Courses on learning process from renowned US author, professor are available in Kazakh 

NUR-SULTAN – More than 1,000 people in Almaty and the capital attended public lectures and participated in training on the way neurobiology is changing the learning process...


Kazakhstan, Rwanda need direct flights that can strengthen bilateral relations through trade, industry, says envoy

NUR-SULTAN – The relatively young diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Rwanda have a great potential to flourish and materialise in mutually beneficial agreements in trade, industry and...


EBRD expands funding for renewable energy programme in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide additional funds of up to $328 million to support Kazakhstan as a regional leader in...


More than 500 cross-country runners compete in Race Nation Burabay

NUR-SULTAN – More than 500 cross-country runners from Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Tajikistan participated Sept. 29 in the Race Nation Burabay at the ski-jumping complex in Shchuchinsk,...


Kazakh IT community to discuss country’s digital ecosystem at Digital Bridge 2019 international forum

NUR-SULTAN – Leading IT specialists and technology entrepreneurs will take a comprehensive look at Kazakhstan’s digital ecosystem at the Oct. 24-25 Digital Bridge 2019 international technology forum...


Kazakhstan receives ICAO award for progress in resolving aviation security

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan received Sept. 25 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council President Certificate for progress in resolving aviation security and oversight deficiencies at the 40th ICAO...


First President’s Foundation, Kazakh government outline renewable energy project plans at International Renewable Energy Summit 

NUR-SULTAN – The First President’s Foundation will support green economy development in Kazakhstan by implementing new renewable energy projects such as wind and solar-powered stations, training specialists...


More than 20,000 people sign petition demanding closure of Almaty Zoo 

NUR-SULTAN – More than 20,000 people have signed an online petition at change.org demanding the Almaty Zoo be shut down. The petition is titled “We demand to...


Kazakhstan is best for pilgrimage, cultural-historical and gastronomic tourism in autumn, says travel blogger

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is a country where one can experience all four seasons, yet many tourist resorts and activities are only available in summer or winter. What...


Person with visual impairment dedicated to helping others is among Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces

NUR-SULTAN – The founder of an organisation that assists people with visual impairment, such as himself, meet the challenges of everyday life has been named one of...


Hong Kong business delegation visits Shymkent, expresses interest in partnerships 

NUR-SULTAN – A business delegation of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council visited Shymkent, Kazakhstan’s third largest city, Sept. 18-19 to set up partnerships and expand bilateral...


Karaganda Region launches third solar power plant 

NUR-SULTAN – The Karaganda Region recently launched a 50-megawatt solar power plant in the village of Agadyr, Shetsky District. The Karaganda Region has become a leader in...


Government to improve, expand Karaganda Region tourism facilities 

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Government plans to build new resorts in the Karaganda Region as well as improve the Balkhash Resort and other priority tourism areas in...


KazEnergy Eurasian Forum discusses energy market in face of global financial challenges

NUR-SULTAN – The 12th KazEnergy Eurasian Forum opened Sept. 26 in Nur-Sultan with discussions on the future of energy and the role Kazakhstan will play in that...


Capital akimat adds lighting, other infrastructure improvements 

NUR-SULTAN – The Nur-Sultan Akimat (city administration) over the past few months have added new streetlights, courtyards, playgrounds and other public facilities to many parts of the...


British Library hosts English-language presentation of Kazakh literature 

NUR-SULTAN – The British Library in London hosted Sept. 25 a presentation of modern Kazakh poetry and prose anthologies, which were translated to English as part of...


Kazakh Accounts Committee proposes reducing air, railway transportation subsidies

NUR-SULTAN – The Accounts Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the National Budget recommends reducing the subsidisation of air and railway transportation in the draft national budget...


Google employee named one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces

NUR-SULTAN – Kuat Yessenov, a Kazakh now living in the United States and working for Google, was recently named one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces for his...


ADB celebrates 25 years of partnership with Kazakhstan, invests over $5 billion 

NUR-SULTAN – As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) celebrates 25 years of its partnership with Kazakhstan, the bank has invested more than $5 billion in sovereign loans,...


Astana Opera presents “Don Carlos” opera for first time in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera will present for the first time Oct. 11 and Oct. 13 “Don Carlos”, a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi based...


Ambassadors Spouses Association vice president to host charity auction in Nur-Sultan 

NUR-SULTAN – Ambassadors Spouses Association (ASA) Vice President and wife of United Nations Resident Coordinator Hitomi Shimomura will host the JP to KZ (Japan to Kazakhstan) charity...


