- Saturday, 14 February, 2026
- Almaty 32 °F / 0 °C
- Astana 10 °F / -12 °C
ASTANA – François Bernard, an independent member of the Board of Directors of the Kazakh Invest national company and the chairman of its Investment Attraction and Support...
ASTANA – Will Aston has formed two companies within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), becoming one of the first businesspeople to cooperate with it. He spoke...
ASTANA – Turkish companies will invest $1.7 billion in Kazakhstan based on 22 trade and economic cooperation agreements reached between the countries Aug. 12 as part of...
ASTANA – Relocation of a regional centre from Shymkent to Turkestan is a difficult process in every respect, said Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev during a meeting at...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev held bilateral talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, participated in the Third Meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council and...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s e-commerce market volume has reached 159 billion tenge (US$422.9 million) since the beginning of the year. The figure refers to the concept of the...
ASTANA – Baspana Mortgage recently launched a secondary housing lending programme providing favourable terms, reported Chair of the company Kairat Altynbekov at a Sept. 11 Central Communications...
ASTANA – Nurzhan Altayev, Kazakh deputy minister of labour and social protection and previous deputy minister of agriculture and deputy chair of the Atameken National Chamber of...
ASTANA — Paediatric orthopaedist and traumatologist Isamdum Haramov is a real saviour and hero who gives children a chance to live full and happy lives. His diligent...
ASTANA – The IB (International Baccalaureate), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary of delivering education for a better world, established the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) at Miras...
ASTANA – Travelling from sea to sea, the Kazakh National Geographic Society’s (Qazaq Geography) fifth expedition started Sept. 10 from Almaty. The participants will travel more than...
ASTANA – Balkhash, Kazakhstan’s largest lake, is among many popular destinations for vacation within the country. With its blue and crystal-clear waters, the lake is located amidst...
ASTANA – The first free courses teaching self-defence basics for women began in the city as a social project to raise awareness and protect vulnerable members of...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government recently approved a draft law empowering regional and city administrations to repair façades and roofs, increase housing stability in flood zones, repair...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev, Minister of Labour and Social Protection Madina Abylkassymova, Ministry of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov and First Vice Minister...
ASTANA – As the international community marked the Sept. 10 World Day against Suicide, Kazakhstan ranks fourth in the world in the number of suicide deaths per...
ASTANA – Green Station, a 5.5 million tenge (US$14,630) reception point for secondary raw materials, opened Sept. 11 in the Baikonur district of the capital, reported the...
ASTANA – Kazakh government officials hope to reach 4 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2018, despite only 3.8 percent growth between January and August, Minister...
ASTANA – World-renowned musicians will perform a “Stars of the Performing Arts” concert at the Astana Opera Sept. 16. The opera house’s sixth theatrical season recently kicked...
ASTANA – Alexander Gabchenko has visited 34 countries, at least 200 cities and more than 150 unique destinations – many on two wheels. The founder of Almaty’s...
ASTANA – Since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016 after the death of Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan, the most populous country in Central Asia, has been witnessing...
ASTANA – Husna Cosmetics, which sells natural halal items in Almaty, Astana, Shymkent and Uralsk, has been operating in the Kazakh market for the last two years....
ASTANA – Sport Without Limits, the intercontinental Astana-Paris bike marathon for visually-impaired and blind cyclists, came to a memorable end Sept. 10 in the French capital near...
ASTANA – Kassymkhan Kapparov, a graduate of Al-Farabi Kazakh and Yokohama national universities, studies macroeconomic trends as director and founder of the private institution Bureau for Economic...
ASTANA – PaperLab is a discussion platform offering scholars and state bodies the opportunity to be exposed to and critically reflect on each other’s expertise, views and...
ASTANA – Kazakh Director Emir Baigazin won Best Director Orizzonti Award for his “Ozen” (River) at the Aug. 29-Sept. 8 75th Venice Film Festival in Venice Lido. The...
On the eve of the Caspian Summit last month, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Kuryk on the seashore to open the port’s new transport hub. His visit...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Sept. 10 Astana Akim (Mayor) Asset Issekeshev the head of the presidential administration, relieving him of his position as a...
Kazinform reports that 192,658 children were born in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018, which is 3,409 children more than in the same period last year....
Kazakhstan may host the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in 2025. Kazakh Agency for Civil Service and Anti-Corruption Deputy Chair Olzhas Bektenov and...
Kazakhstan’s August inflation rate was 0.2 percent compared to the previous month and 2.9 percent compared to December, according to inform.kz. In the last month, food prices...
Kazakhstan introduced a three-month ban Aug. 26 on importing Russia’s AI-92 petrol by rail, according to Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev’s order “On some issues of oil...
ASTANA – Amendments to the housing and municipal services bill stipulating the relationship between apartment owners and property managing companies will be proposed to the Mazhilis (lower...
