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NUR-SULTAN – Baiterek National Holding Chair Aidar Arifkhanov and Euler Hermes head Ingo Junker signed a $1.12 billion export insurance deal June 3 in Berlin, Germany, Baiterek’s...
NUR-SULTAN – The International Eurasian Film Festival to be held in Nur-Sultan from June 30 to July 6 will include the usual film screenings and award ceremonies,...
As the 10th anniversary of joining the Bologna Process approaches, the Kazakhstan government shall take stock of its progress and address two main questions. Have we achieved...
NUR-SULTAN – Parts of the Kazakh capital with insufficient stormwater drainage systems will see that change in the next two years. The Nur-Sultan akimat (administration) website provides...
NUR-SULTAN – Developing security cooperation, increasing business turnover and maintaining education cooperation are the key areas of the Afghan diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan, the country’s Ambassador to...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 200 remote villages will receive broadband internet connection by Sept. 1, reported the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry press service....
NUR-SULTAN – The action plan to develop primary healthcare in Kazakhstan is showing results. The national screening programme, which examined five million children in 2018, revealed illnesses...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 3,000 Kazakh Armed Forces personnel’s families purchased housing in 2018 under a mortgage loan programme created by the Kazakh government specifically for members...
NUR-SULTAN – The Ministry of Healthcare plans to adjust its reimbursement for medical procedures to facilitate 30 percent salary increases for 400,000 medical workers in 2020, Minister...
NUR-SULTAN – The Bulgar Tatar ethno cultural association in Aktau (Mangystau Region) assists those who wish to know and preserve Tatar culture, traditions and customs. The ability...
NUR-SULTAN – Senior students in Kazakhstan’s high schools are undertaking Unified National Testing (UNT) June 20-30. This year, more than 117,000 people applied to take the exam,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Karaganda Region’s convenient location, rich historical and cultural heritage, unique architectural monuments and sacred sites make it a unique tourist destination. Its diversity of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh tennis player Yulia Putintseva beat Japan’s Naomi Osaka, ranked the best women’s player in the world, during the second round of the Nature Valley...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s gasoline prices have dropped, and an Energyprom study found that the country has sufficient supply for the domestic market and is planning to gradually...
NUR-SULTAN – Japanese-Kazakh relations have acquired a partnership character, as the countries are developing economic ties, trade and investment, cultural and educational cooperation. “The country grows not...
NUR-SULTAN – Chaudhary Group (CG Global) is planning to build a ski resort, instant noodle factory and food park in the Turkestan Region. The Indian company intends...
NUR-SULTAN – Karaganda Region will launch a pilot project on compulsory social health insurance from September. The pilot will test practices for providing services, identifying insurance status...
NUR-SULTAN – Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Governor Kairat Kelimbetov and an AIFC delegation met June 18 with the executives of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and more...
NUR-SULTAN – The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry and Zerde Holding, the national information and communication technology (ICT) company, have launched digital literacy training...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Justice plans to create an intellectual property rights coordination centre to secure investments and protect intellectual property using the experience of...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) is opening competence centres at Kazakhstan’s major universities to improve investment literacy. The initiative also intends to help develop...
NUR-SULTAN – K-Chopsticks opened June 11 with a unique collection of Korean tableware featuring approximately 400 works by 46 renowned applied art masters from Jeonju. The exhibit,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kyzyolrda Region is famous as the home of Korkyt Ata, the ninth-century Kazakh philosopher, thinker and creator of the kobyz (stringed musical instrument). The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev directed June 17 the creation of the Ministry of Trade and Integration and the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined his views of the priorities for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at a June 13 meeting of the heads of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s digitisation efforts generated $578 million for its economy in 2018, said Kazakh Vice Minister of Digital Development, Defence and Aerospace Industry Ablaikhan Ospanov at...
NUR-SULTAN – Nazarbayev University’s (NU) First Annual Gender Forum gathered more than 100 researchers, policymakers and practitioners June 13-14 to discuss challenges and changes in gender in...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the June 14-15 plenary session of the 5th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in...
NUR-SULTAN – Cattle from Russia and the Czech Republic were imported to the Pavlodar Region for its animal husbandry development, Kazinform reported June 10. The 2,485 head...
NUR-SULTAN – Doing business is easiest in Almaty, Aktau and Aktobe among the 16 locations in Kazakhstan rated by the second World Bank’s Subnational Doing Business in...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Japan are negotiating the export of Kazakh horse meat to the Japanese market, where it will be used to prepare the delicacy basashi...
NUR-SULTAN – Prime Minister Askar Mamin reviewed the Akmola region’s socio-economic development during a June 15 working trip, finding that the region had seen a steady increase...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh enterprises will soon begin exporting camel wool and powdered camel and horse milk to China, the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture announced June 6. Negotiations...
NUR-SULTAN – The IT HUB technopark opened in Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Region, June 7, as a part of the nationwide Digital Kazakhstan programme. The technopark is intended...
