Charity Uses Art to Improve Lives of Children with Disabilities

ASTANA – The Believe in Wonder charity fund and the Astana Department of Education, in cooperation with the Khan Shatyr Mall, held an event on April 19 to raise...


Tale of Batu Unlocks the Secrets of Kazakh Culture, History for Children

ALMATY– A fantasy story about the fascinating adventures of a young boy and his friends has just been published to inspire children to be curious about Kazakh culture, the...


National news in brief

On April 10, Kazakhstan’s Senate passed a bill ratifying amendments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted in Beijing on Dec. 3, 1999. The...


External news in brief

Speaker of Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) Kabibulla Dzhakupov held a number of bilateral meetings with his colleagues from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia on the sidelines of...


Economic news in brief

At the Boao Forum for Asia 2014 (BFA) held from April 8-11, Kazakhstan’s G-Global information and communications platform and the Astana Economic Forum (AEF) were presented. The BFA, which...


Business news in brief

Chinese website China Economic Net and newspaper Economic Daily will moderate a televised debate at the seventh Astana Economic Forum (AEF). The agreement was reached during the Boao Forum...


Kazakhstan to Chair CIS Council of Tourism in 2015

ASTANA – Kazakhstan will chair the Council of Tourism in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2015, according to the press service of the Committee for Tourism Industry...


Issyk Saka Mounds to be Opened to Public

Archaeologist Bekmukhanbet Nurmukhanbetov, a member of the expedition that discovered the famous “Golden Man,” announced recently that the Saka mounds in Issyk will soon be open to the public....


Latest Kazakh WTO Accession Talks in Washington Focus on Plant and Animal Health

The most recent round of negotiations on Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with the United States, this time focused on harmonizing measures regarding plant and animal...


Aktobe Farmers, Authorities Expanding Beef Cattle Production

AKTOBE REGION – Authorities in Aktobe are focusing on cattle farming in their regions, commissioning feedlots and providing funds for the purchase of breeding animals. To provide the region...


Young Shymkent Singer Honoured in Russian Music Competition

SHYMKENT – Young Kazakh singer Margarita Kin has won the Bach’s Spring International Festival Contest held in Magnitogorsk, Russia. In two rounds of competition, Kin performed the aria from...


Pereversev Releases New Online Album

ALMATY – Famous Kazakh pianist, Oleg Pereversev, who is also a member of the musical group Chick Flick and instrumental duet Vivat, recently presented his new online album “Classical...


Capital Job Fair for the Disabled Draws 100 Employers

ASTANA – Astana’s department of employment and social programmes and the city branch of the Nur Otan party recently held a job fair for people with disabilities. About 100...


Almaty to Host Open Asian Powerlifting Championship

From April 21-27, a major international powerlifting tournament, the Open Asian Powerlifting Championship, will be held for the first time in Almaty. Athletes from more than 10 countries have...


PM Massimov Visits Russia, Discusses Draft Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union

ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov met with his counterparts from member states of the Customs Union (CU) and Common Economic Space (CES) on April 15 in Moscow...


Kazakh Trained Ophthalmologist Meets Domestic Need

KARAGANDA – In the past, people with eye problems had to apply for consultation or an operation with Russian specialists. Today, the situation has changed, and the republic has...


Kazakhstan Explored During Academic Lecture Series at NY College

NEW YORK – St. John’s University in New York welcomed Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, for an Academic Lecture Series event on April 10...


Almaty Students to Work as Public Tour Guides

Almaty students of tourism will have the opportunity to work as guides on public transport telling passengers about the sights and history of the cultural centre of the country....


Six Children’s Taekwondo Sports Clubs to Open in Kazakhstan

Six free children’s taekwondo sports clubs are expected to open in Kazakhstan’s largest regions. The Taekwondo Federation of Kazakhstan management will provide children at the sports centres with equipment,...


Kazakhstan Will Compete in Tour d’Azerbaijan 2014

The Tour d’Azerbaijan cycling race, consisting of 150 racers from 22 countries, will take place May 7-11 in Azerbaijan. This year’s participants hail from Austria, Britain, China, France, Germany,...


Regulation, Trade and the Voice of Business in the Coming Eurasian Economic Union

MOSCOW – The countries of the Customs Union are preparing to enter a new stage of integration: the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia have declared that the Eurasian...


Bahraini King Pays First Visit to Astana, Political and Commercial Ties Expand

ASTANA – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain paid his first official visit to Kazakhstan on April 13-15. Accompanied by a high-level delegation of more than 200...


Activists, Ministries Work to Promote Healthy Lifestyles

The World Health Organisation was established April 7, 1948 and since then, on that day, the world celebrates World Health Day. Director of the Astana Centre for Healthy Living...


Defining the Labour Market to Ensure Social Protection for All

About 8.6 million people or 68 percent of the population aged 15 and older were employed in various areas of the domestic economy in 2013. Compared to the previous...


Kazakh-British Partnership Offers Opportunities to Local Scientists

ALMATY – A new £20 million ($33.4 million) partnership programme was launched on April 9 to promote scientific research cooperation between the United Kingdom and Kazakhstan, the press service...


