- Saturday, 27 July, 2024
- Almaty 73 °F / 23 °C
- Astana 52 °F / 11 °C
The Football Federation of Kazakhstan plans to open a football academy in the South Kazakhstan region, according to otyrar.kz. It has not yet been determined if the academy will...
ASTANA – The European renewable energy consultancy group Wind Prospect will provide consulting services to the 3E energy company that is building the 50-megawatt Yereimentau Wind Farm in central...
ASTANA – The dollar rose sharply against the tenge on the morning of Aug. 19, likely the result of the the actions of a major investor on the Kazakh...
ASTANA – The dollar rose sharply against the tenge on the morning of Aug. 19, likely the result of the the actions of a major investor on the Kazakh...
ASTANA – FC Astana slipped by APOEL of Cyprus in a narrow 1-0 victory in front of a nearly sold-out home crowd at Astana Arena on Aug. 18. The...
ASTANA – Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Ghorm Said Malhan emphasised the importance of deepening relations with the Central Asian country and the Eurasian continent as a whole on...
ASTANA – Astana Pro Team rider Rein Taaramäe snatched the overall win in the Arctic Race of Norway in Narvik on Aug. 17 from race leader Ben Hermans, who...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Special Envoy of the President and Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Mussinov visited Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries Cambodia and Laos Aug. 12-13 in the framework...
ASTANA – New greenhouses and vegetable storehouses are being built in Kazakhstan’s capital to ensure food security, according to astana.gov.kz, the city administration’s official website. Tselinselmash and Astana Food...
ASTANA – On Aug. 12, International Youth Day was celebrated in the Khan Shatyr shopping mall. To mark the event, young talents of the capital city demonstrated their skills...
ASTANA – The “3D Tour Across the Country” project will launch by the end of 2015, Director of the Institute of Eurasian Integration and Chairman of the Congress of...
ASTANA – Beginning this year, the city construction department is planning to implement 18 projects on the reconstruction of the Yessil riverbed to protect the capital from flooding. Completion...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s largest aviation company, Air Astana, is to be the “Official Air Carrier of EXPO 2017,” following a memorandum of cooperation signed with the Astana EXPO 2017...
ASTANA – July was traditionally a period of holidays and vacations, but for the military it was a busy month with many engagements in training exercises. As reported by...
The physical volume of uranium mining in Kazakhstan, a world leader in uranium production, totalled 5,883 tonnes for April-June compared to 5,650 tonnes mined during the same period in...
ASTANA – A public speaking skills seminar was held Aug. 1 within the Women’s Leadership School and supported by the city’s internal policy state management institution. The workshop was...
ASTANA – Two-time World Series of Boxing (WSB) champions Kazakhstan’s Astana Arlans were seeded as the top seed of Group D for the upcoming season six group stage on...
ASTANA – Young cyclists from around the world will compete Aug. 19-23 at Astana’s Saryarka velodrome during the Union Cycliste Internationale Juniors Track Cycling World Championship. “I am very honoured...
ASTANA – More than 200 volunteers from the Kazakh Red Crescent were deployed in response to recent floods in Almaty, according to a press release from the International Federation...
ASTANA – A joint Eurasia Local Governments Congress and Eurasian branch of United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) project has shown Astana has the most international activity of any...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government plans to build a 230,000-square-metre transport and logistics centre on 92 hectares in Shymkent to help coordinate transit between Shymkent International Airport, the Western...
ASTANA – More than 150,000 people in Kazakhstan have impaired hearing and related disabilities. Approximately 5,000 reside in Almaty and many in Shymkent, although only about 500 adults and...
ASTANA – Violence being conducted under the names of ISIS or the Islamic State now being referred to as Daesh, is a concern, but not a serious threat to...
ASTANA – According to an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Programme Office in Astana press release, a three-week advanced course in Almaty on the use of...