This year, the Belt and Road Initiative marks its five-year anniversary. This is a great event that draws the attention of the world community. It is even...
ASTANA – The Kazakh-Chinese business forum, which took place Sept. 7 in Astana, marked the fifth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping...
ASTANA – Medical reforms adopted in July 2017 significantly enhanced the performance of emergency medical care in Kazakhstan, Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov told a Central Communications...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan finished second overall behind Kyrgyzstan at the Sept. 2-8 World Nomadic Games in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. Kazakh athletes won 69 medals, including 16 gold, 24...
ASTANA – The second stage of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces project has kicked off, Kazkontent Chair Yevgeny Kochetov told a Central Communications Service press conference. The project’s...
ASTANA – Discussion platform PaperLab hosted a Sept. 5 talk, “Reform of the Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs: How to shape citizen-oriented police?” with the support of...
ASTANA – The Bagdar (Guidance) project is a unified information system offering career advice and forecasting and analysing labour force demand. Initiated by researchers in 2016, it...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the fourth session of the Kazakh Parliament Sept. 1 at the joint sitting of the Senate and Mazhilis (lower house...
ASTANA – “Yiddish Glory – The Lost Songs of World War II,” released Feb. 28, features unique musical recordings created by Holocaust victims and survivors, mostly women...
ASTANA – The Nazarbayev Centre hosted Aug. 28-29 the conference, A Constitution: the Embodiment of the Values of the Rule of Law, Civil Society and the Modern...
ASTANA – One of the most recent trends gaining popularity in Kazakhstan is start-ups. More and more young talents are driven by the idea of starting up...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s full transition to digital television will provide access to 30 TV channels in regional centres and up to 15 TV channels in villages and...
ASTANA – Kazakh weightlifter Ilya Ilyin recently won the Kazakhstan Championship in the 102-kilograms weight category. Ilyin showed a result of 380 (172+208) kilograms on the sum...
ASTANA – China intends to increase natural gas supplies from Kazakhstan and Russia, reported the China News Service citing the Chinese representative of state administration for energy...
ASTANA – Ozara Services addresses the needs of financial and non-financial services entities in business advisory, digital transformation and programme implementation domains. The company intends to leverage...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was among the first politicians of the international level to have brought the new global challenges of our time to the notice of...
The Sixth Summit of the Heads of Turkic Speaking States, held in Cholpon-Ata Sept. 3, should be considered one of the most significant events of this year....
ASTANA – The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced in a recent press release that it is keeping the base interest rate unchanged at 9 percent with a...
ASTANA – New options have been created by Baspana Mortgage to reduce the financial burden for young families and public sector workers, who can now provide a...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited AlmatyGenplan Research Institute Sept. 5, where he was presented with a three-dimensional model of the city. He noted people moving...
NEW YORK – The ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador Karipbek Kuyukov addressed a special Sept. 6 session of the UN General Assembly devoted to the International Day against...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan creates conditions for representatives of various religious communities, including adherents of Buddhism, to coexist peacefully and prosper. Larisa Palagina, leader of Almaty Temple of...
Increasing interaction between the Turkic-speaking states after the Sixth Summit of the Turkic Council dedicated to youth policy will become an important indicator of the effective dialogue...
ASTANA – The Kazakh capital hosted Sept. 5 the Regional Conference on Women’s Empowerment in Afghanistan. It was held six months after Kazakhstan announced the event during...
ASTANA – Kazakh pharmaceutical companies operating in Russia recently passed traditional market leader Belarus in market share, reported 24.kz. Belarus has been a recognised leader in pharmaceutical...
ASTANA – Regional cooperation is necessary to empower Afghan women, UN Women Director of Programme Division Maria-Noel Vaeza told The Astana Times in an exclusive interview on...
ASTANA – A plan for Korean companies to build a network of modern bus terminals in Kazakhstan was reviewed by representatives at a seminar in Seoul organised...
ASTANA – At first glance, Inder Salt Lake, located 180 kilometres from Atyrau city, might remind some of Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia. The lake...
ASTANA – For Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, a young composer and one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces, the music in his mind flows directly to his pen, as he...
ASTANA – More than nine million people visited primary healthcare organisations in six months, reported Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov during a Sept. 4 government meeting....
ASTANA – FC Astana qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Europa League after recently outscoring APOEL over two matches. FC Astana first lost to APOEL...
ASTANA – The photo exhibition “Astana – The Pearl of the Great Steppe,” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Kazakh capital, was presented in the South...
ASTANA – Almaty Day, a celebration of the city, cannot be contained in one 24-hour period. More than 100 activities are scheduled Aug. 25-Sept. 30, with the...
ASTANA – An independent drama group from Almaty and a regional state theatre from Temirtau will present Sep. 14-15 in Almaty “Re: Oblomov,” a play based on...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the Sept. 3 Sixth Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (CCTS) in Choplon-Ata, suggesting avenues for cooperation and...
