Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Commits to More Interstate Cooperation Projects

NUR-SULTAN – The prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states have adopted and approved July 17 a number of multilateral initiatives such as comprehensive...


Is Privatisation The Panacea?

Five years ago, Kazakhstan’s first President Nursultan Nazarbayev unveiled The National Plan – 100 concrete steps on implementation of five institutional reforms. At its launch, during the...


One Region, One Health: Preparing Central Asia for Future Pandemics

It is nothing new to suggest that regional cooperation in Central Asia holds significant potential for the region. Nor is it novel to recall the shared heritage...


19-Year-Old Kazakh Artist Becomes Accidental Overnight Hit With His ‘Roses’ Hit Remix (Video)

NUR-SULTAN – The New York Times ran a human interest piece about an unsuspecting new star out of Kazakhstan with a hit remix that, strictly legally speaking,...


Abai in Moscow – Open Air, Recitals and Songs

MOSCOW – Like many great writers, Abai Kunanbayev was remarkably modest about his literary works and their usefulness for mankind. Here is what he wrote in his...


Archaeologists Find Rare Jewelry Tools During New Dig at the Ancient Kultobe Settlement in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN –  The Kazakh Research Institute of Culture recently found 150-year-old jewelry tools, one of the rarest categories of finds, during a dig at the Kultobe settlement...


Kazakh Musician Performs Dauletkerey’s Composition With Lake Kobeytuz As Backdrop (Video)

NUR-SULTAN – The 23-year musician Marzhan Kapsamat surprised her followers with her recent music video on the pink-coloured Lake Kobeytuz. A well-known Kazakhstan social media sensation, this...


Kazakh Foreign Minister Speaks at Successful First High-Level Central Asia-China Talks 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated July 16 in the first Central Asia – China high-level meeting that gathered foreign ministers of China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...


Кazakh Ministry of Healthcare Announces Adoption of New WHO Disease Classification System to Combat COVID-19

NUR-SULTAN – As more information about the COVID-19 virus has become available, experts have realized that the virus behaves differently in each country. In some countries, the...


Kazakhstan Committed to OPEC Cuts in August

NUR-SULTAN  – Kazakhstan reaffirmed its commitment to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreement during the July 15 meeting of the OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC)...


Kazakh Government, National Bank to Adopt Plan to Recover Economy

NUR-SULTAN –  The Kazakh government and the National Bank will adopt a plan to help restart economic growth following the fallout of COVID-19, said Kazakh Minister of...


People’s Continued Negligence of Social Distancing Must Be Addressed, says WHO Director in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN  – While Kazakh officials have been actively urging their fellow citizens to observe social distancing and other essential precautions amid the pandemic, people’s continued negligence of...


Kazakhstan Prepares For Elections With 94 Nominees For the Senate Already Registered

NUR-SULTAN – Ninety-four people were registered for the deputy elections to the Kazakh Senate (the upper house of the Parliament), which will be held Aug.12, reported chairman...


Kazakhstan to Issue Short-term Government Securities In Region of $2.43 billion to Support Economy

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Bank and the Kazakh Ministry of Finance will issue short-term government securities up to 1 trillion tenge (US$2.43 billion) on a regular...


Schools and Universities in Kazakhstan Prepare Switch to Online Learning For Fall Semester

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science proposed to continue online learning with the start of the new school season, reported PrimeMinister.kz. Colleges and universities...


New Measures At a New Stage In the Fight Against the Epidemic

Each state has its own conditions, mentality, social environment, economy and, accordingly, the ability to combat the epidemic. Some countries were able to overcome the epidemic relatively...


Kazakhstan to Begin Exporting Horse Meat to Japan

NUR-SULTAN  – Kazakhstan will begin exporting horse meat to Japan, according to the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry’s press service.  “A huge amount of preparatory work made it possible...


Kazakhstan’s Car Sale Industry Grows By 12.2 percent Despite Pandemic 

NUR-SULTAN – The pandemic threatened to put many enterprises out of business, but the Kazakh car industry had a 12.2 percent increase in new car sales in...


Mare’s Milk Use to Boost Immunity Increases Amid Pandemic in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The treatment of COVID-19 is still experimental. Even now, Kazakh doctors are preparing to change the eighth edition of the clinical protocol for the diagnosis...


AIFC Continues Work Through Lockdown, Simplifies Access to Financing For Companies

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) plans to develop several legislative initiatives including green financing instruments, venture financing, and providing medium-sized companies with the opportunity...


Muhammad Haidar Dughlat

Central Asia is known as a crossroad of various cultures, as a land of coexistence of civilizations. The ideas and artistic craftsmanship of its peoples have always...


Kazakhstan Makes Colossal Strides in Raising Its International E-Governance Ranking

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has hopped 10 lines up in the ranking of the United Nations’ (the UN’s) E-government Development Index (EGDI) in 2020 – a list comprised...


Kazakh President Honors Frontline Medical Workers Posthumously with State Awards

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree to posthumously confer state awards to Oleg Isayev, the head of the anesthesiology and resuscitation department of Kokshetau...


Kazakhstan Extends Lockdown By Two More Weeks

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will extend its initial two-week lockdown by two weeks through Aug. 2 in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus infection,...


Cargo Transit Through Kazakhstan Increases 54 percent Over First Half Year

NUR-SULTAN – The transit volume of cargo through Kazakhstan increased 54 percent from January to June as compared to the same period last year, reported Kazakhstan Temir...


Internal Affairs Minister: Crime Rate In Kazakhstan Fell 37 percent in First Half Year 

NUR-SULTAN – The crime rate in Kazakhstan decreased 37 percent to 71,800 in the first six months of 2020, said Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Yerlan Turgumbayev...


Kazakhstan Marks July 13 As National Day of Mourning For COVID-19 Victims

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan mourns the citizens who died of the coronavirus infection. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared July 13 as a day of national mourning in his...


Nur-Sultan’s Rental Bike System Sees Increase in Users, Offers Discounts for Social Groups

NUR-SULTAN – Astana Bike, the network of bicycle rental stations, has launched its seventh season this May in the Kazakh capital. The peak season usually lasts through...


Kazakhstan to Launch Exciting New Cultural Promotion Channel on 175th Anniversary of National Hero Abai

On the last day of June in Nur-Sultan, the national television and radio corporation Kazakhstan launched an ambitious new cultural and educational TV channel ABAI TV. The...


Tokayev Chairs Expanded Government Meeting, Considers Firing  Officials For Failing to Handle Pandemic

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired an expanded government meeting July 10, during which Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin reported on the country’s social and economic...