NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM From August 16 to 20, the capital of Kazakhstan will host a five-day Harvard HPAIR (Project for Asian and International Relations) Asia Conference 2019, Kazinform correspondent reports.

The audit and cameral control of 2018 budget execution revealed violations worth 355 billion tenge. It was stated at Majilis plenary session in the conclusion on reports of the Government and the Accounts Committee on 2018 budget execution, Kazpravda.kz correspondent reports.

JERUSALEM. KAZINFORM Ten countries are qualified for the grand final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest slated on May 18 after the first semi-final of the contest was held on Tuesday evening in the Tel Aviv convention center, Xinhua reports.

The press service of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that Dariga Nazarbayeva has no official accounts in social networks, Kazpravda.kz reports.

ALMATY. KAZINFORM At the end of 2018, inflation in Kazakhstan remained at 5-7%, as predicted earlier by the National Bank, Kazinform reports.

Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin spoke with people from figure skating, as well as friends of the deceased Kazakhstani athlete Denis Ten within the special edition of the author's program "Melting ice", Matchtv.ru reported.

In Kostanay, the first full-length feature film was shot, which is called "Once in Kostanay", kstnews.kz reports.

The bodies of three murdered Russian journalists were found in the Central African Republic. With them, there were press certificates, ru.tsn.ua reports.