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The Kazakh state, which has repeatedly proved its benevolence towards the world with its peace initiatives, is going through a difficult period today. The New Year of...
NUR-SULTAN – Forty-four terrorism cases related to the recent attacks in some regions are under investigation, the General Prosecutor’s Office reported on Jan. 13. As of Jan....
NUR-SULTAN – COVID-19 cases have increased by 41 percent in two weeks due to the circulation of omicron, said newly appointed Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Azhar Giniyat...
NUR-SULTAN – The state of emergency has been abolished in the West Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan, and Pavlodar regions starting from Jan. 13 thanks to a decree signed...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan came out with an official statement denouncing “a number of publications” in Western media, which presented a twisted, pro-terrorist picture of...
NUR-SULTAN – The past week for Kazakhstan and its largest city and important business, financial and cultural center Almaty was turbulent. But after almost a week of...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls people to participate in building a new Kazakhstan in his recent address to the nation, said newly appointed Secretary of State...
NUR-SULTAN – People in Kazakhstan are establishing voluntary clubs and working together nationwide to clean up their cities, assist the national guard in patrolling, and help those...
Many scholars focusing on the effectiveness of international organizations provide evidence on stagnation and decline of the power of international institutions. According to American political scientist Kenneth...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh experts commended President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s initiatives to promote social equality, government transparency, and education that were announced at the plenary session of the...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at a meeting of the Majilis (a lower house of the Kazakh Parliament), where he nominated Alikhan Smailov as the new Prime...
Official Statement on the Events in Kazakhstan by Special Representative of President of Kazakhstan for International Cooperation I would like to address some of the concerns that...
On January 11, President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, delivered an address at a special session of the Majilis (the lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament). The President’s address...
NUR-SULTAN – Eleven out of 20 ministers in Kazakhstan’s new government have retained their positions, according to the decree published on Akorda, the official presidential website. The...
NUR-SULTAN – The main phase of the anti-terrorist operation has been completed, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the plenary session of the Majilis, the lower house...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the emergency session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Collective Security Council on Jan. 10, which was devoted to the...
NUR-SULTAN – International airlines gradually began to resume flights both from and to Kazakhstan as the country steadily comes out of crisis after unrest began on Jan....
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presented Alikhan Smailov’s candidacy for the Prime Minister’s Office at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Majilis, the lower house of...
NUR-SULTAN – President’s spokesperson Berik Uali spoke about the timeline of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s decisions after the protests hit the country in an interview with the Khabar...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Acting Minister of Healthcare Zhandos Burkitbayev noted the worsening epidemiological situation in Kazakhstan at the meeting of the interdepartmental commission working to prevent the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev awarded posthumous medals to 16 law enforcement and armed forces officers for their courage and dedication in service to the country,...
Commentary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan on coverage of the situation in the country in certain foreign media A number of publications in foreign...
NUR-SULTAN – January 10 has been declared the National Day of Mourning for those who lost their lives in massive unrest that swept across Kazakhstan. Kazakh President...
Telegram channel “KeyNews” presents a video montage of the tragic events that occured in the beginning of January 2022 in Kazakhstan. In just 5 days, bands of...
NUR-SULTAN – The two-week state of emergency will be suspended in stages in the regions where the situation is stabilized, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Jan....
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s address to the people of Kazakhstan on Jan.7 Dear compatriots, The anti-terrorist operation continues in our country. The police, the national guard and the...
A meeting of the Security Council was held on Jan. 6 in Nur-Sultan city, with the Head of the State presiding. The issue put before the council...
Read the full text of the Kazakh President’s address to the nation on Jan.5 As president, I am obliged to protect the safety and well-being of our...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has declared a state of emergency from Jan. 5 to Jan. 19 after fuel price protests began in the country, to...
NUR-SULTAN – Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms Kairat Kelimbetov spoke about the government’s proposed reforms to the Kazakh economy and plans to tackle...
NUR-SULTAN – For Kazakhstan, 2021 was a year of successful political and social reforms, gradual economic recovery from the pandemic, and most importantly the country marked 30...
NUR-SULTAN – The Otandastar non-commercial foundation, which supports ethnic Kazakhs, who live abroad and want to come back to the country, has opened 31 online Kazakh language...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh figure skater Kseniya Pankratova’s dance performance on the frozen Lake Kolsai recently attracted quite an audience on Instagram, reported Kazinform. A short video titled...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is set to tighten its coronavirus restrictions starting from Jan. 5, 2022, as a result of the omicron variant causing a global surge in...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the laws “On Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts on the Abolition of the Death Penalty” and “On the Commissioner...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the annual informal summit meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States hosted Dec. 28 in St....
