINFORM /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit the Central Office of "Egemen Kazakhstan" ("Independent Kazakhstan") newspaper on Wednesday, December 23. The Head of the State will congratulate the staff on the 90th anniversary of the newspaper.

The first issue was published on December 17, 1919.
"Egemen Kazakhstan" is the oldest national newspaper. Zhussupbek Aimautov, Beimbet Mailin, Mukhtar Auezov, Saken Seifullin, Oraz Zhandossov, gabit Musrepov, Sherkhan Murtaza, Abish Kekilbayev headed the newspaper.