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NUR-SULTAN – The Champion Foods, one of the leading U.S. manufacturers of food products, expressed its readiness to invest $100 million in Kazakh production facilities for the...
NUR-SULTAN – Some 30 sakura (cherry blossom) seedlings have been planted to mark the 30th anniversary of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s FIDE Master Nogerbek Kazybek took the rapid chess gold in the Open Under 18 category at the World Cadet & Youth Rapid And Blitz...
NUR-SULTAN – Ulf Wokurka, an Independent Director and Member of the Board of Directors of national railway operator Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) spoke about the company’s plans...
NUR-SULTAN – A touring exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Kazakh-Soviet female pilot Khiuaz Dospanova opened on the eve of the 77th anniversary of the Soviet...
NUR-SULTAN – The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan is set to contribute to an active dialogue involving the government and civil society groups on major reforms announced...
NUR-SULTAN – Last week a number of political events took place that paved the way for the implementation of major political reforms that were proposed by President...
NUR-SULTAN – The economic dimension plays an important role in Kazakh-Japanese cooperation, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during the meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yoshimasa...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has made major announcements today at an annual session of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, including an initiative to hold...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will implement nearly 700 investment projects aimed at import substitution and the export of finished products as part of the program to promote import...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s largest sovereign wealth fund Samruk Kazyna has been undergoing a major transformation this year amid the recently announced reforms on building a new state...
NUR-SULTAN – It is necessary to protect individuals under investigation and establish legitimacy and justice in the proceedings related to the January events, reported Kazakhstan’s Commissioner for...
NUR-SULTAN – Laura Marzadori, renowned first violin of the legendary La Scala, famous Italian opera theater, will perform Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” as a part of the Italian...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the participants of the first Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia which is being hosted on April 27-29 in the Kazakh...
As is known, the draft amendments and additions to the Constitution are under consideration by the Constitutional Council. The amendments will affect 33 articles of the Basic...
NUR-SULTAN – This year saw the publication of Kazakh author Togzhan Kassenova’s “Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb,” the story of how Kazakhstan voluntarily gave...
NUR-SULTAN – The decision to step down from the position of the Chairman of the party and leave its ranks will create equal opportunities for all parties...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev commended bilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and China during his April 25 meeting with the Chinese Minister of Defense and Member of...
WASHINGTON D.C. – Kazakh Minister of National Economy Alibek Kuantyrov attended the annual World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings that kicked off on...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Council began its consideration of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s proposal to amend the country’s Constitution to implement the reforms voiced in his recent state...
NUR-SULTAN – Seventeen children aged between four and 16 participated in the first ever fashion show for disabled persons on April 23 in Kokshetau, Kazinform reported. During...
NUR-SULTAN – The conference on constitutional and international aspects of the upholding the rule of law took place in Almaty on April 22 to mark the 10th...
NUR-SULTAN – The General Prosecutor’s Office filed 5,041 criminal cases in connection to the January attacks, reported Deputy Head of the first Service of the General Prosecutor’s...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has resigned as the chairman of Kazakhstan’s ruling party Amanat. This was announced during the party’s extraordinary meeting on Tuesday. Mazhilis Speaker...
NUR-SULTAN – The Ordinary Objects interactive exhibition calling to end domestic violence against women opened in Geneva’s Palace of Nations on April 25, reported the press service...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A top level Kazakh delegation visited the United States last week to discuss the strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and the U.S. and the sanctions...
NUR-SULTAN – Italy’s private airline NEOS plans to launch Milan-Almaty-Milan direct flights with a frequency of two flights a week starting June 12, reported Kazakh Civil Aviation...
NUR-SULTAN – Approximately 123,000 people participated in the city-wide cleanup on a total area of 5.4 million square meters on April 16 and 23 in Nur-Sultan as...
NUR-SULTAN – On early Sunday morning, part of the Holy Fire from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre was brought to the airport in Almaty, as Orthodox...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s ruling Amanat party will hold an extraordinary meeting tomorrow focusing on the party’s further transformation, reports the party’s press service. The decision to hold...
NUR-SULTAN – The main mission of any academic institution is to maximize and optimize the well-being of its students towards the sustainable quality in learning with the...
NUR-SULTAN – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in Almaty released four guided travel videos showcasing popular destinations of Central Asian cities,...
NUR-SULTAN – The museum dedicated to Kazakh Soviet-era politician Dinmukhamed Kunayev who headed the Kazakh SSR from 1964 to 1986, was opened after restoration work on April...
