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ASTANA – Kazakhstan has launched an active diplomatic agenda at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, with Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi holding talks with...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Switzerland have expanded the legal framework for direct air connectivity, with the two countries signing a memorandum allowing designated airlines to operate up...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s first MICHELIN Keys, awarded on Sept. 22, place the country inside a global system of trust familiar to international travelers, potentially unlocking wider recognition...
ASTANA – More than 2,500 participants from 21 countries and 129 universities took part in a five-hour artificial intelligence hackathon in Astana on Sept. 23, as organizers...
ASTANA – Yerlan Koshanov has been elected Chair of the Kazakhstan Khalyk Kenesi (People’s Council), a new consultative body established to strengthen dialogue between citizens and the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is heading into this year’s United Nations General Assembly debate with an expanding agenda that stretches from nuclear disarmament and peacekeeping to water security,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s women’s chess team moved into second place at the 46th Chess Olympiad after securing its sixth consecutive victory, defeating Azerbaijan 2.5–1.5 in the sixth...
ASTANA – Seven years into Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s presidency, Kazakhstan’s economic record is increasingly defined not by a single indicator, but by the breadth of change across investment,...
ASTANA – NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang will visit Kazakhstan for the first time as a special guest of AI Month, a national program bringing together...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom discussed opportunities to draw on international expertise and investment potential for the development of the Caspian Green Energy Corridor during...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s AI MONTH 2026 program opens Sept. 23 with a $1.1 million HackAlem AI hackathon, launching a month-long series of events focused on artificial intelligence,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s largest banks have come to dominate one of Central Asia’s most digital consumer finance markets, leaving less room for independent fintech startups and pushing...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry will hold an electronic auction for the right to use 56 hydrocarbon subsoil blocks, with most lots offered for exploration and production...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom are seeking to build on rapidly growing bilateral trade by expanding Kazakh exports beyond raw materials and deepening cooperation in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has been included in the MICHELIN Guide’s global hotel selection for the first time, with five hotels receiving the prestigious One MICHELIN Key distinction...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expanding artificial intelligence, automated traffic enforcement and average-speed monitoring as road safety indicators improve, while rapidly growing vehicle numbers are driving the development...
ASTANA – Astana and Almaty have placed among the world’s 300 highest-ranked cities in the 2026 Global Cities Index by Oxford Economics, with both Kazakhstan’s major urban...
ASTANA – Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen has joined the nationwide Reading Nation marathon in its Parasat category, a non-competitive initiative that promotes reading through the personal example...
The new methodology for calculating copper concentrate processing tariffs raises a broader question: how competitive and predictable will Kazakhstan’s copper value chain be for international business? Against...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan plans to introduce a driverless taxi service in 2027, with an autonomous vehicle already undergoing testing in Almaty and a pilot project underway in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s regulated cryptocurrency market surpassed $10 billion in trading turnover in 2025, while the country ranked among the world’s top 10 by the number of...
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ASTANA — For 79-year-old Ramazan Yeseyov, the tazy is a family tradition stretching back generations. He began raising the dogs at six, following in the footsteps of...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan presented its contemporary literature and publishing industry at the 35th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair as the country steps up efforts to promote reading...
ASTANA – A team of experts from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began an International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) in Kazakhstan on Sept. 21 as...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan won six medals, including four golds, on Sept. 20, the first full day of competition following the official opening of the 20th Asian Games...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has expanded the use of water-saving irrigation technologies to 702,300 hectares of irrigated farmland as of Sept. 1, 2026, nearly three times the area...
ASTANA – Nearly 830,000 tourists visited Astana in the first half of 2026, a 12% increase from the same period last year, as Kazakhstan’s capital expands its...
The launch of B5+Italy in Astana matters because it gives Italy and the five Central Asian states a standing mechanism to turn last year’s summit diplomacy into...
ASTANA – On Sept. 12, Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open final to claim the third Grand Slam title of...
