- Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
- Almaty 61 °F / 16 °C
- Astana 55 °F / 13 °C
A delegation from the World Aerospace Committee met recently in Khartoum, Sudan with representatives of Sunacs to open negotiations concerning data transmission from the space remote sensing system, reported...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Tashkent to participate in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where discussions focused on cooperating to counter terrorism and the flow...
ASTANA – The manifest “The World. The 21st Century” and his nation’s moral right to advance such proposals was one of the topics addressed by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev...
ASTANA – The Parliament of Kazakhstan has recommended changing the Business Road Map 2020 programme to exclude subsidies for business entities engaged in the non-manufacturing sector, including wholesale and...
ASTANA – For city residents who want to escape the urban setting for a weekend or visit a quiet place with picturesque nature, Zerenda can be a great choice....
ASTANA – Outlook into the Future: Actual Heritage opened June 23 at the Kazakh National Museum. The museum, the youngest and biggest in Central Asia, was created two years...
Representatives of the Kazakh Supreme Court, the Union of Judges of Kazakhstan, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative took...
On June 28, the UN General Assembly votes to select new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. A star in promoting a more peaceful world, Kazakhstan deserves a...
There was a time when it was strongly feared that space would become the next international battleground. Following the race to put a man into space, its growing militarisation...
ASTANA – National Bank Chairman Daniyar Akishev recently spoke at a government meeting about using pension assets to stimulate economic growth and employment in 2016 and 2017. “The National...
ASTANA – A website created under the Kazakhstan without Orphans project is hoping to assist the nation towards that goal. Usynovite.kz, (which stands for Adopt.kz) established by DOM Social Fund,...
ASTANA – Recent publications have revealed more to the general public about the participation of Kazakhs in European resistance movements during World War II, in particular about former Soviet...
ASTANA – Summer is the time for outdoor activities with friends and family. The capital’s green city parks are the perfect place for enjoying some alone time. One can...
At the beginning of June 2016, I got acquainted with “The World. The 21st Century,” the manifesto of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The presented...
At a time when, as many oil exporting countries, Kazakhstan has been hit by the depreciation of oil prices, the agricultural sector is one of the most promising sectors...
ASTANA – More than 40 artists and media art leaders from Kazakhstan and Russia are slated to participate July 4-6 in the Astana Art Fest, organised with the support...
ASTANA – From the hydrogen bomb to anthrax, anything that could threaten the peaceful co-existence of humanity, was discussed June 20 at the international conference devoted to the Manifest...
ASTANA – Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Michel Sidibe announced June 22 plans to establish a subregional office in Kazakhstan that will become a base...
In the current year, the volume of industrial goods and services in the capital amounted to 145.5 billion tenge (US$428.3 million). Since the beginning of the year, the physical...
ASTANA – Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of Mazhilis Yekaterina Nikitinskaya asked Prime Minister Karim Massimov about the National Fund’s savings during a June 17 joint session...
This solution to grant more countries visa-free regime will increase the inflow of foreign tourists during the major international event EXPO 2017. This statement was made during the reporting...
ASTANA – The Embassy of India in Astana organised special events to celebratethe second International Day of Yoga in Astana and Almaty on June 19. Karaganda is expecting the...
ASTANA – The Green Bus Company bought 35 new buses of the brand Daewoo that use environmentally friendly fuel – compressed natural gas (methane). Qazaq Banki has joined the...
ASTANA – With her blossoming book project, I Book You, Marina Sharipova hopes to get her country reading. I Book You (ibookyou.kz) is a non-commercial project about books and...
ASTANA – The Presidential Administration will have a new chief and Astana a new mayor and following a June 21 presidential decree on these and other personnel changes in...
Kazakhstan plans to start production of VanHool buses based on the technology of the Belgian company which annually manufactures approximately 1,400 buses and coaches and as many as 4,000...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov presented detailed information about the current activities of the ministry and highlighted prospective tasks of Kazakh diplomacy in the international...
ASTANA – A new digital application “Kazakhstan – Land of the Great Steppe” was presented June 20 by Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov during his public briefing....
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Saint Petersburg, Russia to participate in the 20th International Economic Forum and hold a series of bilateral meetings. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian...
ASTANA – The June 17 joint session of Parliament’s upper and lower chambers reviewed and approved the government report on the successful execution of the 2015 national budget. The...
There are plenty of clouds on the horizon for the global economy, as the World Bank’s latest outlook report has confirmed. Looking at what has happened over the first...
Over the last few years, international relations have been going through a difficult period and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), which unites 26...
ASTANA – The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has reported that as a result of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) reanalyses of samples from the 2012 London Games, the samples...
In less than one year – on June 10, 2017 – the international specialised exhibition EXPO 2017 under the theme of Future Energy will open its doors to visitors. In...
ASTANA – Construction of a new district in Shymkent aims to develop the city as the third major city of the state under the order of Kazakhstan President Nursultan...
ASTANA – Capital resident Olzhas Onalov, 24, received an invitation to the EXPO 2017 chairman’s office after making the first online ticket purchase to the event. Akhmetzhan Yessimov congratulated...
VIENNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov took part in a ministerial meeting commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) during his working...
ASTANA – Five Almaty men formed an uneasy human chain to rescue a dog that fell into Sairan Reservoir and could not escape due to the steep slopes. The...
ASTANA – Kazakh Secretary of State and National Commission for Women’s Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy Chair Gulshara Abdykalikova made a working visit to Warsaw to take part in...
ASTANA – Chevron’s contribution to science and technology development in Kazakhstan is designed to create opportunities for students and young researchers to develop their professional and academic skills while...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired a meeting of the Security Council of Kazakhstan in the Akorda presidential residence June 10 to assess the June 5 terrorist attacks in...
ASTANA – Kazakh security officials announced June 12 that they have killed or arrested all suspects involved in the June 5 attacks in Aktobe city and have lifted the...
ASTANA – Political analysts and experts say overcoming threats by extremists can be achieved with joint efforts and call upon all Kazakh people to be alert and help law...
High-ranking diplomats from 35 African countries, representatives of the African Union and United Nations Development Programme’s Global Centre for Public Service Excellence gathered June 7-8 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
The names of winners of the Batyr Arular Second National Contest of Female Soldiers were recently announced. Eighty participants competed for the right to be called the best servicewoman...
ASTANA – Approximately 600,000 tenge (US$1,800) was raised for children from orphanages in Atyrau region June 4 during the Abai Keshi charity gala dinner. The event, dedicated to the...
ASTANA – Thirty-five-thousand tonnes of oil will be produced at the Kashagan field in December, announced Kazakh Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev during a recent public briefing. “The launch...
ASTANA – Z Community, a project and educational platform for young people, proposes a new way for teenagers from 12–18 to spend their summer vacation: to join Z Camp,...
ASTANA – Next year’s launch of the Digital Kazakhstan 2020 state programme was announced June 9 during the SAP Forum. The results and goals of the strategic partnership between...
ASTANA – The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan with the support of the European Union project “Enhancing Criminal Justice in Kazakhstan” organised a workshop May 26-28 for representatives of...
