- Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
- Almaty 55 °F / 13 °C
- Astana 37 °F / 3 °C
ASTANA – Summer is a time to be outside enjoying the weather with family and friends. And Astana’s many horse racetracks are becoming a popular leisure time...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national youth and student team finished in the top 20 at the July 6 through July 17 international Universiade competition in Kazan, Russia. The...
ASTANA – New Barys goalkeepers Ari Ahonen and Dmitry Malgin and defenders Yevgeni Blokhin, Vladislav Kolesnikov, Maxim Semenov and Mike Lundin were introduced along with other new...
ASTANA – “Makhmalbaf Film House,” by Gulnara Abikeyeva, was released by the New Literary Review, one of Russia’s top publishing houses. Gulnara Abikeyeva began cooperating with Iron...
ALMATY – The Russian, Slavic and Cossack cultural associations of Kazakhstan organised concerts by children in Almaty on July 19. “Cultural diversity and the singularity of each...
PAVLODAR – A new house-building plant with technology unequalled in the rest of the country was recently officially put into operation in the regional centre of Pavlodar....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan National Statistics Agency Chairman Alikhan Smailov reported on July 11 that the majority of the nation’s major economic indicators experienced growth in the first...
ALMATY – MERIDA-KZ, LLP in Kapshagay located 60 kilometres from Almaty is the only enterprise in Kazakhstan and Central Asia that manufactures modern bicycles with a production...
ASTANA – On July 18, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Yerbol Orynbayev and Kazakhstan’s Minister of Healthcare Salidat Kairbekova visited the Karaganda region, where they monitored activity...
ASTANA – Astana residents and visitors celebrated fifth annual Nelson Mandela International Day, also known as Mandela Day, on July 18 at the Radisson Hotel in Astana....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov stressed the need to develop Kazakhstan’s investment attractiveness and create clear development strategies for the country’s special economic zones (SEZ)...
EAST KAZAKHSTAN – The beekeeping centre of East Kazakhstan’s Institute of Agriculture launched an automated assembly line for printing and packaging honey from honeycombs. Head of the...
SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN – All phases of the production process at the Shardara fish processing plant are being modernized through the use of the latest Italian and Turkish...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest exporters of grain, saw a reduction of grain exports to 7.1 million tons in the 2012-2013 marketing year, Minister...
ASTANA – Russian journalist, photographer and member of the Russian Geography Society Vlad Minin completed on July 15 an 11,000-kilometer car trip from Moscow’s Red Square to...
An international round table, “The Future of the Nuclear Power Industry and Renewable Energy Resources,” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Nuclear Society of Kazakhstan, was...
ASTANA – The offspring recently born to Shetland ponies and European fallow deer in the Children’s Biological Centre of Semey are healthy and thriving. “After a long...
ASTANA – A new organic food store certified by the European Union for safety and quality recently opened in Astana. Today, there are about 150 organic markets,...
Kazakhstan is committed to strengthening international relations and its geographical location makes it an ideal venue for facilitating international cooperation, the country’s deputy foreign minister told delegates...
ASTANA – “Security Council activities are multifaceted and involve a variety of issues, from the prevention of terrorism and extremism to environmental challenges and threats,” Deputy Secretary...
ASTANA – A new ice rink and training facility for professional, semiprofessional and amateur hockey teams and figure skaters opened here on July 12. The rink, known...
ALMATY – Almaty resident Andrey Tkachenko is not only a famous designer and the artistic director of the Andres fashion salon, he is also one who has...
On July 11-12, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan and Commissioner for EXPO 2017 Rapil Zhoshybayev travelled to Munich to exchange experience with Deputy Commissioner of EXPO...
The implementation of an effective anti-corruption policy determines the development of the legislative framework for combating corruption. In recent years, a package of anti-corruption laws aimed at...
ASTANA – Four hundred and ten tons of highly toxic rocket fuel used to propel missiles during the Soviet era and which had been stored for more...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s constitution proclaims it a secular state: Article 1.1 reads “1. The Republic of Kazakhstan proclaims itself a democratic, secular, legal and social state whose...
ALMATY – Newlyweds in east European and such Oriental countries and China and Vietnam are partial to Hummers and decorated limousines for their wedding motorcades, according to...
ASTANA – The bright sun, pine forests and crystal clean water of the Burabai resort area make it a natural gem in the Akmola region, and one...
ASTANA – Honorary ATOM Project Ambassador and artist Karipbek Kuyukov, a victim of Soviet nuclear testing at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site who was born without arms...
OSKEMEN – East Kazakhstan oblast, where people from 105 different ethnicities live and work together, is an appropriate setting for Kazakhstan’s first so called ethnic village, which...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s rare demoiselle crane is growing in population and may soon leave the list of endangered bird species known as the “Red Book.” “This rare...