Kazakh athletes win four Asia Championship medals in trap shooting

NUR-SULTAN – Four Kazakh athletes won medals in trap shooting Sept. 24-25 at the 9th Asia Championship in Baiserke village near Almaty. Two medals were won by...


Taraz administration to build Kazakhstan’s largest tourism and history centre 

NUR-SULTAN – The Taraz akimat (city administration) is building what will be the largest tourist centre in Kazakhstan.  The city administration is building the Shakhristan historical and...


Kazakh National Museum to present masterpieces of ancient and medieval art in Kuala Lumpur 

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Museum will present “The Great Steppe: History and Culture” exhibition at the Department of Museums of Malaysia Oct. 1-31 in Kuala Lumpur....


Kazakh President reaffirms commitment to nuclear-weapons-free world, international dialogue at UNGA

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reaffirmed his country’s commitment to seeking a nuclear-weapons-free world in his address to the Sept. 24 74th Session of the General...


Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan to cooperate in developing pilgrimage tourism

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will cooperate in developing pilgrimage tourism, Uzbekistan Tourism Development Committee head specialist Saidkomil Khalkhidjayev told 24.kz. Specifically, new roads and airway routes...


Turkestan to add smart bus stops, open air movie theatre, glass police booths

NUR-SULTAN – Smart bus stops, an open-air movie theatre and glass police booths will be installed in Turkestan by 2020-2021, Akim (Mayor) Rashid Ayupov told tengrinews.kz Sept....


More than 77,000 participate in Bastau Business, Zhas Kasipker programmes

NUR-SULTAN – More than 77,000 individuals have graduated from the Bastau Business (Start Business) and Zhas Kasipker (Young Entrepreneur) programmes since their launch in 2017, said Atameken...


Statement of Fourth Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

Adopted on September 24, 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan   We, the participants of the 4th Meeting of Speakers of the Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments under the theme of...


Nazarbayev urges Eurasian parliaments to be more active in policy decisions and international cooperation during parliamentarians meeting in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, urged the national parliaments of Eurasia to be more involved in shaping their nations’ policies and in strengthening international cooperation...


Talan Towers Executive Hub offers serviced offices

NUR-SULTAN – Nur-Sultan’s latest serviced offices, for-lease office spaces opened Sept. 20 in Talan Towers. The Talan Towers Executive Hub is a 1,276-square metre space on the...


Kazakh anti-nuclear activist shares artworks, non-proliferation message in Tokyo 

TOKYO – Kazakh nuclear disarmament activist and ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador Karipbek Kuykov presented his paintings depicting the horrors of nuclear weapons testing and the use of...


External news in brief

 The Kazakh Foreign Ministry concluded the results of the second session of the Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) General Assembly in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The meeting...


Business news in brief

Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Court Chief Justice Lord Harry Woolf presented his book “A Vision of the AIFC” at the court Sept. 17 to the legal...


National news in brief

The Lukoil Lubricants Central Asia plant was launched Sept. 20 in the Ili district of the Almaty Region. The facility, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes of...


Economic news in brief

Kazakhstan experienced an 8.3-percent increase in the telecommunications market from January-August, year-on-year (yoy) with service sales revenue at 519.9 billion tenge (US$1.34 billion). Internet services account for...


Kazakhstan to cooperate with Norway’s Narvik Port in transit transport, logistics

NUR-SULTAN – Narvik, one of Norway’s largest ports, can become an Atlantic port for Kazakhstan, said Narvik Port Authority Director and CEO Rune Johan Arnøy. He was...


World Wrestling Championship finishes in Nur-Sultan, as Kazakhstan secures eight Olympic licenses

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh wrestlers secured eight Olympic licenses for the country’s team at the senior World Wrestling Championship that ended Sept. 22 in the capital. The competition,...


Largest Eurasian Parliaments meeting in Kazakh capital offers opportunity to shape future of continent

It would be hard to think, as we look around at increased global tensions, of a time in recent years when the need for dialogue, trust and...


British Council to present moving image exhibition of contemporary British artists 

NUR-SULTAN – “Old World Order / New World Orders,” a new moving image work and media art exhibition presenting the works of six contemporary British artists from...


Kazakh cattle genotyping company awarded with international quality certificate

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh company Genesis.KZ recently received an international quality certificate from the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) for using genotyping of cattle to confirm breed...