NUR-SULTAN – Georgian jeweler David Chkheidze has created a copy of the famous manga talisman from a series of mangas called D’R’S released by fans of Kazakh...
NUR-SULTAN – After a large-scale restoration, the majestic Kazakhstan pavilion was opened to the public at VDNH (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy), introducing the history and...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government will allocate extra funds to travel companies for each foreign tourist to offset the costs of companies starting from Jan. 1, 2022,...
NUR-SULTAN – Seven projects have been launched at the Almaty Industrial Zone, reported head of the industrial zone Adil Amralin at the Dec. 27 press conference. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and the United States have strengthened their bilateral cooperation on the 30 year anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence and relationship with the US at the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital will host the 2022 Asia Triathlon Junior and U23 Championships on July 23-24 next year, according to an official announcement by the...
NUR-SULTAN – The third New Year bike parade brought together hundreds of people wearing costumes of Ded Moroz (a character similar to Santa Claus) with Snegurochka (the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan expressed readiness to strengthen bilateral trade with Afghanistan. This was announced during the visit of the Kazakh trade and economic mission to Afghanistan headed...
NUR-SULTAN – Oil production in Kazakhstan is expected to reach 85.7 million tons in 2021 with exports estimated at – 67.6 million tons, said Kazakh Minister of...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 200 Afghan students in Kazakhstan received financial and legal advisory support as part of humanitarian assistance organized by Kazakhstan’s Office of Commissioner for...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is among the top three trade partners of Uzbekistan with bilateral trade reaching $3.5 billion between January and November, according to Uzbekistan’s State Statistics...
NUR-SULTAN – “Akyn” (“Poet”) a movie directed by Kazakh director Darezhan Omirbayev is listed among the first ten titles of the Forum 2022 – a prestigious program...
NUR-SULTAN – The number of foreign students from the United States, Africa, Russia, and Middle East countries studying in Kazakh universities has increased to 30,000, reports the...
NUR-SULTAN – Nearly 75 percent of the eligible population for vaccination, or 8.4 million people, has been fully immunized against COVID-19 in Kazakhstan, Acting Minister of Health...
NUR-SULTAN – The 17th international high-level meeting on Syria, known as the Astana Process, concluded on Dec. 22 in Nur-Sultan with delegations stressing the importance of maintaining...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs Rustem Zhursunov said his office will revise outdated regulatory approaches in the next two years...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh writers Zira Naurzbayeva and Lilya Kalaus reached an agreement with the Children’s Literature Department of Amazon Publishing to publish their “Adventures of Batu and...
NUR-SULTAN – The volume of services provided by accommodation facilities in Kazakhstan has increased by 66.4 percent during the first three quarters of 2021 compared to the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh team won a prestigious international grappling tournament TMS: WALL TO WALL 2021 that took place in Dnipro, Ukraine on Dec. 18-19, reports AIGA...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has established a new Ulytau national park in the Karaganda Region based on a government decree on Dec. 7. The Ulytau national park with an...
NUR-SULTAN – Delegations from Syria and the Syrian opposition, the guarantor states of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and representatives of the United Nations (UN) have arrived in Nur-Sultan...
NUR-SULTAN – Thirty years is a major milestone for a young country like Kazakhstan that over these years has grown into the region’s largest economy with ambitious...
NUR-SULTAN – The fight between Kazakh boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov and Argentinean Juan Hernan Leao on Dec. 18 in the Kazakh capital ended with Daniyar triumphing, reports Zakon.kz. ...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has strong potential for establishing itself as an attractive tourist destination and LOT Polish Airlines’s intent is to help people to discover Kazakhstan by...
NUR-SULTAN – The country’s main New Year tree, towering at a height of 25 meters, was lit up in front of the Nur Alem sphere at EXPO...
NUR-SULTAN – 13-year-old Zangar Nurlanuly topped the list of Tennis Europe Junior Masters, by the end of the tennis season, with 255 points among players under 14...
NUR-SULTAN – A group of foreign scientists and their Kazakh colleagues published an article titled “The Origins and Spread of Domestic Horses from the Western Eurasian Steppes”...
NUR-SULTAN – On Dec.16, Kazakhstan celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence. Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studie Zarema Shaukenova spoke about the major milestones...
NUR-SULTAN – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) substantially revised its economic growth outlook for Central Asia to 4.7 percent this year from the previous 4.1 percent driven...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presented state awards to citizens who contribute to the country’s development in the run-up to the Independence Day on Dec. 16, reports...
