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ASTANA – In Aktau, Commander-in-Chief of Kazakhstan’s Naval Forces and Armed Forces, Rear Admiral Zhandarbek Zhanzakov summed up the activities of these troops for the current year,...
The Stratagem project was awarded a special sponsor’s prize from multimedia company AVID at the Reimagine Education Awards. The higher education event, organised annually by QS World...
Talking with journalists for an interview televised Dec. 13, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev explained the reason for the transition of the United Accumulated Pension Fund to the...
The 14th meeting of the Council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states took place Dec. 14 in Zhengzhou (Henan province), China,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan jumped 14 places compared to last year to be ranked 56th out of 188 in the 2015 UNDP Human Development Report released Dec. 14....
ASTANA – A 35-kilometre ring road is projected to be constructed in the capital of Kazakhstan between 2017-2019, according to astana.gov.kz. “Today, as part of the construction...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev welcomed Dec. 15 the adoption of the final document of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the...
ASTANA – The top management of the Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund will shrink from 16 to 9 managing directors as part of its transformation process, Chair...
ASTANA – In spite of the fact that more and more milk producing companies use milk powders, some rare companies still produce organic milk using up-to-date equipment...
ASTANA – On the eve of the 24rd anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, President Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed and congratulated the people on the country’s national holiday at the...
A Monument dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence will be installed in Astana next year. Yedil Alimbekov from Almaty won a national contest, reports the...
ASTANA – Although most Kazakhs are still hesitant about organ donation, transplants are conducted to help those in need of a match. Yet the procedure faces problems,...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently met with government representatives to discuss the development of the energy sector of Kazakhstan under current economic conditions, reported the press service of...
The National Chamber of Entrepreneurs (NCE) Atameken and the U.S. Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) signed a memorandum of understanding on Dec. 9 in Washington, according...
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has issued four silver and two nickel silver alloy coins, according to the National Bank of Kazakhstan. “The National Bank of Kazakhstan...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed how Kazakhstan fared in 2015 during a recent interview with national television channels Kazakhstan and 24KZ. “During the years of...
Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov participated Dec. 12-13 in the third session of the Kazakh-Chinese Business Council (KCBC) in Beijing, China, and visited Hong Kong, reported the...
As Kazakhstan looks back on its 24 years as an independent country, there is a great deal to celebrate. Its rise from such a troubled start to...
Like many hydrocarbon-rich countries, Kazakhstan feels itself vulnerable to its “monoculture” economy, the lifeblood of its sustenance since independence – and a sort of dependence addiction. The...
ASTANA – An International University Sports Federation (FISU) delegation led by Director of the World Winter Universiade at FISU Milan Augustin recently visited the venues to be...
Astana held a unique exhibition of charcoal drawings created by local artist and head of the Men Qazaqpyn (“I am Kazakh”) project Bakhytzhan Bukharbayev. The medium was...
As Kazakhstan and China look back at the year of intensive diplomacy and economic cooperation and plan for next year, we interviewed Kazakh Ambassador to China Shakhrat...
ASTANA –Kazakh two-time Olympic Champion and four-time world champion Ilya Ilyin, 27, set two new world records at the Fifth Russian Federation President Weightlifting Cup in Grozny,...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government plans to build an airport in the town of Usharal in the Alakol District of the Almaty Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan to...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), submitted an application for $9 million to the Global Ecological Fund (GEF) for the purpose...
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Astana Dec. 2 for a trip heavily focused on economic cooperation. We interviewed Mainyura Murzamadiyeva, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador in The Hague, to...
Passionate, sensual and sexy. Although it sounds like a perfect recipe for a powerful aphrodisiac, there is a way to experience these same feelings without actually getting...
The KAZ Minerals mining group has produced the first cathode copper at the Aktogai ore deposit located in East Kazakhstan. According to the company’s forecast, the level...
ASTANA – A delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) led by the recently elected FISU President Oleg Matytsin paid a working visit to Kazakhstan to...
ASTANA – A round table discussion devoted to Human Rights Day organised by the Human Rights Commission under the President of Kazakhstan took place in Astana Dec.10....
ASTANA – Cybercrime happens routinely. Kazakhstan passed a law on information privacy two years ago and continues to expand efforts to support cybersecurity, but it seems like...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan became an official host state for the International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC) as of Dec. 9, when the agreement on the continuation of...
PARIS – Scientists, business representatives and officials engaged in lively discussions in Paris Dec. 7 at the Future Energy Forum at the UN Education, Science and Culture...
