- Friday, 7 February, 2025
- Almaty 30 °F / -1 °C
- Astana 5 °F / -15 °C
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera will stage Latyf Khamidi and Akhmet Zhubanov’s opera “Abai” July 10 and Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly” July 13 in Tashkent. The company’s first...
NUR-SULTAN – Approximately 105 billion tenge (US$274.32 million) will be required to execute President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s decree to provide debt relief to some of the country’s most vulnerable groups,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Akmola Region will be launching six alternative energy projects totalling 153 billion tenge (US$404.16 million). As a result, local authorities expect the share of alternative energy...
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NUR-SULTAN – The first round of the UMAY Boost business education project to increase the practical skills and knowledge of Kazakhstan’s women entrepreneurs has concluded. The Nur-Sultan course offered...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will be the first Central Asian country to host the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) June 8-11, 2020. The event will gather trade...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Jusan operation, which returned nearly 600 citizens from Syria, is an excellent example for other countries to follow, said United Nations Committee on the Rights of...
NUR-SULTAN – The second day of the Astana Finance Days conference in the capital included the opening ceremony of the Astana International Finance Centre (AIFC) International Arbitration Centre (IAC)...
NUR-SULTAN – The annual open water swim portion of the Almaty Marathon was held June 30 at the Heaven Club recreation area in the Almaty Region’s Kapshagai reservoir. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva, ranked 39th by the World Tennis Association (WTA), defeated world number two player and U.S. and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka of Japan, 7-6,...
NUR-SULTAN – Astana Pro Team cyclist Alexey Lutsenko won gold in the 40-kilometre individual race June 26 and the 162-kilometre group race June 30 at the Akmola Region’s Kazakhstan...
NUR-SULTAN – The fourth Koshpendiler Alemi (World of Nomads) festival took place June 28-30 at the Ethnoaul national cultural complex in the capital. The festival included competitions of professional...
NUR-SULTAN – As part of the 2019 Astana Finance Days, the Astana International Financial Centre’s (AIFC) Bureau for Continuing Professional Development (BCPD) organised Getting Trained for IPO (Initial Public...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s export insurance company will establish and strengthen business relations among Kazakh and Chinese firms through its new representative office in China, reports Inform.kz. “As part of...
NUR-SULTAN – Cattle in the Almaty Region are being tracked by Global Positioning System (GPS) as part of a $700,000 pilot project developed by South Korean companies Lives’Talk and...
NUR-SULTAN – More than 40 people received minor injuries after a conflict, 11 a.m., June 29, among Consolidated Contracting Engineering & Procurement S.A.L Offshore (CCEP) workers at the Tengiz...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan continued its efforts to improve and reform its justice system with a national conference in the nation’s capital June 27 on the country’s juvenile penal system....
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Hub recently launched Roadshow 2019, a programme to promote start-up projects internationally. The programme will help start-ups grow and secure international funding and will promote...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and the United Nations signed an agreement June 25 in Paris to establish an international centre for the rapprochement of cultures in Almaty under UNESCO, reports...
NUR-SULTAN – The Nur-Sultan Duathlon 2019 was held in the Kazakh capital June 23. About 500 people took part in this event. The competition consisted of a five-kilometre run,...
NUR-SULTAN – Fifty-seven projects with foreign capital and worth $5.1 billion will have created more than 10,000 jobs in Kazakhstan by the year’s end, said Kazakh Invest Deputy Chairman...
NUR-SULTAN – The North Kazakhstan Region will allocate 200 million tenge (US$525,240) next year to develop youth entrepreneurship. One in five Kazakh citizens is a member of the younger...
NUR-SULTAN – Climate change may reduce the Kazakh grain harvest by 37 percent by 2030 and 48 percent by 2050, said the World Bank in its recent statement. The...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government recently adopted an action plan to implement the election platform of recently elected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The platform focuses on continuing to have existing...
NUR-SULTAN – The fifth International Day of Yoga was marked across Kazakhstan from June 15 to 23 with events organised by the embassy of India and the Swami Vivekananda...
NUR-SULTAN – Spending on social programmes accounted for the largest part of Kazakhstan’s government spending from January to April. Social assistance spending accounted for 27.6 percent of Kazakhstan’s $9.98...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital will celebrate its 21st birthday July 6. As part of the celebration, approximately 100 events will be held, 73 of which will be free....
NUR-SULTAN – The Atyrau radio station opened a new studio and launched new radio transmitter June 25, devoting the event to the Day of Communications and Information Workers. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev replaced his chief of staff and made new appointments to government positions June 28, reported Akorda press service. Changes were also made at...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government has approved suspending the universal declaration and tax penalty cancellation. Following two readings, the Senate (upper house of Parliament) adopted the amendments June 24...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry signed a memorandum of understanding on the use of space information and technology to manage disaster relief and...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree June 26 providing immediate debt relief to some of the country’s most vulnerable groups. The President’s one-time action calls for the...
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NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government unveiled June 25 a mobile app to provide legal assistance to young families, announced Minister of Information and Societal Development Dauren Abayev at a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh IT startups have attracted nearly 29 billion tenge (US$76.3 million) since 2018. Astana Hub, the capital’s international technopark of IT startups, contributes to the country’s Digital...
NUR-SULTAN – Timur Kulibayev, president of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan (NOC), took part in the 125th anniversary celebration of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne June...
NUR-SULTAN – As part of the Year of Youth, the Israeli Embassy in Kazakhstan along with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) organised a Day of Empowerment and Capacity...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh swimmers Adilbek Mussin and Dmitri Balandin earned gold and silver at the Dolfin Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions June 22-24 in Southern California (United States),...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh nuclear physicists, engineers and students will soon be able to participate in European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientific experiments and internships at CERN facilities, said...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the town of Arys June 24 shortly after an explosion at an ammunition depot on the same day killed two, injured dozens...
NUR-SULTAN – The five-day International Simulation Training organised by the Kazakh Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies in the nation’s capital drew 120 participants from 17 countries to practice new...
With the election over and a strong mandate won for his leadership, newly elected Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has wasted no time in setting out his vision for the...
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed into law an agreement between Kazakhstan and Lithuania on the reciprocal transfer of persons sentenced to imprisonment and persons who require court-ordered medical treatment, the...
NUR-SULTAN – Standard and Poor’s (S&P) financial service company affirmed recently Kazakh Bank RBK’s long-term and short-term credit ratings at the level of B-/B with a stable outlook. S&P...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s first amateur mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion Maria Agapova has been invited to the second main fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Dana White’s...
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has approved an action plan for the implementation of his election platform, titled “Welfare for all! Continuity. Justice. Progress,” the Akorda reported. The plan includes measures...
Investment in public administration, defence and compulsory social security decreased 7.9 percent year-on-year to 8.6 billion tenge (US$22.62 million) from January to May. At the same time, local budget...
The new state programme Business Roadmap 2025 will develop new tools of financial support for entrepreneurs and support efficient and competitive businesses, said Kazakh Minister of National Economy Ruslan...
NUR-SULTAN – Baiterek National Holding Chair Aidar Arifkhanov and Euler Hermes head Ingo Junker signed a $1.12 billion export insurance deal June 3 in Berlin, Germany, Baiterek’s press service...
NUR-SULTAN – The International Eurasian Film Festival to be held in Nur-Sultan from June 30 to July 6 will include the usual film screenings and award ceremonies, as well...
