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NUR-SULTAN – A Kazakh drama film “Mukagali” directed by Bolat Kalymbetov received the Ecumenical award at the 25th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival which...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has observed growth in trade turnover with the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), said Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin, who took...
NUR-SULTAN – A prestigious world chess championship, the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021 is set to kick off on Dec. 25-31 in the capital city...
NUR-SULTAN – Scientists of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University have developed an innovative method of biomedical waste (such as medical masks, gloves, shoe covers etc.) management, which...
NUR-SULTAN – Three rare species of palms with resistance to freezing are being grown as an experiment by the staff of Mangyshlak Experimental Botanical Garden in Aktau...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is now in Brussels where he has met with President of the European Council Charles Michel, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo,...
NUR-SULTAN – The mutual trade of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states increased by nearly 40 percent in the first seven months of 2021. This was...
The decision of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev to cede the chairmanship of the ruling party Nur Otan to current President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is a part of...
NUR-SULTAN – Government officials, foreign business people, investors and experts will gather to discuss global economic transformation at the fourth Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable to be held...
NUR-SULTAN – The upcoming 150th anniversary of prominent Kazakh scholar, statesman, linguist, and poet Akhmet Baitursynov and the 100th anniversary of pop and opera singer Roza Baglanova...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will introduce the institute of the ombudsperson for the protection of consumer rights as part of the updated draft law package for the protection...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev presented the principles of the Seven Pillars of Statehood during the recent session of the Political Council of the Nur...
NUR-SULTAN – The National Bank of Kazakhstan is currently developing a national payment system that is part of an effort to ensure the equally accessible digital infrastructure...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera House will present “For You, My Kazakhstan” concert featuring Kazakh soprano Maria Mudryak and Bulgarian baritone Vladimir Stoyanov on Nov. 27, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – ShortAnimaDoc, a festival of short feature, animated and documentary films directed by Kazakh filmmakers, started on Nov. 23 in Almaty and will continue through Nov....
NUR-SULTAN – A prima ballerina, a champion para-swimmer, an actor, and a teacher. What is one thing that connects such different people? They were all born in...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev will hand over the powers of the Nur Otan party chair to current President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. This was announced by...
NUR-SULTAN – The Nomad Stunts performer Aliya Iskakova won the Best Stunt Performance award at the UBCP/ACTRA AWARDS 2021, an autonomous branch of the Alliance of Canadian...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s tenth Civil Forum opened in Nur-Sultan and Almaty on Nov. 22. It gathered approximately 20,000 representatives of NGOs, government bodies and experts under the...
NUR-SULTAN – The COVID-19 situation remains stable in Kazakhstan, said Healthcare Minister Alexei Tsoy at a government meeting on Tuesday. As of Nov. 23, Kazakhstan confirmed 965,518...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, a boxer with a 10-0 win rate and 6 KOs to his name, competed at a boxing showmatch at the Mandalay Bay...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital hosted the International Parliamentary Conference dedicated to the Day of the First President on Nov. 22, reported the press service of the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Rik Daems called for strengthening the cooperation between the Parliamentary Assembly and Kazakhstan to implement...
NUR-SULTAN – The Center for the Development of Women’s Entrepreneurship was opened on Nov. 17 in Turkistan, the Ministry of National Economy press service reported. The center’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Almaty and the Almaty agglomeration will increase the production of renewable energy and heat supply in the next five years, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan boasts the highest foreign direct investments stock value from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries – $11.2 billion by 2020, an increase of $3...
NUR-SULTAN – Camera traps have recorded the comings and goings of snow leopards 65 times in the gorges of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains around Almaty city this...
NUR-SULTAN – Young Kazakh musicians Nurali and Galamat Beisekozha were recognized with the Outstanding Composers award in Germany, where they performed with their solo concert upon the...
Editor’s note: The recent analytical piece published on Zakon.kz, an online news outlet, which is translated from Russian, reveals the path of Kazakhstan to economic progress and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh diplomacy is known for its unique approach to seeking solutions to many international problems, said President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the expanded meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde paid a working visit to Kazakhstan to discuss the investment policy issues to achieve...
NUR-SULTAN – The sixth meeting of the Astana Club that took place Nov.15-17 addressed the major issues of the global economy, geopolitics and international relations, climate change...
NUR-SULTAN – The economic growth is projected to be 3.7 percent by the end of 2021 in Kazakhstan and reach its potential of 4 percent for the...
