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The third annual Astana Finance Days (AFD) five-day conference began on June 29 with virtual discussions, webinars and live panel sessions on support mechanisms to reverse the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has a plan not to be left behind with global digitization efforts. Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin chaired the meeting of the national commission...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan marked the 28th of June as the official Day of Mass Media Workers. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated the media workers on their professional...
NUR-SULTAN – Popular Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen sang “Thousands of Miles, a Common Dream” in perfect Chinese on the pilot episode of the “Classical Wings Project” a...
NUR-SULTAN – A military parade featuring the flags of the Almaty military units that participated in World War II was held on June 24th in Almaty, reported...
Abai’s works, including his most famous book “Kara Soz” (Book of Words), which consists of 45 brief parables and philosophical treatises, have been translated into many languages....
The fourth wave of financial assistance initiated by Biz Birgemiz (We are Together in Kazakh language) Fund will now reach 80,000 low-income families in the country’s rural...
Kazakhstan’s way or the Kazakhstan’s development model – these are what foreign experts call the successful measures taken to ensure national modernization and the evolutionary transformations inspired...
“Til Kazyna” (Language is Treasure in Kazakh) Kazakh cultural center opened its doors in Brussels on June 19th with a mission to promote the diverse culture and...
Since President Trump has taken office, he has been clear about the need for fostering democratic reforms and promoting ideals of freedom, justice and equality in governments...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gave an interview to one of the leading newspapers in the Kazakh language Ana Tili. Here’s the full interview in English. – Dear...
NUR-SULTAN – Young and prominent Kazakh figure skater and world’s silver medalist Elizabet Tursynbaeva, 20, participated in the world’s biggest 24-hour online workout June 23 organized by...
Historically, Central Asia and India interacted more than 2,000 years ago. Thus, the establishment of the power of nomadic Khans in the Central Asian region, and later...
The authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan will spend 8 percent of the country’s GDP on post-crisis economic recovery, said manager of the Astana International Financial Center (MFC)....
The unique character of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who became the founding president of modern Kazakhstan, has been the subject of increased interest from both domestic...
United States President Donald Trump sent a telegram to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulating him on his first year in the presidential office, reported Akorda.kz. Tokayev was...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has just rendered more humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, according to a June 22nd press service release by the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Humanitarian...
The United Nations (UN) in Kazakhstan has decided to celebrate Father’s Day, which is celebrated every third Sunday of June globally with the launch of its Equal...
The Kazakh government will update the Strategic Development Plan For 2025. The new document will incorporate a mechanism called the “institute of regulatory appeal.” This mechanism will...
Kazakhstan celebrated June 21 Medical Workers Day, the third Sunday of June. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Kazakh medical workers with their professional holiday and decreed to...
Kazakh Energy Minister Nurlan Nogayev participated in the 19th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting which was held via videoconference, during...
Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi addressed the high-level Belt and Road meeting titled “Belt and Road International Cooperation: Combating COVID-19 with Solidarity.” The online event was attended...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed gratitude to doctors, nurses and ambulance workers for their heroic actions at the June 23 Biz Birgemiz (We Are Together) online forum...
One hundred and forty-one passengers flew out of Almaty on June 20th en route to Antalya on the country’s first regular international flight since the lockdown began. ...
Popular Kazakh pop-star Dimash Kudaibergen marked two important milestones in his career on June 18. The singer signed on with the American IPZ talent promotion agency on...
Kazakhstan has an immense potential to diversify and develop its economy through the agro industrial complex. The nation’s vast agricultural resources can produce goods meeting the needs...
The pandemic has had a dramatic impact in all aspects of our lives. On the one hand, it once again showed us that we are all children...
In an interview with Kazakhstan’s InBusiness website, ABA (Advanced Bank of Asia) Bank Executive Director Madi Akmambet and CEO Askhat Azhikhanov shared their success story of turning...
NUR-SULTAN – One of Kazakhstan’s top ten travel destinations, the Balkhash Lake shoreline, will have a major infrastructure renovation operation finished by 2025. The Karaganda Region Akimat...
Approximately 200 million years ago, the deserted steppe of the Mangystau Region was once the bottom of the ancient Tethys Ocean – a habitat for ancient marine...
Spring and summer are the most anticipated period for city residents not only because of the start of the vacation season but because this period is the...
The Kazakh government has announced the toughening of lockdown restrictions scheduled to take effect the upcoming weekend of June 20-21, as the nation witnessed a hike in...
Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev tested positive for COVID-19 on June 18th, according to the Elbasy (Leader of the Nation, the constitutional title accorded to Nursultan Nazarbayev)...
