Kazakhstan in 10th place at 2018 Asian Games

ASTANA – With 44 medals, Kazakhstan is currently in 10th place at the 18th Asian Games. At the end of day ten, the country’s athletes have collected...


Italian artist motorbikes through 11 countries, finds ‘surprising hospitality’ in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – Rosaria Iazzetta started a motorbike journey to battle her own fears, but, in fact, her courage and enthusiasm has inspired thousands of people she has...


Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science advances country’s education system

ASTANA ­­– Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev participated Aug. 18 in Human Resources in the Framework of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an annual pedagogical...


Open air ethno fest in Astana promotes Kazakh traditions

ASTANA – Despite rainy weather, the open-air Ethno Fest opened its doors Aug. 25-26 in Astana, welcoming people to get closer to their national culture and traditions....


Kazakhstan’s Finns and Karelians preserve and try to recover their traditions, culture

ASTANA – Finns and Karelians in Kazakhstan are small in number yet strive to preserve their identity after an uneasy history for their people during the Soviet...


Qazaq Geography embarks on fourth expedition across Kazakhstan

ASTANA – Sary-Arka, the fourth expedition of the Kazakh National Geographic Society (Qazaq Geography), set off from Astana Aug. 20. The journey, dedicated to the 20th anniversary...


Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan solve border congestion issue

ASTANA – Representatives of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan reached an agreement to begin measures to stop border traffic congestion at the Konysbayev customs post during an Aug. 18...


Kazakhstan, China to cooperate on coal methane exploration and production research

ASTANA – Delegations from Satbayev Kazakh National Research and Technical University and the ArcelorMittal Temirtau company recently visited the China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (CCTEG) in...


August 29 is a day to reflect on our nuclear weapon-free future

Kazakhstan, for such a young country, can point to significant foreign policy achievements. It has built good relations with both the major powers and developing nations in...


Central Asian leaders hold first Aral Sea summit since 2009, agree to develop action plan

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged an Aug. 24 summit of the heads of the founding states of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea...


L’Etrange Festival to feature three films by Kazakh director

ASTANA – The 24th French film festival, L’Etrange Festival, taking place in Paris Sep. 5-16, will show the entire filmography of Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov within its...


External news in brief

Tea Board of India, the government agency overseeing the product’s promotion, cultivation and export, organised a tea promotion event Aug. 23 in Almaty. A 22-member delegation headed...


Economic news in brief

National budget revenue reached 5.3 trillion tenge (US$14.6 billion) in the first six months, 4.8 percent more than in the corresponding period last year. The main source...


Business news in brief

SES Saran, a 100-megawatt capacity solar power plant in Saran in the Karaganda region, will begin operating in November, reported inform.kz. Approximately 370,000 photovoltaic solar panels will...


National news in brief

Kazakhstan’s maternal mortality decreased 1.5 percent and infant mortality 7 percent in 2017, reported Kazinform. One hundred and twelve social projects on family planning were implemented and...


German pump manufacturer Wilo opens plant near Almaty

ASTANA – Leading pump manufacturer Wilo opened a plant Aug. 23 near Almaty. The plant will serve Kazakhstan and Central Asia, reported wilo.com. “Our investment in Wilo’s...


Aleksey Lutsenko brings second gold for Kazakhstan at 2018 Asian Games

ASTANA – Kazakh cyclist Aleksey Lutsenko recently won a gold medal in the group race at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. A rider from South Korea...


Kindergartens, schools ready for 2018-2019 academic year, says minister

ASTANA – School opens Sept. 1 and the Kazakh education system is ready for the academic year, said Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev, reporting on...


Socially conscious agrarian among nation’s 100 New Faces

ASTANA – Vladimir Akulov, businessperson and agrarian from the East Kazakhstan region is among 102 winners of the nation’s 100 New Faces project for his attention to...


Kazakhstan currently in 11th place at 2018 Asian Games

ASTANA – With 41 medals, Kazakhstan is currently in 11th place at the 18th Asian Games, taking place Aug. 18-Sept. 2 in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. At...


Polish embassy to build square in Astana

ASTANA – The city, abound in beautiful parks and squares including many which appeared this year to mark the capital’s 20th anniversary, will get a new square...


New textbooks, interactive programmes to help Kazakh students learn local, regional history

ASTANA – Historians in Kazakhstan have begun a programme of history teaching using new formats intended to captivate students and give them the opportunity to study not...


Kazakh 2019 census will be in electronic format for first time

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s 2019 population census will be conducted in electronic format rather than the usual paper-based method, reported Forbes.kz. Since its independence, Kazakhstan has conducted national...


Kazakhstan to revoke licenses from universities producing low employment

ASTANA – The Ministry of Science and Education will be introducing new measures that will revoke licenses from higher educational institutions or their faculties producing specialists that...


Kazakh industrialisation map projects are growing, driving increased exports

ASTANA – Approximately 100 projects worth about 1.1 trillion tenge (US$3 billion) will be launched in the second half of this year, Minister for Investment and Development...


Changing the world for the better is goal of one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces

ASTANA – Young research chemist Dias Tastanbekov, one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces, wants to provide facilities for growing environmentally friendly and locally made products for everyone....


Scholar examines resurgence of Kokpar in Kazakhstan, Central Asia

ASTANA – Ulan Bigozhin, an Indiana University PhD graduate and Nazarbayev University post-doctoral scholar, is a cultural anthropologist examining the reinstitution of kokpar in contemporary Kazakhstan and...


Astana Marathon has raised almost $100,000 for charity

ASTANA – The annual international Astana Marathon 2018 to be held Sept. 16 has raised 36 million tenge (US$99,675) since its existence to support Kazakh charities, reports...


Intensive high school entrepreneurship course to support creativity, reasoning among students

ASTANA – Kazakh high school students can now prepare to launch their own businesses through the Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship elective course, which will be offered for the...


Investing Today for a Brighter Future Tomorrow

A young man sitting next to me on a recent flight from Almaty to Dushanbe told me, “I regret that I did not get a better education....