NUR-SULTAN – Fourteen products developed by Kazakh scientists, funded by the Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science are exported to China, Russia, Turkey, Georgia,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh tennis team is ready to perform in the forthcoming 2021 Davis Cup Finals, the highest level of the Davis Cup tennis competition in...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in a ceremonial meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) on Nov.16, reported Akorda. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined more than 30 initiatives to address current social and economic issues at the sixth meeting of the National Council of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to open flights to Kuwait from Dec.1, in accordance with the decision of Kazakhstan’s Interdepartmental Commission on preventing the spread of the coronavirus...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh actor Tolepbergen Baissakalov won the Best Actor award for his role in the “Fire” movie directed by Aizhan Kassymbek at the Asian World Film...
NUR-SULTAN – Some 600 children with autism and other mental challenges have received the opportunity to go to schools as part of the Every Child Deserves a...
NUR-SULTAN – The COVID-19 incidence rate has decreased by 23 percent over the past two weeks, reported Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Alexei Tsoy at the government meeting...
Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement and a significant milestone in realizing human rights...
NUR-SULTAN – Nov. 16 is a significant day for Kazakh people, as they celebrate the anniversary of renowned Kazakh academic and historian Manash Kozybayev, who was born...
NUR-SULTAN – Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “Yellow Cat” drama film entered Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film longlist, reports the Kazakhfilm press service. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to establish the Center for Modern Technoparks of the Turkic organization along with the International Consortium for hydrogen production during...
Editor’s note: What are among the first essential steps a newly independent state would take? Creating its own currency would be one of them and that’s what...
NUR-SULTAN – Educating children at a young age about the importance of protecting our environment in any possible way will eventually lead to the behavior becoming part...
NUR-SULTAN – Beknur Zhanibekuly and Alinur Khamzin will represent Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris after they won the national selection, reported the competition’s...
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also referred to as COP26 has been the mainstay of the news cycle for the past fortnight. Delegates from around...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen’s song “Fly Away” debuted in Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart powered by Twitter at fourth place. Kudaibergen is in the top...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan received the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech (COMIRNATY) vaccine on Nov. 10, the Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare confirmed on Thursday. “Delivered doses will enable...
NUR-SULTAN – The rate of economic recovery has increased to 3.5 percent over the past ten months, said Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin at the government session...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has huge renewable energy potential that will form the basis for a low-carbon future, World Bank Infrastructure Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia...
NUR-SULTAN – The official opening ceremony of the new Ulba Fuel Assembly plant was held via teleconference from the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk on Nov. 10,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakhstan Pavilion has been attended by more than 200,000 people at the EXPO 2020 Dubai World Exhibition since its opening on Oct. 1, reports...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has attracted 780 billion tenge (US$$1.8 billion) for the development of renewable energy since 2014, said Kazakh Energy Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev at a Nov....
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Energy is ready to cooperate with legal miners to ensure an uninterrupted supply of energy, said Energy Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev during...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry and the Astana Hub organized the Qaz Startup Battle on Nov. 5 aimed at the...
NUR-SULTAN – Twenty-seven Kazakh enterprises put their products on display at the fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE) that is taking place in Shanghai from Nov. 5...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a working visit to Istanbul on Nov. 11-12 to participate in the VIII Summit of the Cooperation Council of...
On the 11th of November this year, the world will celebrate an important anniversary that has a special meaning for both Russia and Kazakhstan: 200 years ago...
NUR-SULTAN – The drama film “Mukagali” directed by Bolat Kalymbetov, will be premiered at the 25th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival starting on Nov. 12...
GLASGOW – What are the possible outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)? What are the key findings of the newly released reports...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh director Darezhan Omirbayev won Best Director Award for his “Akyn” (“Poet”) movie at the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival, held from Oct. 30 through...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh national boxing team brought home five medals from the 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championship that took place in Belgrade, Serbia from Oct....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects real GDP growth at 4.3 percent in 2021 and 4.1 percent in 2022 in its latest economic outlook report for the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin has proposed to set up a European Union – Central Asia Business Council during the first European Union – Central...
NUR-SULTAN – A Kazakh breaker Amir Zakirov (B-Boy Amir) won the Red Bull BC One championship, the most prestigious one-on-one breaking competition in the world, which took...
NUR-SULTAN – At the briefing held on Nov. 5, Vice Minister of Energy Murat Zhurebekov pointed out that the sudden spike in demand for electricity in the...
