- Thursday, 6 February, 2025
- Almaty 5 °F / -15 °C
- Astana 23 °F / -5 °C
ASTANA – The capital birthday’s sweetest event,the Festival of Astana Confectioners, will take place July 4, at 10 a.m.in Congress Hall and is expected to attract more than 20...
ASTANA – The Atlantic community’s engagement with Central Asia must be deepened and expanded, said Frederick Kempe and John Herbst of the Washington, DC-based think tank, the Atlantic Council,...
PARIS – Kazakhstan and France are working to expand their relations across the board as the two countries prepare for the French president’s visit to Astana before the end...
EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – After 14 rounds of talks between Kazakhstan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), agreement on the establishment of the IAEA bank of low-enriched uranium...
The task of Kazakhstan’s joining the 30 most developed countries in the world by 2050 seems very ambitious, but achievable. In hindsight, we must pay attention to the three...
ALMATY – An exhibition of more than 130 artworks by Kazakh youth titled, “The Country of Drawing,” opened recently at the State Kasteyev Museum of Arts. The artworks focus...
AKTOBE – The 11th International Travel Fair of Aktobe (ITFA) was held earlier this month, this time under the theme “Tourism. Sayakhat. Sports.” ITFA 2014 also showcased folk handicrafts....
ALMATY REGION – The closing ceremony of the 14th Ili-Balkhash Regatta, a competition of extreme multi-day rafting, was held recently at Kapshagai recreation base fishing village. Tired but satisfied...
Rich in cultural-ethnographic monuments of different periods, the Saryarka region takes a special place in the history of Kazakhstan and neighbouring countries. The history and culture of any nation,...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced on June 12 that Kazakhstan is about to establish a visa-free regime for citizens of 10 countries. The announcement came during his...
With all the attention centred around the signing of the truly landmark treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union on May 29 in Astana, fewer people noticed another event that...
SCHUSCHINSK – Two cooperation agreements were signed and prospects for expanding cooperation in energy, agriculture and transportation were discussed during the meeting of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime...
A new luxury, suburban electric train running between Karaganda and Astana was launched on June 6, according to the Passenger Transport company as cited by Today.kz. The train, No....
Astana Opera has premiered Aram Hatchaturyan’s Spartacus ballet on June 6, 8 and 10. The audience saw a new version of the ballet by Russian choreographer Juriy Grigorovich and...
Another Kazakh boxer seeks to join the boxing elite alongside Gennady Golovkin, Beibut Shumenov and Serik Sapiyev. Northern Kazakhstan’s Isa Akberbayev, also known as Bumblebee, beat Morris Okola of...
ASTANA – Norway and Kazakhstan are two countries separated by nearly 4,000 kilometres but by only one country – Russia. Both are globally known as big players in oil...
It is a pleasure to be back in Kazakhstanto co-chair the Foreign Investors’ Council meeting on June 12 with President Nursultan Nazarbayev. And I am particularly pleased to be...
ASTANA – An exhibition, “Dolls of Japan,” was recently held at the Museum of the First President. Japanese children have made dolls throughout the history of the country and...
The Spirit of Tengri modern ethnic music festival will take place June 7 in Almaty, welcoming music lovers with an impressive programme this year, said project Producer Zhan Kasteyev....
Since its inception, economic diplomacy has been part of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy as a key mechanism for achieving productive economic and trade relations at bilateral and multilateral levels. It...
The two countries enjoy cordial diplomatic relations and are working towards strengthening them further. Bangladesh established diplomatic relations with Kazakhstan in February of 1992. Both countries are served by...
Kazakhstan’s Agency for Religious Affairs, which was established by presidential decree in 2011, has done a lot of work during its short existence. Its chairman, Marat Azilkhanov, elaborated upon...
First waterproofing factory Penetron in Kazakhstan and the second in Eurasiawas opened in Astana on May 30. The factory’s capacity is about 10,000 tonnes of finished products per year,...
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...
