- Saturday, 21 December, 2024
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ASTANA – With a narrow 1:0 victory on home ice over Dinamo Riga last weekend, the Barys hockey club virtually secured its place in the Gagarin Cup playoffs three...
ASTANA – The country’s top think tank, the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President (KazISS), was recently ranked among the world’s top think tanks, the institution’s press...
ASTANA – Malaysian food industry experts recently visited production facilities and developed recommendations to improve the quality of halal (permissible to use by Islamic law) food produced in Kazakhstan....
ASTANA – More than 2,000 athletes from 57 countries have converged on Almaty for Universiade 2017, with many visiting Kazakhstan and the country’s capital for the first time. A...
A recent decision to transfer functions and responsibilities in the field of tourism from the Ministry for Investment and Development to the Ministry of Culture and Sports was made...
ASTANA – Qatar has signed an agreement to participate in the upcoming EXPO 2017, the exhibition’s organising committee press service said. The agreement was inked during a meeting...
ASTANA – Head of the Department of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Economic and Environmental Activities Andrei Muntean recently pledged during his meeting with Rector...
ASTANA – Plans for the third stage of modernisation announced by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev Jan. 31 were praised by Indian Ambassador Harsh Kumar Jain in a recent interview...
Global experience has shown that foreign investments have a number of significant advantages over other forms of financing the economy. In an interview, Vice Minister for Investments and Development...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev led a Feb. 3 expanded government meeting discussing the key objectives of the third stage of Kazakhstan’s modernisation, which were laid out n his...
ASTANA – A business forum with the participation of Kyzylorda and Navoi region business people was held recently as part of the working visit of a Kyzylorda region delegation...
ASTANA – Saudi Arabian Al Ramez International Group will finance a poultry farm in the South Kazakhstan region with a production capacity of 30,000 tonnes of meat per year,...
ASTANA – A new building opened Jan. 25 at Nazarbayev University School of Medicine. Designed by leading American architectural firm Perkins + Will, the 39,825-square metre institute includes research...
Shymkent was recently named the country’s safest city with the lowest crime rate, according to the official statistics. Compared to other major cities, the second most populous city in...
ASTANA – The fourth day of the Winter Universiade in Almaty brought new reasons for Kazakh fans to celebrate. The Central Asian nation’s student athletes won four gold medals...
ASTANA – Four new, multipurpose Mi-35M attack helicopters were delivered to a Kazakh Air Force Base in the south of the country. The helicopters are the first of their...
ASTANA – Toyota has remained the sales leader in Kazakhstan based on 2016 results. The Astana Times interviewed a car enthusiast to discover why this particular Japanese car brand...
ASTANA – Tengizchevroil (TCO) plans to hire up to 18,000 Kazakh citizens and is committed to continuing personnel education and training as part of the Tengiz Future Growth Project...
Good leadership requires a relentless focus on the long-term rather than just responding to immediate events or pressures. It is an approach that has served Kazakhstan well in its...
ASTANA – New shoe manufacturer Shoes Republic has had a big impact on Kazakhstan’s shoe industry just a few months after unveiling its first collection by targeting middle class...
ASTANA – Started initially as a willow-weaving workshop, Green TAL has turned into a bigger project that provides vulnerable social groups training with employment by producing quality products demanded...
ALMATY – Almaty Urban Air (AUA or “air” in Kazakh) is a mobile app that helps to monitor air quality and increase public awareness on air pollution to improve...
ASTANA – Astana Opera will premiere their production of “Kyz Zhibek” by Yevgeny Brusilovsky Feb. 10-11, the theatre has announced. After “Kyz Zhibek” was released as a film in...
ASTANA – The last week of January was full of events for Kazpost, Kazakhstan’s postal service. On Jan. 24, they launched the country’s first e-commerce centre. The next day,...
ASTANA – Production of unprocessed zinc in Kazakhstan reached 325,500 tonnes in 2016, which is 0.5 percent more than in 2015. Kazakhstan exports almost 90 percent of its produced...
