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ASTANA – Dagmar Schreiber, a native of Germany, arrived in Kazakhstan for the first time in the early 1990s, fell in love with the country at first sight and...
The opening of the Days of Culture of Kazakhstan in Vienna, Austria, one of the first European countries to recognise Kazakhstan’s independence, took place on May 20th. The two...
ASTANA – Dmitry Petrukhin, Kazakhstan’s modern nomad and head of the Geographical Society of Kazakhstan, has ridden his bike across the world. Now he is going to host other...
The economic development of many nations has hinged on their geology. Mineral resources often determine the course of history and shape the political map of the world, and many...
The main objective of the World Anti-Crisis Conference was to develop proposals for all areas of UN’s anti-crisis plan. This document is intended to offer the world a way...
The regulation of the grain market will mean the transition of the industry to a new stage of development and the need to confront new internal and external challenges....
The European Union is one of our key political and economic partners. It is therefore a strategic priority of our foreign policy to deepen and expand our cooperation. This...
The domestic oil sector has played a key role in the establishment of independent Kazakhstan. After independence, the oil and gas industry received a powerful impetus for development in...
Kazakhstan is not a very large country. Today’s world places more value on economic scale, rather than territorial boundaries or the sheer number of people. Against the backdrop of...
ASTANA – On May 21-22, the first International Astana Smart Technologies Exhibition and Conference (ASTEX 2013) took place within the framework of the Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF) at...
On May 23, President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Nobel Prize winners in economics, physics, and physiology and medicine at the sixth Astana Economic Forum. The state of the international...
In Kazakhstan, the prices for industrial products fell 2.3 percent in April, according to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Agency. The prices in the mining industry decreased by 3.2 percent and manufacturing...
ASTANA – The Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), which began May 22 in Astana, has become a unique platform for international dialogue on pressing modern issues facing the world....
On May 27, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Erlan Idrissov, defense minister Adilbek Zhaksybekov and Security Council Secretary Kairat Kozhamzharov took part in the meetings of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s...
The Karaganda and Schuchinsk resort area in the future will be part of the Astana agglomeration. This was announced at the IV International Investment Forum Astana Invest 2013 by...
ASTANA – In a recent interview, the chairperson of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), which oversees civil aviation in the Commonwealth of Independent States, said Kazakhstan’s civil aviation has...
ASTANA, May 21 – Recent court proceedings revealed that Kazakhstan’s law enforcement was able to thwart a planned major terrorist attack on Astana. The plan came to light during...
ASTANA – On May 22, Astana witnessed the start of the sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), held in the Palace of Independence. One of the first conferences held within...
ASTANA – The captain of the Astana Cycling Team, Italian Vincenzo Nibali won the cycle race Giro d’Italia on May 26. Nibali took the pink jersey after the eighth...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev greeted several thousands of world leaders, scholars, economists and leading experts in various fields as he opened the Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF)...
ASTANA, May 27 – Kazakhstan is working with the United Nations on turning Almaty into a UN regional diplomacy hub, the country’s foreign minister announced last week in Astana...
ASTANA – The 26th plenary meeting of the Foreign Investors Council took place on May 22 in the Astana Rixos Hotel under the chairmanship of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan...
On May 28, heads of four Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states met in Bishkek to discuss regional security and Afghanistan today and post-2014, when the majority of...
WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN – The completion of the sowing season for young farmer Alexander Krasnikov does not mean the time has come for a holiday or a break. He is...
ALMATY – On May 20, Almaty welcomed the participants of a city forum held within the National Forum “My Country’s Destiny is My Destiny.” Participants and guests of the...
ASTANA – On May 18, Astana residents with citizens in cities around the world joined celebrations of Olympic Run Day. The event, held near the Baiterek Tower, was the...
ASTANA – A campaign against domestic violence, “Women Are the Foundation of the Family and the Nation,” took place in Astana from May 13-23. The campaign is an attempt...
ASTANA – In late May, the Attraction youth theatre successfully presented a new production: the unforgettable romantic comedy “Sylvia” based on a Broadway playwright of Albert Gurney. Well-known American...
ASTANA – Nine-year-old Astana chess player Bibisara Assaubayeva recently won her fourth World Chess Championship in her category at the game’s world championships held in Greece May 6 to...
ASTANA – On May 25, the Week of African culture was launched in Astana. The celebrations were dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the African Union. The first day...
ASTANA – Recently, another international couple decided to officially register their personal relations in the city hall of Astana. Gaukhar Orakbayeva, originally from Taraz and Joe Scott from a...
ASTANA – On May 17, the Kazakhstan National Commission for UNESCO and ISESCO tallied up its work in 2012 and identified priorities for the current year at a meeting...
ALMATY – In many ways, Latifa Khodzhikova is a symbolic figure in the Kazakh art. And not just because she was the first female Kazakh professional scene painter, a...
ASTANA – On May 22, the photo exhibition Moment of Happiness opened at the Khan Shatyr mall as part of the Zhuldyzay (“star” in Kazakh) Festival for Children with...
The last bell has sounded for 143,000 graduates of secondary schools in the country at the end of May. The last bell is a traditional ceremony in the schools...
ALMATY – The Park of Innovative Technologies (PIT) located in a special economic zone in the village of Alatau near Almaty is experiencing rapid growth. The park’s general director...
SHYMKENT – The administration of the South Kazakhstan region recently evaluated the effectiveness of the pilot Employment 2020 programme launched in 2011. Deputy Governor of the South Kazakhstan region...
ASTANA – During the official visits of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov to Spain on May 13 and Portugal on May 15-16, discussions about preparations for the upcoming EXPO...
The domestic oil sector has played a key role in the establishment of independent Kazakhstan. After independence, the oil and gas industry received a powerful impetus for development in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev greeted several thousands of world leaders, scientists, economists and leading experts in various fields as he opened the Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF)...
ASTANA – On May 22, Astana witnessed the start of the sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), held in the Palace of Independence. One of the first conferences held within...
ASTANA – The Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), which began May 22 in Astana, has become a unique platform for international dialogue on pressing modern issues facing the world....
SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN – Eleven-millionth Kazakh, Mukhtar Abdrakhim, was born in December in Ushbulak village in southern Kazakhstan. Abdrakhim was chosen among all the children born on Dec. 28, 2012....
ASTANA – On May 22, the first day of the three-day Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), world leaders, politicians, experts and energy scholars gathered in Astana at the Palace...
ALMATY REGION – The 13th Ile-Balkhash regatta is expected to finish in the Kapshagai fishing village recreation zone in late May after drawing much needed attention to the region’s...
ASTANA – A campaign against domestic violence, “Women Are the Foundation of the Family and the Nation,” took place in Astana from May 13-23. The campaign is an attempt...
ASTANA – On May 18, Astana residents joined with citizens in cities around the world in celebrating Olympic Run Day. The event, held near the Baiterek Tower, was the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s international flagship carrier, Air Astana, is celebrating its 11th year in the skies. On May 15, 2002, Air Astana completed its first flight from Almaty to...
ASTANA, May 21 – Astana Cycling Team Captain and Italian rider Vincenzo Nibali on May 18 finished in seventh place and 54 seconds behind the leader before the last...
ASTANA – Last month, Chairman of the Board of Samruk Kazyna Umirzak Shukeyev took part in the opening ceremony of a new plant for the production of lighting devices...
