- Saturday, 17 October, 2026
- Almaty 41 °F / 5 °C
- Astana 41 °F / 5 °C
By almost any measure, multilateralism is under pressure. Major powers are increasingly divided, conflicts are multiplying, and international institutions struggle to produce agreement on basic security challenges....
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s oil sector experienced a period of lower production in the first seven months of 2026, with production falling 8.9% to 53.2 million tons amid...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan is reporting continued growth in several rare ungulate populations while expanding programs to return animals that disappeared from parts of the country to their...
ALMATY – Air Astana has extended the cancellation of flights to Dubai from Almaty and Astana through Sept. 30 due to the continuing unstable situation in the...
ALMATY – More than 5,500 participants from over 80 countries are expected to gather in Kazakhstan’s capital on Sept. 9-10 for the ninth Astana Finance Days (AFD)...
ALMATY – Umit, the female Amur tiger released into the wild in Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve on July 31, is continuing to explore the region’s forests...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has identified 5.2 million hectares of non-forested land within its 31-million-hectare state forest fund as having potential for carbon projects, opening new opportunities for...
While the prevalent discourse in the 20th century centered on the importance of oil pipelines, gaining access to oil reserves and spotlighting countries controlling energy supplies ranging...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has returned 1.154 trillion tenge (US$2.5 billion) in assets to state ownership since launching its asset-recovery program in September 2023. The central question now...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expanding academic and scientific cooperation with leading universities and research institutions in Japan and South Korea. The country seeks to strengthen higher education,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Kurultai election campaign entered its final stretch, with nationally televised debates dominating the campaign. The debates offered voters an opportunity to compare the platforms...
ASTANA – The Caspian Sea is home to the Caspian seal, the world’s only seal species found exclusively in the Caspian Sea. The species spends most of...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expanding geological and geophysical exploration to strengthen its mineral-resource base and support a strategic shift toward deeper processing and higher-value production. By the...
Trump locks Europe out of AI models; China presents the counter-proposal — a global AI platform, and everyone’s invited. What Beijing wants and why Europe remains skeptical....
ASTANA – Three historians from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia explored how the Golden Horde continues to shape the historical narratives and identities...
ASTANA – A series of recent archaeological discoveries across Kazakhstan is offering new insights into the history, culture and everyday life of communities that lived on the...
One of the things that has surprised me most over the past year is how rarely my conversations with futurists actually stay focused on artificial intelligence. We...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan is advancing construction of the Data Center Valley in the Pavlodar Region, a large-scale computing infrastructure project intended to support artificial intelligence development, attract...
ASTANA — Healthcare, education and social protection are emerging as key areas of competition in Kazakhstan’s election campaign, with experts saying voters are increasingly looking beyond broad...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan has nearly doubled its agricultural exports over the past five years, reaching $7 billion in 2025 from $3.8 billion, according to an analysis published...
ASTANA – As the weekend approaches, it is the perfect opportunity to unwind and enjoy a variety of cultural and entertainment activities. From captivating art exhibitions to...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s annual inflation slowed to 10.2% in July, extending its decline for a tenth consecutive month, while lending is increasingly shifting from consumer borrowing toward...
At a July 1 government session, Science and Higher Education Minister Sayasat Nurbek laid out a reform model built around five priorities: human capital, educational quality, science,...
ASTANA – A United Arab Emirates company has secured a 25-year license to develop the Kenderlyk coal deposit in eastern Kazakhstan, expanding foreign investment in the country’s...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan confirmed that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit in the United States (US) in December, following a meeting on Aug. 12...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan plans to turn two of the world’s largest undeveloped tungsten deposits into the country’s first full-cycle tungsten operation, requiring ore to be processed domestically...
In life and on the investment journey, it is often said that it is the journey that counts, or it is the “journey” that is the reward....
ALMATY – Central Asia’s combined economy has surpassed half a trillion US dollars, reaching an estimated $543 billion, with Kazakhstan accounting for more than half of the...
ALMATY – Caspian Sea Day is being marked on Aug. 12, the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Tehran Convention, the main regional agreement...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan has more than doubled its research and development spending since 2023, expanded international university partnerships and increased support for young scientists as it seeks...
