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On Nov. 27, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State Marat Tazhin accepted the credentials of the new non-resident ambassadors of Denmark, Uruguay, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bangladesh, the Philippines,...
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov visited a specialised centre for registering cars and issuing driving licenses in Astana on Dec. 4. The first centre was opened...
Kazakhstan’s space industry is one of the newest and highest priority areas of state policy. Today, the most important functions of Kazakhstan’s national space agency (Kazkosmos), created...
ASTANA – Fifty-five of Kazakhstan’s strongest athletes have been chosen to compete in the 26th Winter Universiade December 11 – 21 in Trentino, Italy. The event is...
ASTANA – Government officials received an update on Kazakhstan’s preparations for participation in the upcoming 22nd Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia during a Dec. 5 meeting headed...
ALMATY – Member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan, Orazbek Yessenbayev, whose personal exhibition “Kobyznama” was recently displayed at the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, employs...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has sent Russia an $89 million bill via diplomatic channels for the cleanup of the crash of its Proton-M rocket earlier this year. Russia...
BERLIN, Dec. 4 – Kazakhstan’s efforts to advance global nuclear disarmament overall and specifically through The ATOM Project were in focus of German politicians and experts who...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the new building of the Nazarbayev Centre on Dec. 1, which is the Day of the First President of Kazakhstan. The...
ASTANA – The 6th annual Zhan Shuak award ceremony for people with disabilities took place at the Astana Music Hall on Dec. 3 as part of Boundless...
PETROPAVLOVSK – A student’s invention exhibited during the international science and technology forum “How Children See EXPO 2017” has drawn the attention of an American company. Oleg...
Kazatomprom plans to start producing high-purity silicon and reach a full production cycle of solar panels by 2015. Today, Kazakhstan is not only developing renewable energy, but...
The results of the international architectural competition for the best design for the EXPO 2017 exhibition complex were summarized in Astana in late October. The winning company,...
KYZYLORDA – The second “Baikonur” investment forum took place in mid-November in the Aral Sea region aimed at unlocking the Kyzylorda oblast’s significant potential in a variety...
KARAGANDA REGION – The soon-to-be-opened Kazakhstan Natural History Museum will be home to a considerable number of Karaganda exhibits. About 200 gold artifacts found in the “Taldy-2”...
ALMATY – A monument to Kazakh heroes Suranshi and Sauryk has been opened in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty oblast. Suranshi and Sauryk, descendants of the...
ASTANA – Recently, the government of Kazakhstan adopted an infrastructure development plan that covers from now until 2020. It was developed in part by the World Bank...
ASTANA – Young violinist Yerzhan Kulibayev has already won five prizes in international competitions in Russia, Germany, Portugal and Argentina. The musician, who lives in Spain, spoke...
ASTANA – A new smart phone application developed by the UN Development Programme office in Kazakhstan to help the hearing impaired contact emergency services will be presented...
ASTANA – A celebration of the twentieth year of the Bolashak International Scholarship Programme took place on Nov. 29 at the Palace of Independence with President Nursultan...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting on the future of Astana on Nov. 27, noting that a recent visit to Astanagenplan inspired him to think...
Director Vladimir Kirajiyev of Bulgaria, who works in Austria, visited Astana Opera to see the largest theatre in Central Asia, built in just three years. He spoke...
ASTANA – At the second National Exhibition MEDIA EXPO 2013, the book by President Nursultan Nazarbayev “G-Global – the world of the 21st Century” was presented to...
ALMATY – The Korean theatre has brought to Kazakhstan a musical-poetic drama, Legend of Arirang. The performance with a minimum of scenery, costumes and cast (only six...
One of the largest facilities of the State Programme of Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development, the Moinak Hydropower Plant (HPP), has reached full capacity and is making...
Boilers and furnaces that use biofuel will be installed in 26 educational institutions in the Almaty region as the result of an agreement between the regional administration...
ASTANA, Dec. 1 – Kazakhstan remains willing to help Afghanistan through a variety of mechanisms, including training programmes that bring Afghan students to study in Kazakhstan, President...
ASTANA – Representatives of the Tourism Industry Committee of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, the Kazakhstan Industry Development Institute and representatives of the tourism industry...
SAINT PETERSBURG, Nov. 29 – Parliamentary leaders and deputies from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and beyond came together today in this city’s historic Tauride Palace for...
“The coming weeks and months provide an important opportunity to increase the level of regional cooperation and coordination ahead of the transfer of security control in...
Kazakhstan’s strategic plans and the measures it has already taken speak to the country’s serious intention to establish itself as a pioneering green economy and to become...
LONDON – Three people from Kazakhstan were named winners in the second Open Central Asia Book Forum & Literature Festival (OCAF), held from Nov. 7-11 in London...
After much debate and lengthy negotiations, leaders from 56 Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) participating states, as well as numerous partners and international organisations,...
