- Sunday, 6 October, 2024
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The Asian Development Bank has approved a $240.3 million loan to assist Kazakhstan with its transport system modernisation. “Better communication and greater mobility will play a big role in...
The five S-300 surface-to-air missile systems from Russia will go on combat duty in Kazakhstan in the near future within the joint regional air defence system of the two...
A joint research team to study the feasibility of a free trade zone agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and India was created in June 2015. The prospects...
Mongolia is considering seeking membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). This was stated by the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission, issued after a meeting, attended by...
ASTANA – The Kazakh popular-science film “Pod vechnym okom neba” (“Beneath the Eye of an Eternal Sky”) won the international festival held Aug. 18-21 in Xinjiang, China. “A Kazakh...
ASTANA – A swimming pool named after Kazakh Olympic gold medallist Dmitry Balandin was opened Sept. 1, as well as an arch representing alumni and students’ commitment to Mangilik...
ASTANA – The national bodybuilding team of Kazakhstan recently won 13 medals at the Arnold Classic Asia-2016 international tournament in Hong Kong. Traditionally, the championship has been organised with...
BERLIN – Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko participated in an informal Sept. 1 meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) member...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan attracted $2.7 billion in foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2016, according to the statement by Kaznex Invest Chairman Borisbiy Zhangurazov during a briefing...
ASTANA – “Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World,” the international conference, which was held under in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the closing of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site and...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed condolences to acting President Nigmatilla Yuldoshev over the death of President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on Sept. 2, reported the press office...
HANGZHOU – It has been eight years since the 2008 global financial crisis made the G20 a “summit-level” primary platform for global economic governance. The most urgent task facing...
ASTANA – As the result of a two-leg encounter, FC Astana passed Belarusian champions BATE Borisov in the Europa League playoff round for the first time and will play...
HANGZHOU – China will be receiving international delegations from throughout the world taking part the G20 Summit. The 11th meeting will be held Sept. 4-5 and Kazakhstan will attend...
ASTANA – The National Security Committee announced the suppression of three radical groups in the West Kazakhstan and Aktobe regions as part of the special operation conducted Aug. 12-30....
ASTANA – The 12th Eurasia International Film Festival will be held Sept. 24-30 in Almaty. More than 80 films will be shown and Arab films of different genres will...
ASTANA – A ceremony honouring the Kazakh Olympic team’s successful performance at the XXXI Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro was held Aug. 26 in the Palace of Independence....
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the second joint session Sept. 1 of the Senate and the Mazhilis of the sixth convocation. Opening the session, he noted the...
ASTANA – The Caspian and Black seas regions international conference, designed to address efficient logistics in the countries with the participation of Caspian and Black sea regions representatives, took...
ASTANA – A wide array of issues, including nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and the physical protection of nuclear weapons were discussed at the Aug. 29 international conference Building a...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev participated in Building a Nuclear-Free-World, an international conference held Aug. 29 in the capital’s Palace of Independence, where he highlighted Kazakhstan’s achievements and...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev took questions from the international media on Aug. 29, the 25th anniversary of the closing of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site where the...
ASTANA – A family in Almaty is currently buying stationery, school uniforms and backpacks in fours as their quadruplet daughters prepare for first grade. “Relatives helped us to take...
The first days of September are very important for children and parents around the world. It is the time when the new school year begins for millions of pupils....
Over 480 primary and secondary schools located in 130 countries provide French education to 310,000 students, 115,000 of whom are French, in line with the standards of the French...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev travelled to Serbia Aug. 23-24 for the Kazakh leader’s first official visit to the Balkan nation. The head of state held talks with his...
ASTANA – Nearly 3,000 capital residents participated in about 20 different sports competitions Aug. 12-21 to mark Sports Day, reported the akimat (city administration) press service. The corporate competition...
On September 4-5 the eleventh G20 meeting will be held in the city of Hangzhou, where the leaders of 20 countries and representatives of invited countries will meet. It...
On the eve of the international conference Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World to be held Aug. 29 in Astana, Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross...
ASTANA – The Kazakh capital will host the international conference “Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World,” dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site and...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Kazakhstan won the most medals in its history at the XXXI Summer Olympics in Rio, which ended Aug. 21. Kazakh athletes claimed 17 medals –...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan decided Aug. 18 to extend for five years a recently imposed moratorium on the implementation of controversial amendments to its land law. “Since the introduction of...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev met Aug. 22 in Warsaw with Polish President Andrzej Duda and other top officials as he began the first ever state visit by a Kazakh head...
ASTANA – Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) is expected to return the skull of Keiki Batyr, the leader of the rebel army and national liberation...
ASTANA – The first dock for the Kazakh Navy will be put in operation in October. Meanwhile, naval ships are stationed at a dock rented in Bautino village (Mangystau...
Astana craftsmen will showcase their work at the international exhibition EXPO 2017, reported Deputy Head of the Commercialisation Department of the Astana EXPO 2017 National Company Iliya Urazakov. “Our...
ASTANA – The Central Asia – China gas pipeline was used to transport 15.1 million tonnes of natural gas in the first seven months of 2016. The Khorgos Immigrant...
ASTANA – Parents in Astana are now able to access the progress of the studies of their children using mobile apps. The apps provide twenty-four hour access to the...
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has designed a new rating of world leading countries in the sphere of innovative technologies. Like in previous years, the leaders of the...
When in the wake of the global financial crisis, the G20 countries held the first leaders’ summit in 2008, it underlined just how serious the crisis was. It was...
Kazakhstan signed the Paris Agreement on climate change Aug. 2 in New York. This document confirms the consistency and commitment of the country to comply with international commitments on...
ASTANA – “Building a Nuclear Weapon Free World”, the international conference to be held Aug. 29, has attracted senior figures from nations that possess nuclear weapons, as well as...
ASTANA – More than 121,000 students graduated from high school this year across the country, some of whom will enrol in the capital’s universities. State and private, big and...
ASTANA – During the last year or a so new social media trend has caught on among Kazakh users – viners. Viners are people who make funny short videos...
ASTANA – Kazakhs have preserved many traditions and customs that pervade life’s important moments, like birth, marriage, raising children, hospitality and celebration arrangements which have been passed to generations...
ASTANA – The voice of the commentator is an inseparable part of watching sport today. Be it football, hockey or the Olympics, the commentator guides millions of people through...
ASTANA – A structure similar to what the world knows as the Egyptian pyramids recently discovered in Kazakhstan’s Shet district in the Karaganda region has raised the eye-brows of...
ASTANA – The first Open Triathlon Championship of Kazakhstan among professionals and amateurs will be held Aug. 28 at Kapchagai Reservoir. Altyn Adam Triathlon 2016 welcomes athletes for registration...
ASTANA – The Astana EXPO 2017 National Company and the Akmola Department for Tourism recently presented a new tour, “Burabai – Pearl of Kazakhstan,” which covers the Shchuchinsk-Borovoe resort...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s armed forces team ranked second among 120 teams from 19 states in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America at the 2016 International Army Games held in...