The Kerbez Kazakh folklore ensemble from Semey was recently selected through an online qualifying competition to perform in Paris at the International Festival of Nations of the World, reported...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s success in healthcare has been recently marked by a series of rare and complicated surgeries. One such surgery was held at the capital’s hospital No. 2...
ASTANA – The National Bank of Kazakhstan issued seven new coins on Aug. 7, the bank announced in a press release. Four commemorative coins mark places: “Taikazan” is a...
ASTANA – In a recent interview with KazTAG news agency, chairman of the aerospace committee (Kazcosmos) of the Kazakh Ministry of Investment and Development Talgat Mussabayev spoke about the...
ASTANA – The bankruptcies of Kazakhstan’s major tour operators, such as Travelsystem, GulnarTur and other smaller companies, terminated the existence of many small travel agencies across all regions of...
ASTANA – The presidents of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev participated Aug. 12 in the ceremony to remove customs controls on the nations’ border, reported the Akorda...
ASTANA – The first Kazakhs apparently arrived in Norway as German prisoners of war during World War II, with some escapees able to join Norwegian guerrillas fighting the Nazi...
Kazakh-born glam-rock opera singer and interpreter of contemporary and cross-cultural music Timur Bekbosunov got his start in Kansas, United States, where he discovered opera, said pri.org. He has performed...
ASTANA –The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article 4 consultationwith Kazakhstan on July 31, considering and endorsing the staff appraisal without a meeting. Real...
About 5,000 documents of historical value have been brought to Kazakhstan and about 160 volumes of books with a 350,000 copy print run have been released since the beginning...
ASTANA – The closing ceremony of an international seminar on public health was hosted in Nazarbayev University, reported the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) press service in Kazakhstan. The...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced new Almaty Akim (Mayor) Bauyrzhan Baibek during his working visit to Almaty Aug. 9, reported the press service of the Akorda presidential...
The Kazakh national Special Olympics team won 125 medals and exceeded their targeted metal count by three times at the July 25 through Aug. 2 Special Olympics in Los...
ASTANA – Estonian Rein Taaramae of the Astana Pro Team and Italian Michele Scarponi finished first and second respectively in the overall standings at Vuelta a Burgos Lagunas de...
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has formulated a grand programme to create the pillars of a modern democratic state. The five broad areas of reform are the development of a...
ASTANA – Krugozor Youth and Tourism Centre, a unique institution based in the most beautiful places of East Kazakhstan, is engaged not only in teaching children and young people,...
Participation in EXPO 2017 is of great importance to Kyrgyzstan, said Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Valery Dil during a meeting on the preparations for Kyrgyzstan’s participation in the...
Within the celebration of the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate, the Kazakh Research Institute of Culture with the support of the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the United States held...
ASTANA – A new, multifunctional 12,000-seat and 86,000-square-metre Ice Palace was opened on Aug. 9 as the Cup of the President started in the capital. The complex will include...
ASTANA – American band Break of Reality (BoR) and Kazakh artist Galymzhan Moldanazar met in Almaty in February. The musicians rehearsed and gave two concerts together attended by hundreds...
Kazakh transport workers celebrated their professional day on Aug. 2. On the eve of the big day, The Astana Times talked to Askar Mamin, chairman of the Kazlogistics transport...
ASTANA – Historical reenactment, focused on promoting and drawing attention to past events, is divided into sport and daily activities. The former emphasises fighting using ancient weapons and armour,...
ASTANA – Experience shows that hosting large-scale events, such as EXPO 2017, helps develop not only the tourist industry but other areas of the economy, General Manager of the...
ASTANA – FC Astana and HJK Helsinki produced a thriller previously unseen at the Astana Arena Aug. 5 in a return leg of the UEFA Champions League qualifications’ third...
Singapore is small and resource poor. Kazakhstan is huge with vast reserves of natural resources. Yet the Kazakhs feel they have much to learn from the Singapore story, spurring...
The United States is, by most measures, still the largest economy in the world. According to the World Bank, its carbon monoxide emissions per capita over the last five...
