Kazakhstan Adopts National Development Plan Through 2025

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has adopted a National Development Plan through 2025 that outlines the country’s long term priorities, reported the Kazakh National Economy Ministry press service. The...


Italian and Hungarian Investors Launch Solar Power Plant Project in Turkestan Region 

NUR-SULTAN — Plans have been announced to build two 50 megawatts (MW) solar power plants in Kazakhstan’s Turkestan region by Italian investor Eni and Hungarian investor Globalia...


Global Ranking Puts Kazakhstan in Top 10 For Least Expensive Internet

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan ranked fifth in terms of mobile data cost in the United Kingdom’s Internet Accessibility Index 2021 published by Broadband Choices service.  The price for...


Peace Through Engagement: The Multi-Vector Direction of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy

The foreign policy of Kazakhstan  has been based on the concept of multi-vectors over the last three decades. A balanced and multi-vector foreign policy has become a...


Sports Diplomacy in the History of Independent Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – Sports, along with politics, economy, and culture, is one of the main elements of the global information agenda. The performances of the best athletes at...


OPEC Meeting Allows Kazakhstan, Russia to Increase Oil Production in April 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Energy Nurlan Nogayev participated in the 14th meeting of OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC ministers that took place...


Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Four Regions Enter Moderate Risk Yellow Zone 

NUR-SULTAN – The four regions, Akmola, Atyrau, the West Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions as well as Nur-Sultan and Almaty cities, have been included in the moderate risk...


Kazakh Activist Raises Awareness For Nuclear Disarmament Among Youth Globally

NUR-SULTAN – International Women’s Day is a major day to recognize the achievements of women in various fields. Marzhan Nurzhan is one of those young Kazakh activists...


Arabic Music with Kazakh National Instruments: Kazakh Musicians Bring Fresh Breath to Cross-Culture Music (Video)

NUR-SULTAN — Marked annually on March 8th, International Women’s Day is one of the most important days to celebrate women’s achievements. Polina Tyrina, 29, a peer of...


In Memory of Bolatkhan Taizhan

Fourteen years have passed since the death of the statesman and public figure, well-known diplomat Bolatkhan Taizhan, who would have turned 80 on March 8, 2021. For...


Rare Footage: Snow Leopard Family of Three Caught on Camera in Kazakhstan (Video)

NUR-SULTAN — The footage, recorded in January 2021 by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kazakhstan, shows a snow leopard family of three wandering through a...


Kazakh Embassy in U.S. and AIFC Agree to Strengthen Women’s Economic Rights in a Joint Roundtable with U.S. Government and Development Agencies

NUR-SULTAN – On March 5, the Kazakh Embassy in the U.S. and Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) met virtually for a high-level discussion with the U.S. Department...


President Tokayev Signs Legislative Amendments on the Caspian Sea 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a new law introducing changes and amendments to the country’s legislative documents on the Caspian Sea issue, reported the Akorda...


Lufthansa to Resume Flights to Kazakhstan After Almost Year Long Suspension

NUR-SULTAN – Germany’s Lufthansa announced it would resume its regular flights to Kazakhstan in May. The flights will be resumed from the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan and Almaty...


President Tokayev Addresses Economic Cooperation Organisation’s 14th Summit 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the 14th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) joining the leaders of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey,...


Kazakhstan Improves Food Security with Investments and Import Substitution Policies

NUR-SULTAN – By the end of 2020, Kazakhstan had climbed up to 32nd place of 113 in terms of food security, having improved its position by 16...


Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Form United Front to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Behzod Musayev met in Tashkent to discuss the current epidemiological situation in countries and...


Alikhan Bokeikhanov: A Life Devoted to His Country and People

NUR-SULTAN – March 5, 2021 marks the 155th anniversary of prominent Kazakh politician and leader of the Alash (Kazakh intelligentsia) movement Alikhan Bokeikhanov. The movement became a...


Foreign Investors’ Council Meeting Focuses on Investment Attractiveness of Kazakh Hydrocarbon Sector

NUR-SULTAN – The Foreign Investors’ Council held a working meeting on March 3 with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the heads of oil and gas companies operating in...


President Tokayev Calls For Expanding Women’s Economic Opportunities 

NUR-SULTAN — Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized the importance of ensuring women’s rights and creating conditions for female empowerment at the experts’ meeting on Measures and Tools...


Presidents Tokayev and Japarov Visit AIFC Together 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov visited the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) on March 3, reported the Akorda press service.   The...


A Crisis With a Woman’s Face

As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the COVID-19 crisis has a woman’s face.   The...


Kazakhstan Marks 29 years of Membership in United Nations

NUR-SULTAN – March 2, 1992 is a significant milestone in the history of Kazakhstan, which marked the recognition of the country’s independence by the world community. 29...


Kazakhstan Seeks to Attract $9.5 Billion in Agriculture Investment By 2025

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government plans to attract four trillion tenge (US$9.57 billion) of investments in its agriculture sector, said Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin during a...


Kazakhstan Supports Interethnic Accord Since Independence

In the early 1990s, Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev outlined the key ideas of a new policy in the field of nation-building – the preservation of interethnic...


Kazakhstan Reaches 39th Place on Economic Freedom Index on 30 Year Independence Anniversary

NUR-SULTAN – Good news to mark the 30th Anniversary of Kazakh Independence. According to the new figures from the Index of Economic Freedom 2020 provided by the...


Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov Visits Kazakhstan, Meets With President Tokayev

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov wrapped up the results of their meeting during a joint press briefing on March 2, the...


Love, Poetry and Friendship Bring British and Eurasian Authors Together in Unique Almanac

NUR-SULTAN – London-based Hertfordshire Press Publishing House released its “Voices of Friends Poetry Almanac” featuring poems by Abai Kunanbayev, Ybyrai Altynsarin and contemporary Kazakh poets, the press...


Kazakhstan Designates March as Kazakh Traditions and Culture Celebration Month

NUR-SULTAN – March is designated as a month dedicated to Kazakh national traditions and culture with a series of holidays: the new Day of Gratitude, International Women’s...


U.S. Senior Official Notes Kazakhstan’s Experience in Returning Its Citizens Caught Up in Conflict Zones

NUR-SULTAN – United States Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS John T. Godfrey commended Kazakhstan’s efforts to return...