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ASTANA – The World Bank agreed at an Oct. 4 agricultural roundtable to provide a long-term $500 million loan and consulting to develop Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector. “We are ready...
ASTANA – Kazakh track and field athlete Olga Rypakova has been officially recognised as the 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist after two other competitors were recently stripped of their...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government will present a new national plan by the end of the year to ensure the rights and improve the quality of life for people...
ASTANA – While visiting Kazakhstan Oct. 9-10, President of Serbia Alexander Vucic met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev, took part in the Kazakhstan-Serbia Business Forum and addressed the Sixth Congress...
ASTANA – The Sixth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions kicked off Oct. 10 in Astana gathering more than 80 delegations, representatives of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam,...
Remarks by H.E. President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan at the opening of the Sixth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Palace of Peace and Harmony, Astana Dear...
In an interview with this newspaper during his recent visit to Kazakhstan, Robert Tudorache, secretary of state of the Ministry of Energy of Romania, spoke about the state and...
The welfare of Kazakhstan’s citizens was first and foremost in Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev priorities in his state-of-the-nation address on Oct. 5. Perhaps most notable was his call to...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev directed the government to work to improve the lives of Kazakh citizens during his annual Oct. 5 state-of-the-nation address. “Over the past 20...
ASTANA – Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), in conjunction with educational business circles focusing on investment basics, held a ceremonial opening Oct. 6 for its new examination centre to...
ASTANA – The approved draft of the National Action Plan includes approximately 100 events in the six key state development areas highlighted in Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s recent address,...
Kazakhstan intends to increase its contribution to UN peacekeeping operations, said Kairat Umarov, Kazakhstan’s Permanent Representative to the UN stated. This will be done by co-deploying the country’s unit...
ASTANA – Several notable Kazakh graduates have attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Since 2017, many more students from Central Asia are having the...
ASTANA – The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) approved in an Oct. 3 plenary meeting an agreement for the International Committee of the Red Cross to open an office...
SINGAPORE – Singaporeans love to complain that their country is small. It is much smaller than Kazakhstan. They believe that the secret of their influence is the neutrality of...
KHORGOS – A large group of foreign ambassadors, local and international journalists toured Oct. 6 the area of the Kazakh-Chinese border that includes the Khorgos Eastern Gate Special Economic...
ASTANA – Former Almaty Akim (mayor) Viktor Khrapunov and his wife Leila Khrapunova were convicted in absentia for misappropriation and embezzlement of entrusted property, fraud, money laundering and abuse...
Astana joined the celebrations of the 148th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. A series of events organised by the Indian Embassy in Kazakhstan will run through Oct. 2, 2020. Ambassador...
Kazakhstan plans to ratify the convention for the suppression of unlawful acts relating to international civil aviation. The document provides for criminal liability for the destruction of an aircraft...
Incomes in Kazakhstan in the second quarter of 2018 increased by 9.3 percent compared to last year and amounted to 153,700 tenge (US$418.8). Inflation for the same period was...
Kazakhstan adopted a decree according to which freelance workers are to pay into the Unified Accumulation Pension Fund (UAPF), said Kazakh Minister of Labour and Social Protection Madina Abylkassymova....
The world is experiencing major challenges. From the long-running conflicts in the Middle East, and instability and mistrust between many nations, it’s hard to deny that the world is...
ASTANA – Eighty-two delegations from 46 countries representing the world’s religions are expected to gather in Astana Oct. 10-11 for the Sixth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional...
ASTANA – Kazakh doctors have developed a tool to significantly relieve the discomfort of children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease. The condition is such...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s external debt decreased by $2.2 billion in the second quarter of 2018. As of July 1, the external debt is $164.4 billion, or 96 percent of...
ASTANA – Almaty recently doubled the number of personnel at its police service call centre to make it easier for residents to contact the police. The operations centre of...
ASTANA – The Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs (NCE), in cooperation with BestProfi, launched a contract designer online service on Oct. 1, reported the organisation’s press service. The business...
ASTANA – Opening a kindergarten for 450 students and a computerised tomographic centre, as well as a notable increase in farms with greenhouses, have helped to develop the Turkestan...
GROWING WELFARE OF KAZAKH CITIZENS: INCREASE IN INCOME AND QUALITY OF LIFE Astana, October 2018 I. GROWING INCOME OF POPULATION II. INCREASE IN QUALITY OF LIFE III. CREATING COMFORTABLE...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will allocate 280 billion tenge (US$762.8 million) to build 52 schools across the country, said Deputy Minister of Education Bibigul Asylova during the meeting of the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will be employing sustainable waste management to reduce environmental pollution and increase the volume of recycling to 40 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, sharing not only the border, but culture, history and spiritual values, have enjoyed a dynamic partnership over the years, with the bilateral ties withstanding...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Parliament adopted amendments to the law “On Standardisation” at its Oct. 3 plenary meeting. The document was submitted to the head of state for approval. “The...
ASTANA– Kazakhstan marked Oct. 4 the completion of a three-year project to improve its criminal justice system. The project, titled Enhancing Criminal Justice in Kazakhstan (EUCJ), is the first...
The Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions is a unique interfaith forum, convened every three years in Astana at the initiative of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. For...
ASTANA – The sports drama “Time of the Stalwarts” about kokpar, the game practiced by several Turkic peoples, premiered Sept. 20 in theatres across Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The screenwriter...
ASTANA – More than 453 excursions and 2,500 tourists have visited the Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve in the first nine months of the year, said Akmola Region tourism department head...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture has shifted subsidies from being product specific to new investments that meet market demands for products, said First Vice Minister Arman Yevniyev...
ASTANA – Hungry and observant city residents may notice an increase in the number of ready-to-eat food and drink locales popping up on Kazakh streets, reported forbes.kz. York Food,...
ASTANA – The Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) headquarters opened Sept. 27 in the capital’s Moskva Business Centre. The organisation seeks to strengthen cooperation among member states of...
ASTANA – Yuri Khon, the Aktobe region’s senior inspector for the local environmental police service, was short-listed among the nation’s 100 new faces for saving human lives while risking...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for cooperation with Uzbekistan to create a Central Asian international trade zone and a Turkestan checkpoint during a Sept. 29 meeting on...
ASTANA – Rakhat Confectionery, one of the leaders in the Kazakh market, is making its sweets even sweeter. The company has modernised its equipment to increase production value and...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov participated in the signing of the Code of Conduct Towards Achieving a World Free of Terrorism while in New York...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government recently settled a dispute with Karachaganak shareholders. The consortium will pay the country $1.1 billion and provide a 10-year, $1 billion loan for a...
ASTANA – The government of Kazakhstan and the UNDP, in partnership with a few other local companies, are offering residents of Astana and Almaty the opportunity to recycle their...
ASTANA – The Astana basketball team presented its new head coach and players ahead of the VTB United League season opener on Oct. 7 against CSKA Moscow. “We are...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited businesses, public service facilities and met with local administration officials during a Sept. 28-29 visit to Shymkent city in southern Kazakhstan. In...
ASTANA — Representatives of Caspian region governments, international organisations and independent experts agreed Sept. 28 in Astana to organise a Caspian Sea investment forum every two years in a...
NEW YORK – Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov briefed the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 28 on a host of Kazakhstan-related issues, including the country’s efforts for international peace...