ASTANA – Mongolia officially confirmed its participation in EXPO 2017 in Astana with the signing of the formal agreement by Mongolian Minister of Energy and Commissioner of...
ASTANA – Head of the city’s Architecture and City Building Management Vitaliy Siletskiy recently discussed the capital’s development plans and new projects. Among those under consideration are...
ASTANA – Discussions at the final roundtable of the inaugural Central Asia Security Innovation Conference at the Library of the First President in Astana Dec. 9 highlighted...
ASTANA – With many Kazakh students going abroad for university or post-graduate studies, it may come as a surprise that Karaganda State Medical University (KSMU) is the...
Modern information and communication technologies occupy a central position in the world in health security, medical services and the transformation of healthcare systems. Information systems of electronic...
ASTANA – Kazakh figure skater and Sochi Olympics bronze medallist Denis Ten won the men’s singles competition in the Golden Spin of Zagreb international tournament, held in...
ASTANA – During its Dec. 7 plenary session, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) approved the Universal Declaration for the Achievement of a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World put forward...
BELGRADE – The 22nd meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Belgrade Dec. 3–4 saw the culmination of Serbia’s one-year...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the constitutional law “On the Astana International Financial Centre” on Dec. 7, the Akorda reported. The law supports the establishment...
ASTANA – The unique style and convenience of Kazakh fashion brands, particularly Salta, may be the reason local women make up the list of their loyal clients,...
A meeting of graduates of the Bolashak Presidential Scholarship Programme took place in Almaty on Nov. 17. About 100 or so attendees discussed the draft of the...
ASTANA – The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) negotiated between Kazakhstan and the European Union last year and due to be formally signed in Astana Dec....
ABU DHABI – On the eve of the celebration of the 44th National Day of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UAE’s National Media Council invited foreign...
The free delivery of local farm products has started in Almaty in the framework of the newly launched Reviving the Village social project. The group of eight...
ASTANA – The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Astana hosted a reception at the Rixos President Hotel to mark the UAE’s 44th National Day...
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev announced recently new criteria to be introduced to estimate the level of efficiency of akims (governors), reported the Akorda press service. “The...
ASTANA – Commissioner of EXPO 2017 and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Rapil Zhoshybayev paid a working visit to Turkmenistan Dec. 2, reported the...
ASTANA – A new 20,000-tenge bank note, considered one of the most secure bank notes against counterfeiting, was launched by the Kazakh National Bank Dec. 1. “The...
ASTANA – The joint Kazakh-Kyrgyz nomination of “Aitys/Aitysh, the art of improvisation,” was inscribed on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity on Dec....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national airline, Air Astana, will soon get an infusion of cash in the form of a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) loan...
ASTANA – The Astana Times passed its five year anniversary Nov. 30, celebrating its transition from a one-time digest to a monthly printed paper and now to...
ASTANA – Deputy of the Astana Maslikhat and member of the city’s Economics and Budget Planning Management Committee Gulnar Dzhusupova announced at a recent meeting of the...
Sixty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declared that “everyone has the right to a nationality,” however, millions of people around the world still do...
The MedTexKZ company has launched the production of sterile vests, sliders, caps and other clothing for newborns at a plant in Shymkent. The factory is the only...
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Kazakhstan’s world champion under the World Boxing Association (WBA Super), International Boxing Organisation (IBO), World Boxing Council (WBC Interim) and International Boxing Federation (IBF)...
ASTANA – A new railway station using green technologies is being built in Astana, reported the press service of Kazakhstan’s national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ)...
VIENNA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov continued his country’s public campaign aimed at promoting a framework of mutually beneficial cooperation within Central Asia and with its...
ASTANA – More than 100 diplomatic representatives accredited in Brazil, including from the Embassy of Kazakhstan, attended a charity fair for orphans at the Mane Garrincha National...
ASTANA – Russian President Vladimir Putin recently ratified an agreement with Kazakhstan about transmission terms and procedure for the further use of the country’s Balkhash unit in...
ASTANA – Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte arrived in Astana Dec. 2 for an official visit which was intended to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties...
Albert Einstein told us that “in the middle of difficulty, there is opportunity.” It was a message echoed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev Nov. 30 in a sombre...
VIENNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov held a number of bilateral and multilateral meetings and took part in the second annual meeting of...
ASTANA – Kazakh director Askar Bisembin’s new film “Marriage at 30” will attempt to show what the average young, unmarried woman wants. The movie is being filmed...