NUR-SULTAN – The cultural events dedicated to 100th anniversary of pop and opera singer Roza Baglanova, which was included in the UNESCO list of anniversaries for 2022-2023,...
NUR-SULTAN – Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi visited Moscow on April 22, where he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov called the Asian countries to use the Trans-Caspian international transport route more intensely in his video message to the participants...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Justice Kanat Mussin spoke about the amendments to be introduced to the Constitution as part of the New Kazakhstan: The Path of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Defense Minister Ruslan Zhaksylykov personally supervised the active phase of the Batyl Toitarys strategic command exercise in the Almaty and Zhambyl Region in April,...
NUR-SULTAN – The new economic challenges bring not only risks but also opportunities for investment growth, said Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov as he chaired the meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – “Nature and Cities of Independent Kazakhstan” solo exhibition of Kazakh photographer and filmmaker Valery Ayapov is on display at The Palace of the Republic in...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Embassy in the U.K. presented a powerful Kazakh-language version of “The Resolution Song” (“Zher Ana” in Kazakh or “Mother Earth”) performed by acclaimed...
Editor’s note: Viktor Zaibert, a Kazakh archaeologist of world fame, passed away at the age of 75 on April 20. In this essay his long time colleague...
NUR-SULTAN – Renowned Kazakh archaeologist and scholar Viktor Zaibert, a major researcher of the Bronze Age’s Botai culture, known as the one that arguably first tamed a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan remains committed to implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as it prepares its second voluntary national review (VNR), said Alikhan Abakanov, Economic Research Institute...
NUR-SULTAN – The share of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the country’s gross domestic product grew by 7.9 percent between 2015 and 2021 and reached 34.7...
NUR-SULTAN – Measures to mitigate punishment have been taken for almost half of the suspects in connection to the tragic events in January, reported the General Prosecutor’s...
NUR-SULTAN – The multi-ethnic and multi-confessional Kazakhstan embarks on the next stage of its national development, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the ceremony of receiving credentials from...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev approved the national action plan to implement the March 16 state of the nation address, the press service of the Ministry...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 500 festivities are scheduled to take place across the country to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the most famous Kazakh writer of the...
NUR-SULTAN – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Odile Renaud-Basso spoke about priority investment projects in Kazakhstan and how reforms influence the bank’s activities in...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan hosted an expert meeting on April 14 to discuss the country’s reforms under the Second Republic agenda. The meeting was convened...
NUR-SULTAN – Last week Kazakh tennis fans received a big gift. The national team hosted the national team of Germany in the qualifying tournament of the main...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh pop star Dimash Kudaibergen gathered people from around the world once more at his April 16 concert held as part of his Arnau world...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree “On amendments and additions to the decree of the President of Kazakhstan dated June 9, 2021 No. 597...
IOFS Humanitarian Food Assistance Since the events that occured in Afghanistan in August of 2021, which culminated in the change of government on August 15, international humanitarian...
NUR-SULTAN – An opening of the Pygmalion art gallery took place at the Talan Towers in the Kazakh capital on April 14. The exhibition showcased the works...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is considering expanding its program of preferences for domestic IT companies, said Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry Bagdat Mussin at...
NUR-SULTAN – The story of the only female kokparshy (kokpar player) Eva Zhigalina living in the Almaty Region deserves to be praised for one of the very...
NUR-SULTAN – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in Almaty has launched a daily rubric, publishing 52 illustrations of cultural and natural...
NUR-SULTAN – Two-year-old Aisezim Zhanbyrbai from the Karagandy Region became the fourth Kazakh child with spinal muscular atrophy, who received the most expensive medicine, Zolgensma, that cures...
NUR-SULTAN – A 15-year-old schoolgirl of the Pavlodar-based No. 8 school-lyceum for gifted children Yaroslava Kravchuk received an educational grant from NASA United Space School (USS) for...
NUR-SULTAN – The heads of the foreign affairs agencies of Central Asia and Japan exchanged views on opportunities to expand cooperation in trade, economics, investment, healthcare, ecology,...
NUR-SULTAN – This year marks the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s membership in the United Nations (UN). Its acceptance as a full member took place on March 2,...
NUR-SULTAN – The transformation of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA) into a full-fledged international organization is a priority goal of Kazakhstan’s presidency...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has doubled funding for science in the past two years while the country celebrated the Day of Science on Tuesday, reports the government’s press...
NUR-SULTAN – Over four years since its official launch, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), the nation’s ambitious project to become a financial hub, seeks to foster sustainable...