ASTANA – Almaty International Airport plans to spend $140.8 million in upcoming years to build a new terminal, reconstruct runways and improve food service. The airport is...
ASTANA – Lives’ Talk, a Korean start-up, has developed two gadgets and a mobile application to help Kazakh farmers quickly determine the location of their cattle. The...
ASTANA – Oilseed breeders recently presented prospective varieties of sunflower and soybean to East Kazakhstan region Akim (Governor) Danial Akhmetov. The experimental farm in the Glubokovsky district...
ASTANA – The city akimat (administration) has devised several methods to optimise work between citizens and housing management services. The online support system e-KSK has eased a...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government will adopt a new healthcare сode in the next year, enabling the country’s healthcare system to implement many up-to-date technologies such as...
ASTANA – Kazakh biotechnologist Bauyrzhan Aituov produces Innodent, an innovative product for treating tooth decay without painful drilling and fillings. The product can stop early tooth decay...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is making strides towards digital transformation in many areas. One of the significant moves is the Astana Hub, an international technopark of start-ups that...
ASTANA – Astana Opera House will host “Astana Is My Beautiful Dream,” a Sept. 8 concert featuring the performance of prominent Kazakh opera singer and Astana Opera...
ASTANA – “The Nomads,” the first international extreme reality show, will broadcast aspects of Kazakh culture to more than 100 nations around the world. Two teams from...
ASTANA – The 2015-2019 State Programme of Industrial and Innovative Development (SPIID) has positively affected the growth dynamics of the manufacturing sector, resulting in the industry contribution...
ASTANA – Approximately 1.385 million Kazakh citizens have updated their employment status since the beginning of 2018, when the figure was 2.7 million, said Minister of Labour...
ASTANA – The Astana Debate Community made history at the 2018 European University Debating Championship (EUDC) in Serbia, with a team from Kazakhstan reaching the English as...
ASTANA – Aziz Zairov, a talented director, is among the winners of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces project. Although he modestly notes there are a number of worthy...
ASTANA – Seniors majoring in IT at Suleyman Demirel University have developed Aibota, an intelligent personal assistant that will speak and provide information in Kazakh. The virtual...
ASTANA – More than 850,000 people visited the Shchuchinsk-Burabai resort zone in 2017, reported Akmola Region Akim (Governor) Malik Murzalin at an Aug. 25 press conference in...
ASTANA – Astana’s new monument, the Peace Wall, was presented by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the International Day against Nuclear Tests at the Aug. 29 opening ceremony....
ASTANA – Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) representatives, Kazakh officials and others involved in the global nuclear non-proliferation effort gathered in Astana Aug. 29 for a...
ASTANA – Astana Garden School, a private non-profit high school and the first of its kind in Kazakhstan, prepares students as competitive candidates to top-ranking universities. In...
The death of veteran U.S. Senator John McCain last weekend led to heart-felt tributes from both sides of the American political divide and from across the world....
ASTANA – The Kazakh postal service, KazPost, issued a new postage stamp Aug. 28 honouring The ATOM Project, a global anti-nuclear weapons initiative launched by Kazakh President...
ASTANA – With 44 medals, Kazakhstan is currently in 10th place at the 18th Asian Games. At the end of day ten, the country’s athletes have collected...
ASTANA – Rosaria Iazzetta started a motorbike journey to battle her own fears, but, in fact, her courage and enthusiasm has inspired thousands of people she has...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev participated Aug. 18 in Human Resources in the Framework of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an annual pedagogical...
ASTANA – Despite rainy weather, the open-air Ethno Fest opened its doors Aug. 25-26 in Astana, welcoming people to get closer to their national culture and traditions....
ASTANA – Finns and Karelians in Kazakhstan are small in number yet strive to preserve their identity after an uneasy history for their people during the Soviet...
ASTANA – Sary-Arka, the fourth expedition of the Kazakh National Geographic Society (Qazaq Geography), set off from Astana Aug. 20. The journey, dedicated to the 20th anniversary...
ASTANA – Representatives of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan reached an agreement to begin measures to stop border traffic congestion at the Konysbayev customs post during an Aug. 18...
ASTANA – Delegations from Satbayev Kazakh National Research and Technical University and the ArcelorMittal Temirtau company recently visited the China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (CCTEG) in...
Kazakhstan, for such a young country, can point to significant foreign policy achievements. It has built good relations with both the major powers and developing nations in...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged an Aug. 24 summit of the heads of the founding states of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea...
ASTANA – The 24th French film festival, L’Etrange Festival, taking place in Paris Sep. 5-16, will show the entire filmography of Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov within its...
Tea Board of India, the government agency overseeing the product’s promotion, cultivation and export, organised a tea promotion event Aug. 23 in Almaty. A 22-member delegation headed...
