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ASTANA – The electronic (e-) architecture pilot project was recently presented in the capital, reported the Astana Invest (City Development Centre of Investments) press service. The system will be...
ASTANA – The capital’s gymnasium school No. 22 has launched Free from School, a project allowing student-athletes and children who need an accelerated or delayed educational programme to study...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met Oct. 24 with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in Astana on Ross’s first day in Kazakhstan. Ross visited Kazakhstan for three...
ASTANA – International and nuclear security experts, Kazakh foreign affairs officials and foreign diplomats in Kazakhstan met in Astana Oct. 24 to discuss Kazakhstan’s nuclear non-proliferation policy and the...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government, World Health Organisation and UNICEF co-hosted an Oct 25-26 Global Conference in Astana on primary healthcare (PHC). This year marks the 40th anniversary of...
ASTANA – The ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador Karipbek Kuyukov received the Nuclear-Free Future Award at the Oct. 24 awarding ceremony in Salzburg, Austria. Since 1998, the Nuclear-Free Future Award...
ASTANA – Astana Opera’s symphony orchestra will perform “Music for All Times” Nov. 8, featuring the best pieces of famous composers such as Max Bruch, Tles Kazhgaliyev and Pyotr...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister for Investments and Development Zhenis Kassymbek briefed government officials Oct. 23 on the progress of the Digital Kazakhstan programme. According to his report, digitising transport...
ASTANA – The 2018 World Press Photo exhibition, displaying the most important events of the past year through photojournalists’ lenses, is touring four Kazakh cities Oct. 24-Jan. 2. “The...
ASTANA – First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin called for the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to develop common production processes in order to integrate the competitive advantages...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has given birth to many talents, one of whom is Ivan Gusev, the Karaganda-born pianist currently residing in the United States and performing concert programmes on...
ASTANA – The volume of foreign directed investments injected in the Kazakh economy rose by 15.4 percent in six months, Minister for Investments and Development Zhenis Kassymbek reported Oct....
ASTANA – Receiving pension savings from the Unified Accumulation Pension Fund (UAPF) will be conducted via a single application, reported the fund’s press service. According to the one-window approach,...
ASTANA – Sayat, an ethno tourist centre, was launched recently in Michyurin rural area of Zelenovskyi district in the West Kazakhstan region. The centre seeks to develop local tourism...
ASTANA – Astana Hub envisions developing from a country-level support for start-up projects to a regional innovation centre for the entire global IT community, said Pavel Koktyshev, Zerde Holding...
The average subsistence minimum in Kazakhstan was 28,700 tenge (US$78.70) at the end of September 2018, a sum 14.1 percent higher than a year earlier. September data on the...
“Thinking Collections: Telling Tales,” an exhibition displaying the works of famous Kazakh art group Kyzyl Traktor, opened Oct. 14 in New York and will run through Nov. 30. Kyzyl...
Kazakhstan’s Stock Exchange (KASE) and the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) signed an equities market cooperation agreement to strengthen the Eurasian Economic Union’s international financial platform and attract more investors to...
The fourth annual meeting of the Astana Club will be held Nov. 12 and 13 at the Nazarbayev Centre. The discussion platform and political forum will bring together more...
BRUSSELS – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged European and Asian leaders at the Oct. 18-19 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Brussels to avoid escalating current global conflicts. “The number...
It is becoming more obvious every year that the challenges we face are now no longer local but regional and increasingly global. In an ever more complex and interlinked...
ASTANA – Kazakh make-up artist Irina Strukova started her career during her student days. Her flair was noticed, for after working on many TV series and movies, Warner Bros....
ASTANA – Meet & Sketch, which seeks to enrich art life in the capital, provides Kazakh urbanites with a great opportunity to hone their drawing skills while joining like-minded...
ASTANA – Investing in youth is crucial for fostering an economically dynamic, peaceful, inclusive and sustainable society for the future, concluded the Kazakh Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) members...