ASTANA – Japanese government officials and representatives of 25 large companies participated in the Nov. 23 Kazakh-Japanese conference on high-quality infrastructure in Astana. “The recent visit of...
Kazakhstan’s national weightlifting team came in third in the medal standings of the International Weightlifting Federation World Weightlifting Championship in Houston on Nov. 20–28. Also, for the...
“South to the Great Steppe: the travels of Thomas and Lucy Atkinson in Eastern Kazakhstan 1847–52,” a book by award-winning British author and journalist Nick Fielding about...
ASTANA – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Japanese Embassy in Astana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the Kazakh Humanitarian Law...
ASTANA – During the annual State of the Nation address held Nov. 30 at the capital’s Palace of Independence, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke and acted as...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered his annual State of the Nation address Nov. 30 in the capital’s Palace of Independence. In his speech, the head...
If the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) did not exist, there would be loud demands, given the challenges the continent faces and the tensions...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took a few moments in his state of the nation speech Nov. 30 to address the tensions between Russia and...
It is just 24 years ago this month that Kazakhstan began its journey as an independent nation. It would be no exaggeration to say that few outside...
ASTANA – Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov was received by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and met with the country’s government officials during his visit to Tehran...
ASTANA – The Concluding Statement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit to Kazakhstan from Nov. 12–17 found the macroeconomic landscape of the region still “challenging” but...
ASTANA – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) officially launched its Women in Business programme in Kazakhstan at the Eurasian Women’s Summit (EWS) held Nov....
The Slalom House project, designed by Kazakh architect Shokhan Mataibekov, representing the Union of Architects of Kazakhstan, was one of two Kazakh projects shortlisted for an award...
ASTANA – With practically no chance of making the Champions League playoffs, FC Astana went into their Nov. 25 battle with Benfica at full throttle anyway, charging...
BERLIN – The Westerwelle Foundation and the Kazakh Embassy in Germany held a conference at the foundation in Berlin Nov. 23, where Kazakhstan’s nuclear disarmament initiatives and...
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands confirmed its intention to participate in EXPO 2017 in Astana during a Nov. 19–20 visit to the country by First Deputy Minister...
ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov took part in the third Summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), held Nov. 23 in Tehran, stressing that Kazakhstan is...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a law on social health insurance as well as bills supporting Kazakhstan’s Plan of the Nation, the series of 100...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed on Nov. 23 Kazakhstan’s new Labour Code, which gives employers more autonomy in determining wages, work contracts and transfers, among other...
ASTANA – The population of Kazakhstan is on the rise, according to figures released by the Ministry of National Economy statistics committee. Since the beginning of 2015,...
For the nearly nine years that I have been secretary-general, I have travelled the world to the frontlines of climate change, and I have spoken repeatedly with...
Kazakh sailors recently participated in a two-week military training utilising autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles in the city of Toulon, France, reported the press service of...
The international scientific-practical conference “From the Turkic El to the Kazakh Khanate” was held Nov. 16 at the Russian State Library, noted the Kazakh Foreign Ministry website....
ASTANA – Although volunteering was not a concept familiar to Kazakh people in the past, the majority of individuals interviewed for this story agree the idea of...
ASTANA – The draft budget for the next three years was approved Nov. 18 by the deputies of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of Parliament). The financial document...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the law “Introducing amendments in legislative acts of Kazakhstan on education” as part of the 100 Concrete Steps Plan, to be...
ASTANA – On the eve of the 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, to be held Dec. 15-18 in Nairobi, Kenya, a briefing on Kazakhstan’s accession...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met Nov. 20 with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani when the latter paid his first official visit to Astana. The heads...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of National Economy Yerbolat Dossayev reassured residents that the increase in excise taxes for petroleum products will not cause a surge in petrol...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the law “On access to information” on Nov. 16, the press service of the Akorda reported. The document is...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered the Kazakh government during a Nov. 18 government meeting to save social programmes and make a point of the social protection...
ASTANA – Businesses from East Kazakhstan and China signed seven business agreements worth $1.7 billion during a mid-November working trip by a delegation from the East Kazakhstan...
Omirtai Bitimov has served as Kazakh Ambassador in Afghanistan since June 2011. He is a career diplomat and a veteran of the national security service, having served...
ASTANA – The Future Energy Forum will gather international experts in Paris on Dec. 9 for an event to be held on the sidelines of the 21st...
