- Friday, 29 November, 2024
- Almaty 32 °F / 0 °C
- Astana 9 °F / -13 °C
Citizens of 10 countries that have either invested the most or have the potential to invest the most in Kazakhstan have been granted visa-free travel to the country in...
ALMATY – The Sunkar nursery in Almaty, that has bred more than 1,000 birds, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. This falcon house breeds rare and endangered birds and keeps...
ASTANA – “The Kazakh government has approved a general scheme for the gasification of the country. This policy document defines economically sound strategic directions to ensure reliable gas supply...
ASTANA – Sixteen projects have been approved for funding through the Innovation Grant Programme run by Astana’s Technology Commercialisation Centre (TCC), the TCC announced on July 9. Grants will...
The industry of pantotheraphy, the use of an extract from the horns of the maral, will develop in northern Kazakhstan and the Aiyrtau area will see a new tourism...
ASTANA – Residents and visitors to Astana were treated to music by some of the best international jazz bands during this year’s Astana Day celebrations. Iceland’s Mezzoforte and British...
“About 56,000 entrepreneurs are registered in Astana,” Director of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Astana Meirbek Mazhitov told a July 3 Central Communications Service (CCS) media briefing. “Presently, more...
Kazakhstan will spend about 500 billion tenge (US$2.72 billion) to ensure economic growth this year, Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of Kazakhstan Yerbolat Dossayev said at a July...
Turkmenistanhas completed construction of part of the new Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway, the Turkmen government reported after a government inspection of the railway project on July 4. The total length of...
“3D-copies of artifacts relating to the history of Kazakhstan being kept in museums in other countries may appear in the National Museum of Kazakhstan,” Director of the new National...
Balkhash-2014, the World Cup race of collapsible and inflatable sailboats, was held recently for the first time in Kazakhstan. The event was organised by the Marins International Association of...
Maksut Zhumaev, the famed Kazakh alpinist who conquered all of the world’s highest peaks, is going to ascend Khan Tengri, the highest point in Kazakhstan, and he recently outlined...
Kazakhstan has been a member of the United Nations for more than 22 years, and almost just as long the country has been cooperating with numerous UN agencies. In...
ASTANA – Several meetings were conducted with Kazakh ministers during the recent official visit by the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance and Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf....
The moment one entered the Concert Hall at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, on July 3, 2014, it felt that something magical was going to...
ASTANA – The nation’s capital celebrated Astana Day on July 6 with several days of festivals and concerts by world renowned and national singers and bands, including Akon, A’STUDIO,...
ASTANA – Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov met with his counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador Ricardo Patiño, who arrived in Astana on his first official visit...
ASTANA – Representatives of Kazakhstan’s Agency for Civil Service Affairs and the Presidential Administration, as well as journalists covering civil service reform issues, visited Brussels and Paris from June...
ASTANA – Astana’s sweets shops were honoured and assessed in a morning sugar rush on July 4 at Congress Hall at the second Astana Confectioners’ Festival, a celebration of...
One-hundred wind-powered generators are planned to be constructed around Astana in preparation for EXPO 2017, reported Chairman of the Board of Directors of Central Asian Fuel and Energy Company...
BAKU – Since 1995, July 2 has been recognised as World Sports Journalists Day, designated as such at the initiative of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). Founded on...
ASTANA – The first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan’s history has been unfolding, grudgingly, since the first round of presidential elections were held on April 5. Round two...
ASTANA – The new airline Air Kazakhstan has purchased 10 Q400 NextGen planes from Bombardier Aerospace to continue preparations for the domestic airline’s launch in 2015. Earlier this year,...
Petroleum industry development in Kazakhstan was discussed during the July 3 Congress of the National Petroleum Industry in Aktau. Among the items addressed at the congress was expected government...
ASTANA – Warm sunshine and gentle winds offered the perfect conditions for the July 5 Astana Aspany, Kazakhstan’s first international kite festival. Kite pilots from Germany, Spain, France and...
While most in Kazakhstan are enjoying the summer weather, the Astana Pro Team is forging ahead and setting the pace in the Tour de France 2014 several thousand miles...
National Olympic Committee (NOC) SecretaryGeneral Timur Dosymbetov unveiled on July 3 the official website for Kazakhstan’s effort to win the right to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter...
ASTANA – The government presented its report, “New Industrialisation of Kazakhstan: Results of Half Year of 2014,” to President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a July 2 event. Before the meeting,...
ASTANA – The opening ceremony, attended by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, of the new National Defence Universitycampus was held July 3 in Astana. The National Defence University is the...
ASTANA – Thenational Under-17 Spanish football team won the 7th annual Kazakhstan President’s Cup tournament played at the Astana Arena on June 24-30. National youth teams from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,...
ASTANA – The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has participated in a bond issuance by Kazakhstan’s national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the bank announced...
Astana Day
ASTANA – Astana’s new National Museum of Kazakhstan was opened by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 2, in the midst of two days of events, including a symposium and...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the KazakhstanUnion of Journalists, announced the winners of the first international journalism competition, “Kazakhstan in the eyes of foreign...
The Monument “Baiterek” Situated at the heart of Astana’s modern Left Bank, the Baiterek is a symbol of the city and the new Kazakhstan. The unique monument, designed...
Idrissov speaks on EEU, relations with Russia, China, West ASTANA – In a July 2 interview with Liter daily newspaper, Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov discussedchanges in Kazakhstan’sforeign...
ASTANA – Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf will visit Almaty and Astana from July 8-10 and is expected to meet...
Astana today is not only the political centre of the country, but also the sports centre of Kazakhstan. The republic, which in a very short historical period made big...
ALMATY – Towards a Dream, the second nationalfootball championship among orphans heldJune 17-20, provided an opportunity foreight teams from all regions of Kazakhstan to fight for the main prize...
ASTANA – The Shanyrak Youth Theatre of Astana’s Eurasian National University (ENU) staged a drama by famous Kazakh playwright Zhotai Zhumat, “Eternal Nostalgia,” on June 28. The performance drew...
ASTANA – A round-table discussion of Kazakhstan’s e-government system and of plans to hold a major international conference on e-government development globally in the fall was held in Astana...
Kazakhstan’s relations with countries of Latin America has seen a major expansion in recent months with mutual visits and exchanges. One such visitor recently was Ruben Dario Florez, Minister-Counsellor...
Honorary ATOM Project Ambassador, painter and anti-nuclear weapons activist Karipbek Kuyukov called on humanity to abandon nuclear weapons during the international Euro Mediterranean Forum against nuclear weapons in Ankara...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Aktobe and East Kazakhstan regions on June 23-24 touring and launching a number of industrial and social facilities and meeting...
The Mazhilis of the Kazakh Parliament recently approved amendments to the nation’s CriminalСode that are meant to prevent extremism, terrorism and the spread of radical ideologies.The amendments stiffen penalties...
ASTANA – At Kazakhstan’s Technology Commercialisation Centre (TCC), Lead Expert Erik Azulay and a team of managers, scientists and other experts are working to marry those old, uneasy bedfellows,...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov met with his counterpart from Tajikistan Sirodjidin Aslov on June 16 in Astana to discuss the future of Kazakh-Tajik cooperation and...
At a joint sitting of the houses of Parliament, the reports of the government and the Accounting Committee on execution of the national budget in 2013 were approved, head...
The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies jointly with the National Agency for Technological Development launched an innovative bus June 23, with the aim of finding new ideas and...
The Evolution Summer FEST-2014 dance festival will be held in front of the Astana Opera theatre throughout the summer. The festival opened on June 21 for the first time with...