NUR-SULTAN – Turkish YDA Holding company will invest 110 billion tenge (US$286.24 million) in the construction and equipment of two medical facilities in Petropavlovsk and Turkestan. The...
NUR-SULTAN – The classic ballet “Giselle,” written by opera and ballet composer Adolphe Adam and first staged in 1841 in Paris, premiered June 14 in the Kazakh...
NUR-SULTAN – Tin One Mining, the mineral exploration and development company co-owned by Lancaster Group and Samruk Kazyna Invest, has started exploration at Central Asia’s largest and...
NUR-SULTAN – The UN Population Fund, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN Women invited fathers working in the media, civil society, international development and advocacy to discuss...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare will set price ceilings for wholesale and retail drugs in July, reports Primeminister.kz. “Price regulation rules were developed, an order...
NUR-SULTAN – The Ministry of Agriculture is implementing the Northern Soya programme aimed at helping farmers increase soybean yield in the North Kazakhstan Region. In five years,...
NUR-SULTAN – Eight-year-old Kazakh chess player Sauat Nurgaliyev took the rapid chess gold at the French Chess Rapid and Blitz Open tournament June 7, the Kazakh Chess...
NUR-SULTAN – Penal Reform International (PRI) is seeking to assist Kazakhstan in reforming its penal system, step up efforts to prevent torture and update detention facilities in...
NUR-SULTAN – Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) seeks to advance the private sector in Central Asia through funding agricultural and transport infrastructure...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh GDP growth, calculated at 4 percent from January-May, is maintaining positive dynamics, noted Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov. “The dynamics in investments outpace...
NUR-SULTAN – The Aktyubinsk Polymer Factory workshop in the industrial zone of Aktobe has begun producing big bags and railcar liners for the transport of bulk cargo....
NUR-SULTAN – Investment opportunities in Kazakhstan were presented to foreign companies June 6-8 at Russia’s 2019 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), reports Invest.gov.kz. Since 1997, SPIEF...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh national football team defeated the San Marino national football team 4:0 June 11 in the fourth matchday of the Union of European Football...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made new appointments to government positions June 12 and 13, reported the Akorda press service. Askhat Aimagambetov was appointed June 13...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev divided June 13 the Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption into separate state bodies. Both bodies will be subordinate to...
NUR-SULTAN – The inauguration of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took place June 12 at the Palace of Independence in the capital. Tokayev swore an oath to the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh weightlifters Denis Ulanov and Ilya Ilyin won gold and silver medals, respectively, at the June 7-9, 2019 British International Open weight-lifting tournament at the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Zerenda-Schuchinsk highway and its surrounding territory will undergo infrastructure development to make the Zerenda resort area more attractive to tourists, reported www.yunews.com. Despite its...
NUR-SULTAN – The Ministry of Agriculture has upgraded spring sowing and harvesting equipment with new investment subsidies and introduced the Northern Soya programme to diversify crop production,...
In June 2019, Kazakhstan takes over the Chairmanship of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) from the current chair Latvia. In June 2019, Kazakhstan takes over the...
Alstom has started producing Prima M4 KZ4AT passenger electric locomotives at the Nur-Sultan-based EKZ joint venture. The company plans to hire 35 additional workers for the new...
Tyson Foods is negotiating a multibillion-dollar investment in beef production in Kazakhstan in order to access China’s market, reports Kazakh Invest. After African swine fever’s devastating effect...
Kazakhstan and Germany have created an organisation designed to deepen economic and cultural ties between the countries. The first meeting was organised as part of the conference...
Kazakhstan plans to launch an independent verification system to certify the qualifications of professionals, Kazakh Minister of Labour and Social Protection Berdibek Saparbayev announced recently. The system...
NUR-SULTAN – Incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election, receiving 70.96 percent of the vote (6,539,715 votes), said Central Election Commission (CEC) Member Lyazzat...
NUR-SULTAN – SCAT, Kazakhstan’s second largest airline, launched direct flights to Prague and Ulaanbaatar from the nation’s capital June 2 in an effort to boost tourist flow...
The election of a national President is always a significant moment in a country’s history. But as we have said before, when the election is to choose...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh athletes Sofya Berultseva, Darkhan Assadilov and Kaisar Alpysbai were among the winners at the June 7-9 Karate 1 Premiere League main series in Shanghai,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh professional tennis player Alexander Bublik lost to Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez June 10 for a spot in the men’s single main draw of the Mercedes...
NUR-SULTAN – On the day following Kazakhstan’s early presidential election, international observation mission heads and delegates shared their views regarding voting procedure and citizen participation. This year,...
NUR-SULTAN – Incumbent President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected to win the June 9 presidential election receiving the support of 70.13 per cent of the voters...
NUR-SULTAN – The seven people who sought to become the next president of Kazakhstan came to vote to exercise their constitutional right during election day June 9....