NUR-SULTAN – Sanat Kushkumbayev, the Deputy Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kazakhstan (KazISS), spoke about Kazakhstan’s role and its activities...
NUR-SULTAN – A 15-year-old Zhibek Kulymbetova from Kazakhstan won the World Championship – 2021 Grappling/Grappling-GI, which took place in Moscow on Dec. 11-12, reports Kazinform news agency....
NUR-SULTAN – Just when people were about to make their travel plans for the December holidays, the news came out about the new Omicron variant, first identified...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh film “Maryam” directed by young director Marzhan Bekmaganbetova has received an Honorary Mention award at the Cannes Shorts Film Festival 2021, according to...
NUR-SULTAN – This year, Kazakhstan celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence, and events around the world are taking place to mark this important occasion and pay...
NUR-SULTAN – The COVID-19 incidence rate has declined 28 percent over the past two weeks in Kazakhstan, said Kazakh Healthcare Minister at a government meeting last week....
NUR-SULTAN – The first 5G city, sponsored by Kcell, one of the country’s largest mobile network operators, and Ericsson, Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, will be...
NUR-SULTAN – Leading foreign politicians praised the initiatives of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev aimed at international cooperation and his decision to abandon the nuclear arsenal at...
Editor’s note: The analytical article published on Zakon.kz, an online news outlet, describes Kazakhstan’s path to normalization of the economic and political situation after gaining independence. The...
KUALA LUMPUR – It has been over a thousand years since the death of Abu Nasr Al-Farabi, who is widely known as Al-Farabi, but his philosophy and...
There is a view, largely held by those emperilled with youth, or naivety (or worse, both) that aggression leads to victory. In Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the...
NUR-SULTAN – During the 30 years of its independence, Kazakhstan was able to improve its economic and social indicators and transform from a peripheral Soviet republic to...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is ending its chairmanship at the Eurasian Economic Union and President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev spoke about the work the country has done as the organization’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Singer, finalist of Eurovision 2021 and UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Russia Goodwill Ambassador Manizha visited Almaty on Dec. 9 to mark the 16 Days of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s economic growth reached 3.8 percent in 11 months, said Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin at a government meeting on Tuesday giving hope that the...
We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...
NUR-SULTAN – Thirty young people received grants worth three million tenge (US$6,903) each from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Dec. 8 as part of the Generation of Independence...
NUR-SULTAN – The monument to Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayev was unveiled on Dec. 6 in Paris, reported the press service of the Nur-Sultan city administration. ...
NUR-SULTAN – Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan reached US$680 million, growing by nine percent over the first nine months of 2021, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as...
NUR-SULTAN – The population of Kazakhstan reached 19.17 million people, according to the first results of the National Population Census, which took place from Sept. 1 to...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s safety record increased to 84 percent, 15 percent higher than the global average, according to the latest independent audit conducted by ICAO Coordinated Validation...
NUR-SULTAN – The COVID-19 pandemic has put the lives of millions of people around the world under stress, and in Kazakhstan, it caused income losses and exacerbated...
NUR-SULTAN – Thirty commercial agreements worth $2.1 billion were signed during the fourth Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable which took place in Nur-Sultan on Dec. 7. Agriculture, the...
NUR-SULTAN – The IPO of Kaspi.kz, one of the region’s leading banking and fintech companies has contributed to the capital market development, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement lauding the results of the P5 Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,...
NUR-SULTAN – The number of young female entrepreneurs has increased to 15 percent over the last 10 months, according to a report by the Finprom financial and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have decided to improve bilateral ties to a new level from strategic partnership to alliance, after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of...
NUR-SULTAN – The opening сeremony for a new season of night skiing from the Talgar Pass took place at Shymbulak Mountain Resort in Almaty on Nov. 27,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has attracted over US$370 billion in foreign direct investments since it gained independence in 1991, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told representatives of leading investment companies...
NUR-SULTAN – Prime Minister Askar Mamin reiterated Kazakhstan’s commitment to meet its obligations under the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also referred to as COP26 at...
NUR-SULTAN – U.S. President Joseph Biden congratulated Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the Kazakh people on the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence, reports the Ministry of Foreign...
NUR-SULTAN – The 14-year-old Snezhanna Lee, an Aktobe native, won a gold cup and a cash prize of one million South Korean won (US$ 851) at the...
NUR-SULTAN – The filming of the “Zhambyl. A New Era” historical film to mark the 175th anniversary of Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev has started in the country,...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 400 speakers from 25 countries will perform during the expert sessions, panel discussions and master-classes at EdCrunch Glocal, one of the world’s largest...
