- Sunday, 18 January, 2026
- Almaty 3 °F / -16 °C
- Astana -8 °F / -22 °C
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mahdi Safari announced plans to raise trade turnover to $3 billion,...
ASTANA – Pope Francis spoke about his apostolic journey to Kazakhstan as a ‘pilgrim of peace’ for the participation in the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional...
ASTANA – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC partners, a group of oil exporters called OPEC+, agreed to reduce their oil production quotas by 2 million...
ASTANA – Chairman of the Amanat party Yerlan Koshanov proposed to nominate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to run in the upcoming presidential elections on Nov. 20 during an Oct. 6...
On becoming President of Kazakhstan in 2019, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev wanted to capitalize on the competitive advantage of his motherland being a global investment hub. He reflects in his most...
ASTANA – The international conference titled Social Reforms of Modern Kazakhstan and the Experience of Eastern European countries was held on Oct. 4 in Prague, reported the Kazakh Ministry...
ASTANA – Digital Nomads, a group of more than 400 IT professionals born in Kazakhstan but now spanning across the world, met on Sept. 21 with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev...
ASTANA – It would be appropriate to run not as leader of any specific group but from a broad coalition of social and political forces that form a solid...
ASTANA – The Pavlodar Region should focus on strengthening its industrial and innovative potential, solving environmental and water supply issues, and developing the region’s infrastructure, creative industry, and tourism,...
ASTANA – The National Volunteer Network, Kazakhstan’s Civil Alliance, Qazaqstan Team Youth Association, Organization of Veterans, and Kazakhstan’s Union of Athletes nominated President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Oct. 5 to...
ASTANA – The turquoise passport of Kazakhstan is a symbol of justice and the nation’s charted course towards the future, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during an Oct. 5...
ASTANA – The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) may offer a new course for promoting security systems for rapidly developing Asian countries, says Bulat...
ASTANA – The era of oligarchic capitalism in Kazakhstan is ending as the country is entering an era of greater social responsibility to its citizens, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev...
Pope Francis remembers his 38th Apostolic Journey abroad to the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan as a ‘pilgrim of peace’ during this moment of war, and makes a strong...
ASTANA – Seven fields have been included in the state register of mineral resources, said Deputy Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Talgat Momyshev at an Oct. 3...
ASTANA – Concerns about economic conditions remained high in Kazakhstan in the second quarter of the year, according to the recent Listening to Kazakhstan (L2Kaz) Survey on social and...
ASTANA – The League of Arab States (LAS) confirmed its participation in the sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit on Oct. 12-13 in...
ASTANA – Meiram Kazhyken, a candidate from the Amanat Trade Unions Commonwealth is set to run for president in the upcoming elections on Nov. 20. He submitted documents on...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is ranked 65th in the 2022 Social Progress Index, which assesses the progress of countries in meeting citizens’ social and environmental needs, reported the Economic Research...
ASTANA – The World Crafts Council has announced its decision to include Kazakhstan’s first city – Taraz, into the World List of Craft Cities during the International Exhibition of...
ASTANA – The ATP 500 Astana Open hard court tournament started Oct. 3 in the capital with the nation’s favorite Beibit Zhukayev’s loss to the more experienced and higher-ranked...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will host the next Vth World Nomad Games in 2024, said the chairperson of Mazhilis, the lower house of Parliament Yerlan Koshanov, during his Oct. 3...
ASTANA – Meta’s Managing Director for Public Policy in Central Asia George Chen noted the increasing importance of the Kazakh language during a Sept. 29 meeting with Kazakh Minister...
ASTANA – The Kazakh capital of Astana hosted the presentation of the Kazakh language edition of the book “Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb” written by prominent...
ASTANA – A popular video hosting platform TikTok and AstanaHub digital technopark will jointly launch a TikTok StartUp Academy, an educational project for Kazakh startups, reported AstanaHub press service...
ASTANA – The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), an independent regulator of the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC), will host the fifth annual World Investor Week (WIW) titled Sustaining...
ASTANA – Juan Carlos Salazar, the Secretary-General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), recognized Kazakhstan’s progress in achieving 84 percent compliance with the ICAO requirements in 2021 on...
ASTANA – Three candidates were nominated to run for president in the upcoming elections on Nov. 20, which brings the total number of candidates to four, including incumbent Kassym-Jomart...
ASTANA – The Astana Opera House will present the “Cinderella” ballet on Oct. 8 and 9 in Astana. The ballet will showcase the well-known story of Cinderella in a...
ASTANA – The Pallas’s cat or the so-called manul was recently caught by a camera trap in the Tarbagatai National Park in the Abai Region, according to the Forestry...
ASTANA – The six technoparks of the various Turkic states signed a memorandum to develop the region’s innovation ecosystem, on the sidelines of the Digital Bridge 2022 forum on...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will introduce the Chess at Schools nationwide project, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his Sept. 29 meeting with President of International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich,...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev unveiled a monument to Kazakh writer Mukhtar Auezov and his student, Kazakh scientist Kaiym Mukhamedkhanov in Semei on Sept. 30, as part of his...
ASTANA – The Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), the world’s largest high-carbon ferrochrome producer, started to export coal to the European Union through Russia, said Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and...
ASTANA – The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Special Working Group (SWG) meeting conducted on Sept. 28-29, has made a major advance in preparing...
ASTANA – As the most outstanding achievement of humanity to date, atomic energy should work for the benefit of the nations rather than serve as a destructive tool of...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan moved up one spot to occupy the 28th place in the United Nations (UN) Global E-Government Development Index (EGDI) for the development of electronic government, according...
ASTANA – Since the beginning of the year, nearly $417.5 million were invested in the Abai region, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a Sept. 30 meeting with the public...
ASTANA – Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recognized President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s efforts to implement substantial reforms in the country and his initiative to hold early presidential elections during his...
ASTANA – The Center for Human Resources Development, responsible for the operation of the Skills Enbek platform, and Coursera international educational platform signed a memorandum of strategic partnership on...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Finance allocated nearly 20.5 billion tenge (US$42.9 million) to conduct an extraordinary presidential election in the country on Nov. 20, reported Vice Minister...
ASTANA – The upcoming weekend after the onset of cold weather and the first snow in Astana promise not only a long-awaited holiday when you will probably want to...
ASTANA – The Kazakhtelecom and AzerTelecom companies signed a memorandum of a strategic partnership to install fiber optic communication lines (FOCL) along the bottom of the Capsian Sea on...
ALMATY – The seventh World Petroleum Council (WPC) Youth Forum opens on Sept. 29 in Almaty with the goal of expanding the discussions around energy transition and adoption of...
ASTANA – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) will relaunch the operation of two single-point moorings (SPM) by Oct. 15, reported Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov on Sept. 28 at...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met on Sept. 28 with heads of technological and IT companies who arrived in Astana to attend the two-day Digital Bridge Forum, a key...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports proposes to introduce a visa-free regime for 26 countries to increase tourism inflow, bringing the total number of visa-free countries...
ASTANA – Kazakh Commissioner for Human Rights Elvira Azimova addressed the current cooperation agenda with European Union (EU) partners during her working visit to Brussels, reported the Commissioner’s press...
ASTANA – Candidates running for the presidential election in Kazakhstan will receive more than 10 million tenge (US$21,800) from the national budget to conduct their campaigns, reported the Central...
ASTANA – Civil Aviation Committee Chairman Talgat Lastayev and British Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kathy Leach announced plans to increase flight frequency between countries to a daily service starting from...
