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ASTANA – Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Atomic Energy of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies Timur Zhantikin said Kazakhstan would sign an agreement on...
ASTANA – Tourists and locals who want to learn to get their groove on can drop in on free dance classes offered by the Astana Dance Club...
Male and female athletes from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan converged on Almaty on Sept. 15-20 recently to compete in the five-day Eurasian Games. At the...
The reform of the pension system in Kazakhstan has raised controversies in the society and key provisions of pension legislation continue to raise questions, which warrants explanations....
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Executive Committee in late September approved the list of national associations that have expressed interest in hosting the final matches...
Kazakhstan film officials are seeking to have the Kazakhstan film “Shal” (Old Man) included in the Best Foreign Films category in the next American Academy Awards, said...
During his visit to New York on Sept. 27-28, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov spoke at the general debate of the 68th session of the UN...
Kazakhstan athletes won 16 medals at the Sept. 28 women’s youth and juniors world boxing championship held in Albena, Bulgaria. Youth boxer Gauhar Yermekbay became world champion...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s three-year Support for Vocational Education and Training programme wrapped up with a conference in Astana on Sept. 27 after helping more than 1,000 participants...
ASTANA – Central Asian and European countries signed a Charter on Cooperation during a Sept. 30 international conference on Kazakhstan’s Green Bridge Partnership Programme held in Astana....
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 – Kazakhstan has strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria and called for earliest ending to the conflict there, while it...
ASTANA, Sept. 27 – A discussion at the Sept. 25 12th session of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions focused on...
ASTANA, Sept. 30 – The grand opening of the chamber hall of the Astana Opera will take place on Oct. 1, International Music Day. Mezzo-soprano Dariga Nazarbayeva,...
ASTANA, Sept. 26 – The Ukrainian and Kyrgyz prime ministers joined for the first time on Sept. 25 the prime ministers of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus for...
Kyzylorda region Akim (Governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev spoke about the state of agriculture in the region, as well as joint investment plans between the akimat (local administration) and...
WASHINGTON, DC – Leading American experts in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation met Sept. 12 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC...
ASTANA – The Kazakhstan presidential Commission on Human Rights presented on Sept. 19 its report on “Human Rights in Kazakhstan in 2012” and on “Migrant Rights in...
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov toured Latin America at the end of September and in early October to promote political and economic ties with perhaps the most...
SHYMKENT – Two business incubators, also called coworking sites, were officially opened in the South Kazakhstan regional youth centre with the support of the Service Centre of...
As world leaders gather for the United Nations High-level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament in New York, I would like to deliver a short message from the survivors...
During a state visit to Kazakhstan on Sept. 22-25, 2001 Pope John Paul II repeatedly expressed words of blessing for the country and people of Kazakhstan. The...
The unique experience of Kazakhstan, which is home to representatives of 140 ethnic groups and 17 religions, has now become an example of unity, harmony, trust and...
The Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, a forum widely recognized by the international community, has become a true trademark of Kazakhstan and...
September 23 is the 10th anniversary of the first Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, Astana’s international inter-religious forum. Apparently, it was pleasing to the...
It is widely known that President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, as head of state and a great politician and in full measure realising the increased role of...
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The congress was first convened on September 23-24, 2003, in Astana,...
The Astana hockey club of Barys successfully started the sixth season of the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). Having started with defeating “Severstal” from...
Kazakhstan’s Bolashak International Scholarship Program has entered its 20th year of sending the country’s best and brightest to study abroad with the promise that they will return...
Kazakhstan’s business community will now be able to obtain a British business visa in two to three days following an announcement by the British Prime Minister’s Trade...
Some 8.1 million square metres of affordable housing will be introduced in Kazakhstan by 2020, Deputy Finance Minister Ardak Tengebaev said at a recent international conference “10...
The organisers of the KIOGE 2013 oil and gas exhibition have made every effort this year to make visiting the exhibition, on October 1-4, as convenient and...
On Sept. 23, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov left for a working visit to Sochi (Russian Federation) to participate in the next session of the Collective Security...
Members of the Mazhilis or lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament planted a new poplar alley along Turan Avenue in Astana as part of their volunteer Saturday work...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field finally began producing oil on Sept. 11, eight years later than first anticipated, but ahead of an October 2013 deadline...
Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov met with International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) Secretary General Vicente Lossertales in Paris on Sept. 19. Akhmetov also met with French Prime Minister...
BISHKEK – Ensuring security in Central Asia in light of rapidly changing geopolitical realities was among the key issues discussed at the regular meeting of the Shanghai...
