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NUR-SULTAN – The epidemiological situation in Kazakhstan is currently developing based on the optimistic scenario, said Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy at the meeting on the country’s fight against...
NUR-SULTAN – As coronavirus cases rise globally, Kazakhstan has to come up with a plan to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, but without repeating the national lockdown imposed...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will provide Kyrgyzstan with 400 sets of mobile medical ventilators for intensive care units and two million medical masks produced at Kazakh enterprises, the prime minister’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated in the Nov. 16-17 third Ministerial Conference to Advance Religious Freedom, the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign affairs press service reported. Polish...
NUR-SULTAN – Aktau resident Azamat Sarsenbayev recently stunned the Kazakh social media after releasing a video featuring pink flamingos near Lake Karakol in the Mangistau region. A video drone...
NUR-SULTAN – Gabbas Kabyshuly’s book “Anuar 90” to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Kazakh writer and publicist Anuar Alimzhanov was presented Nov. 15 in Taldykorgan, reported Zakon.kz. Compiled in...
NUR-SULTAN – World-famous Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen spoke about his childhood, the aftereffect of fame, day-to-day life, his creative team, his music, and his future in an interview with...
NUR-SULTAN – Cambridge University Press in partnership with Kazakhstan’s National Bureau of Translations (NBT) presented ABAI, the first English-language volume of works by a prominent Kazakh poet, philosopher, and...
NUR-SULTAN – Government officials, non government organizations, think tanks and international organizations gathered Nov. 13 to explore ways to better facilitate the participation of people with disabilities in political...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has celebrated National Tenge Day Nov.15 to commemorate the date when the first Kazakh tenge came into circulation in 1993. The name tenge comes from the...
NUR-SULTAN – The annual report of the 2020 Basel AML Index ranked Kazakhstan 73rd among 141 countries in terms of the level of risk in the area of illegal...
NUR-SULTAN – The editorial office of The Astana Times newspaper has received a certificate of appreciation for media coverage of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations presented by...
NUR-SULTAN – Although quarantine restrictions paralyzed the Kazakh cinema industry for months, the industry has recently started to revive. Kazakh animators have high ambitions and confidence in streaming their...
New books have been published in Kazakhstan as part of the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the Golden Horde – a medieval multinational state in Central Eurasia. This...
NUR-SULTAN – Abai’s works are important not only for Kazakh people but for the whole Turkic world, said poet, writer, and vice-president of the Turkish Literature Foundation, Imdat Avshar,...
NUR-SULTAN – The students of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) all over Kazakhstan have recently got the hang of Togyz Kumalak (nine stones). It is an ancient two-player strategy board...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan has entered the yellow COVID-19 danger zone, as the city witnessed a surge in coronavirus cases. Nur-Sultan Akim (Mayor) Altai Kulginov warned citizens...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 11 million Kazakh people will take part in electing the representatives to the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament), reported Deputy Chairman of the Central Election...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chose the venue of the recent online summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for making several important statements. This authoritative international body, which includes...
NUR-SULTAN – Almaty hosted the ninth Krasnoe Yabloko Almaty (Almaty’s Red Apple) – a symbol of a strong and happy family online charitable festival Nov. 10-11. This year’s event...
NUR-SULTAN – Thirty-five Kazakh food producers participated in the third annual China International Import Exposition (CIIE) in Shanghai Nov. 5-10 signing several agreements, reported the Kazakh Ministry of Trade...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan produced 1.4 million barrels of oil per day in October, achieving a 99 percent conformity under the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreement, reported the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan has developed from a consultative and advisory body into a national institution with its own parliamentary representation, said Kazakhstan’s First President...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government and Turkish business circles signed five preliminary agreements on a number of projects worth $160 million during the Nov. 9 Kazakh government’s visit to...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has taken all the necessary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure that the local healthcare services are ready for an increase of...
NUR-SULTAN – Nur Otan, Kazakhstan’s ruling party, with branches in Shymkent, and Almaty finalized party lists for their maslikhats (local representative bodies) and party lists of candidates for the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states have signed a Moscow declaration and a package of documents at the SCO Heads of State Council...
NUR-SULTAN – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has evolved into one of the most successful international organizations and become an efficient tool to strengthen cooperation and trust between countries, said...
NUR-SULTAN – The European Union Delegation to Kazakhstan unveiled the fifth European online film festival Nov. 9, reported the delegation’s press service. The festival, which brings 18 films from...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in an official meeting dedicated to the transition of the Kazakh alphabet into Latin script Nov. 9, reported Akorda Press. Minister...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government summed up social-economic development from January to October during the Nov. 10 government meeting. The real sector of the economy demonstrated growth dynamics in...
NUR-SULTAN – The upcoming week will be busy for Kazakh political parties, as the nomination of candidates kicked off Nov. 10 for the upcoming Majilis elections scheduled for Jan....
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government and German businesses signed business memorandums for $160 million in investment projects in the agricultural machinery and healthcare sectors in a number of bilateral...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin has inaugurated the construction work of hotels, a golf club, a theme park under the Fairmont, DoubleTree by Hilton, Movenpick Hotels and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on his victory in the 2020 United States presidential elections after he passed the 270 electoral college threshold on...
NUR-SULTAN – MFA Mask, one of the largest Turkish respiratory masks manufacturers, will build a plant producing respiratory masks on the territory of Astana – in the New City...
NUR-SULTAN – The world’s 100 most popular textbooks in the social sciences and humanities will be translated into the Kazakh language by the end of the year, said Bilim...
NUR-SULTAN – Before the pandemic, Nazarbayev University students and faculty would book the biggest 1,000 seat-capacity hall in the first three minutes when tickets went on sale – all...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh self-taught hyperrealist sculptor Aidos Yesmagambetov created a realistic sculpture of Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayev to commemorate his 175th anniversary. The sculpture has even the...
NUR-SULTAN – Ethnic Kazakh Turan Bahadur, who lives in Istanbul, has been making clothes for historical and period movies in Turkey. After the launch of the website, his movie...
This year is marked by the celebration of the 175th anniversary of Kazakh poet and writer Abai Kunanbayev. Kunanbayev went on to become the first Kazakh classic writer famous...
NUR-SULTAN – Six political parties will participate in the upcoming elections to the Majilis scheduled for Jan. 10, 2021, Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Thursday. The Majilis...
NUR-SULTAN – The international community has again expressed interest in Kazakhstan’s experience in the rehabilitation and adaptation of believers who have suffered from radical ideologies, according to zakon.kz Alim...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources finalized the restoration plan for Turanian tigers in Central Asia, the ministry’s press service reported. The ministry designated...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s low-cost carrier Fly Arystan will launch flights to Turkestan from the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan and Almaty, the Civil Aviation Committee reported. The airline will operate its...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Ballet will stage the premiere of the one-act ballet “Zheltorangy turaly anyz” (The Legend of Turangy) directed by Kazakh choreographer Anvara Sadykova Nov. 6-7, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has ample opportunities to develop the country’s own organic agriculture, said Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov at the Nov. 3 virtual meeting of the 32nd...
NUR-SULTAN – The goal to achieve a nuclear weapon-free world by 2045 and the organizers believe this is achievable although the process requires the involvement of all stakeholders, including...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will strengthen measures regarding the crossing of the state border. This was announced at the Nov. 2 Interdepartmental Commission headed by Prime Minister Askar Mamin. Foreign...
NUR-SULTAN – The Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) demonstrates one of the best examples of a women empowerment policy in the entire country. The bank’s proportion of women employed...
