- Thursday, 23 March, 2023
- Almaty 34 °F / 1 °C
- Astana 19 °F / -7 °C
ASTANA, January 14 – On January 9, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a loan of $196.5 million to Kazakhstan to rebuild and expand the road...
ASTANA, January 11 – The Kashagan giant oil field is set to enter commercial production in the first half of this year. The field is located in Kazakhstan’s offshore...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s skiing ace Alexey Poltoranin has won two major races in Italy in the World Cup Tour de Ski tournament. Poltoranin first triumphed in the individual five-kilometre...
ASTANA – Along with the rest of the world observing the Gregorian calendar, the people in Kazakhstan are getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve, buying gifts and finding...
ASTANA – The main children’s New Year’s show on behalf of President Nursultan Nazarbayev was held on December 26 in the new building of the Palace of Scholars on...
ASTANA – On December 15, the annual “Become a Magician!” charity fair took place in Astana’s Sary-Arka shopping and entertainment center. The fair has become a popular tradition before...
ASTANA – On Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, the Fifth Anniversary Charity Christmas Fair organized by diplomatic missions accredited in Kazakhstan took place at the Radisson SAS hotel in Astana....
ASTANA – In Loniga, Italy, 7-year-old Alua Nogaibayeva recently won second place at the International Pianists Competition held under the auspices of the International Association “Art and Education of...
ASTANA –The gala concert “Halkynyn Uly Perzenty” (Kazakh for “great son of the nation”) dedicated to the Day of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held...
ASTANA – The music of Kazakhstan’s band Magic of Nomads is a unique combination of various instruments and the incredible sounds of Kazakh folk culture mixed with a modern...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan places great importance on the development of youth policy with a number of state programmes launched in order to support the young over the past few...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Astana Arlans won a sweeping 5-0 victory against the USA Knockouts at Daulet Sports Complex in Astana on November 23 in the World Series of Boxing...
ASTANA – On November 20, the Camerata Tempo First International Festival of Contemporary Composers of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Turkic countries opened here in the Kulyash Baisseitova...
ASTANA – Next year, the Akmola region plans to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Abylai Khan, one of the greatest and most famous khans in the history of the...
The name of Beket-ata, spiritual enlightener and humanist of the 18th century, shines brightly in the halo of saints of the Mangistau land. Next year will mark the two...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s men’s water polo team won second place at the Asian Championships in Dubai on November 25. In the dramatic final, the team lost to China. It...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s movie-makers have come to America: From November 14 to November 18, the Kazakh film festival was held with great success in the U.S. capital Washington, DC,...
ASTANA – On November 15, the new Bekmambetov Cinema opened in the centre of Almaty. The Bekmambetov Cinema was originally due to open in the summer, and although its...
ASTANA – The International Art Forum 2012 was held in Astana on November 15. The initiator and organizer of the forum, the Kulanshi Contemporary Art Center, dedicated the event...
ASTANA – Established in 2009, the Ambassadors Club, a small, elite group of people, is planning to take on a new form to accommodate the rising interests of Kazakhstan....
RUDNYI, QOSTANAI REGION – My family was not surprised when I decided to enroll in Karaganda State Technical University, since I’d been fond of metallurgy since I was a...
ASTANA – Altai is called the golden cradle of the Turkic World. Recent research in the excavation mounds at Berel has revealed some of the most ancient settlements of...
ASTANA, November 12 – Since mid-October, scientists and researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy have been working on a project in the Akzhayik National Park of the...
ASTANA – The play “Teren Tamyrlar” (“Deep Roots” in Kazakh) by Yerkin Zhuasbek will be performed in the Palace of Peace and Accord in Astana to celebrate the Day...
Stage three of the World Speed Skating Cup has come to an end in Astana. Day 2 of the competition started with a women’s 1500 metre contest. Yekaterina Aydova...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is known internationally due in greater part to the global initiatives of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, especially in the area of inter-ethnic dialogue, politicians and experts said...
ASTANA, Nov. 22 – Later today, representatives from the 161 member states of the International Expositions Bureau (BIE) will meet in Paris to decide which city will be hosting...
ASTANA – On November 22, the International Bureau of Expositions (BIE) in Paris will decide whether or not to award EXPO 2017 to Astana. A vote by the BIE’s...
EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION, November 12 – On September 27, World Tourism Day, East Kazakhstan opened its first regional tourism centre. The region is at a global crossroads with vast...
ASTANA – On November 10-11, the third World Cup in hand-to-hand fighting took place in Almaty at the Baluan Sholak sports complex. Masters of hand-to-hand combat from 28 nations...
ASTANA, November 12 – In mid-October, the sixth national tourism fair and exhibition was held in Kokshetau as part of the three-day national 2012 Sarkylmas Sayakhat (Kazakh for “unlimited...
ALMATY – The Days of Kazakhstan Culture Festival in Turkey was another triumph for the Gulder (Flowers) Popular Dance Ensemble. “I am very pleased that our troupe is invited...