Kazakh machinery industry turnover surpasses one trillion tenge, says Sklyar

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s machinery industry turnover has surpassed one trillion tenge (US$2.58 billion) for the first time, reported Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar Sept. 12 at the...


Young Kazakh para dancers win World Cup medals

NUR-SULTAN – Young Kazakh athletes Aknur Akzharkenova, Lestein Aslambekov, Arua Beikhari, Altynai Kazbekova and Akbota Rysbekova took the medal stand at the Sept. 12 World Para Dance...


Kazakh-Czech trade reaches $1 billion, relations remain strong, says Czech envoy 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh-Czech cooperation has reached a new high this year, with a $1 billion trade turnover. Education and cultural sectors are an equally important priority, noted...


Old Vinyl Shymkent retro music festival gathers city youth and seniors

NUR-SULTAN – Shymkent Central Park hosted the eight annual Old Vinyl festival, Sept. 15, gathering more than 1,000 music lovers, young and old, reported otyrar.kz.  The event...


Kazakhstan Energy Week examines latest trends, future of energy sector

NUR-SULTAN – International energy corporations heads will discuss how global market trends will affect the energy sector during approximately 20 events to be held as part of...


Innovative Kazakh photographer draws inspiration from art, music and connecting with his subjects 

NUR-SULTAN – One of Kazakhstan’s most innovative photographers Aióny Haust says he draws his inspiration from films, art, other photographers, and, definitely, music. “I have a playlist...


Fund of First President to explore increasing Kazakhstan’s economic competitiveness

NUR-SULTAN – The Fund of the First President of Kazakhstan plans to start scientific and practical research and find ways to improve competitiveness, said Executive Director of...


Bulbul Kartanbay is first Kazakh athlete to play in National Women’s Hockey League 

NUR-SULTAN – Left wing forward Bulbul Kartanbay has become the first Kazakh athlete to play in the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) after signing Aug. 16 with...


East Kazakhstan’s Vozrozhdenie ethno-cultural centre celebrates its 30th anniversary preserving ethnic Germans’ identity 

NUR-SULTAN – East Kazakhstan’s Vozrozhdenie (Revival) German association, one of the oldest ethno-cultural centres in Kazakhstan, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The centre has been uniting and...


100 MW capacity solar power plant launches near Kapshagai

NUR-SULTAN – ENEVERSE KUNKUAT, a subsidiary of Singapore-based companies, launched Sept. 3 a 100 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in the Almaty region near the city of...


Travel bloggers suggest promoting Kazakhstan’s rich wildlife, unique environment 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s wildlife and unique environment were identified as some of the main advantages of travelling in the country during a recent public talk by travel...


Kazakhstan to launch compulsory health insurance 10 years in the making

NUR-SULTAN – After almost a decade’s effort, Kazakhstan plans to launch in January 2020 a new system of compulsory insurance. The system is meant to lower the...


Turkestan Region legislators add $76 million to regional budget

NUR-SULTAN – Turkestan Region deputies and regional governmental body heads agreed on the way to distribute the budget, which increased by 29.6 billion tenge (US$76 million), at...


Ablyazov, Khrapunov cases to be sent to foreign jurisdictions, says Kazakh Prosecutor General’s Office

NUR-SULTAN – Materials from the cases of former BTA Bank Board of Directors Chairperson Mukhtar Ablyazov and former Almaty Akim (Mayor) Viktor Khrapunov will be transferred to foreign jurisdictions...


Kazakh PM encourages Turkish business development

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin met Sept. 13 with Turkish-Kazakh Business Union (TÜKİB) representatives headed by board chair and Eksen Group owner Firat Develioglu to...


Kazakh FM visits South Korea on 10th anniversary of strategic relations 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov discussed bilateral relations, international issues and the situation on the Korean Peninsula with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon and...


220 tour operators from 60 countries gather for Pacific Asia travel expo in Kazakh capital

NUR-SULTAN – Approximately 220 tour operators and 250 travel content providers from 60 countries gathered Sept. 18-20 in Nur-Sultan’s Korme Exhibition Centre for the Pacific Asia Travel...


Kazakh President reshuffles key government and ministry posts

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made changes Sept. 18 to the leadership of some key government agencies and ministries. Tokayev appointed Roman Sklyar as Deputy Prime...


“Under One Sun” TEDx conference discusses ideas that help overcome differences

NUR-SULTAN – “Under One Sun,” the TEDx conference held Sept. 15 in the capital, focused on ideas that help overcome differences.  “It was chosen as a guideline...