Thirteen-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik of Kazakhstan won the international CZECH TOUR series Brno Open 2013 chess tournament, which was held in the Czech Republic from Nov. 16 to...
Using a new organ care system, doctors in Kazakhstan have completed the country’s second successful heart transplant. In a four-hour operation on Nov. 6, a heart from...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Uliya Moldagali presented new works including paintings inspired by family and the four elements at the 21st Aru-Astana international jewellery exhibition from Nov. 7-10...
ASTANA, Nov. 26 – With more than half a million square kilometres of steppe traversed by important bird and mammal migration routes, Kazakhstan is a globally significant...
TOKYO, Nov. 23 – The ATOM Project, an international campaign against nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons tests launched by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, gave a presentation in Tokyo...
ASTANA, Nov. 26 – Prospects for Kazakhstan’s economy, the importance of facilitating an attractive business climate for foreign investors, the protection of Kazakhstan’s small and mid-sized businesses,...
ASTANA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov made a European tour visiting Hungary, attending EU-Central Asia meetings in Brussels and the United Kingdom, on...
ALMATY – Kazakh silver medalist in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Yelena Khrustalyova, held a masters’ class with students from a specialised boarding school for athletically gifted children...
Halfway through the Continental Hockey League’s (KHL) sixth season, Astana’s Barys hockey team is one of the league’s leading teams with 108 goals scored and was the...
Kazakhstan’s Senate passed an amendment raising taxes on certain luxury goods, including alcohol, tobacco, cars with engine capacities over 4,000 cubic centimetres and real estate worth over...
ASTANA –Well-known Kazakhstan artist Rafael Slekenov held a public exhibition at the Radisson Hotel on Nov. 19. Originally from Atyrau, Slekenov is one of the most promising...
The SharZhum Resort Centre in the Akkol district of the Akmola region is only 108 kilometres from Astana, but offers views of a pine forest from every...
TARAZ – At the National Kumis Forum, experts from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey discussed problems with the industrial production of the traditional drink and made recommendations for...
ASTANA – Astana Opera soloist Saltanat Akhmetova reached the finals of the Neue Stimmen vocal competition in Gutersloh, Germany, and was awarded the Classic Autumn Prize. Out...
ASTANA – Minister of Oil and Gas of Kazakhstan Uzakbay Karabalin and acting General Director of Tengizchevroil (TCO) Brad Middleton signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov....
An innovative, eco-friendly tourist campsite is being built in the Dzhungar Alatau Mountains’ Korinskiy Gorge, near the town of Tekeli not far from Almaty. The Tau Widergeburt...
AKTAU – This city is known as Kazakhstan’s primary sea access point on the Caspian Sea and the hub of the Mangystau region. And now this major...
Fifty kilometres of bike paths will be built in Astana by the time EXPO 2017 opens, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Sport and Physical Culture of...
Kazakhstan has been elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) 21-member World Heritage Committee. Currently, three Kazakhstan cultural and natural heritage sites –...
Speaking at the sixth Congress of Judges of Kazakhstan in mid-November, President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for the intensification of reform efforts in the nation’s justice system, the...
ASTANA – Singers from Astana Opera won in a number of categories at the international Arena di Verona competition in Verona, Italy, on Nov. 4-10. About 50...
ALMATY – The 20th anniversary of the introduction of Kazakhstan’s national currency was celebrated at an international conference in Almaty attended by Kazakh politicians and representatives of...
Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten took first place in this year’s Merano Cup in Merano, Italy, earning 231.12 points in the competition. Daisuke Murakami of Japan took...
ALMATY – The Kasteev State Art Museum recently hosted a meeting with British theatre director Tim Supple, who is planning to stage a performance about the former...
PAVLODAR – Two new projects, one producing inhibited hydrochloric acid and one producing liquid bleach, acid and alkaline household chemicals, will be launched in Pavlodar’s special economic...
ASTANA – Measures to protect domestic manufacturers and exporters during the process of Eurasian economic integration and ensure that all benefits from accession to the World Trade...
ALMATY – Kazakh helicopter pilots have passed a two-week French mountain rescue training course conducted in the mountains near Almaty and will now be able to take...
ASTANA – The first international forum on ethnic media, “Tolerance and the Media,” was held on Nov. 15. It was organized by the Assembly of the People...
AKTAU – At a recent expanded government meeting, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev touted the need to pool all available resources and ensure real, specific results in several...
ASTANA – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering providing financing of up to US$72 million for Kazakhstan’s first major wind farm, EBRD First...
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Construction of first full-cycle car factory in Kazakhstan, Asia Auto Kazakhstan, began in Ust-Kamenogorsk on Nov. 11. The project was approved during the ninth Russia-Kazakhstan...
As host of EXPO 2017, Kazakhstan takes charge of an event with a long and influential history – which now, with a theme of future energy, may...
Kazakhstan Minister of Defence Adilbek Dzhaksybekov met U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel on Nov. 14 at the Pentagon to discuss military cooperation between the two countries,...