Astana’s Haileybury School Community Choir performed on June 15 a concert entitled “CarminaBurana.” The Astana Times sat down with the choir’s conductor and the concert’s organizer, Haileybury...
Foreign experts are interested in Kazakhstan not only as a template of economic growth and political stability, but also as an important participant in the integration processes...
ASTANA – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta made his first official visit to Kazakhstan on June 27 and 28, resulting in agreements on cooperation in military training,...
ASTANA – On June 28, the InterNations Astana network held another one of its regular expatriate get-togethers, this time at Why Not Lounge Bar. The InterNations community...
ASTANA — More than 500 performers and craftsman from around Central Asia converged on Astana this week to celebrate the city’s 15th anniversary as the nation’s capital....
ASTANA – Members of Kazakhstan’s Mobilex Racing Team Kanat Shagirov and Alexander Moroz helped extinguish a fire in one of their competitors’ cars at the Silk Way...
ALMATY REGION – A new passenger train service to Alakol Lake was launched on June 19. The train will run twice a week from Almaty to Dostyk...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently approved plans to build a new botanical garden and park on the Left Bank. Construction on the project is set to...
ASTANA – A year ago, Café Scientifique, a public initiative to create new ways of relating to science, appeared in Almaty. The initiative has been a great...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan sent many of its sons and daughters to fight and die on the front lines of World War II. It also supplied food and...
ASTANA – As they have been for the past five years, “River of Sound” evenings of classical music were once again held along the embankment of the...
ASTANA – Astana’s Capital Day celebrations included the first awards ceremony of the new national music award, Astana Zhuldyzy (The Star of Astana), initiated by the Astana...
This year marks 350 years since the birth of the famous hero of Kazakh history, Tole-bi, a legendary figure who left a bright mark on the fate...
Zhamilya Serkebayeva is more than just one of the most acclaimed classical violinists in Kazakhstan. She bridges the gap between classical and rock, and even shows her...
On the eve of the Capital Day of the, the new “Astana” presidential multi-sport club was launched. Stars of world sport Luis Figo, Oliver Kahn and Alexander...
ASTANA – The first regional forum, “The Covenant of Mayors – a Way to Sustainable Energy Development on Local, National and Regional Levels,” was held June 28...
International Nelson Mandela Day is on 18 July 2013. The overarching objective of Mandela Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world...
The main objectives of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) formulated at its creation are still relevant today: the development of theoretical foundations and practical recommendations...
The Hyundai AutoTrans company entered the Customs Union market. In 2012, about 250 trucks were exported to Belarus; this number will double in 2013. The company is...
Cooperation with more than 400 investors planning to finance several projects in Kazakhstan worth over $15.7 billion is being established presently in the country. The following projects...
Defence ministers and security officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) gathered in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, to discuss regional security issues. Reports from the June 26...
At an urgent meeting on July 2, Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov ordered the establishment of a government commission headed by Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov to...
ASTANA – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Astana on July 7 to discuss with his counterpart bilateral relations and Eurasian integration processes. He also used the...
WASHINGTON – Kazakhstan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov began his visit to Washington on July 8 and 9 to touch base with U.S. officials such as...
Astana – President Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the traditional raising of the national flag on July 5 at the Atameken Ethno-Memorial Complex, celebrating the start of...
Astana celebrated its 15th anniversary as the capital of Kazakhstan on July 6. And what 15 years it has been… When President Nursultan Nazarbayev first presented the...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s state-of-the-nation address, Strategy Kazakhstan 2050: a new policy of the established state, on December 14, 2012, highlighted the country’s achievements during its years of...
ASTANA – The Kazakhstan National Weightlifting Team won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the June 20 Asian Championship held in Astana. “The Asian...
ASTANA – Petr Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet Sleeping Beauty premiered on July 3 at the Astana Opera and Ballet Theater. This latest incarnation of the classic ballet was...
ASTANA – Uzakbai Karabalin was appointed by decree of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 3 as Kazakhstan’s new Minister of Oil and Gas. Karabalin replaces outgoing...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov helped mark the country’s Day of Diplomatic Service on July 2 by conducting his first live Twitter chat....
ASTANA – A joint session of the Kazakhstan’s two houses of Parliament chaired by Senate Speaker Kairat Mami and Mazhilis Speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin on June 28 tallied...
SEMEY – Children in the Semey area battling psycho-neurological diseases were given access during their summer holidays to therapeutic horse riding sessions as a form of rehabilitation...
During the first 20 years of Kazakhstan’s independence, the leaders (akims) of oblasts, districts, cities, auls (aul is a village in Kazakh) have been appointed by the...