Kazakh scientists study gamma-ray bursts in distant galaxies

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will launch a new high-speed telescope to study gamma-ray bursts in distant galaxies, reports Nazarbayev University. Scientists recently assembled and conducted preliminary tests with...


Designer uses fashion to instil love of Kazakh culture

NUR-SULTAN – Capital fashion designer Nagima Kaidarova is devoted to instilling love of Kazakh culture and traditions through her ethnically-stylised clothes.  Although she studied graphic design at...


Kazakhstan is one of world leaders in chromite mining, production and reserves, says U.S. Geological Survey

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is one of the world leaders in chromite mining, production and reserves, according to the United States Geological Survey. The country was the third...


Kazakhstan secures two 2020 Olympic licenses at Senior Wrestling World Championship 

NUR-SULTAN – Approximately 1,000 athletes from 105 countries gathered in the Kazakh capital Sept. 14 to compete for 108 Olympic bids at the Senior Wrestling World Championship....


In UK, ATOM Project’s Kuyukov advocates for global nuclear disarmament

LONDON – The ATOM Project Honourary Ambassador Karipbek Kuyukov called on people around the world to sign The ATOM Project’s online petition to permanently end nuclear weapons...


Kazakhstan to provide working youth apartments for less than $35 per month

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh citizens under the age of 29 with full-time employment will be able to rent apartments for between 10,000 tenge (US$25.8) to 12,000 tenge (US$31.0)...


Kazakhstan sets 30% interest limit on short-term microloans

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Bank plans to limit the maximum interest rate on microloans to 30 percent, according to the recently drafted Resolution of the Board...


Uzbekistan joins Turkic Council

NUR-SULTAN – Uzbekistan will become a member of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic-speaking States (CCTS), also known as the Turkic Council, reports Turkkon.org. Uzbek President Shavkat...


AIFC develops regulatory framework to grow green finance

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana International Finance Centre (AIFC) is developing a framework to facilitate the growing green finance sector in Kazakhstan, AIFC Board Chairman Kairat Kelimbetov told...


Astana Opera offers performances for children in September

NUR-SULTAN – Astana Opera musicians and artists will present in September projects for children and perform Gioacchino Rossini’s one-act operatic farsa comica “La Scala di Seta” for...


Kazakh pianist, British actors to perform at Astana Concert Hall

NUR-SULTAN – Sell-out and critically acclaimed British concert “Byron: Angel and Outcast” is coming to Astana Concert Hall.  The performance, slated for 7 p.m., Sept. 21, recounts...


More than 2,700 young professionals have applied for Kazakhstan’s Presidential Personnel Reserve

NUR-SULTAN – More than 2,757 young professionals have sent in applications to be chosen for the Presidential Personnel Reserve, which matches Kazakhstan’s brightest early professionals with key...


Kazakhstan and China: strengthening friendship and partnership in a new era

NUR-SULTAN – Beibut Atamkulov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, gave an exclusive interview to Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper explaining the results of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Sept. 11-12...


Kazakhstan to increase penalties for wildlife poaching, better protect state wildlife officials

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is drafting a law to more harshly punish wildlife poachers and to better protect state wildlife officials, Kazakh Deputy General Prosecutor Marat Akhmetzhanov said...


Nur-Sultan to host ISU Speed Skating World Cup in December

NUR-SULTAN – Alau Ice Palace in the capital will serve as host Dec. 6-8 for a portion of the International Skating Union’s (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup...


Mangystau Region to celebrate Kazakh writer and politician Kekilbayev’s 80th anniversary 

NUR-SULTAN – The Mangystau Region will mark the 80th anniversary of Kazakh writer and politician Abish Kekilbayev’s birth by hosting events including an Oct. 10-12 science congress...


Kazakh draft law would toughen penalties for rape, child sexual abuse

NUR-SULTAN – A draft law is being developed to make penalties more stringent for rape and child sexual abuse, Deputy Prosecutor General Murat Akhmetzhanov said at a...


Astana IT University opens in Kazakh capital

NUR-SULTAN – The expo site in the capital has become the home of the newly opened Astana IT University. As a one-of-its-kind in the country, the university...


Kazakh industrialisation programmes create 11,000 jobs since 2010

NUR-SULTAN – One-hundred-fourteen projects worth approximately 276 billion tenge (US$715.07 million) were implemented and approximately 11,000 jobs created under national industrialisation programmes since 2010, said Kazakh Vice...


