- Friday, 7 February, 2025
- Almaty 21 °F / -6 °C
- Astana 1 °F / -17 °C
NUR-SULTAN – Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Prabhat Kumar, who finds Central Asia to be India’s extended neighbourhood, considers the region to be a very important one for his country...
NUR-SULTAN – Graduates of Maria, the first workshop for socially vulnerable women, find employment in the studio to help systematically address their problems, said workshop creator and social entrepreneur...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development will launch approximately 320 projects by 2021 at special economic zones (SEZ) and industrial zones. SEZ and industrial zones attract...
NUR-SULTAN – The Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited 125 international observers, including 22 long-term observers from the Election Observation Mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) generated more than 28 trillion tenge (US$73.8 billion) in 2018, said Vice Minister of National Economy Yermek Alpysov at a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh officials say e-commerce friendly legislation and increased agricultural sales have the potential to push e-commerce sales in Kazakhstan to 15 million buyers annually by 2025. E-commerce...
NUR-SULTAN – Auyl People’s Democratic Patriotic Party candidate Toleutai Rakhimbekov, who is running for president in Kazakhstan’s upcoming election, will focus on developing the agricultural industry, equal opportunities for...
NUR-SULTAN – The World Trade Centres Association (WTCA), Nest Investments Holding and Kazakh authorities planted a symbolic capsule May 17 in the foundation of what will be the World...
NUR-SULTAN – This year marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s ratification of it. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Internal and external currency value factors including oil prices, foreign investments and international reserves indicate that the tenge will become stronger, the Kazakh National Bank has announced....
NUR-SULTAN – Presidential candidate Amangeldy Taspikhov, running on behalf of the Kazakh Federation of Trade Unions (FPRK), presented May 13 his election campaign platform under the slogan “It’s time...
NUR-SULTAN – Introducing 5G will be a key driver of productivity in Kazakhstan and other marketplaces, said Mikko Lavanti, Nokia vice president for the Central East Europe and Central...
NUR-SULTAN – Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund developed a privatisation programme to launch the initial public offerings (IPOs) of Kazakhstan’s major national companies and engage foreign investors, said its...
NUR-SULTAN – Gender equality is the solution to our current problems and we all need to step up and speak out, said Åsa Regnér, Assistant Secretary-General and UN Women...
NUR-SULTAN – Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and the Bitfury blockchain company agreed May 17 to create projects using blockchain technology. Bitfury also plans to open data centres in...
NUR-SULTAN – Astana Economic Forum (AEF) participants discussed the role of Kazakhstan May 17 in cooperation with Central Asia and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As...
NUR-SULTAN – The China-Europe railroad shipment route that crosses Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus has become more popular due to the efforts of the United Transport and Logistics Company –...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh National Museum marked International Museums Day and its fifth anniversary joining worldwide event Nights at the Museum May 18. In addition to the museum’s displays, the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Bank in cooperation with 13 banks is developing instant payments to boost the country’s e-commerce industry. By the end of the year, the banks...
NUR-SULTAN – Almost 5,500 delegates from 74 countries gathered May 16 for the first day of the two-day 12th Astana Economic Forum (AEF). The annual forum is considered a...
NUR-SULTAN – Attracting foreign investment, developing the private sector and diversifying the economy are important aspects for Kazakhstan’s next stage of development, said World Bank Chief Economist for Europe...
NUR-SULTAN – The campaign platform of Ak Zhol Democratic Party candidate for president Daniya Yespayeva centres on developing “a market economy, democracy and social justice” in Kazakhstan and identifies...
NUR-SULTAN – Forty-three agreements worth $8.7 billion were signed between Kazakh and foreign companies in agriculture, trade, mining and metallurgy May 17 at the capital’s 2019 Kazakhstan Global Investment...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is a multinational state, where more than 130 ethnicities live in peace. Each group has the right to learn its own language and create communities that...
NUR-SULTAN – The Karabekov Foundation opened May 7 a children’s inclusive co-working space in the Kazakh capital as a part of its Pryanik project to socialise children with special...
