- Wednesday, 5 February, 2025
- Almaty 12 °F / -11 °C
- Astana 21 °F / -6 °C
ZHANAOZEN – Neighbours and local residents, contributing their efforts into what is known as “Asar” (Together) action have been able to build and provide a home for 40-year Zhanaozen...
ALMATY – Aibek Almassov, a student at the Kazakh Architecture Academy, has seen his work achieve global acclaim through social media. The cylindrical glass house in the mountains of...
The expression of shock on the face of American boxer Curtis Stevens (25-4, 18 KO) at being knocked down in the second round by Kazakhstan-based boxer Gennady Golovkin (28-0,...
ALMATY – One of the most anticipated hotels in Central Asia was unveiled on Nov. 5 in Almaty. Located in the green heart of the city, near the foothills...
ASTANA – Cihan Sultanoglu, Regional Director for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Assistant Secretary General, visited Kazakhstan...
ASTANA, Nov. 6 – One of Astana’s most popular entertainment venues, the Eight Drops karaoke club, is also an incubator for the capital’s creative talent and a place to...
ASTANA, Nov. 4 – Innovation is happening in Kazakhstan and productivity in the country’s manufacturing sector has increased two times faster than in Russia’s and five times faster than...
ASTANA – Germany’s most popular break dance crew, The Flying Steps, brought its latest show, a combination of classical music and modern street acrobatics, to Astana on Nov. 1...
ASTANA – The International Centre of Educational Programmes opened at Turan College of Astana on Oct. 22. The new centre will train students at top international standards and aims...
VIENNA, Nov. 1 – Karipbek Kuyukov, the famous artist and Honorary Ambassador of the ATOM Project brought this simple message with him on a recent visit to Austria: “If...
ASTANA – The territory of the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Eastern Kazakhstan is best known for having been poisoned for decades, but some experts are now hoping...
ASTANA – Forty thousand young grass carp grown in the hatcheries in Taraz were recently settled in the Yessil River by a cooperative effort of United Nations Development Programme...
ALMATY – Participants of the International Silk Road Forum visited an exhibition presented by students of the Abilkhan Kasteyev School of Fine Arts and Technical Design of the UNESCO...
For the fourth year in a row, Shabanbai-bi village has been the centre of ecotourism in the Aktogay district. The Kyzylarai nature reserve, with its combination of mountains and...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s team came away from the 17th International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) World Boxing Championships in Almaty on Oct. 14-26 with good results overall, despite a few...
Kazakhstan was accepted as a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) during the meeting of their international board held on October 17th in the capital of Ivory...
ALMATY – Vice President Kevin Wu of Kingston Technology, one of the world’s biggest information technology companies, said his company had paid little attention to Kazakhstan—but that is set...
The Kazakh film “Myn Bala,” or “Warriors of the Steppe,” in its English translation, has been released in the U.S. to generally favourable reviews. Myn Bala’s $12 million budget...
ASTANA – Astana Opera, Kazakhstan’s national opera and ballet theatre, signed a memorandum of cooperation on Oct. 22 with the U.K.-based international opera association Opera Europa and representatives of...
Implementing the priority directions of the development of science and innovation technologies in light of the country’s preparation for EXPO 2017, the Parasat company is conducting scientific and technical...
ASTANA – The results of a project to train and retrain unemployed women were presented at a recent roundtable in late October organized by the NGO Association of Business...
This year, 6.8 million square meters of housing in Kazakhstan will be built as part of the Affordable Housing 2020 programme. The programme is intended for people of all...
ASTANA – The Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan concluded a contract on Oct. 24 with Airbus for the delivery of two new Airbus Military C295 tactical transport aircraft, as...
ASTANA – The 14th Kazakhstan Fashion Industry International Specialized Exhibition (autumn 2013) kicked off in Congress Hall on Oct.. 24. Over its lifetime, the fair has gained the status...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan voiced concerns about the process of integration at the meetings of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the Council of Heads of States of...