NUR-SULTAN – Chairperson of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament Maulen Ashimbayev met with Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State Pope...
GLASGOW – The Central Asian pavilion hosted the events devoted to green investments and energy conservation that contribute to carbon neutrality on Nov. 3-4 as part of...
NUR-SULTAN – A museum dedicated to famed Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen is planned to be established by the akimat (city administration) of Aktobe Region, said Ondasyn Urazalin,...
NUR-SULTAN – The 50th anniversary tourist season starts at the Medeu open air ice skating rink on Nov. 5 and the Shymbulak Mountain Resort will also host...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare and the representative office of AstraZeneca in Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding during the plenary session of the eighth...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s monotowns produce nearly 40 percent of the country’s total industrial output, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his working visit to the city of Ekibastuz...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Bolashak Presidential Scholarship is a program that gives a chance to talented young people to study abroad and it celebrates its 28th year of...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Ballet successfully premiered on the stage of the United Arab Emirates between Oct. 27-30, reports the press service of the Astana Ballet. It...
NUR-SULTAN – Experts from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) commended the level of aviation security in Kazakhstan and gave a positive evaluation of ongoing measures to protect...
GLASGOW – Kazakhstan and Tajikistan signed the Charter of the Green Bridge Partnership Program on Nov.2 at the Central Asian pavilion as part of the 26th session...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will resume air travel with India from Nov. 15, in accordance with the decision of Kazakhstan’s Interdepartmental Commission on preventing the spread of coronavirus...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh universities are establishing Kazakh language centers across the globe, reports the Ministry of Education and Science. Such centers are operating in Turkey, Iran, Poland,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan seeks to ensure better protection of the biodiversity of the Caspian Sea. To that effect, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the Protocol for the Protection...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Ministry of Information and Social Development has been negotiating with Meta’s Regional Office for China, Mongolia, and Central Asia based in Hong Kong, wrote...
NUR-SULTAN – Nov. 2 marks 180 years since the birth of prominent Kazakh educator Ybrai Altynsarin. Despite his hardships and fate, his strive to bring progressive thinking...
NUR-SULTAN – “The House On Wheels” a short animation film, directed by Azizbek Mukhamedov from Uzbekistan, was named best animation film at the ÁMEN International Animation Film...
GLASGOW – Despite the cloudy weather in Glasgow, hopes for a better future remain clear and bright. In this light, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which...
NUR-SULTAN – The time for issuing passports for Kazakh nationals residing in Korea, Uzbekistan and Japan has been reduced from 80 days to 30 days, according to...
Editor’s note: Since 1991, when Kazakhstan gained its independence, multivector foreign policy has become a major part of Kazakhstan’s unique path of development. Surprising for many, the...
NUR-SULTAN – “Sea Tomorrow” – a documentary describing the lives of people who live by the Aral sea after its depletion, directed by Katerina Suvorova, was released...
NUR-SULTAN – Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohamed bin Zayed received the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World...
GLASGOW – Delegates from Kazakhstan Diana Gamazova and Sofiya Gamazova, who represent the Central Asian region, won the Best Art Piece of COY16 and Artsy Delegate of...
It was reported just recently that the build-up of warming gases in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with CO2, methane...
As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), they can...
NUR-SULTAN – The AlmaFest: Tekeli Apple Festival took place Oct. 23 in the town of Tekeli near the Dzhungar Alatau mountains in the Almaty Region, honoring the...
KUALA LUMPUR – Laura Dossova’s dream of a two-week relaxing vacation in Bali, Indonesia last year unexpectedly turned into a six-month stay when the popular tourist island...
NUR-SULTAN – The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2021 international ice skating tournament opened on Oct. 28 at the capital’s Barys Arena as part of the 2021–22 ISU...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will have to invest nearly US$650 billion in low carbon technologies to achieve its ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2060, said Kazakh Minister...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Majilis, the lower house of the country’s Parliament, adopted a draft law on the Ombudsperson for Human Rights in Kazakhstan, as well as legislative...
NUR-SULTAN – The students of Nur-Sultan-based universities voiced their practical recommendations on climate change issues at the Voice of Youth: Uniting the World to Tackle the Climate...
NUR-SULTAN – Up to 95 percent of local roads will be improved by 2025 as part of the country’s Nurly Zhol infrastructure program, reports the official website...
