- Friday, 31 July, 2026
- Almaty 70 °F / 21 °C
- Astana 72 °F / 22 °C
NUR-SULTAN – 2020 was declared the Year of Volunteers in Kazakhstan. This year, volunteers have had to work in exceptional circumstances due to the pandemic outbreak. As...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has decided to extend its coronavirus quarantine through mid-August and only consider easing the restrictions afterward, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev July 29, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “Yellow Cat” will compete at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, reported Kazakh Film Studio press service. The festival, which will kick off...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Spiritual Directorate of Muslims changed the guidelines around the sacrifice ritual of Kurban Ait (Festival of the Sacrifice) Islamic holiday to ensure social...
NUR-SULTAN – The SK-Pharmacy Company, the country’s sole pharmaceutical distributor, has launched the People’s Control section on its website to show where humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan comes...
NUR-SULTAN – Seven Pillars Law, one of Central Asia’s most innovative law firms, has recently established a space office with the mission to assist clients looking to...
NUR-SULTAN – Anti-Corruption Agency Chair Alik Shpekbayev proposed to accelerate the creation of a national e-currency to ensure absolute transparency in public procurement and eliminate corruption during...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy spoke about how Kazakhstan plans to lift lockdown restrictions from Aug. 3 during a July 28 government meeting, reported Kazakh...
NUR-SULTAN – The share of e-commerce in total retail during the lockdown has approached Kazakhstan’s 2025 target of 10 percent, said Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt...
In Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Jack Cade described the Utopian world he would establish when he became king. A world in which all people are equal, there is...
As lockdowns ease in countries across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear—a return to business as usual is...
NUR-SULTAN – A team of Kazakh school students took home the Regional Winner in Asia title awarded by Technovation Girls 2020 for developing the Cerebrate brain training...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to include the Caspian seal in its Red Book of Endangered Species, reported the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology...
NUR-SULTAN – Recent university undergraduates kicked off Este, a stylish and unique marketplace collecting the works of more than 120 Kazakh handmade artists in a single place....
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan just got another upgrade. New murals and an art space have transformed the city landscape and given life to some...
Kazakhstan and Russia have signed July 21 an intergovernmental agreement on the implementation of a joint mineral fertilizer plant, primeminister.kz reported. Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia Yermek...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will continue to render humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, according to a July 20 government decree. According to the document, Kazakhstan will send...
NUR-SULTAN – The money transfer volume within Kazakhstan reached 18.5 billion tenge (US$44.76 million) in the first five months of 2020, which is 18.7 percent more than...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh car industry has seen an overwhelming increase in domestic car production, an increase in exports, and car sales over the first half-year. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s economic growth will probably shrink by three percent in 2020 for the first time since the late 1990s and will recover by 2.5 percent...
NUR-SULTAN – People in Kazakhstan now have more options to listen to music, as Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming service with 286 million users, recently...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will limit access to tourist zones in the Akmola Region from July 24 to Aug. 3, announced Burabai district Deputy Akim (Governor) Ualikhan Gabdullin....
NUR-SULTAN – The Menin Atamekenim (My Homeland) public association and Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs launched the Virus Dobra (Virus of Goodwill) charity action July 21 to...
NUR-SULTAN – The production volume of building materials for construction works has increased 3.3 times over, said Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development Beibut Atamkulov during a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will create a national pharmaceutical reserve to ensure the country’s 18 million population has sufficient access to medicines amid the pandemic, said Kazakh Healthcare...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh health officials are optimistic, as the number of COVID-19 cases appears to be stabilizing. The daily increase in coronavirus cases halved from 4 percent...
NUR-SULTAN – Millions of Dears (the term for die-hard fans of popular Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen) around the world are united in a mission to get everyone...
NUR-SULTAN – The youth movement of Kazakhstan’s Assembly of People launched a nationwide social campaign over the weekend to encourage people to comply with quarantine measures and...
NUR-SULTAN – Famous Uzbek singer and actor John Roomy (Jalaladdin Rumi) sang “Atameken (homeland),” one of the most prominent patriotic songs in Kazakh, to morally support all...
NUR-SULTAN – The European Union launched July 20 the Central Asia COVID-19 Crisis Response Program (CACCR), a 3 million euro (US$3.4 million) package meant to help the...
