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ASTANA – At a June 5 roundtable held in the United States diplomatic office in Kazakhstan,the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for non-proliferation and theU.S. representative to the International...
Chairman (Governor) of the National Bank Kairat Kelimbetov endorses the presence of international banks in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reported. During the 10th annual PR Forum in Almaty, Kelimbetov stated that...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Bodrum, Turkey on June 5. The two Central Asian leaders discussed the future of bilateral relations and the...
BODRUM, TURKEY – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Bodrum, Turkey on June 4-6 to participate in the 4th Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (CCTS) which focused...
ASTANA – Because the share of environmentally-conscious citizens will grow from year to year, the first step to becoming a greener nation is understanding the need to separate food...
ZHAMBYL REGION – BaltabaiDaurbekov, ofthe village of Igilik, creates such fine musical instruments,some of his customers call him the Kazakh Stradivarius. He made his first instrument in his youth,...
Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov met with his Hungarian counterpart and other officials on June 3 in Budapest to discuss bilateral trade and economic cooperation. During Massimov’s talks with...
ASUNCION, June 3 (EFE) – Kazakhstan is seeking “new perspectives” for cooperation with Latin America via a series of diplomatic visits and accords as part of its desire to...
ATYRAU – Five Caspian states are united by a common goal – to preserve biological diversity of the Caspian Sea. The danger of the extinction of sturgeon is such...
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Kazakhstan’s commodity exchange joint stock company, Caspi, have signed an agreement to develop Kazakhstan’s exchange-based carbon permit trading. The agreement, signed on May...
AKTOBE – After a road accident a few years ago, entrepreneur Shakhan Shakhmaran had to use a wheelchair. He soon realized that due to the lack of wheelchair ramps...
A new gondola lift is to be built in Almaty towards the famous Koktobe park by the French company POMA, with construction beginning this September. Up-to-date cabs for 10...
ASTANA – Providing young families with a place to live is one of the tenets of the Affordable Housing 2020 programme. The programme began accepting applications at Centres for...
ASTANA – Prime Minister Karim Massimov of Kazakhstan held a government meeting on social and economic development in Kazakhstan on June 2. According to the report from the Prime...
Children’s Day was celebrated in Kazakhstan on June 1 and around 500 events for more than 3 million children were held around the country over the weekend, reported the...
ALMATY – After a 13-year hiatus, the Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of Kazakhstan was held for the fifth time on April 29-30 in Almaty, gathering representatives of international...
WEST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – The “Golden Princess” or Altyn Hanshaiym found in West Kazakhstan’s Terektin District in 2012 has now been confirmed as one of the oldest tombs discovered...
“Human beings have only three virtues: the burning heart, the bright mind – and creative will.” Abai Kunanbayev. Kazakh poet (1845-1904), Book of Words (47). No prosperity in a...
Representatives of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan participated in the 22nd annual conference of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in...
ASTANA – By this September, a new operator will be created for the development of Kazakhstan’s Kashagan oil field, said Kazakh Minister of Oil and Gas Uzakbai Karabalin at...
Winner of the 15th stage of theGirod’Italia,23-year-old Fabio Aru of the Astana Team finished third overall in the prestigious race. The winner of the172 km final stage (21) of...
AKMOLA REGION – The Ualiev Sport Complex with modern European equipment was opened in Schuchinsk in the summer of 2013. Since then it has been a venue for major...
ASTANA – Addressing the needs of Kazakhstan’s disabled population has become one of the biggest and more prominent domestic issues in the country in recent years. After decades of...
SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION – Agriculture is one of Kazakhstan’s priority economic sectors for the coming decades. General Director of the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Cotton Growing Ibadullah Umbetayev...
ALMATY – The Raimbek Group’s new orchards are an example of the successful transition of Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector and its pursuit to embrace new technology because of the many...
Olympic and world figure skating champions participated in Denis Ten’s show titled, Denis and Friends: Olympic Energy took part on May 29 and 30 in Almaty and on June...
Consul General of Germany to Kazakhstan Michael Grau visited Uralsk on May 28 with a delegation of German businessmen to tour several local leading enterprises in hopes of finding...
Twelve Kazakh student pilots have been selected to take part in a training programme at Finland’s Patria Flight Training Centre, through which they may earn commercial pilot’s licenses and...
ASTANA – The foreign ministers of Kazakhstan and Argentina signed a visa-free regime agreement on May 30 in Astana, another in a series of deals with Latin American countries...
ASTANA – On the eve of International Children’s Day, the State Language Development Foundation donated Kazakh-language books and CDs to children from new kindergarten No. 76. According to the...
ASTANA – Astana’s new National Academy of Choreography will open in April 2016, announced Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan Arystanbek Mukhamediuly at a Central Communications Service (CCS) media briefing...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Agencyfor Civil Service Affairs andAcademy of Public Administrationunder the President of Kazakhstan,in cooperation with the EU-fundedproject, “Civil Service Reform andModernisation of the Governmentof Kazakhstan,” and the...
ASTANA – Two Australian cyclists, Dan Rule, 26, a sports coach and sport developer from Creswick, Victoria, and Jess Mumford, 26, a science teacher from Murwillumbah, New South Wales,...
ASTANA – Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan Arystanbek Mukhamediuly reported that the new National Museum in Astana will open on July 6, Astana Day, at a May 27 Central...
ASTANA – The leaders of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus met in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29 to sign the treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a...
On May 29, 2014 in Astana the presidentsof Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia will sign a Treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union. Thus, the idea of the...
Social security is a key factor for ensuring the sustainable economic development of any nation, and Kazakhstan is no exception. To discuss the current trends in providing social security...
The World Anti-Crisis Plan Concept was approved during the second World Anti-Crisis Conference(WAC) held May 22 as part of the seventh Astana Economic Forum. The plan was approved after...
Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama praised the “dynamic and forward-looking” society he discovered on his working visit to Astana on May 24-25 and invited tourists and investors from...
In recent years, our society has become more interested in history as a basis for national identity. According to professor and expert on Islamic philosophy and culture Dr. Anel...
Italian Fabio Aru of Astana Pro Team won the 15th stage oftheprestigious Girod’Italiabicycle race on May 25. Aru, who is now fourth overall and a serious contender, attacked in...
ASTANA – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak paid an official visit to Astana on May 22-24 to enhance bilateral ties in various fields. Although diplomatic relations were...
Kazakhstannamedone of the main streets in the capital, Astana, after the late King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan on May 19. The move to name a key road after...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan delivered the keynote address to the international seventh Astana Economic Forum on May 23. In his address to more than 3,000 international...
Songwriter and composer Erkesh Shakeev and violinist Marat Bisengaliyev introduced their new joint music project with the London Symphony Orchestra on May 19 in Almaty. “The album recording started...
International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Claude-Louis Gallien recently praised Kazakhstan’s progress in preparing for the Universiade in Almaty 2017. The official’s comments came following the presentation of a...
Five tennis players from Kazakhstan have travelled to France to seek success at Roland Garros tournament, one of the four Grand Slams events of the year, held from May...
Kazakhstan welcomed the holding of the presidential election in Ukraine on May 25 which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Astana said “ensured the expression of the will of...
Kazakhstan has the potential to be a leader in the development of corporate social responsibility in Central Asia said Mari-Lou Dupont, representative of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
The government of Kazakhstan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed an agreement to engage the EBRD and other international financial institutions to direct $2.7...