The historic film “Tomiris” directed by Akan Satayev will be released Sept. 29 in North American movie theaters after Arclight Films sold the U.S. distribution rights to...
Kazakhstan has decided to welcome the international business community with open arms and announced its intentions to become a full-fledged member of the global marketplace. Last year,...
“Kieli Bi” (Sacred Dance in Kazakh) is a dance film produced by Dana Mussa and Alexander Murphy, which has made it into the official selection of the...
Kazakhstan’s digitization efforts have generated 800 billion tenge (US$1.97 billion) for the country’s economy in two years, said Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Development...
Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated in the June 12th Central Asia – European Union (EU) ministerial video conference attended by High Representative of the...
Last year, Kazakhstan embarked on an ambitious reform platform designed to update the nature of Kazakhstan’s political system. The second president of the country, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who...
Last year, Kazakhstan entered a new historical stage of its development as a state, and in June 2019, the second president of the country, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, was...
Starting from June 20, Kazakhstan will resume international flights to China, Georgia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey. This easing of restrictions is to be done in...
Mariya Agapova, 23, consolidated her name as the first Kazakh woman in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and entered history on June 13. Agapova won her debut...
“It is hard to explain what the very name of Abai means to Kazakhs. His cultural significance can remotely be compared to the role which Leo Tolstoy’s...
In a Facebook post, Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov said that he has been hospitalized on June 14 after testing positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Askar...
As cryptocurrencies continue to proliferate globally despite ongoing skepticism to their viability, Kazakhstan is making plans to attract 300 billion tenge (US$738.4 million) of investments in the...
In 2006, creating a world-class university seemed like an almost impossible goal of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who wanted to create a world-class higher education hub...
Popular Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen has started working on his first album sung in the Kazakh language. Kudaibergen released his self-titled debut mini-album featuring four Kazakh songs ...
A gradual recovery in the price of oil that plummeted to record low levels in March and reverberated throughout the global economy is still the main factor...
In a June 12 presidential decree, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev scheduled a new date for deputy elections to the Kazakh Senate (the upper house of the Parliament)...
Almaty plans to create more than 30,000 jobs through state and regional programs. These include the Business Roadmap 2025 plan, the Enbek (Labor) employment and mass entrepreneurship...
Kazakh singer Danelia Tuleshova, only 13, appeared on the June 10th episode of the 15th season of America’s Got Talent – a famous Hollywood televised talent show....
Kazakhstan’s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record high since 2017 amounting to $31.5 billion, said National Bank Deputy Chair Aliya Moldabekova. In May alone, the...
Summer is the best time to enjoy hiking and to discover new spots outside the city. This year, domestic tourism will experience a boom since pandemic measures...
The Kazakh-Uzbek partnership in car production at SyryarkaAvtoProm, an automobile plant in Kostanai that opened only three months ago, has recently begun mass production. Its first Chevrolet...
Social Innovation Lab, a project created by Astana Hub and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was launched in 2019. Since then, the lab has announced a...
Kazakh scientist and inventor Galimzhan Gabdreshov developed Sezual (from Kazakh sezu means to feel, al – to get), a device to aid the people with blindness that...
The European Union, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Kazakh government organized a webinar in early June to discuss measures to address the...
Similar to other global economies that suffered a serious slump worldwide as a direct consequence of the pandemic, economic growth in Kazakhstan fell by 1.7 percent since...
People have started practicing more physical activities as well as engaging in online arts during lockdown, said Minister of Culture and Sports Aktoty Raimkulova at the June...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government has broken with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) unwritten rule of one three-letter geocode identifier per airport for eternity. Kazakhstan changed...
Where does Kazakhstan stand in terms of its environmental friendliness rating on June 5th, World Environment Day? The state and non-governmental campaigns bringing awareness to climate change...
The QazTrade trade policy development center recently launched an export accelerator program to help domestic exporters expand their export development opportunities with an intensive coaching seminar from...
Easing restrictions does not mean letting people return to their normal lives, people should “learn to live while in a pandemic, in lockdown, said Kazakh Minister of...
My acquaintance with Abai Kunanbayev and his rich heritage is connected with my keen reading of numerous works of Kazakh literature. I am well aware that the...
Kazakhstan plans to bring the share of investments in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to 30 percent in the next five years, said Kazakh Minister of...
NUR-SULTAN – Whether it is the effect of the pandemic or the early arrival of warm weather, one can see more people cycling on the streets of...