NUR-SULTAN – The European Commission adopted May 15 a new strategy on relations with Central Asia meant to deepen relations and capitalise on the region’s growing influence. “Central Asia...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s gross domestic product grew 4 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2018 and in the first four months of 2019 inflation...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh DJ and electronic music promoter Nazira (Nazira Kassenova) will play May 25 at Berghain in Berlin, Germany, during this month’s European tour. Nazira is listed among...
NUR-SULTAN – The Urban Art Astana Festival is conducting a public vote to choose which murals to display on Nur-Sultan buildings, reported urbanfest.kz. “An international jury pre-selected 52 works...
NUR-SULTAN – Zhyndy Kobelek, an exhibition of emerging Kazakh artists, opened May 3 in Nur-Sultan and will run until May 31. The exhibition is organised by the Platforma Projectroom...
NUR-SULTAN – The Turkic world will mark the 1,300th anniversary next year of the Tonyukuk monument, a stone with zhyr (folk musical story-telling genre) engraved in Orkhon-Yenisei script. “Suiinshi...
NUR-SULTAN – The United Kingdom and Kazakhstan have enormous potential in all sectors, said Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, the U.K. Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Kazakhstan, in a...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital has been chosen to host the 2021 World Combat Games, the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) announced recently. The games usually feature...
NUR-SULTAN – The capital’s Urban Centre is developing a master plan to make the city more pedestrian-friendly, reports the Nur-Sultan akimat (administration). “Before, the main document for developing the...
Kazakhstan nearly doubled defence and veteran support spending to 136.4 billion tenge (US$357.82 million), which accounted for 7.1 percent of total expenses. To mark the 74th anniversary of World...
The Kazakh Honorary Consulate and Kazakh Invest office for promoting investments opened recently in Split, the second largest city in Croatia. Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić, who was...
More than 3.2 million people in Kazakhstan are employed in the small and medium-sized business sector, which is approximately 37 percent of the country’s employed population, Kazakh Minister of...
An election monitoring project was presented at the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, reported Khabar 24 TV May 7. Civil platform representatives will monitor electoral transparency, barrier-free access to...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Central Electoral Commission (CEC) registered May 6 the last four candidates to qualify for Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election. Registration closed May 11 and a...
NUR-SULTAN – The Central Election Commission (CEC) recently accredited 22 long-term observers from the Election Observation Mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the...
Leading thinkers from the world over gather at the Astana Economic Forum this week. Their focus is on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and how it...
When the presidential elections were announced last month, analysts and experts began to actively speculate about who would run to become Kazakhstan’s head of state. As the campaign has...
NUR-SULTAN – Stressed assets are a strong indicator of the banking system’s health and are thus closely followed around the world, including in Kazakhstan, International Logistics Parks (ILP) Group...
NUR-SULTAN – In this exclusive interview, Pavlodar Region Akim (Governor) Bulat Bakauov talks about industrial development, fields attractive for foreign investments, tourism and infrastructure. What socio-economic issues are on...
NUR-SULTAN – “Muzbalak,” a film by Kazakh artist-animators Turdybek Maidan and Tlek Toleugazy, will participate in the out-of-competition programme at the 59th Panorama International Film Festival for Children and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to examine Hungary’s experience in water treatment and loss prevention and incorporate those technologies into its own water management systems, Director of the Department of...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government recently launched a system which allows citizens to provide employers and government agencies documents via an online system, rather than the citizens having to...
NUR-SULTAN – Two-hundred and thirty-one Kazakh citizens, including 156 children, were evacuated from Syria May 7 and May 9, according to a special announcement by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev....
NUR-SULTAN – The NU-Berkeley Strategic Programme for the Study of the Critical State of Matter, Advanced Materials and Energy Sources presented April 26 a new research complex equipped with...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh figure skater Elizabet Tursynbayeva will appear next year in her short programme as a black raven to the music of Camille Saent-Saёns’ “Dance Macabre,” the skater...
