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Astana Akim (Mayor) Adilbek Dzhaksybekov directed city administrators on Feb. 16 to seek the complete elimination of unemployment in the capital, which already has the lowest unemployment in the...
Six projects creating more than 2,000 new jobswill be launched in Astana this year as part of the Industrialisation Map programme for 2015-2019, according to a recent announcement by...
ASTANA – On Feb. 17, the Kazakhstan 2050 National Coalition of Democratic Forces held a meeting devoted a possible early presidential election in 2015. At the meeting, members of...
ASTANA – An early presidential election, if it is to take place, will not affect the international image of Kazakhstan, the country’s foreign minister said. Talking to reporters in...
ASTANA – Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov presented a report regarding implementing Kazakhstan’s Concept of Foreign Policy for 2014-2020 during the Feb.16 Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) government hour. During...
Sochi Olympic Games figure skating bronze medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstan won gold Feb. 15 in the men’s singles at the Four Continents Championship in South Korea. Ten finished...
Undefeated in their fifth season, the Astana Arlans established themselves as the strongest team in group B on Feb. 15 by defeating the Puerto Rico Hurricanes in Karaganda and...
Eight innovative projects created by school students in Uralsk were presented at the EXPO 2017 – Great Victory of State exhibition held in this city on Feb. 8. One...
ASTANA – “We are together,” the exhibit of Russian artists Alexei Talaschuk and Latif Kazbekov, has been on display at the Kazakh National Museum with the aim of deepening...
Baiterek Holding is hoping to launch a pilot version this year of a new plan to support Kazakh small businesses, said Chairman of the Board Kuandyk Bishimbayev. The project...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov chaired the first meeting of the year of a two-year old Dialogue Platform on Humanitarian Dimension, a consultative advisory body...
Kazakh scientists highlighted a number of recently announced new facts concerning the history of the Kazakh Khanate. Historians have revealed little-known details after precisely studying thousands of archival documents...
ASTANA – An industrial project to produce artificial gravel in Uralsk, supported by Astana’s Technology Commercialisation Centre (TCC) as well as several government agencies, is starting to gain interest...
ASTANA – At its Feb. 14 meeting, the council of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) called for an early presidential election in Kazakhstan. The council members,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan welcomed the results of the marathon 16-hour talks between the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and France and the chancellor of Germany in Minsk on Feb. 11...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired an expanded government meeting Feb.11 to discuss the current state of the domestic economy and measures for its development as it faces...
On Jan. 27, the world marked the 70th anniversary of the red army’s liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in the small Polish town of Oswiecim and remembered the...
ASTANA – Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó is set to visit Astana later in February. Ahead of his visit, in an exclusive interview with The...
ASTANA – Rinat Abdulkhalikov, executive director of the Association of Tatars and Bashkirsof Kazakhstan, spoke with The Astana Times in early February about the Tatar and Bashkir communities in...
ASTANA – According to the Astana Office of Tourism, Physical Culture and Sports, on Feb. 28, the capital will host the main public ski event of the year, Burkasyn...
Minister of Finance Bakhyt Sultanov recently elaborated in an interview with the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper on prospects to stimulate economic growth while continuing structural reforms as called for in...
The United Nations Development Programme recently launched a series of cartoons in Kazakhstan. The cartoons aim to show just how easy life can be with green transportation alternatives and...
The 2015 agriculturalseasonwill be marked byglobal changesin the agricultural sector, according to the Kazakh Ministryof Agriculture. Expectations are that the state will increase its support of the sector in...
Earlier this year, the Senate of Kazakhstan approved the bill “On the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” The United Nations Development Programme UNDP,...
ASTANA – After the All-Star match in the Kontinental Hockey League, Barys Astana is coming to the end of the regular KHL season. Initially, Barys played host to Severstal...
Consumers will soon be paying less for Air Astana domestic flight tickets as the company decided on Feb. 14 to slash its fuel fee for domestic flights by 25...
ASTANA – The World Series of Boxing (WSB) Astana Arlans team continued its undefeated streak to four wins this season by beating the American Knockouts 5:0 in Karaganda on...
ASTANA – The first Rotary Connections meeting was held in Astana on Feb. 4 with the aim of setting up a prestigious Rotary Club in the capital. Nearly 200...
A NATO delegation plans to arrive in Astana in the first half of the year, said Estonian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Jaan Reinhold. “We will greet NATO representatives in Astana...
ASTANA – The Kazakh automobile market was traditionally distinguished by high prices for used cars. At the same time, official car dealers in Russia provided a wide range of...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has dedicated this year to the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan and events have begun around the country to note the special designation. The assembly’s...
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov attended the first meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) intergovernmental council, held Feb. 6 in Moscow. The prime ministers of Russia...
ASTANA – The Auliye-Ata International Airport in Taraz will be ready to commission a new terminal in the third quarter of this year, the Liter newspaper reported on Feb....
One of the most important issues on the international agenda, as well as for Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, is a solution to the crisis in Ukraine. Regretfully in recent weeks,...
ASTANA – Bilateral political consultations between the foreign ministries of Kazakhstan and Iran took place in Tehran on Feb. 1, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry press service reports, with the...
Berik Abdrakhmanov can pack his bags for Brazil, as the Kazakh lightweight boxer defeated Uzbekistan’s Hurshid Tojibaev Jan. 30 in the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) Inaugural Title Match. The...
An historical and archaeological museum, as well as a centre for visitors built on the site of the ancient city, will be opened in Taraz this year. The decision...
ASTANA – Academician and Doctor of Philological Science Myrzatai Zholdasbekov has recently donated his personal library to the National Academic Library. Deputy Prime Minister Berdybek Saparbayev, Minister of Culture...
ASTANA – A flash-mob marathon celebrating the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate was organised Jan. 31 by the Astana Akimat (city administration) and the Kazakhstan Amateur Triathlon Federation,...
Kazakhstan’s efforts to become a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), an action the country has been attempting for 19 years, appears to be hindered by Ukraine and...
ASTANA – One hundred sixty-seven billion tenge ($902 million) has been slated for investment into Kazakhstan’s airports, Director General of the Airport Management Group LLP Claude Badan announced on Jan. 29...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is home to many ethnic groups that once were either forced to move to the great steppes or migrated of their own accord from neighbouring regions....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is open and keen for tax reform, said Wayne Barford, senior advisor to the International Tax and Investment Centre (ITIC), who visited in early February to...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan today is a mostly Muslim country, but the Silk Road that crossed it was an important conduit for religions, including Buddhism, and some of Kazakhstan’s historic...
The Astana Pro Team presented its new cycling team Feb. 1 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the off-season, the management of the Kazakh project did a solid job...
On Jan. 29, 100 days before the celebration of World War II Victory Day, the Astana TV channel started broadcasting videos dedicated to the heroes of the war, also...
ASTANA – Minister of Culture and Sport of Kazakhstan Arystanbek Mukhamediuly announced at a Jan. 30 media briefing that Kazakhstan is ready to build a national pantheon to its...
ASTANA – Approximately one third of Kazakhstan’s roadways will be subject to toll charges by 2020, Vice Minister of Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek announced Feb. 2. “In terms...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national youth and student team have won seven medals in various events and at press time were second in the overall standings at the international Universiade...
ASTANA – In a joint statement, the Government and National Bank of Kazakhstan indicated that tenge devaluation is not expected in 2015, said Chief Executive Officer of Kazakhstan’s Economists...