Kazakhstan seeks high-tech, agricultural cooperation with China, says Tokayev during Beijing Business Council meeting

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will develop its high-tech sector and elements of Industry 4.0 to increase the degree to which its economy is based on innovation and new...


Investors explore opportunities in Kazakhstan at Toronto Global Forum

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Invest officials presented investment opportunities in Kazakhstan to foreign companies Sept. 4-6 at the annual economic event Toronto Global Forum in Canada, reports Invest.gov.kz....


Kazakhstan’s history of peace, denuclearisation are valuable in time of global risks, says President

NUR-SULTAN – As the role of international law and global institutions in maintaining peace and security diminish, Kazakhstan’s history of peace and denuclearisation can serve as a...


Saryarka gas pipeline construction to be finished in December, will begin supplying gas in 2020

NUR-SULTAN – Construction of the Saryarka gas pipeline, which will increase the gas supply to the capital, central and northern regions will be finished in December and...


Kazakh GDP grows 4.3 percent over eight months, says PM

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s GDP grew 4.3 percent from January-August compared to the corresponding period of 2018, Prime Minister Askar Mamin said at the Sept. 10 government session....


Kazakh Ministry of Finance completes one-time debt relief programme, writes off $357 million

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Finance summed up the results Sept. 9 of a one-time debt relief action that wrote off more than 138 billion tenge...


Kazakh, Chinese leaders agree to develop long-term strategic partnership

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during a Sept. 11 meeting in Beijing to “develop a long-term, strategic and comprehensive partnership,”...


Two programmes to provide free entrepreneurial training to 4,000 people in Shymkent

NUR-SULTAN – The Bastau Business and Zhaskasipker funded entrepreneurship skills training programmes are being offered for the first time in Shymkent. The former will involve 2,700 participants;...


Apartment with yurt room for rent in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – Capital residents may have noticed an unusual advertisement posted on the real estate website krisha.kz about a five-bedroom apartment in the Skazochnyi Mir (Wonderland) residential...


Kazakhstan seeks high-tech, agricultural cooperation with China, says Tokayev during Beijing Business Council meeting 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will develop its high-tech sector and elements of Industry 4.0 to increase the degree to which its economy is based on innovation and new...


Expats give Kazakhstan high marks in new InterNations report

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has shown the biggest improvement in the 2019 InterNations Business Solutions Expat Insider report, moving 27 ranks up to 22nd place from 49th spot...


Astana Pro Team’s Jakob Fuglsang wins Vuelta a España 16th stage

NUR-SULTAN – Astana Pro Team’s Jakob Fuglsang won the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España Sept. 10 atop Alto de la Cubilla, reported KazInform.kz. “I am...


Fitch affirms Kazakhstan’s rating at BBB with stable outlook

NUR-SULTAN – The Fitch credit rating agency affirmed Kazakhstan’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at BBB with a Stable Outlook, according to the Fitch ratings...


Kazakh FM discusses cooperation with UAE officials, attends IGC meeting in Abu Dhabi

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov and United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed cooperation...


French family tours world in campervan, enjoys Nur-Sultan’s people and architecture

NUR-SULTAN – A family of three from Normandy, France sold everything they owned to go on a trip around the world in a campervan they lovingly named...


Kazakhstan attracts $330 billion FDI since 1991

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has attracted $330 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) from more than 120 countries since its independence, said Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Zhenis Kassymbek...


Kazakh government presents draft plan to implement President’s initiatives

NUR-SULTAN – First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov presented the draft National Plan of Action to implement President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Sept. 2 state-of-the-nation...


Nazarbayev opens Kazakh pavilion at exhibition hall in Moscow, meets with Putin

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and attended the opening ceremony of Kazakhstan’s pavilion at the VDNH exposition, museum and...


Kazakh government to allocate nearly $59 million to develop Imantau-Shalkar mountain lake resort

NUR-SULTAN –The Kazakh government is planning to direct 22.8 billion tenge (US$58.73 million) to develop the Imantau-Shalkar mountain lake resort in the North Kazakhstan region, said Entrepreneurship...


Kazakhstan shows positive model of integration, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

NUR-SULTAN – How can a country ensure social integration for national minorities? Why is a state language key for integration? How do digital media help to ease...


Kazakhstan’s Vinokurov wins Ironman 70.3 World Championship division in Nice

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Olympic cycling champion and Astana Pro Team General Manager Alexander Vinokurov won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in the 45-49-year division in Nice. The...