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NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Anti-Corruption Agency recently presented its new logo and emblem in the capital. The agency sought to create a logo that was “simple, adaptable, universal and...
NUR-SULTAN – A kindergarten in the nation’s capital for children with special needs, including those on the autism spectrum, is appealing to the public for funding to stay open....
NUR-SULTAN – Participants at a recent conference in the Kazakh capital discussed the difficulties of introducing standards in the halal industry in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), reports...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reaffirmed his commitment during his Sept. 2 state-of-the-nation address to create a more inclusive government and continue the reforms begun by Kazakhstan’s First...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government will increase social spending 2.9 percent by 2022, said Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov Aug. 27. He also outlined...
NUR-SULTAN – Industrial production in the capital grew 17.5 percent in January-July, including a 16-percent increase in manufacturing, said Nur-Sultan Akim (Mayor) Altai Kulginov at a Sept. 3 meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Invest supported implementing four projects worth $217 million and construction and installation works for 12 projects worth $1.7 billion in the first half of 2019. Thirty-four...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh ministers celebrated Knowledge Day Sept. 1 by visiting schools to speak about the new bill on the status of the teacher and patriotism in schools. Prime...
Diana Vassilenko NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Senate unanimously approved Sept. 2 former Deputy Minister of Justice Elvira Azimova as the new Human Rights Commissioner of Kazakhstan. The rights commissioner, which...
NUR-SULTAN – Rotary Club of Astana hopes to finish building the second Kunshyaq inclusive playground in the capital by the end of September and is seeking six million tenge...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government will prepare by Sept. 7 a plan to implement the initiatives presented by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his Sept. 2 state-of-the-nation address. It was...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government and the Accounts Committee will examine state holdings and national companies to determine if structural changes are needed to increase GDP growth, said First...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s first state-of-the-nation address focused on constructive public dialogue as a basis for a stable and prosperous Kazakhstan, experts say. “President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state-of-the-nation...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered his first state-of-the-nation address as the head of state at the Sept. 2 joint session of the Kazakh Parliament. The hour-long address...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) Roman Sklyar and Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov discussed implementing joint projects during an Aug. 27...
NUR-SULTAN – People in Kazakhstan shared their thoughts online and with The Astana Times regarding President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Sept. 2 first state-of-the-nation address. Tokayev was elected President June 9...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s compulsory medical insurance system, which will come into force Jan. 1, 2020, will provide everyone with sufficient medical care, noted Tatyana Tsechoyeva, the Central Railway Hospital...
NUR-SULTAN – People should be faithful to their motherland and country of residence, said Kazachya Volnitsa Cossack community leader Semyon Rakov. After serving in the Kazakh Armed Forces for...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh mountain climber Rishat Khabibullin won a bronze medal Aug. 21 at the 2019 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing World Championships. The third-place finish made him the...
NUR-SULTAN – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which has an extensive portfolio of 262 projects in Kazakhstan, has invested nearly $9.1 billion since the country’s independence...
NUR-SULTAN – The second annual national contest Caravan of Kindness will begin its search for some of Kazakhstan’s kindest people Sept. 2. The contest awards those who have done...
NUR-SULTAN – Jongar Gate, two highlands and a narrow, long, flat plain at the junction of the Turkic and Mongolian steppes, is a mountain passage that for centuries determined...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the decree Aug. 27 declaring 2020 as the Year of the Volunteer. Speaking at the May 29 Kazakh-Russian Youth Cooperation Forum in...
NUR-SULTAN – Creative innovators will attempt to solve challenges set by people with disabilities in just 72 hours at the capital’s Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM): Nur-Sultan Makeathon Oct. 25-28,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev presented Aug. 29 the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Free-World and Global Security to the relatives of former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
NUR-SULTAN – Teachers’ pay will be raised twofold, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced at the August teacher conference. Educators will no longer need to go to school on Saturdays,...
NUR-SULTAN – The draft laws On the Status of the Teacher and On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts on the Status of the Teacher and Reducing the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh tennis players Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexander Bublik won their Aug. 27 first round matches at the United States Open Tennis Championship. Kukushkin defeated Roberto Bautista Agut...
NUR-SULTAN – Emerging Kazakh artists exhibited their works Aug. 20-24 in capital apartments. The Tribute Album exhibitions series project, first conducted in 2017, was organised by Platforma.projectroom group. “We...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s AVANGAR Counter-Strike team advanced from the Aug. 23-26 New Challengers Stage to the Aug. 28-Sept. 1 New Legends Stage in the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019. AVANGAR...
NUR-SULTAN – Marking the Aug. 29 International Day against Nuclear Tests, representatives of the world’s nuclear-weapon-free zones discussed ways to strengthen cooperation among participating countries and expand such zones...
The past five years have been the hottest on record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heat waves have swept across our region, cascading into slow onset disasters such...
NUR-SULTAN – Almaty graffitists Yerzhan Tanayev and Ali Zakir, known as Tigrohaud Crew, have created dozens of murals throughout Kazakhstan as well as India, Russia and Turkey. Most of...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Museum will open a 3D multimedia hall Aug. 29, the eve of the nation’s Constitution Day, to enhance visitors’ impressions of the history of...
NUR-SULTAN – The Qpost postal operator’s first online chatbot recently began helping customers on the post.kz website and Facebook page. On Aug. 28, it will also appear on the...
NUR-SULTAN – Thirty-five of 39 target indicators of the 2016-2019 Densaulyk (Health) state programme were met in the capital from January-June, said the city’s Public Health Department Deputy head...
NUR-SULTAN – Sexual abuse must be qualified as a serious offence rather than a medium-gravity crime, Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) deputy Nurzhan Altayev said at an Aug. 12...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital will host the 5th Astana Marathon charity race Sept. 8. People of all abilities can participate individually and in pairs, families and companies to...
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin, during a government session on Aug. 20 discussed the work of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). An opinion by columnist Doszhan Nurgaliyev...
NUR-SULTAN – Jezkiik 2019 Ulytau Festival brought together the Ulytau International Tourism Forum, the International Rural Youth Forum and the Ethnic Music and Food Festival on Aug. 23-25. “Located...
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian School of Economics and BI Norwegian Business School recently released the International Business report focusing on Kazakhstan. The project was launched...
The dream of young Almaty sport climber Rishat Khaibullin has come true, as he won the bronze medal at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championship at...
According to estimates, the global e-commerce market will grow from $2.8 trillion in 2018 to $4.9 trillion in 2023. China is an indisputable leader with $672 billion in...
Kazakhstan’s employed population increased 1.5 percent to 8.8 million by the end of July. Of this figure, 66.7 percent of those aged 15 and over are employed. Hired workers...
Seventy-five percent of the construction of KazMunayGas’ (KMG) Saryarka gas pipeline was completed as of Aug. 16, which is 796.6 kilometres of the pipeline, reports the KMG press service....
Seventy years ago this week, the first nuclear explosion took place at the now shut down Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. A momentous event, its shock waves were felt far...
NUR-SULTAN – Outreach mentorship and employment services launched in early August at the Shymkent Youth Resources Centre, reported 24.kz. The primary mission is to employ and motivate young people...
NUR-SULTAN – The Central Election Commission (CEC) investigation did not find any evidence of possible data leaks in posting on foreign servers, said the Centre for Analysis and Investigation...
NUR-SULTAN – Early-season preparation helped Almaty’s Nauryzbay District emergency officials respond to and avert an August mudflow. The mudflow risk was in the Nauryzbay District, near the Kargalinka River....
NUR-SULTAN – The struggle for a nuclear weapons free world can be won because people understand its importance, as represented by the hundreds of thousands of people around the...
