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ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev unveiled a monument to legendary Hero of the Soviet Union Major General Ivan Panfilov in Astana’s Zheruyik Park on May 7. Nazarbayev laid...
Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova (Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranking 59) and Australian Casey Dellacqua (WTA ranking 42) upset Spanish pairing Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez 6-3, 6-7(5) in front of...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government has allocated 41 million euros ($45.7 million) to expand European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) programmes in the country that support small- and...
Astana plans to modernise its old bus stops to better relay accurate transportation information and keep passengers comfortable during the city’s harsh winters and hot summers, representatives of the...
ASTANA – Numerous festivities and events were held across the country May 7 during Defender of the Fatherland Day and two days later to mark the 70th anniversary of...
ASTANA – Chinese President China Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev agreed during Xi’s May 7 visit to Kazakhstan to align development strategies, Xinhua News reported. In 2013,...
Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler Nurmakhan Tynaliyev, 27, won his category at the May 6-10 Asian Wrestling Championship (AWC) in Doha, Qatar, vesti.kz reported. The Kazakh wrestler beat Kian Men of...
“Heirs of the Victory,” a new exhibition dedicated to the feats of World War II veterans, opened May 4 at the Museum of the First President of Kazakhstan. The...
According to a recent announcement made by Altay Abibullayev, ambassador-at-large and spokesman at the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan will provide aid to Nepal in light of the...
ASTANA – On May 8 and 9, Kazakhstan commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, with President Nursultan Nazarbayev attending events in Astana...
ASTANA – Professor László Marácz of the Department of European Studies of the University of Amsterdam was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU)...
ASTANA – During an enlarged meeting of the Kazakh government on May 6, participants discussed practical aspects of 100 concrete steps to implement five institutional reforms proposed by President...
ASTANA – A small group of staff and pupils from the British school Haileybury Astana left Astana International Airport April 16 to make the 2,855-km, 30-hour journey to Kathmandu,...
Astana Pro Team top cyclist Vincenzo Nibali will skip this season’s first Grand Tour Giro d’Italia race on May 9 to focus on preparing for the Tour de France,...
ASTANA – The sum of Kazakhstan’s allocation for the Shelter project at the former Chernobyl nuclear power station will be 1 million euros, according to a Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s...
ASTANA – Team Kazakhstan followed up its confident start at the Ice Hockey World Championships, which saw them cruise past their Ukrainian and Hungarian rivals, with a crushing defeat...
The International Almaty Marathon was held on April 26, the same day as the country’s presidential election. The fourth charity marathon, “The Courage to be First,” attracted more than...
The May 7 parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War is expected to be the largest event among all previously conducted in Kazakhstan....
Former American boxing trainer and outspoken TV commentator Teddy Atlas wants to see Kazakh undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Organisation (IBO) middle weight titles holder Gennady...
ASTANA – The right to non-discrimination was the theme of the regular meeting of the Platform for Dialogue on the Human Dimension, a consultative advisory body, held on April...
ASTANA – The Embassy of South Africa in Astana celebrated its country’s Freedom Day on April 27 with a reception in the Astana Marriott Hotel attended by members of...
Almaty Akim (Mayor) Akhmetzhan Yessimov met May 4 with the Kairat Almaty club to mark their second Futsal UEFA Cup win. The club claimed the cup, one of Europe’s...
Milan will be a global showcase for the next six months following the May 1 opening of EXPO Milano 2015. The universal exposition, running through Oct. 31, will allow...
ASTANA – On May 1, the people of Kazakhstan celebrated People’s Unity Day, which was created to mark the friendship and unity among the 130 ethnicities living in the...
ASTANA – The United States embassy in Kazakhstan has launched a series of programmes under the title One Victory, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Allied Victory in...
During the recent meeting of Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Germany Bolat Nussupov with President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of North Rhine-Westphalia Werner Gehrig, the parties agreed...
A new international terminal will be built at Shymkent Airport, it was announced at a meeting of the management of the national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy and the...
Kazakhstan intends to significantly reduce its carbon footprint, Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik said at an April 30 meeting titled “Improving the legislative acts in the sphere of green...
The process of Kazakhstan joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will be completed in a few months, said Director of the WTO office of accession Chiedu Osakwe in a...
“Kazakhstan has built an effective training system for its athletes that allows them to excel in international competitions,” Vice Minister of Culture and Sports Saken Mussaibekov said at a...
Kazakhstan’s ties with China have been growing exponentially ever since the two countries formed diplomatic relations in 1992. Today, bilateral relations between the two neighbours are flourishing. Whether in...
NEW YORK – On April 24, a few days before the month-long Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference began here, Bike Away the Atomic Bomb riders completed their ride from...
The Astana Opera’s lead soloist, Medet Chotabaev, successfully concluded a series of performances at the Brazilian Theatro Municipal (Sao Paulo) in Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello, the Astana Opera’s press-service reported....
A joint programme on innovative development, technology transfer, capacity building support for business infrastructure, industrial parks and clusters as well as trade capacity and export support between the United...
ASTANA – Akim (Mayor) of Astana Adilbek Dzhaksybekov recently instructed taxi drivers officially serving Astana International Airport to be taught Kazakh and English, reported the official website of the...
ASTANA – Huge, sparsely populated, with sprawling wilderness areas, Kazakhstan seems brimming with potential as a hunting destination, especially given its own hunting traditions (and the population’s abiding love...
Kazakh and Turkish businessmen signed agreements at the recent 38th International Exhibition of Building Materials YAPI-TURKEYBUILD, where Kazakhstan was the chief guest, according to the press service of the...
ASTANA – April 30th was the closing day of a five-year, $200.9 million World Bank-supported project to bring much-needed electricity to Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. The Alma Electricity Transmission...
In an interview with this newspaper, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Erzhan Kazykhanov spoke about the opportunities in bilateral relations following the presidential election in Kazakhstan, as well...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Air Force has taken delivery of four Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker C 4++ fighter aircraft from Irkut Corporation, part of the Sukhoi Group from Irkutsk, Russia....
ASTANA – Plenty of ready-to-wear designer apparel for autumn-winter 2015/16 was seen on the catwalk at Kazakhstan Fashion Week (KFW). Shows were held in Almaty on April 15-17 and...
ASTANA – More than 400 Bolashak scholars, laureates of the Daryn and Zhas Tulpar Youth State Award and international contests winners took part in the April 20 Educated Youth-Country’s...
On April 30, Shavkat Rahmatullaev would have turned 66 years old. Three weeks before his birthday, a terrible disease took his life. Many, including his relatives, found out about...
Kazakhstan’s presidential election was monitored by observers from foreign countries, international organisations and representatives of foreign media. Kazakh civil society and the National Public Commission for the Control of...
Professor Kanat Baigarin, vice-president of Nazarbayev University (NU), is also director general of Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System (NURIS). In an interview with The Astana Times, Baigarin spoke...
ASTANA – Nazarbayev University (NU) and the Technology Commercialisation Centre (TCC) in Astana are beginning a new form of collaboration that will see students from NU’s master of business...
ASTANA – Immediately following newly elected President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s inauguration on April 29, Nazarbayev re-nominated Karim Massimov Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. The re-appointment came later in the day by...
AKTAU – Plans are underway to launch 17 projects on the territory of the Aktau Seaport Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the next two years. The SEZ, established by...
ASTANA – Three projects supported by the Technology Commercialisation Centre (TCC) in Astana have already signed commercial contracts in what TCC representatives call the project’s first real deals, which...
ASTANA – To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations this year, the Coalition for a Green Economy and the Development of G-Global, the Astana EXPO 2017 company,...