NUR-SULTAN – Some of Kazakhstan’s 11,814,019 eligible voters who went to the polls in the county’s June 9 presidential election told The Astana Times they consider voting...
NUR-SULTAN – The foreign observers started their mission to ensure that the June 9 presidential election meets international standards throughout Kazakhstan. Overall, Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC)...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh professional boxer Gennady Golovkin (GGG) knocked out Canadian Steve Rolls in the fourth round of his June 9 DAZN debut in front of a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh citizens went to the polls June 9 for the nation’s first presidential election without former and founding President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The final voter turnout...
NUR-SULTAN – The first Jasyl Jol electric car rally appropriately started on June 5, World Environment Day, at the capital’s EXPO 2017 site. The cars, which are...
NUR-SULTAN – British scholars Guillaume Tiberghien from Glasgow University and John Lennon from the Glasgow Caledonian University recently presented their research on two Soviet labour camps in...
NUR-SULTAN – The Housing Construction Saving Bank of Kazakhstan (HCSBK) has fully disbursed funds for the 2019 military personnel housing programme. The programme started May 2 and...
NUR-SULTAN – All import and export documentation in Kazakhstan can now be obtained through Single Window, according to the State Revenue Committee press service. The change, implemented...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh national teams will take part in 28 licensed world championships, 19 Asian championships and 12 world-qualifying tournaments this year to secure their Olympic quota....
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital hosted the eighth annual Eurasian Higher Education Leaders’ Forum (EHELF) June 6-7 to discuss the changing job market, the new skills it...
NUR-SULTAN – Established and emerging Kazakh musicians, street dancers and food trucks will be part of the You music festival, which launches June 22 in Nur-Sultan. The...
NUR-SULTAN – The company that runs the MEGA Malls chain in Kazakhstan recently gave a boost to retailers who produce their products domestically. The chain, run by...
NUR-SULTAN – The number of foreign journalists accredited to cover Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election has increased more than 35 percent over the number of reporters accredited...
NUR-SULTAN – The film “Aladdin” directed by Guy Ritchie was released May 23 in Kazakh in the capital and a record 3,000 viewers watched the film in...
NUR-SULTAN – Online booking services have advanced to such a level that fully personalised travel to almost any point on Earth is possible – except, that is,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan marked May 31 the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions by laying floral tributes at the monuments of political repression victims and...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 30,000 people took the opportunity to learn more about the cultural heritage and traditions of the Kazakh people during Nur-Sultan’s open-air ethnofest May...
NUR-SULTAN – The Roma People’s community of the Aktobe Region, founded in 2011 by Yelena Dmitriyeva, is the only Roma People ethno cultural centre registered in the...
NUR-SULTAN – As of May 1, the portfolio of pension assets of the Single Accumulated Pension Fund (SAPF) was 9,761.9 billion tenge (US$25.5 billion). Cash and financial...
NUR-SULTAN – The Turkestan Region government plans to soon launch a fleet of electric powered, double-decker tourist buses, reports the region’s akimat (administration). Double-decker buses, such as...
NUR-SULTAN – Nur-Sultan Akimat (city administration) issued certificates for 150 apartments for rent to large families in the capital’s housing queue June 4 as part of the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited 1,013 international observers, including 866 observers from nine international organisations and 147 observers from 41 foreign countries, to...
Central Asia is a unique place that can be self-sufficient and prosperous. It is a market of 70 million with a young, educated workforce. It has common...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin told the May 31 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Heads of Government meeting in Ashgabat that CIS markets...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Bureau launched an expert school May 27 on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) common financial space. The first such...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan returned 171 Kazakh children caught up in the Syrian conflict May 28-31 in the third stage of Kazakhstan’s Jusan humanitarian operation, according to an...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated 963 Nazarbayev University (NU) students on completing their education at a May 31 graduation ceremony. NU is an English-medium...
NUR-SULTAN – While the Kazakh wilderness is usually associated with horses and steppes, it is also the land of the famous singing sand dunes, forests, mountains and...
NUR-SULTAN – The Comic Con 2019 convention in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan’s first, gathered more than 53,000 people interested in geek culture for two days of events and competitions...
NUR-SULTAN – For more than two decades, May 31 has been observed as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression in Kazakhstan. Two other...
NUR-SULTAN – The water supply will be improved this year for 126,800 people in 68 Kazakh villages. Approximately 90.2 percent or 16.5 million people out of Kazakhstan’s...
NUR-SULTAN – After the National Bank’s purge of what it identified as bad actors in 2018, Kazakhstan’s remaining second-tier banks are now undertaking mergers and acquisitions to...
NUR-SULTAN – Turkey’s Sembol Construction will build a 600-room resort on the Caspian Sea coast in Aktau, said Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin May 31 during the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh national female basketball team took the silver medal May 26 at the Asia Cup 3×3 finale. In the final game, the Kazakh national...