ASTANA – The Almaty Winter Universiade’s second day on Jan. 31 was remarkable for the host nation Kazakhstan’s two inaugural gold medals. First, biathlete Alina Raikova came in first...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s 2017 address to the nation, published Jan. 31, focuses on what he termed a new, third stage of the country’s modernisation. It consists...
Pavlodar Police Department of Internal Affairs Sergeant Daulet Mukhamedsalykov recently saved the life of an 8-year-old boy, by getting him out of a manhole in which the boy accidentally...
ASTANA – KUSC, the Los Angeles-based classical music radio station, has released “A Breathtaking Musical Journey through Kazakhstan,” a four-part series produced by Adriana Cargill for Arts Alive. The...
ASTANA – Kazakh airline Air Astana was named the most dynamically developing carrier of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the Pulkovo Saint Petersburg Airport in its LED...
ASTANA – Thirty-five hotels and 55 food and beverage facilities have been accepted into the Recommended by EXPO 2017 programme, the capital’s official website reports. About 23 hotels and...
ASTANA – Saba Food has been making Italian cheeses in Kazakhstan for the last two years. The products, without additives and GMOs, promise to be as tasty as their...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev during a Jan. 30 televised statement outlined the topics to be covered in his annual address to the nation, which was released Jan....
ASTANA – LOT Polish Airlines will launch direct Poland to Kazakhstan flights for the first time in May. Tickets are already on sale. “I want to stress that besides...
ASTANA – Kazakh actress Torry Talgat will be participating Feb. 11-16 in Berlinale Talents, the annual summit and networking platform of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Her application...
ASTANA – Delegations from 57 countries participated in the Jan. 29 opening ceremony of the World Winter Universiade 2017 at the Almaty Arena ice palace. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev...
ASTANA – Forty-five-year old Umarzhan Urakhunov returned to Kazakhstan Jan. 24 after an epic round-the-world tour lasting five months. The Almaty resident set a goal to set foot on...
ASTANA – The inflow of direct Chinese investment in the economy of Kazakhstan amounted to $623.9 million between January and September last year, seven times higher than in 2015,...
ASTANA – Car sharing has sprung up in many countries, including Kazakhstan. With access to a fleet of vehicles on an as-needed basis, Almaty residents gain the benefits of...
ASTANA – A monitoring report of the European Union (EU) Rule of Law Initiative for Central Asia pilot project was presented at a Jan. 26 seminar meeting in the...
ASTANA – New parents present vast marketing opportunities for businesses worldwide, and baby-crazy Kazakhstan is no exception. One of the trends in the huge and growing baby products industry,...
In the near future, Kazakhstan may become a regional education hub, said Zhanbolat Meldeshov, President of the Centre for International Programmes (CIP), which manages the Bolashak scholarship programme in...
ASTANA – The exhibition “Cultural monuments of terracotta army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang” will be held at the National Museum of Kazakhstan July 5-8, according to the press...
ASTANA – The KazMunayGas National Company has introduced a QR-code payment option for fuel cards at one of its gas stations with plans to extend the service system wide....
ASTANA – Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergenov beat his opponents Jan. 21 in the first stage of the popular Chinese show “Singer 2017” and instantly rose to fame in China....
From the very beginning of Kazakhstan’s journey as an independent nation, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said that prosperity and social stability had to be the initial priorities but that...
Approximately 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Astana every day during EXPO 2017. In an interview, Astana Convention Bureau Director Saniyar Aitekenov spoke about the city’s readiness to cater...
ASTANA – Rich deposits of light oil and gas were recently found in the Devonian deposits at Ansagan in the Zhylyoi district of the Atyrau region. “The possible reserves...
ASTANA – The Light Industry Enterprises Association has released its first collection of clothing for people with special needs in partnership with the Ministry of Healthcare as part of...
Kazakh Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerzhan Ashikbayev participated in Jan. 23-24 United Nations discussions in New York on the synergy of peace, security and sustainable development. The Permanent...