The latest Steppe Eagle annual multilateral military exercise in Kazakhstan occurred from August 10-23, at the Illisky Training Centre near Almaty. The exercise, held under NATO auspices,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field finally began producing oil on Sept. 11, eight years later than first anticipated, but ahead of an October 2013 deadline...
In 2000, David Brooks, a prominent New York Times columnist, wrote a book called “Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There,” in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan athletes won 13 gold, seven silver and six bronze medals at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games held Sept. 14–22...
ASTANA – The recently opened Arasan Alakol Resort Hotel offers health retreats along with entertainment opportunities in one of the most pristine and remote tourist destinations on...
ASTANA – Participants in the Kazakhstan Business Connections project met on Sept. 12 in Astana for the USAID Business Connections Project: Kazakhstan-U.S. Cooperation Experience conference, a feedback...
ASTANA – Experts at the Sept. 20-21 first International Scientific Conference on Eurasian Regional Studies, “India and Central Asia: Facing the Challenges Together and Prospects for Cooperative...
ASTANA –Traditional Thai fighters and dancers helped present a slice of Thai culture to Astana residents during the Sept. 22. ThaiFestival at the Khan Shatyr Mall. “This...
ASTANA –The Malaysian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan government representatives and other dignitaries gathered at the Radisson Hotel on Sept. 16to celebrate Malaysia’s 50th Independence Day. The celebration...
ASTANA –Kazakhstan Minister of Oil and GasUzakbay Karabalinsaid during a recent briefing at the Central Communication Service on Sept. 18 that Kazakhstan doesn’t have easily extracted oil...
ASTANA – Astana’s young entrepreneurs learned about Spanish art when they gathered Sept. 18 at the Black Duck restaurant for the latest Fryday W event. The Fryday...
25-year-old Spanish filmmaker Nicolas Alcala has made a crowd-sourced film that he is returning to the crowd not as a finished product, but as an ongoing collaboration....
ASTANA – A recent book, coming from an unlikely historian, seeks to challenge the traditional historical concepts and shed a new light on the role the Turkic-speaking...
The Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan recently held a training workshop for journalists on the subject “The Interdisciplinary Approach to...
ASTANA –Unified National Testing (UNT) was introduced to Kazakhstan’s educational system back in 2004. The test had served as a transition test from high school to university....
The thirty-third session of the ad hoc working group between the deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian states, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia and Turkmenistan held its two-day...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan, China and Kyrgyzstan submitted this year a transnational bid for UNESCO World Heritage status for a Silk Road corridor that spans the three countries....
Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov met with International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) Secretary General Vicente Lossertales in Paris on Sept. 19. Akhmetov also metwith French Prime MinisterJean-Marc AyraultandOrganization...
Tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the world economy. According to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), tourism generates an...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s first rock opera, “Zheruiyk” (“Promised Land” in Kazakh), was performed recently to a packed house at the Palace of Peace and Accord in Astana...
ASTANA – On Sept. 22, the most adventurous and anticipated paint race will finally come to the capital. The so-called colour run (or yarkokross) has its origins...
The Kazakhstan national kokpar team won the first Asian Championship held at the Kazanat racecourse in Astana from Sept. 10 to 15. Kokpar is an ancient equestrian...
Divisions of the traffic police and patrol guard service (PGS) will be merged as a part of the Universal Policeman project by November 2013. “Given the positive...
ASTANA – Repercussions for regional security in Central Asia following the withdrawal of US-led military forces from Afghanistan and the unresolved status of the Caspian Sea continue...
BISHKEK – Ensuring security in Central Asia in light of rapidly changing geopolitical realities was among the key issues discussed at the regular meeting of the Shanghai...
HONG KONG – Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Foreign Minister and Commissioner of the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO2017 Rapil Zhoshybayev visited China’s Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong...
ASTANA – With a prime location in the older section of Astana near the river crossing to the new town centre, Park Inn by Radisson Astana places...
The Kazakh-Afghan Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation met in Kabul Sep. 16-17 to deepen economic relations between the two Central Asian countries. The commission was...
ASTANA, Sept. 18 – Kazakhstan has matured as an independent country, has contributed to promoting global peace, security and development and can bring even more benefits to...
ASTANA – Almost 30 so-called single-industry, or company, towns in Kazakhstan will receive significant government support and will be the beneficiaries of new government measures designed to...
ASTANA – The Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs (CMIA) of the participating states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Astana on Sep. 10...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country in the world and is rich in oil, gas, coal, amongst other minerals. Even though the economy revolves mostly...
ASTANA – The recent visit of President Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan was a historic event in Sino-Kazakh relations and opened up new prospects for bilateral relations, the...
