- Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
- Almaty 45 °F / 7 °C
- Astana 39 °F / 4 °C
On the eve of the ministerial meeting between European Commissions Vice President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and five Central Asian foreign...
ASTANA – More than 720,000 citizens will receive free vocational education by 2021, officials announced Saturday, Nov. 7 government meeting. “The project Free Vocational and Technical Education for Everyone...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister for Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov and First Vice Minister for Agriculture Kairat Aituganov reported on flood prevention and mitigation measures undertaken by the government during...
ASTANA – Founded as a small fishing village, Atyrau has developed into one of Kazakhstan’s biggest industrial cities and is now known as an oil capital of the country....
ASTANA – Aktau, one of Kazakhstan’s youngest cities on the Caspian Sea, offers memorable beach resorts, theatres and night life. Brief History Known as Aktau from 1961-1963, the name...
ASTANA – Early age education and preschool programmes affect a child’s future academic performance and health. The number of children’s centres and kindergartens in Kazakhstan is growing every year...
ASTANA – A recently released European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) report forecasts Kazakhstan’s economy will grow 3.8 percent this year and 3.5 percent in 2018. In a...
ASTANA – FC Astana came out on top of Kazakhstan’s Premier League for the fourth time in a row with a 2-0 victory over Akzhayik of Uralsk on the...
ASTANA – TrackTeamAstana’s Nikita Panassenko, a 25-year-old rider on the Kazakh national team, beat some of the world’s best cyclists to win the men’s points race in the first...
NETANYA – In the fourth round of the UEFA Europa League’s group stage, FC Astana secured its first away win in a group tournament of a European cup. In...
ASTANA – The Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) reached agreements during its Nov. 3 meeting in Tashkent defining and sharing the customs...
ASTANA – The Kazakh and Korean Friendship Garden opened recently in the capital signifies the harmonious cooperation and long friendship between the countries. The project was initiated by President...
ASTANA – While studying in the United States, Karaganda siblings Farida Gabbasova and Zhanibek Gabbasov missed the tastes of home. To treat themselves and others to their favourite foods,...
ASTANA – On a recent visit to Astana, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia, spoke with The Astana Times Oct. 30 about the key priorities of...
ASTANA – The Oct. 29-30 latest round of Syrian peace talks in Astana, the seventh in what is known as the Astana Process meant to supplement UN-brokered peace talks...
When King Abdullah II of Jordan paid an official visit to Kazakhstan on November 1 and met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev, both sides discussed bilateral relations, mainly focusing on...
ASTANA – King Abdullah II of Jordan was awarded the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World and Global Security during his Nov. 1 official visit to Kazakhstan. The Jordanian...
ASTANA – Kazakh chemist Gabit Nurumbetov, the principal scientist for Medherant, the U.K.-based company that produces next-generation drug delivery patches, has invented a new device for testing transdermal drugs....
ASTANA – The 826-km Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway route launched operations Oct. 30 with an opening ceremony at the Baku International Sea Trade Port in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to a...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has reopened the investigation into the death of prominent banker Yerzhan Tatishev, who was shot during a hunt in December 2004. The case...
ASTANA – Kazakh mezzo-soprano Dina Khamzina will perform the title role in “Carmen” at the Astana Opera. The premier of the George Bizet classic will be staged Nov. 17...
ASTANA – Eighteen additional industrial projects worth 399 billion tenge (US$1.19 billion) are expected to be launched in a Dec. 6 teleconference involving President Nursultan Nazarbayev. They are the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan was ranked 36th on the Doing Business 2018 report released Oct. 31, one point lower compared with last year’s ranking. In separate instances, however, it showed...
ASTANA – A venture fund providing early financing for start-ups will be created based on the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), said Ministry of Education and Science committee chair...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev thanked the United Arab Emirates for its support during an Oct. 24 meeting in Abu Dhabi with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree Oct. 26 to change the existing Kazakh alphabet to Latin-based script. The corresponding document was published Oct. 27 on the...
ASTANA – The World Bank marked International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Oct. 27 with the storytelling event “Talking for Change.” A number of compassionate speakers shared their...
There is much to see and much to learn for legal tourists nowadays – when travelling in what Europeans use to designate as the East, but also in their...
ASTANA – The Association of Businesswomen of Kazakhstan presented a project to introduce gender budgeting in the nation at the Oct. 25 roundtable involving representatives of the Kazakh National...
ASTANA – The Kazakh national team is training for the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) Women’s Boxing Championships, to be held Nov. 2-10 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The...
ASTANA –The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council (EIC), bringing together the heads of government of EAEU member states, signed agreements Oct. 25 in Yerevan advancing Eurasian Economic Union efforts to digitise...
ASTANA – Yandex, Russia’s largest technology company, launched its Yandex.Lyceum computer programming educational programme in early October in physics and mathematics schools in the capital and Almaty. Eighth and...
If the territory of all 26 member states was painted on the world map in one colour, it would cover the space from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean...
ASTANA – The Astana city government recently announced a custom architectural town planning contest for the development of a sketch idea for the Oriental City facility. The facility will...
Central Asia is a dynamic and fast-changing region. Over the past couple of decades, it has shown that increased regional cooperation is indispensable to achieving development goals. The Central...
Before I came to Kazakhstan in 2011 as the Ambassador of Germany, I had been an ambassador to a big African country, which gained its independence in 1961. Despite...
At the present time, issues of stabilisation of the situation in Afghanistan draw the attention of the entire international community. Long-term stability of the Central Asian region in whole...
ASTANA – Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) recently opened a China Studies Centre in the Library of the First President of Kazakhstan. “This morning a memorandum...
ASTANA – The popularity of cryptocurrencies, and the scepticism around them, are, paradoxically, on the rise. In an interview with The Astana Times, Nazarbayev University School of Business Dean...
ASTANA – The Autonomous Cluster Fund “Park of Innovative Technologies” has opened a representative office in Russia’s Skolkovo Technopark to support cooperation between Kazakh and Russian high tech companies...
The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) signed a memorandum of cooperation in October with EXANTE, a Maltese technology investment company, signalling their intention to cooperate on new digital projects....
ASTANA – OECD Eurasia Week under the theme Openness for Shared Prosperity took place in Almaty Oct. 23-25 for the first time outside the organisation’s headquarters in Paris. The...
ASTANA – The one millionth tonne of cargo left Kuryk port Oct. 19 for the Azerbaijani port of Baku. The Kuryk port, launched in December, is under its second...
ASTANA – Kazakhfilm has begun shooting the second season of its large-scale historical series about the Kazakh Khanate. The project, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Sports in...
ASTANA – The international forum “Kazakhstan’s Way to Space: Realities and Prospects-2017,” held Oct. 19 in the capital, commemorated 60 years since the launch of the first artificial Earth...
ASTANA – The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be creating a common photobank available to member states. The idea was approved at the 23rd CIS Heads of State...
ASTANA – Kazakh farmers harvested 21.9 million tonnes of grain this year for a yield of 14.3 quintals per hectare. The harvesting area increased by 1.1 billion hectares compared...
ASTANA – Konstantin Khabensky, a popular Russian actor who is known for his kind heart and his unsuccessful fight to save his wife’s life from cancer, shared his message...
ASTANA – The Transforma cultural space opened in Almaty Oct. 21 with the premiere of “B.O.Q.” staged by Laboratory No.316, an independent theatrical company. The multidisciplinary site offers room...
ASTANA – Eddie Maier, deputy head of unit at the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development’s Instrument for Stability and Nuclear Safety, discussed nuclear safety and the...