NUR-SULTAN – The Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations European Office (UNOG) and the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) hosted an international conference on...
NUR-SULTAN – The Embassy of Italy in Kazakhstan presented a special program titled Together Towards 2050 to mark the 30th anniversary of relations between Italy and Kazakhstan. ...
Message for the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr Dear Muslim brothers and sisters, As all of us know, the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has taken away...
NUR-SULTAN – The economies of Europe and Central Asia are reeling from the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia and their economies are...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on the debureaucratization of the activities of state apparatus, the Akorda Press reported on April 14. “The decree...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s reforms are “a serious step towards democracy” said Andris Ameriks, First Vice-Chair of the European Parliament (EP) Delegation for Cooperation with Central...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will allocate 500 scholarships annually to enable its scientists to train in the world’s leading scientific centers as part of a broader effort to...
NUR-SULTAN – The European Union seeks to strengthen cooperation between Kazakhstan and the EU as part of the EU Strategy for Central Asia and the new Global...
NUR-SULTAN – The Forte Kulanshi Art Space gallery presented “The Eastern Time” exhibition showcasing 56 paintings by Uzbek artists and nine handmade carpets by Turkmen masters on...
It is noteworthy and deserves international attention that the President of Kazakhstan in his address to the nation on March 16 made a policy statement characterized by...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s economic growth accelerated to 4.4 percent in January-March, reported the Ministry of National Economy on April 12. The growth is observed in the real...
NUR-SULTAN – The number of domestic tourists in Kazakhstan increased by 35 percent to reach a record 6.9 million people choosing to vacation in their own country...
There is something mystically dramatic in every turn of the fate of Mukhtar Auezov, the most famous Kazakh writer of the twentieth century who was born on...
NUR-SULTAN – The Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State, confirmed his official visit to Nur-Sultan and participation in...
NUR-SULTAN – The United States supports President Tokayev’s political reforms agenda, said Uzra Zeya, Under-Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, at the press meeting at...
NUR-SULTAN – The General Prosecutor ’s Office has released updates in connection to the January unrest from their investigation at the April 11 Central Communications Center briefing...
NUR-SULTAN – Dimash Kudaibergen gave his first solo concert in Germany as a part of his Arnau tour at the ISS Dome arena in Düsseldorf on April...
NUR-SULTAN – In the Japanese city of Saitama, a middleweight boxing match took place this past weekend, in which IBF and IBO world champion and Kazakh athlete...
NUR-SULTAN – The international day of human space flight celebrated on April 12 will be held under the auspices of the Year of Children in Kazakhstan, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Embassy in Azerbaijan handed over more than 500 books to the Mirza Fatali Akhundov National Library of Azerbaijan on April 6 to mark...
NUR-SULTAN – A famous British journalist and writer Nick Fielding presented his “Travellers in the Great Steppe: From the Papal Envoys to the Russian Revolution” book translated into...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Academic Folklore-Ethnographic Otyrar Sazy orchestra will expand its foreign repertoire by adding the popular works of famous musicians on Kazakh folk instruments, said Dinara...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh boxer Gennadiy Golovkin defeated Ryota Murata on Saturday to claim the belt of the world middleweight champion (WBA Super and IBO versions) in Japan’s...
NUR-SULTAN – The Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty hosted the First International Farabi Forum on April 4 gathering Kazakh and foreign scientists to address existing...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s renowned DJ Imanbek Zeikenov will go on the Rahmet World Tour across Europe and the United States starting on April 8 and lasting through...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi reiterated his country’s calls on Russia and Ukraine to seek a peaceful solution to their month-long conflict and pursue the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls for measures to support the domestic IT industry and facilitate the activities of the international IT companies during the meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reaffirmed its commitment to support Kazakhstan’s unity, independence and territorial integrity, its rejection of any intervention in its internal...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on hosting meetings of the heads of central representative bodies with the population, reported Akorda Press. The decree...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov instructed government officials to approve the enrollment of the first students to the University of Arizona campus in Kozybayev...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin will fight against Ryota Murata for the belt of the world middleweight champion (WBA Super and IBO versions) in Japan’s...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government has been considering proposals for the demonopolization of some sectors of the economy, the Prime Minister’s Office reported on April 6. Demonopolization...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Berik Kamaliev and Vice-President of Singapore’s PSA International company Lee Pen Gi agreed to create a container...
NUR-SULTAN – Starting April 11, Kazakhstan will lift restrictions on the crossing of the state border at land checkpoints with Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan, reports the Kazakh...
