Kazakh athletes win three medals in karate at Asia Championship

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh karate team won three medals July 20 at the 2019 Asia Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Andrei Aktauov took gold and Didar Amirali and...


Strong communities, regions are key to Kazakhstan’s success and development

Anyone who travels widely in Kazakhstan quickly realises that our country is not only large but also incredibly diverse. The steppe may seem endless around our capital...


Nur-Sultan Mayor urges construction companies to follow safety procedures, pay employees and buy locally

NUR-SULTAN – Nur-Sultan Akim (Mayor) Altay Kulginov discussed safety compliance and the purchase of local materials July 16 with representatives of construction companies working in the capital,...


Public-private partnerships contracts worth $3 billion concluded in first half of 2019

NUR-SULTAN – Five hundred and sixty-five public-private partnership (PPP) contracts worth 1.29 trillion tenge (US$3.35 billion) were concluded in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2019. Nine...


13th round of Astana Process peace talks to be Aug. 1-2 in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – The 13th round of the Astana Process Syrian peace talks will take place Aug. 1-2 in Nur-Sultan, reports the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The...


Almaty-based Nomad Stunts founder achieves long-held wish to work with Disney

NUR-SULTAN – Almaty-based Nomad Stunts worked with Disney’s live-action adaptation of the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, helping recreate the 1998 children’s favourite cartoon of the same...


Government for Citizens provides more than 15 million services, mGov updated mobile app to launch in August

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government-owned company Government for Citizens provided more than 15 million public services in the first half of 2019 and seeks to improve the...


KazUAV joins Terra Drone Corporation network to provide innovative drone services in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation’s recent investment in KazUAV means the Kazakh drone company will join a global network of more than 25 companies to provide...


Kazpost delivers cutting-edge services after five-year transformation 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazpost, which began updating all of its services and processes five years ago, has seen a tremendous spurt in development. Kazpost Chair Saken Sarsenov spoke...


Advanced technology surgery centre opens in Semey

NUR-SULTAN – A new surgery centre opened July 14 in Semey. This centre uses hybrid surgery technologies that are unique to Kazakhstan and corresponds to international joint...


Citi continues to support AIFC’s work, invest in Kazakhstan, says Citi executive

NUR-SULTAN – Citi has been supporting the Astana International Financial Centre’s (AIFC) work and plans to continue cooperating, said Julie Monaco, head of Citi Global Public Sector...


Youth-friendly health centre opens in Almaty 

NUR-SULTAN – A youth-friendly health centre opened in Almaty July 11 as part of the Year of the Youth. The Place Where You Are Always Welcome is...


We are different, but abroad we are all Kazakhs, says Kurdish community leader 

NUR-SULTAN – The Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) and ethno cultural centres across the country play a significant role for the nation, said the capital’s...


EBRD finance for Women in Business programme reaches $561 million

NUR-SULTAN – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Women in Business programme has provided $561 million in credit lines to more than 60,000 women-led small...


Alakol Lake officials announce $78 million tourism infrastructure investment

NUR-SULTAN – Thirty billion tenge (US$78.3 million) will be invested in the next four years in infrastructure projects at Alakol Lake, a popular beach vacation destination between...


Kazakhstan to launch Jastar Kerueny domestic tourism promotion project

NUR-SULTAN – Jastar Kerueny, the domestic tourism promotion project devised by creative young Kazakhs collaborating with established influencers, will launch Aug. 12, reported Kazinform. The project is...


Nur-Sultan to incorporate President’s directives on improving living standards into capital’s social, economic development

NUR-SULTAN – The capital’s akimat (administration) will incorporate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s call for government to improve living standards in the city’s social and economic development, said Nur-Sultan...


Kazakhstan to automate truck dimensional measurements

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development will be automating the process regarding truck dimensional measurements. The update will eliminate the human factor, thereby...


Kazakh President establishes National Council to strengthen public’s engagement in reform agenda 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev established July 17 the National Council of Public Trust to make government more responsive to the people.  The National Council is...


E-kyzmet system to better connect performance to promotion of civil servants 

NUR-SULTAN – The Civil Service Affairs Agency is planning to use the E-kyzmet system to monitor civil servants’ career promotion as the meritocracy principle remains one of...


Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan agree to bring trade turnover by $1 billion in 2020

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to bring their trade to $1 billion in 2020 during the recent visit of Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin to Bishkek...


Kazakh children win medals at Winners Games for cancer survivors

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh children won medals at the July 3-8 World Children’s Winners Games for cancer surviving children in Moscow. Expenses for some of the participants were...


Kazakhstan hopes to complete main restoration of Arys by August, says Prime Minister

NUR-SULTAN – National and local officials hope to finish by Aug. 1 the most important repairs to the town of Arys, which was heavily damaged June 24...


Great Steppe History travelling exhibition opens in Taldykorgan

NUR-SULTAN – The Great Steppe History travelling exhibition opened July 13 in an exhibit centre in Taldykorgan in the Almaty Region, reported Tengrinews.kz. “The idea of the...


Kazakh food producers display samples at Minsk exhibition

NUR-SULTAN – The largest Kazakh producers of flour and pasta, sauces and oil, fat products, canned meat, natural drinks and confectionery presented their products in Minsk, July...


Palace of Martial Arts opens in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – The new, government-sponsored Palace of Martial Arts opened July 6 in the capital. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the opening. The 32,000-square-metre, $50.8 million centre...


Kazakhstan seeks airline services expansion at Routes Silk Road 2019 forum

NUR-SULTAN – The forum Routes Silk Road 2019 gathered July 15-17 more than 250 people from business, government and aviation in panel sessions and 800 face-to-face meetings...


Established retailer Wildberries to assist emerging Kazakh entrepreneurs

NUR-SULTAN – Wildberries General Director Tatyana Bakalchuk and Kazakh Invest Deputy Chairman of the Board Ruslan Issatayev signed a memorandum July 9 launching electronic expertise centres to...


AIFC develops regulations for loan- and investment-based crowdfunding platforms

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), the financial regulator of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), introduced the first regulatory framework for loan- and investment-based...


Enthusiast volunteers preserve, revive Qoi-Tobet Kazakh aboriginal shepherd dogs

NUR-SULTAN – Bauyrzhan Khibash, an animal enthusiast from the Atyrau Region, has been volunteering to preserve and revive Kazakh aboriginal shepherd dogs for 15 years with the...