ASTANA – A Senate committee approved on Nov. 13 a bill amending legislation concerning the organisation and conduct of EXPO 2017 during an enlarged meeting of the...
ASTANA – Leaders of the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan and officials of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, among others, discussed the interaction of civil society...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s sixth Civil Forum, held in Astana on Nov. 14 and 15, resulted in a number of recommendations for national and local government bodies, as...
In his Kazakhstan 2050 strategy, President Nursultan Nazarbayev called on the people of Kazakhstan to rethink their attitudes toward natural wealth. The Concept for Transition to a...
NEW YORK – The Kazakh Embassy in Washington along with New York University Press hosted a book launch for the book “22 Ideas to Fix the World:...
Gender equality and women’s representation in politics are a concern for Kazakhstan as it pushes to join the world’s 30 most developed nations. Gulshara Abdikalikova, Advisor to...
ASTANA, Nov. 15 – Vietnam and Kazakhstan have major untapped potential for developing bilateral commercial ties and recent moves and trends suggest these ties will strengthen over...
WASHINGTON – Washington, D.C.-based think tank The Jamestown Foundation brought together more than 100 experts and diplomats in late October to review the challenges faced by Central...
ASTANA, Nov. 13 – Kazakhstan and Canada signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement during the first-ever visit of a Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs to Kazakhstan. The...
I would like to start by thanking the Chairman of the Senate, Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, for having invited me to your beautiful country and the capital city...
The Alash Pride fighting club will hold a mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament on Dec. 19 to commemorate Kazakhstan’s 22 years of independence. Renowned fighters from around...
ASTANA, Nov. 11 – Kazakhstan’s Youth Paralympic team won 39 medals at the Asian Youth Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which took place from Oct. 26-30....
ASTANA, Nov. 12 – More than a third of the way into the Continental Hockey League’s (KHL) sixth season, Astana’s Barys is in third place in the...
ALMATY, Nov. 12 – The work of Kazakhstan poet and winner of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan Fariza Ungarsynova is being celebrated this year...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram of congratulations to Giorgi Margvelashvili, following his election on Oct. 27 as President of Georgia. In addition to wishing President-elect Margvelashvili...
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed or approved numerous bilateral cooperation agreements during their meeting at the 10th annual Forum of Interregional Cooperation...
ASTANA – The second “Kazakhstan – New Silk Road” International Transport and Logistics Business Forum organised by the country’s Union of Forwarders “KAZLOGISTICS” took place on Nov....
ALMATY – Journalist and political analyst Seidakhmet Kuttykadam presented his book “Tao of Altai” at the exhibition centre of the National Library of Kazakhstan on Oct. 29....
In the 1990s, President Nursultan Nazarbayev put forward initiatives for the development of Eurasian economic cooperation and integration. Today, these proposals are embodied in policy and everyday...
ALMATY REGION – The Centre of International Cross-Border Cooperation (ICBC) in Panfilov district’s Khorgos recently held its first bilateral trade fair. The fair attracted tens of thousands...
The decision to award the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) membership in the World Federation of Exchanges(WFE)was made at the 53rd General Assembly of the World Federation of...
The 10 member states of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) programme will build new key road and rail routes linking Central Asia to China and...
ASTANA – Police officers in Kazakhstan will likely soon be employing a version of the United States’ famous “Miranda warning” to inform suspects of their rights when...
PAVLODAR – A proposal to build a new channel from the Irtysh River to the Yessil River through the capital was presented to Parliament in October by...
ZHANAOZEN – Neighbours and local residents, contributing their efforts into what is known as “Asar” (Together) action have been able to build and provide a home for...
ALMATY – Aibek Almassov, a student at the Kazakh Architecture Academy, has seen his work achieve global acclaim through social media. The cylindrical glass house in the...
The expression of shock on the face of American boxer Curtis Stevens (25-4, 18 KO) at being knocked down in the second round by Kazakhstan-based boxer Gennady...
ALMATY – One of the most anticipated hotels in Central Asia was unveiled on Nov. 5 in Almaty. Located in the green heart of the city, near...
ASTANA – Cihan Sultanoglu, Regional Director for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Assistant Secretary General,...
ASTANA, Nov. 6 – One of Astana’s most popular entertainment venues, the Eight Drops karaoke club, is also an incubator for the capital’s creative talent and a...
ASTANA, Nov. 4 – Innovation is happening in Kazakhstan and productivity in the country’s manufacturing sector has increased two times faster than in Russia’s and five times...
ASTANA – Germany’s most popular break dance crew, The Flying Steps, brought its latest show, a combination of classical music and modern street acrobatics, to Astana on...
ASTANA – The International Centre of Educational Programmes opened at Turan College of Astana on Oct. 22. The new centre will train students at top international standards...
VIENNA, Nov. 1 – Karipbek Kuyukov, the famous artist and Honorary Ambassador of the ATOM Project brought this simple message with him on a recent visit to...
