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ASTANA – Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov briefed the heads of foreign diplomatic missions accredited in the country on Feb. 27 on the upcoming presidential election stressing the...
ASTANA – The Astana Opera theatre will hold a gala concert Feb. 27 dedicated to the Welsh people, land and culture and commemorating the March 1 death of Saint...
Almaty’s year as the capital of Islamic culture began on Feb. 24 with an international conference, the Almaty mayor’s office said on its official website. Opening the conference, Akim...
ASTANA – In a televised address to the nation, President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his decision to call an early presidential election in Kazakhstan on April 26. “In the interests...
On Feb. 14, the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) put forward an initiative to hold an early presidential election. The appeal, signed by members of the Council...
Current realities make it obvious that despite the hopes of humankind, the world of the 21st century has not become safer. In this century international tensions caused by geopolitical...
On March 2, Kazakhstan will celebrate the 23rd anniversary of its acceptance as a full member of the United Nations. The decision, less than three months after the country...
ASTANA – In early March, a delegation of the Association of Sports Press of Kazakhstan (ASPK) is scheduled to participate in the 79th Annual Congress of the International Sports...
Kazakhstan and Japan were appointed Feb. 23 as co-chairs of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) for 2015 –...
Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev held a meeting of the government’s interagency commission to discuss regulation of business in the country, particularly President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s request to...
Voskhod Chromium, a mining operation in western Kazakhstan, has received $260 million in financing jointly arranged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and UniCredit Group, according...
The National Bank of Kazakhstan will allocate $698 million to support the country’s loan programmes, reported Tengrinews.kz citing the National Bank’s press service. The money will be used to...
Representatives of Hewlett-Packard (HP), one of the world leaders in the field of information technology, have recently been learning about work underway at the Altynkol railway station, the “dry...
ASTANA – As the Continental Hockey League’s (KHL) regular season wound to a close, Barys Astana played four matches away. The team has brought home seven points, half of...
The Almaty 2022 Winter Olympics Bidding Committee has announced that Kazakhstan’s bid will be confined to Almaty and not include Almaty and Astana as had been suggested, according...
No one can doubt that these are uncertain times for Kazakhstan, the region and world economy. The dramatic fall in the global price of oil – with the expected...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan plans to increase the number of programmes meant to support small- and medium-sized businesses, according to Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) member Aigul Solovyova. Solovyova said...
Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin knocked out Martin Murray of the UK on Feb. 21 in Monte Carlo in the 11th round, securing his 32nd career win and increasing his KO...
Almagul Menlibayeva, famous contemporary artist from Kazakhstan, whose artwork focuses on the history and cultures of Central Asia, will be taking part in one of the oldest and most...
A new high-tech device in the form of a wristwatchto help parents track their children’s location has been developed in Almaty, reported KTK television channel . Children will be...
ASTANA – According to Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov, 506 new kindergartens will begin operating in the country this year. The announcement was made during a...
Undefeated in their fifth season, the Astana Arlans established themselves as the strongest team in group B on Feb. 21 by defeating the Condors of Argentina and the Puerto...
The OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme, launched in 2008, helps accelerate economic reforms and improve the business climate to achieve sustainable economic growth and employment in two regions: Central Asia...
WASHINGTON, DC – Askhat Daulbayev, Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, and Bruce C. Swartz, U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, signed the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT)...
WASHINGTON – Askhat Daulbayev, Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General, told the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on Feb. 19 that Astana is ready to host a regional follow-up summit...
ASTANA – The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Evaluation Commission conducted its review of Almaty’s bid to host the 2022 winter games on Feb. 14-18, following which its leader stated...
ASTANA – A Scandinavian team has come to Kazakhstan in search of the common homeland of all Indo-European peoples, collecting bone fragments for analysis in the Centre for Geogenetics...
ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártófollowed their Feb. 19 meeting by signing a working plan between the foreign...
ASTANA – An export policy that provides direction to reorient domestic products to new markets has been developed bythe Kazakh Ministry for Investment and Development. “Despite the reductionin exportsbased...
ASTANA – Their equipment is donated. Their practice space is loaned. Not one of the men on the field, switching in and out of pads and helmets on the...
A nationwide campaign titled “Made in Kazakhstan” meant to support domestic manufacturers was launched in Astana on Feb. 16. “At the enlarged session of the Government on Feb. 11,...
ASTANA – Vasiliy Struchayev of Kazakhstan won the Qatar Open Shotgun championship skeet event in Doha on Feb. 13. The rookie Kazakh sportsman overcame tough weather conditions and pulled...
ASTANA – In the few years since it first opened in 2010, Nazarbayev University (NU) in Astana has turned into arguably the most attractive school for prospective students nationwide....
ASTANA – the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development recently prepared the first version of the conceptual approaches to the development of primary healthcare (PHC).The programme will change the...
They say South Kazakhstan is a place where antiquity meets modernity. The region’s ancient culture, dating back thousands of years, ravishes with its unique complexes of archaeological sites and...
The Kazakhstan national student team won five gold and six silver medals and secured third place in the overall standings at the Winter Universiade held Jan. 24 – Feb....
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov met Feb. 18 with the German envoy for its upcoming chairmanship in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
ASTANA – The National Academic Library in Astana hosts many events throughout the year and invites members of the public in February to various exhibitions and presentations. An exhibition...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s $50 million scholarship programme for Afghan students is now almost five years old and, with 827 students having enrolled, nearing its final goal of educating 1,000...
ASTANA – An initiative by the Council of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) to hold an early presidential election in 2015 rather than as scheduled for...
ASTANA – The Life is a Legend exhibition at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCS) in Strasbourg is bringing the work of contemporary Kazakh artists to an...
ASTANA – Forty-one out of 42 Kazakh Senators present during a Feb. 19 session voted to call on President Nursultan Nazarbayev to support the initiative of the council of...
ASTANA – The 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round matchup between Kazakhstan and Italy will be held March 6-8 in Astana at the National Tennis...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged separating Islam from terrorism, restoring peace in Ukraine, strengthening the United Nations and adopting a new pan-Eurasian treaty akin to the famous 1975...
ASTANA – The Mazhilis (lower chamber of Parliament) unanimously passed a resolution on Feb. 18 calling for an early presidential election, joining a growing chorus of calls from across...
ASTANA – Exactly 20 years ago the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan was established by a presidential decree to unite different ethnic groups living in Kazakhstan and 2015...
A two-day international tourism forum titled,“New Akkol – The Centre for Eco-Tourism” concluded on Feb. 8 in Akkol, which is located in the Akmola region. This was the first...
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...