The Parliament of Kazakhstan adopted a document supporting the right of the public to participate in peaceful assemblies. The reform was commissioned by the country’s president, Kazakh...
Kazakhstan is considering the possibility of resuming international flights. On June 1, the governmental commission on the prevention of the spread of coronavirus allowed to explore the...
In Kazakhstan, cities celebrated the Day of State Symbols on June 4. The symbols are tokens of nationhood and independence, conveying the meaning of the nation’s history,...
The Deputies of the Mazhilis – the lower house of the Kazakh parliament adopted a bill titled “On the procedure for organizing and holding peaceful assemblies in...
Eurasia Invest, a Karaganda-based Kazakh company producing dried mare’s and camel’s milk, exported its first batch of Saubota powdered camel milk to Lanzhou, a Chinese trade and...
During and shortly after the lockdown, Kazakh graffiti artists created murals expressing feelings of gratitude to pandemic frontline workers in Nur-Sultan and Almaty. The murals have been...
The global pandemic has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and left millions more suffering from economic devastation. While the battle against the disease will be long-drawn, we...
As tennis matches started to resume and gain steam after the global lockdown, Kazakhstan’s No. 3 professional tennis player Dmitry Popko is taking part in the six-week...
World Bank experts announced that the agricultural sector could help the five countries of Central Asia to stabilize their economies during and after the pandemic. Though the...
Similar to many countries, Kazakhstan has started summer by removing and easing restrictions on internal tourism. In this regard, the Turkestan Akimat (city administration) has plans to...
Companies began to gradually resume operations in Kazakhstan after the easing of the state of emergency on June 1st. As business activities begin returning to normal, FinReview...
The Kushan state was formed in Central Asia at the turn of our era. At the beginning of the 1st century, a significant part of the territories...
The strategic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China has a truly global significance and far-reaching geopolitical implications. “Belt” is the “Economic Silk Road” that links China...
Kazakhstan is one of the few countries where transplant surgery is being performed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Yuriy Pya, CEO of Nur-Sultan based National Scientific...
Kazakhstan celebrated June 1 as International Children’s Day with a range of festivities and online activities. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also congratulated his fellow citizens. “This occasion...
Kazakhstan will join the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Mapping Nature for People and Planet project along with Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Uganda, the UNDP reported...
Bolashak Corporate Foundation Chairperson and life coach Dinara Chaizhunussova published “Super Kyz (Super Girl),” a children’s book engineered to empower girls aged six to 14 with 50...
June 1st in Kazakhstan gave many a reason to celebrate not only because of the long-awaited arrival of summer but also because of the ease-up of the...
How the life story of a philosopher born 1150 years ago on Kazakh soil became an inspiration for Kazakh patriots in the twentieth century. When Kazakhstan became...
The mandatory lockdowns have forced people in Kazakhstan to spend more time online. Internet providers, as a result, have generated the huge sum of 102.7 billion tenge...
June 2 marks the 65th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world’s first and largest space launch facility. Baikonur was always a source of pride for all...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in a virtual high-level meeting convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, and Prime Minister of Jamaica...
The Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to the countries of Central Asia and Mongolia and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Fulvio Martusciello spoke highly of...
The armed forces should be given more opportunities to pursue vocational training, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the third meeting of the National Council of Public...
The Kazakh documentary film “Overcoming Barriers” premiered on Feb.12 and has qualified to participate in three prestigious international film festivals, according to Kazakhfilm studio. The film stars...
Similarweb, a New-York based web analytics service for businesses, ranked the Kazakh Kundelik school learning management website among the top 50 educational resources in the world. The...
On May 27, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed a major reshuffle of the nation’s education system as he chaired the third meeting of the National Council of...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will take part as an honored guest at the 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the allies’ defeat...
The lockdown showed Nur-Sultan Akimat (city administration) the blind spots of its smart city and open akimat concepts which were originally designed to save people the headache...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warned citizens to take all necessary precautions amid the pandemic and instructed the government to address the growing number of COVID-19 cases, as...
The World Boxing Council (WBC) awarded Dimash Niyazov, a famous professional boxer and New York City policeman of Kazakh descent, with the Hero of Humanity award. WBC,...
As the Holy Month of Ramadan came to an end, Muslims around the world, and in Kazakhstan, celebrated Eid al-Fitr, also known as Eid, on Sunday May...
Kazakh officials, Kazakh Invest, and Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund (KIDF) are planning an investment strategy for the Caspian Digital Hub Kazakh-Azerbaijani project. The Caspian Digital Hub is...
On May 25, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law titled “Amendments to the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” “Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan”...