ASTANA – In the coalition, A Child Should Live in a Family, veteran activist Alina Khamatdinova and a team of nongovernmental organisations, lawyers, journalists and members of Kazakhstan’s Parliament...
ASTANA – A small, informal and interactive conference for Kazakhstan nongovernmental organisations, known as a “Social Camp,” will be held in Astana in November. Organizers say these types of...
Every year on Oct. 24 according to resolution No. 168 adopted in 1947 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the UN Day is celebrated. It is noteworthy that...
Nowadays, more and more people are using traditional Asian medicinal remedies, rather than prescription medications, while at the same time conventional medicine continues to make great strides. The...
ASTANA – On Oct. 10, the capital of Kazakhstan hosted the Astana International Auto Salon 2013 international automobile exhibition for the first time. Automakers from 14 countries including Germany,...
ASTANA – A charity lunch for 50 pensioners and people with disabilities from the Yessil district of Astana was organised at the Al-Farabi restaurant on Oct. 17 with the...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired a meeting on the preparation and arrangement of the international specialised exhibition EXPO 2017 on Oct. 16. Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, Minister of...
Kazakh TV, Kazakhstan’s national 24-hour satellite channel, debuted 13 new projects for 2013, a record figure by the standards of Kazakhstan television. Some of the new projects have been...
ASTANA – A special delegation from Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan, headed by its President Rustem Khamitov and including officials and representatives from the business community and higher education institutions,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan travellers have started preparations for the first-ever round-the-world journey on camels, with the assistance of their Russian and European partners. The decision was announced during the...
ASTANA – Actors from the Gafuri Bashkir State Academic Drama Theatre performed the play “White Steamer” on Oct. 8 at the Gorky Russian Drama Theatre in Astana as part...
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently tasked Almaty Akim (Mayor) Akhmetzhan Yessimov to continue developing Almaty’s infrastructure and underlined that tourism is to play a key role in the...
On the eve of the Oct. 14-26 World Boxing Championship in Almaty, International Boxing Association Vice President and President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation Timur Kulibayev answered questions from...
On Oct. 18, President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with the Board of Oil and Gas of Kazakhstan. At the meeting officials discussed current issues of further development of...
ASTANA – Over six days and in 40-degree desert heat, two Astana Dakar Rally Team crews finished in the top 10 after the race in Morocco on Oct. 13-19....
ALMATY –The 17th Amateur World Boxing Championship began in Almaty Oct. 14 at Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports with the record-breaking participation of 576 boxers from 116...
ASTANA – In a turn of events rarely seen in any hockey league, Barys hockey club goalkeeper Vitaly Eremeyev scored a goal in the Oct. 19 3:2 Barys victory...
Upon gaining its independence in 1991, Kazakhstan became the world’s fourth largest nuclear power, only to voluntarily renounce its entire atomic arsenal shortly thereafter. We closed the world’s second...
Civil servants are vitally important to any nation, whether developing or more established. The dedicated men and women who serve as liaisons between a government’s laws and services and...
An independent Kazakhstan inherited many things from the Soviet Union when it collapsed, including a rather unwieldy and cumbersome bureaucracy. As the country began reforms to build a market...
Exports of Kazakhstan agricultural and food products to Customs Union countries shipped between January and July increased by 72 percent compared to the same period of last year, Minister...
Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov met his counterpart from Singapore Grace Fu on Oct. 21 during her visit dedicated to the 20 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between...
On Oct. 16, President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended a Senate session, where he introduced candidates for the positions of Senate speaker and chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev...
ASTANA – Rahim Oshakbayev, deputy chairman of the Kazakhstan National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, calls the new body “a big breakthrough and a big reform”. The new chamber will benefit...
ASTANA – A new political doctrine was adopted and strategies and responsibilities for the coming decades were laid out during the Oct. 18 15th Congress of the Nur Otan...