ASTANA – At a mid-September briefing at the Central Communications Service (CCS) on the “People in the Flow of History” programme, scientists from Suleimenov Oriental Studies Institute...
In a peculiar twist of fate for the notorious Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, officials at Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Center which runs peaceful nuclear research works at the...
There is an expression that says, “Height by great men reached and kept was not attained by sudden flight, for they while their companions slept, they were...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan once again strongly condemns the act of the use of chemical weapons in Syria as confirmed by the findings of an independent investigation by...
KOKSHETAU – The rapid development of the Shchuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone has transformed the Akmola region into a tourist cluster. Burabay is often called the Kazakh Switzerland due...
Vincenzo Nibali, 28, leader of the Astana PRO Team, gave up the lead to Christopher Horner, 41, after stage 19, leading the Grand Tour at Vuelta for...
Kazakhstan tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin won ATP series Challenger in Istanbul on Sunday Sept. 15 by beating 4th seeded Ukrainian Ilya Marchenko (6:3; 6:3). The 25 year...
ASTANA ARENA, Aug. 20 – Champions League underdogs Shakhtyor of Karaganda, a city with a population of one million, made a solid step into the Champions League...
NEW YORK – The United Nations General Assembly held a special meeting Sept. 5 to commemorate the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, to remember the victims and...
ASTANA – The final match of the Kazakhstan Cup ended in a shootout, with Yannick Rindeo of Arlan Hockey Club scoring the decisive goal to push his...
Kazakhstan plans to introduce differentiated tax rates on real estate owned by individuals, Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning Yerbolat Dossayev said on the sidelines of...
ASTANA – On Sept. 2, President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered a statement at the opening of the third session of Kazakhstan’s Parliament’s fifth convocation laying out his priorities...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is hoping to raise a new generation of young, motivated, educated and inspired citizens who will be prepared to compete for jobs and services...
ASTANA – The upcoming theatrical season at the recently opened Astana Opera and Ballet Theatre will showcase young talents in a number of leading roles. Young tenor...
Lassina Zerbo, the new executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), travelled to China Aug. 4 for his first trip abroad...
ASTANA – Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano visited Kazakhstan on Aug. 22 and 23 to further promote the establishment in the...
The ninth-largest country in the world, Kazakhstan has made its geographic location work to its advantage, revitalising its role on the traditional Silk Route through the development...
ASTANA – Departing French Ambassador Jean-Charles Bertonnet’s mission in Astana has seen the intensification of bilateral cooperation across a range of sectors. Energy remains the strongest connection...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in his address to a session of the G20 summit held in St. Petersburg on Sept. 5-6 explored the causes of...
ALMATY – A gala concert in the State Korean Theatre of Musical Comedy commemorated Kazakhstan’s Constitution Day marked on August 30. The concert brought together representatives of...
KYZYLORDA – On Constitution Day, Kyzylorda’s first Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Natural Science and Mathematics opened its doors. The school will accommodate 720 students with a boarding...
AKTAU – In a village near Aktau live 10 immigrants from Africa: 10 African ostriches. This strange farm belongs to Azamat Orazbayev, who said he simply wanted...
SHYMKENT – South Kazakhstan businessman Timur Sarsenbayev intends to grow truffles in South Kazakhstan. The precious mushrooms require special conditions, which Sarsenbayev believes exist in the region’s...
ALMATY REGION – An enterprise to produce wind turbines has been launched in the Karatal district. The project is being implemented by the Zhetysu social entrepreneurship corporation...
ASTANA – A new draft political doctrine of the Nur Otan political party has been put forth for party and public discussion. The proposed doctrine is the...
SHYMKENT – To alleviate overcrowding in South Kazakhstan’s schools, 17.9 billion tenge ($117 million) was allocated for the construction of 88 new educational institutions in the region...
SHYMKENT – Two musicians from the Sugir Orchestra of Kazakh Folk Instruments toured the United States recently as part of the Golden Gates programme. Aida Zhurmanova (kobyz)...
AKTOBE – The Zhasyl Olkem (“green corner” in Kazakh) exhibition at the Aktobe regional historical museum is currently displaying photographs, videos and other artefacts relating to the...
ASTANA – According to experts, Kazakhstan will have to match Russia’s fuel prices in the next six months. Its northern neighbour has now increased fuel prices by...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has successfully completed the first five-year plan under the Strategy of Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development aimed at boosting its economy. Now President Nursultan...
ASTANA – A group of senior citizens in the area of the Semipalatinks nuclear test site, which was devastated by Soviet-era nuclear weapons testing, gathered in Astana...
