- Monday, 23 December, 2024
- Almaty 12 °F / -11 °C
- Astana 21 °F / -6 °C
ASTANA – Kazakh weightlifter Ilya Ilyin recently won the Kazakhstan Championship in the 102-kilograms weight category. Ilyin showed a result of 380 (172+208) kilograms on the sum of two...
ASTANA – China intends to increase natural gas supplies from Kazakhstan and Russia, reported the China News Service citing the Chinese representative of state administration for energy affairs. The...
ASTANA – Ozara Services addresses the needs of financial and non-financial services entities in business advisory, digital transformation and programme implementation domains. The company intends to leverage its expertise...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was among the first politicians of the international level to have brought the new global challenges of our time to the notice of humankind and...
The Sixth Summit of the Heads of Turkic Speaking States, held in Cholpon-Ata Sept. 3, should be considered one of the most significant events of this year. The success...
ASTANA – The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced in a recent press release that it is keeping the base interest rate unchanged at 9 percent with a corridor of...
ASTANA – New options have been created by Baspana Mortgage to reduce the financial burden for young families and public sector workers, who can now provide a lower down...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited AlmatyGenplan Research Institute Sept. 5, where he was presented with a three-dimensional model of the city. He noted people moving to the...
NEW YORK – The ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador Karipbek Kuyukov addressed a special Sept. 6 session of the UN General Assembly devoted to the International Day against Nuclear Tests,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan creates conditions for representatives of various religious communities, including adherents of Buddhism, to coexist peacefully and prosper. Larisa Palagina, leader of Almaty Temple of Won Buddhism,...
Increasing interaction between the Turkic-speaking states after the Sixth Summit of the Turkic Council dedicated to youth policy will become an important indicator of the effective dialogue of its...
ASTANA – The Kazakh capital hosted Sept. 5 the Regional Conference on Women’s Empowerment in Afghanistan. It was held six months after Kazakhstan announced the event during a March...
ASTANA – Kazakh pharmaceutical companies operating in Russia recently passed traditional market leader Belarus in market share, reported 24.kz. Belarus has been a recognised leader in pharmaceutical market in...
ASTANA – Regional cooperation is necessary to empower Afghan women, UN Women Director of Programme Division Maria-Noel Vaeza told The Astana Times in an exclusive interview on the sidelines...
ASTANA – A plan for Korean companies to build a network of modern bus terminals in Kazakhstan was reviewed by representatives at a seminar in Seoul organised by the...
ASTANA – At first glance, Inder Salt Lake, located 180 kilometres from Atyrau city, might remind some of Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia. The lake attracts visitors...
ASTANA – For Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, a young composer and one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces, the music in his mind flows directly to his pen, as he has written...
ASTANA – More than nine million people visited primary healthcare organisations in six months, reported Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov during a Sept. 4 government meeting. Approximately five...
ASTANA – FC Astana qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Europa League after recently outscoring APOEL over two matches. FC Astana first lost to APOEL 0:1, making...
ASTANA – The photo exhibition “Astana – The Pearl of the Great Steppe,” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Kazakh capital, was presented in the South Korean capital....
ASTANA – Almaty Day, a celebration of the city, cannot be contained in one 24-hour period. More than 100 activities are scheduled Aug. 25-Sept. 30, with the main holiday...
ASTANA – An independent drama group from Almaty and a regional state theatre from Temirtau will present Sep. 14-15 in Almaty “Re: Oblomov,” a play based on Ivan Goncharov’s...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the Sept. 3 Sixth Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (CCTS) in Choplon-Ata, suggesting avenues for cooperation and noting Kazakhstan’s...
ASTANA – Almaty International Airport plans to spend $140.8 million in upcoming years to build a new terminal, reconstruct runways and improve food service. The airport is the largest...
ASTANA – Lives’ Talk, a Korean start-up, has developed two gadgets and a mobile application to help Kazakh farmers quickly determine the location of their cattle. The idea behind...
