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".

Photo reportage at Vласть online magazine about FAPHI and its observatory at Kamenskoe Plateau. The story goes about the Hertz reflector telescope transported to Almaty after World War II, high-aperture Maksutov telescope which made the discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet, and many other things.

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.

International workshop for young astronomers "Spectrophotometry of astronomical objects: theory and practice" will be held during July 2-14, 2016, in Alakol, Kazakhstan.

On May 18, at 15:00, we have a seminar by colleagues from Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory Areg Mickaelian and Elena Nikogossian. They will share results of their research in galactic and extragalactic astronomy, and speak about the IAU regional center in Armenia and about Armenian Virtual 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.