- Friday, 31 July, 2026
- Almaty 93 °F / 34 °C
- Astana 93 °F / 34 °C
NUR-SULTAN – Information technology company BTS Digital and Nur-Sultan’s 24-hour city call centre iKOMEK109 recently launched an online platform to receive feedback from city residents, reports the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Saken Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University experimental bread and bakery production plant will start supplying reduced salt bread for its students and teachers. The action...
NUR-SULTAN – Qarqyn.kz is the capital’s first free social store, where people in need, large families, single-parent families and families of those with disabilities can choose anything...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh schools are moving closer to digitisation, as schoolchildren will have the opportunity to study with electronic books starting Sept. 1, the beginning of the...
NUR-SULTAN – The first meeting of the Kazakh National Council of Public Trust has been tentatively scheduled for Aug. 28. Participants will establish the council’s activities and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.2 percent in January-July, said Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov at an Aug. 13 government meeting. GDP growth...
NUR-SULTAN – This year marks the 120th anniversary of the start of oil production in what is now Kazakhstan. Over more than one century, Kazakh oil production...
A Kazakh delegation recently visited Tokyo to explore cooperation prospects and review joint projects in engineering, energy, agriculture, logistics, petrochemicals, light industry, robotics and information and communication...
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will deliver his first state-of-the-nation address as the head of state Sept. 2, he announced via Twitter. Tokayev intends to direct the Parliament and...
The Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs (NCE) has proposed introducing three industries to the list of goods exempt from government procurement, reported atameken.kz. The chamber, along with...
Implementing 13 projects in the capital will attract more than 27.6 billion tenge (US$71.33 million) of investment into Kazakhstan’s economy, reported the city akimat (administration). In education,...
When the Ruhani Zhangyru initiative to modernise Kazakhstan’s national identity was launched by Kazakhstan’s First President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in 2017, it was recognised as a courageous step....
NUR-SULTAN – Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states prime ministers discussed ways to increase integration, the status of agreements and future cooperation at the Aug. 9 Eurasian Intergovernmental...
NUR-SULTAN – Russia, Iran and Turkey, the guarantor states of the Astana Process Syrian peace talks in Nur-Sultan, issued a joint statement following Aug. 2 talks in...
NUR-SULTAN – Participants of the Aug. 12 first Caspian Economic Forum discussed economic ties among Caspian littoral countries in trade and tourism as well as infrastructure development...
NUR-SULTAN – The ATOM Project and its Honorary Ambassador Karipbek Kuyukov called for renewed efforts to bring about a nuclear weapon-free world on the 74th anniversary of...
NUR-SULTAN – Nur-Sultan Hockey Club Barys won Aug. 11 the 2019 Kazakh President’s Ice Hockey Cup, reports Olympic.kz. “Congratulations to the players and coaches of the team...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway company and French multinational railway supplies company Alstom agreed July 30 to cooperate on the development of digital technologies...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh authorities recently announced plans to reconstruct the ancient settlement of Bozok and create an archaeological park in the capital. “I was glad to meet...
NUR-SULTAN – The number of tourists visiting Kolsai Lakes National Park in the Almaty Region has increased 400 percent since 2009 following infrastructure improvements, reports 24.kz. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed July 30 Yerlan Aitakhanov the new akim (mayor) of Shymkent city. Previous akim Gabidolla Abdrakhimov was dismissed from his position....
NUR-SULTAN – City officials are considering renaming an alley near Zhastar Palace “Qalamgerler Alleyasy,” which translates as “Writers Alley.” The renaming is in honour of the First...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Ballet theatre will present Sept. 19 Russian actor Konstantin Khabenskiy and writer Alexander Tsypkin who will read sad and funny stories about daily...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Interdepartmental Commission on Legislative Activities discussed the concept of a draft law July 30 introducing amendments and addenda to certain legislative taxation acts...
NUR-SULTAN – This year, Hilton celebrates its 100th anniversary of hospitality with nearly 5,900 hotels in 114 countries. In Kazakhstan, the brand is represented by three hotels...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Anticorruption Agency is seeking to improve automated vehicle weight measuring systems that were installed since 2010, but are out of use due to...
NUR-SULTAN – The capital will provide 1,634 apartments for families with three or more children by the end of the year using the capital communal housing fund....
NUR-SULTAN – Astana LRT has opened a driving school at the capital’s Transport Specialist Qualification Centre to reduce the shortage of bus drivers, improve the professional level...
NUR-SULTAN – Air Astana changed its free checked baggage allowance on international routes Aug. 7 from weight to number of pieces. Beginning Aug. 21, passengers can check...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government plans to digitise its mining and metallurgy industries, Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Development and Industrial Safety of the Kazakh Ministry...