ASTANA – Oilseed breeders recently presented prospective varieties of sunflower and soybean to East Kazakhstan region Akim (Governor) Danial Akhmetov. The experimental farm in the Glubokovsky district noted sunflower...
ASTANA – The city akimat (administration) has devised several methods to optimise work between citizens and housing management services. The online support system e-KSK has eased a number of...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government will adopt a new healthcare сode in the next year, enabling the country’s healthcare system to implement many up-to-date technologies such as electronic health...
ASTANA – Kazakh biotechnologist Bauyrzhan Aituov produces Innodent, an innovative product for treating tooth decay without painful drilling and fillings. The product can stop early tooth decay and stimulate...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is making strides towards digital transformation in many areas. One of the significant moves is the Astana Hub, an international technopark of start-ups that provides multilevel...
ASTANA – Astana Opera House will host “Astana Is My Beautiful Dream,” a Sept. 8 concert featuring the performance of prominent Kazakh opera singer and Astana Opera leading soloist...
ASTANA – “The Nomads,” the first international extreme reality show, will broadcast aspects of Kazakh culture to more than 100 nations around the world. Two teams from different countries...
ASTANA – The 2015-2019 State Programme of Industrial and Innovative Development (SPIID) has positively affected the growth dynamics of the manufacturing sector, resulting in the industry contribution to the...
ASTANA – Approximately 1.385 million Kazakh citizens have updated their employment status since the beginning of 2018, when the figure was 2.7 million, said Minister of Labour and Social...
ASTANA – The Astana Debate Community made history at the 2018 European University Debating Championship (EUDC) in Serbia, with a team from Kazakhstan reaching the English as a Second...
ASTANA – Aziz Zairov, a talented director, is among the winners of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces project. Although he modestly notes there are a number of worthy people who...
ASTANA – Seniors majoring in IT at Suleyman Demirel University have developed Aibota, an intelligent personal assistant that will speak and provide information in Kazakh. The virtual service is...
ASTANA – More than 850,000 people visited the Shchuchinsk-Burabai resort zone in 2017, reported Akmola Region Akim (Governor) Malik Murzalin at an Aug. 25 press conference in the oblast....
ASTANA – Astana’s new monument, the Peace Wall, was presented by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the International Day against Nuclear Tests at the Aug. 29 opening ceremony. Situated between...
ASTANA – Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) representatives, Kazakh officials and others involved in the global nuclear non-proliferation effort gathered in Astana Aug. 29 for a five-day CTBTO...
ASTANA – Astana Garden School, a private non-profit high school and the first of its kind in Kazakhstan, prepares students as competitive candidates to top-ranking universities. In an interview...
The death of veteran U.S. Senator John McCain last weekend led to heart-felt tributes from both sides of the American political divide and from across the world. They touched...
ASTANA – The Kazakh postal service, KazPost, issued a new postage stamp Aug. 28 honouring The ATOM Project, a global anti-nuclear weapons initiative launched by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev....
ASTANA – With 44 medals, Kazakhstan is currently in 10th place at the 18th Asian Games. At the end of day ten, the country’s athletes have collected seven gold,...
ASTANA – Rosaria Iazzetta started a motorbike journey to battle her own fears, but, in fact, her courage and enthusiasm has inspired thousands of people she has met during...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev participated Aug. 18 in Human Resources in the Framework of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an annual pedagogical workers’ conference....
ASTANA – Despite rainy weather, the open-air Ethno Fest opened its doors Aug. 25-26 in Astana, welcoming people to get closer to their national culture and traditions. Head of...
ASTANA – Finns and Karelians in Kazakhstan are small in number yet strive to preserve their identity after an uneasy history for their people during the Soviet times, the...
ASTANA – Sary-Arka, the fourth expedition of the Kazakh National Geographic Society (Qazaq Geography), set off from Astana Aug. 20. The journey, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the...
ASTANA – Representatives of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan reached an agreement to begin measures to stop border traffic congestion at the Konysbayev customs post during an Aug. 18 meeting in...