The National Chamber of Entrepreneurs is encouraging small and rural businesses to join this business association in order to better keep up with changing laws and new...
SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN – On July 1, the press service of the Western Europe–Western China International Transit Corridor announced that the first section of an international highway in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with British Prime Minister David Cameron on June 30 in Atyrau, the so-called oil capital of the country. The meeting...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 1 welcomed British Prime Minister David Cameron to the presidential Akorda residence as part of the first visit by...
Speaker of the Senate of Kazakhstan’s Parliament Kairat Mami took part in the 22nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
ASTANA – The Kazakh-British Business Forum held on July 1 at the Palace of Independence saw the signing of ten memoranda of understanding or cooperation agreements between...
Kazakhstan has come a long way in a short time. In 21 years, we have moved from a Soviet republic with no private sector to a sovereign...
Finnish Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen may be wrapping up his mission in Kazakhstan on July 12, but Finland and Finnish business are here to stay. It’s been an...
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan’s independence in 1991, the religious sphere in this country has seen a major revival as people became free...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s first national sports channel KazSport will begin broadcasting sporting events and news on July 1. Minister of Culture and Information Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed reported that...
LEDYARD, Connecticut, USA, June — Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, with an excruciating left into Macklin’s lower body, knocked him out in third to defend his middle weight WBA...
ASTANA – The need for more available and affordable housing in Kazakhstan was the subject of a meeting of the discussion club of the National Welfare Fund...
Astana – As Kazakhstan seeks to expand and diversify its economy, a campaign, “Seven Days in the Industrial Life of Kazakhstan,” was held June 29-July 5 in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov has called the trip by British Prime Minister David Cameron to Kazakhstan on June 30 – July 1 a “milestone...
The visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron to Kazakhstan on June 30 – July 1 comes at the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, extended during the...
SHYMKENT – Rowers from Shymkent won an unprecedented number of gold and silver medals in May at the World Cup of Rowing and Canoeing in the Czech...
A two-day public bicycle ride with Astana Cycling Team stars Alexander Vinokourov, the recent London 2012 Olympic champion, and the recent Giro d’Italia 2013 winner Vincenzo Nibali...
ALMATY – The 23rd Memorial for Gusman Kosanov track and field tournament was held recently in Almaty earlier in June. Iranian sprinters Khasan Tafian and Reza Khasemi...
ASTANA – Wimbledon Stadium in London will host the prestigious open tennis championship of England from June 24 to July 7 with a record $34.4 million purse....
ASTANA – Children and teenagers in Kazakhstan have a new way of accessing the wider world through the Young Travellers’ Club, an Internet portal of the International...
NORTH KAZAKHSTAN – Almost all of the economically active population of Karaagash village is employed in manufacturing. The average salary here is 80,000 tenge. The aul (“village”...
PAVLODAR – As Kazakhstan celebrated Medical Workers’ Day earlier in June, The Astana Times takes a look at the achievements of Katima Sultanova, her husband Tulegen Mussabekov...
ASTANA – Astana’s major hockey team, Barys, enters this preseason with a new coach, Ari-Pekka Selin, a longtime head coach in the Finnish hockey league and previously...
ASTANA – On June 21, the opera “Birzhan-Sara,” directed by Yuri Alexandrov, premiered at the recently opened Astana Opera Theatre with President Nursultan Nazarbayev and other dignitaries...
The Akmola region will implement one of the largest projects in Kazakhstan within the framework of EXPO 2017. This was reported by the press service of the...
On June 19, President Nursultan Nazarbayev approved amendments to state budget for 2013-2015. The head of state signed the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Introduction...
The international seminar for civil servants’ advanced training on the subject of Strategic Planning held at the Academy of Public Administration ended June 14. The seminar was...
On June 18, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the law “On amendments and additions to the National Budget for 2013-2015,” the Akorda’s press service reported. The...
Civil society is a popular term in academia and Western media. But sometimes ideas and concepts can be lost in translation. Terms with political slants fall through...
ASTANA – On June 21, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the law “On pension provision in the Republic of Kazakhstan,” aimed at creating the conditions for...
ASTANA, June 25 – Kazakh and U.S. officials and scholars met in Astana today for the first meeting of the Joint Committee Meeting on Science and Technology...
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kairat Kelimbetov addressed the roundtable, “Regional economic communities: Integration to compete and pathway to inclusive globalization,” on June 20 at the St. Petersburg...
A delegation from the Parliament of Kazakhstan was recently on an official visit to Russia, at the invitation of Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko. I...
ASTANA – The Yessil River that curves through the capital has been undergoing consistent development to lengthen the navigable route and expand the options for river transport....
ASTANA – Experts discussed global trends and aspects of leadership, accountability and quality assurance in higher education at the Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum held in Astana...
