- Friday, 14 March, 2025
- Almaty 45 °F / 7 °C
- Astana 27 °F / -3 °C
The prestigious rally race Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge took place in the United Arab Emirates Apr 3-10. Kazakhstan’s Astana Dakar racing teams took on the challenge by winning the...
ASTANA – Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin, also known as GGG, has joined Manny Pacquiao, Ruslan Provodnikov, Sergey Kovalev, Brandon Rios and others in being named one of today’s most...
ASTANA – On May 2-5, Astana will host the 47th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Tair Kuanyshev, senior expert of the...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a $9 million loan to Kazakhstan’s joint stock company Olzha to promote private investment in the country’s transport industry...
ATYRAU – A number of business activities, including a technology conference and exhibitions of achievements in the oil and gas and construction industries, were held within the Atyrau Invest...
AKTOBE REGION – KazakhOil Aktobe is an example of beneficial cooperation between oil production specialists from Kazakhstan and Russia. The company was founded by state-owned KazMunayGas and Caspian Investments...
SHYMKENT – “Everything is possible” is the motto of design engineer Alexander Kushner of the Kazmedpribor company, which produces medical devices. In his seven years at the company, Kushner...
EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – Timur Serikbayev, a student in the eighth grade of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Ust-Kamenogorsk, received two awards at the seventh International Conference of School...
ALMATY – Fourth-year student of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky Musical College in Almaty Alina Molchanova won first prize at a prestigious international competition for young performers in Pskov, Russia, and...
ASTANA – The second Astana Smart Technologies Exhibition (ASTEX-2104) and conference will take place in the run up to the 7th Astana Economic Forum (AEF) on May 15-16. The...
ASTANA – United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief Heiner Bielefeldt, who was invited by the Kazakh government to observe the status of religious issues in...
Early April brought the most significant political news of the past several months in Kazakhstan when Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov tendered his resignation, triggering a reshuffle that affected the...
ASTANA – The Radisson Hotel in Astana recently held the first “Tulip” charity ball in Astana on March 29 titled “In the Heart of Eurasia.” “Tulip” balls are charity...
ASTANA – The Zhuldyz union of children’s organisations, along with faculty from the journalism and political science departments of Lev Gumilev Eurasian National University held a forum to celebrate...
ASTANA – An aerial census and monitoring of the saiga population in Betpakdala, Ustyurt and Ural regions is scheduled for April 7 and 10 as part of a programme...
WEST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – A recently opened pig farm has allowed many former residents of Shchapovo Village in the Zelenovski District to return after leaving in the 1990s due...
A new fundraising effort was launched April 4 in Almaty to help plant and maintain the city’s trees, as well as to clean its rivers, install litter bins and...
ASTANA – Astana International Airport, Kazakhstan’s second-largest international airport, has introduced SITA’s AirportVision flight information display systems to provide real-time flight information to its growing passenger base. “SITA’s flight...
ASTANA – A seminar on corporate governance for Corps A civil servants is taking place at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan from April 7...
Kazakhstan’s exports of products and some types of machinery and equipment to the countries of the Customs Union grew in 2013, Minister of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission...
On April 1-2, the eighth regional oil and gas technology conference, OILTECH Atyrau 2014, took place in Atyrau. Representatives from the Ministries of Oil and Gas, Environment and Water...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met April 2 with Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov in the Akorda. The minister briefed the President on the country’s crime rates and...
England’s Prince Harry and his girlfriend, Cressida Bonas visited Kazakhstan for a ski holiday in late March. The couple and friends stayed at a chalet at the Shymbulak Ski...
Efficient management of nuclear energy will lead to further industrial and scientific development in Kazakhstan, greatly enhance the country’s competitiveness in the global economy and help it become one...
ASTANA – An exhibition by Svetlana Karatayeva, a member of the Kazakh Artists’ Union, is on display in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Astana. Karatayeva (whose...
ASTANA – The embassies of France, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium and Romania in collaboration with the Alliance Française in Kazakhstan organised a festival on March 29 at the Astana Mall...
MOSCOW – Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov began his official visit to Russia on April 3, seeking to promote ties with the country’s northern neighbour, including with a...
The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (APK) is a unique organisation that has been making a difference for the past 19 years. Recently, Yegor Kappel, a member of the...
ALMATY REGION – Almaty regional authorities have stepped up efforts to create a favourable investment climate and develop alternative energy. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s most recent state-of-the-nation addressed directed...
Kazakh violinist Aida Ayupova and pianist Gulzhan Uzenbayeva will give a concert titled “An Evening of Chamber Music” on April 5 at the Astana Opera Chamber Hall. The concert...
ASTANA – Paintings by Yelena Te, a member of the Kazakh Artists’ Union, are being displayed in the Shezhire Gallery of Modern Art in Astana. Te was born in...
ALMATY – Kazakh scientists have developed a new pharmacological agent (FS-1) for the treatment of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. Microbial resistance to drugs has long been of concern to scientists. Nevertheless,...
TOKYO – Three Kazakhstan-based companies, Sezam Eco, Sun Bee and Maslodel, recently presented their products and honey in Japan at FOODEX, the largest food and beverage exhibition in Asia...
THE HAGUE – A consortium of universities and scholars in 18 European countries has begun a new multi-disciplinary research project with a view to developing policy recommendations on managing...
ASTANA – A top U.S. diplomat began her three day tour of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on April 1 with top-level meetings in the Kazakh capital and a lecture at...
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev led a delegation from the Senate of Kazakhstan on a visit to the East Kazakhstan region on March 28 to discuss...
The Astana Arlans boxing team started the World Series of Boxing (WSB) playoff round with a win over German boxers in the German town of Hanau-am-Main on March 30....
ASTANA – The first Kazakh-language horror film, “M-Agent,” directed by Erkin Rakishev, will be released April 3. Rakishev, who made his name with “My Name is Also Kozha,” said...
ASTANA – Aigerim Beketayeva, leading soloist of the Astana Opera, will perform with People’s Artist of Russia Boris Eifman’s troupe on a tour that will take them to Budapest...
THE HAGUE – Kazakhstan will continue to pursue greater Eurasian economic integration with Russia and Belarus, as it sees integration as beneficial to its economy, while at the same...
ASTANA – The 21st session of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) will be held April 18 at Astana’s Palace of Independence. The session will focus on...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Kazcontent on March 27 unveiled online access to the country’s Kazakhstan 2050 plan in 20 languages. “I would like to...
ALMATY – Construction of an ice dome and ice arena will be finished by August 2016, said Almaty Mayor Ahmetzhan Yessimov during a March 27 meeting on municipal development...
ASTANA – The first G-Global International Summit of Journalism will be held May 20-23 as part of the Seventh Astana Economic Forum (AEF). The summit will examine the role...
ASTANA – The G-Global info-communication platform sponsored an online conference March 19 to allow Kazakh and international experts to discuss a draft plan to overcome the long-term impacts the...
ALMATY – The Kazakh musical group Motor-Roller, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013, has returned home after a European tour. The musicians performed in March in several German...
ASTANA – Fifty-four representatives of national football associations and members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) voted during the March 27 XXXVIII UEFA Congress in Astana to establish...
ASTANA – The secondary school in Vyacheslavka Village in the Arshaly District in the Akmola Region supports Kazakhstan’s efforts for a green economy and has mobilised resources to demonstrate...