Astana, London Sign Agreements on Cargo Transit from Afghanistan, As British Minister Visits to Advance Wider Relations

ASTANA – Britain’s Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Baroness Sayeeda Warsi visited Astana April 14-15 for high level and wide ranging talks with Kazakhstan officials,...


Kazakh Envoy to U.S. Speaks at Scranton, Seeks to Expand Citizen Diplomacy

SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA – Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the United States Kairat Umarov, addressing the audience of the inaugural Jay Nathan lecture series at the University of Scranton on April 2,...


Twenty Years of Evolving ADB Support for Economic Growth in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) works in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific region to alleviate poverty and support sustainable growth. Country Director Matthew Westfall spoke...


UNDP Helps Promote Gender Equality in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project to achieve gender equality has been promoting family values, the representation of women in decision-making positions, distance employment and other...


Spiderman Speaks Kazakh

The blockbuster film “Spiderman: High Voltage” in 3D will be released in Russian and Kazakh in Kazakhstan on April 24, tengrinews.kz recently reported. Dubbing of the film into Kazakh...


Flash Mob Draws Attention to Physically Challenged

ALMATY – A group of physically challenged individuals put on a dancing flash mob show April 5 at the Maxima Shopping Mall. The flash mob was warmly welcomed by...


Astana Dakar Teams Take on Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

The prestigious rally race Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge took place in the United Arab Emirates Apr 3-10. Kazakhstan’s Astana Dakar racing teams took on the challenge by winning the...


Golovkin Named Among Most Entertaining Boxers

ASTANA – Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin, also known as GGG, has joined Manny Pacquiao, Ruslan Provodnikov, Sergey Kovalev, Brandon Rios and others in being named one of today’s most...


Hosting ADB Annual Meeting Shows a New Level of Trust, Cooperation For Kazakhstan

ASTANA – On May 2-5, Astana will host the 47th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Tair Kuanyshev, senior expert of the...


EBRD Provides $9 Million Loan for Transport Company Development

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a $9 million loan to Kazakhstan’s joint stock company Olzha to promote private investment in the country’s transport industry...


Atyrau Strengthens Cooperation at Investment Forum

ATYRAU – A number of business activities, including a technology conference and exhibitions of achievements in the oil and gas and construction industries, were held within the Atyrau Invest...


Kazakh Oil Company Enhances Russian, Kazakh Cooperation

AKTOBE REGION – KazakhOil Aktobe is an example of beneficial cooperation between oil production specialists from Kazakhstan and Russia. The company was founded by state-owned KazMunayGas and Caspian Investments...


Shymkent Company Brings Innovative Design Ideas to Medical Equipment

SHYMKENT – “Everything is possible” is the motto of design engineer Alexander Kushner of the Kazmedpribor company, which produces medical devices. In his seven years at the company, Kushner...


Nazarbayev School Student Honoured for Research Work in Russia

EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – Timur Serikbayev, a student in the eighth grade of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Ust-Kamenogorsk, received two awards at the seventh International Conference of School...


Kazakh Youth Win Russian Musical Competition

ALMATY – Fourth-year student of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky Musical College in Almaty Alina Molchanova won first prize at a prestigious international competition for young performers in Pskov, Russia, and...


ASTEX-2014 Set to Attract Silicon Valley Innovators to Astana

ASTANA – The second Astana Smart Technologies Exhibition (ASTEX-2104) and conference will take place in the run up to the 7th Astana Economic Forum (AEF) on May 15-16. The...


UN Special Rapporteur Gives Recommendations on Religious Affairs in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief Heiner Bielefeldt, who was invited by the Kazakh government to observe the status of religious issues in...


Government Reshuffle to Help Meet Regional, Global Challenges

Early April brought the most significant political news of the past several months in Kazakhstan when Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov tendered his resignation, triggering a reshuffle that affected the...


Tulip Charity Ball Held at Radisson Hotel

ASTANA – The Radisson Hotel in Astana recently held the first “Tulip” charity ball  in Astana on March 29 titled “In the Heart of Eurasia.” “Tulip” balls are charity...


Astana Forum Celebrates Young Journalists

ASTANA – The Zhuldyz union of children’s organisations, along with faculty from the journalism and political science departments of Lev Gumilev Eurasian National University held a forum to celebrate...


Aerial Monitoring of Saiga Population to Help Determine Their Numbers

ASTANA – An aerial census and monitoring of the saiga population in Betpakdala, Ustyurt and Ural regions is scheduled for April 7 and 10 as part of a programme...


New Pig Farm Revives Rural Community

WEST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – A recently opened pig farm has allowed many former residents of Shchapovo Village in the Zelenovski District to return after leaving in the 1990s due...


Fundraising Campaign Seeks to Make Almaty Green Again

A new fundraising effort was launched April 4 in Almaty to help plant and maintain the city’s trees, as well as to clean its rivers, install litter bins and...


Astana Airport Selects SITA for Ongoing Transformation

ASTANA – Astana International Airport, Kazakhstan’s second-largest international airport, has introduced SITA’s AirportVision flight information display systems to provide real-time flight information to its growing passenger base. “SITA’s flight...


Corps A Civil Servants Study International Practice in Corporate Governance

ASTANA – A seminar on corporate governance for Corps A civil servants is taking place at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan from April 7...