- Friday, 23 October, 2015
- 18 °F / -8 °C
KHORGOS, ALMATY REGION – Some might say this barren spot on the border between China and Kazakhstan is in the middle of nowhere. And they would be forgiven, for there were only a handful of people and cars spotted along the 300-km, five-hour train ride from Almaty to the nearby …
ASTANA – Americans adopted more than 6,000 Kazakh orphans from 1999-2011, according to a December 2013 article in Vox Populi. Kazakhstan recently imposed a moratorium on U.S. adoptions, however, after foster parents gave away two of the youngsters to a ranch for kids. Statistics for the period showed the...
ASTANA – French Ambassador Bérengère Quincy spoke extensively about the upcoming 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) during her Oct. 19-22 visit to Kazakhstan. She had a number of consultations with Kazakh experts about the meeting, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 11 in Paris, and presented a...
ASTANA – Akim (Mayor) of Astana Adilbek Dzhaksybekov launched a series of “Smart” projects in July. Smart Astana project includes several directions, such as Smart Clinics, Smart Schools, Smart Street Lighting and Smart Payments. A Smart Clinic has been already implemented in Public Health Clinic No. 4, but there is...
KHORGOS, ALMATY REGION – Some might say this barren spot on the border between China and Kazakhstan is in the middle of nowhere. And they would be forgiven, for there were only a handful of people and cars spotted along the 300-km, five-hour train ride from Almaty to the...
ASTANA – Kazakh, Georgian, Russian, Uzbek, Ukrainian and French designers and brand owners presented their 2016 spring-summer collections to capital residents during Kazakhstan Fashion Week (KFW), held Oct. 19-20 at Rixos President Astana. The week, billed under “Fashion as an Art,” began at the Abilkhan Kasteyev State Museum of...
Kazakhstan has set itself the ambitious target of becoming one of the world’s 30 most competitive economies by 2050. Boosting trade with Kazakhstan’s partners is essential to meeting that goal. One such partner is China. In challenging economic times, strengthening economic links between our two countries offers enormous opportunities for both of us. Trade between…
ASTANA – Astana Barys have now played eleven matches since the resignation of the club’s first ever home-grown coach, Yerlan Sagymbayev. The team is now being led by acting head coach Yevgeny Koreshkov through its eighth season in the Continental Hockey League (KHL). In four of these matches, Barys...