“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” These words of Rudyard Kipling are usually quoted to prove the idea of the great...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Finland Oct. 16-17 resulted in 23 agreements worth $545 million, including the Framework Agreement between Kazakhstan and the Nordic Investment Bank...
Remarks by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Distinguished Chairman! Distinguished Summit Participants! Today the number of conflicts is growing in different corners of the...
ASTANA – Professor Fatima Zhakypova, rector of the Public Administration Academy under the Kazakh President, says her academy is working to adapt the education it offers to a fast-changing...
ASTANA – Journey to the Great Steppe, a July 18-Sept. 29 expedition organised by Kazakh Tourism, travelled in six different directions to visit fascinating destinations throughout the country. The...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan ranked 59th, maintaining last year’s position, on the recently-published World Economic Forum (WEF) 2018 Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). The Centre for Strategic Initiatives (CSI) held a...
ASTANA – The Kyzylorda region in southern Kazakhstan recently hosted Kalkan 2018 special tactical exercises involving more than 200 people, including special units, soldiers, rescuers and doctors. The exercises...
Kazakhstan’s President every year delivers his address to the nation where he mentions the development of the nation and also asserts the imminent policies for Kazakhstan. The President, Nursultan...
ASTANA – The Ministry of Agriculture is developing a draft law “On the Plant World.” The law will help the government control plant usage nationwide and whether it is...
SINGAPORE – In an interview with Exclusive magazine, Bilahari Kausikan, ambassador-at-large and policy advisor for Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he believes Central Asia needs to come together...
ASTANA – The capital will mark the International Day of Rural Women by organising the first forum Nov. 8-9 gathering successful businesswomen who are contributing to the sustainable development...
ASTANA – The Azerbaijani diaspora in Kazakhstan is a proud one, with a compelling history which ought to be shared, said its community leader Vidadi Salakhov. Approximately 100,000 Azerbaijanis...
ASTANA – The local government will be installing video surveillance cameras in school canteens and kitchens throughout the city next year in an effort to enhance food quality, said...
ASTANA – BI Healthcare LLP will open a triathlon academy in July in the capital’s Triathlon Park, reported Elorda Info. The facility will occupy 4,500 square metres at the...
ASTANA – Elementary school students in three schools in Astana are now able to buy meals using Astra Plat cards as part of a new pilot project. Their parents...
ASTANA – Cairo University recently launched a Kazakh language programme, reported Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Egypt Arman Issagaliyev at an Oct. 12 briefing here. “This is an important event....
ASTANA – The European Union (EU) Delegation to Kazakhstan’s photo exhibition “EU4Kids: Discover Europe with Kids” opened Oct. 12 in Astana to celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage...
HELSINKI – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed energy, education, green science and other areas of cooperation with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Finnish business leaders during an Oct.16-17 official...
ASTANA – ASHKA, a London-based start-up, promotes Central Asia through modern design and storytelling, whilst giving back to the community from which it draws inspiration. The online store offers...
At the 38th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in June 2011 in Astana, the President of the Republic...
ASTANA – Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev chaired a meeting in the capital Oct. 16 which provided updates on the five social initiatives from President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed earlier this...
ASTANA – Alexey Lutsenko who rides for Astana ProTeam recently won 4th stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. Lutsenko got ahead of Italian’s Diego Ulissi, who rides...
ASTANA — The Almaty-based Kairat football club has terminated its contract with with Spanish trainer Carlos Alós, Kairat Boranbayev, chairman of the Almaty Football Club’s Board of Supervision announced...
ASTANA – Nineteen agreements worth 251 billion tenge (US$680 million) were inked at the Kostanai Invest Forum 2018, the regional press service reported Oct. 12. Kostanai Region Akim (Governor)...
ASTANA – Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev visited the East Kazakhstan region Oct. 10, meeting members of the public and business representatives and visiting social institutions there. He noted the...
ASTANA – Feminist movements are growing in the light of push for the social modernisation and reaching high human development in Kazakhstan, yet there is a room to develop....
