EU-Kazakhstan relationship remains strong, anticipates continued growth

No organisation is perfect or without challenges. And one which has to meet the sometimes conflicting needs of, at the moment, 28 different countries and well over...


Why business has no gender and what it takes to start one

I do not really like “woman entrepreneurship” approach; I don’t agree with gender separation in business. If you decide to enter this path, you do not have...


Kazakh golfer joins Stanford University team

ASTANA – Young Kazakh golfer Daulet Tuleubayev from Almaty has joined the Stanford University golf team. The athlete will continue his education and sports career at the...


Minister: Tourism will make up 8 percent of Kazakhstan’s GDP by 2025

ASTANA – The number of domestic tourists reached 3.5 million people and increased by 25 percent in a nine-month period of 2017, Minister of Culture and Sports...


Kazakh-Chinese enterprise Caspi Bitum expands exports

ASTANA – In November, the Caspi Bitum plant exported its first 60 tonnes of road bitumen to China. But the first export experience for the company was...


Astana FC beats Russian champion Spartak Moscow in a friendly match, readies for Sporting

ASTANA – The Astana football team is preparing for the new season and the UEFA Europa League play-offs against Portugal’s Sporting. The team is at training camps...


Kazakhstan chairs UNSC open debate on Middle East, reaffirms commitment to two-state solution

ASTANA – As President of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of January, Kazakhstan chaired Jan. 25 the quarterly UNSC open debate focusing on...


Kazakh, foreign airlines to launch new international Kazakhstan-based routes in 2018

ASTANA – Kazakh and foreign airlines are planning to launch new international flights to and from Kazakhstan this year. Regular flights will be opened from Astana to...


Nazarbayev presides at UN Security Council, his press conference showcases Kazakh outlook

NEW YORK – The voice was low, almost soft-spoken. Yet the words of President Nursultan Nazarbayev – in both the United Nations Security Council and at a...


Experts forecast recovery of Kazakh car market

ASTANA – The Association of Kazakhstan Automobile Business recently predicted that the Kazakh car market would grow 15-20 percent this year. The recovery of the market after...


Climbers to conquer 20 Kazakh peaks to celebrate Astana’s 20th anniversary

ASTANA – Famous international climbers are going to conquer 20 peaks of Kazakhstan as part of celebrating the 20th anniversary of Astana, Board Chairman of Kazakh Tourism...


Astana-Shchuchinsk toll road collects $4.7 million in 2017

ASTANA – Approximately 1.5 billion tenge (US$4.7 million) was collected on the Astana-Shchuchinsk toll road in 2017. According to the information provided by the press service of...


Kazakh National Bank issues alert on cryptocurrency boom

ASTANA – The Kazakh National Bank recently published an alert concerning the risks of using cryptocurrency. “Advertising agencies have recently been actively involved in promoting investments in...


New names starring in Kyz Zhibek

ASTANA – Astana Opera mezzo-soprano soloist Malika Minisini will make her debut in the opera house’s Main Hall Jan. 28 as Batsaiy in Yevgeniy Brusilovsky’s “Kyz Zhibek.”...


All restrictions dropped on Kazakh airline flights to EU

ASTANA – All restrictions have been dropped on Kazakh airline flights to European Union (EU) countries, according to Minister for Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek. Five domestic...


Kazakh social entrepreneur provides jobs to people from vulnerable social groups

ASTANA – Green Tal successfully trains and employs people from vulnerable social groups, a model which founder and executive Emin Askerov seeks to replicate in Kazakh regions...


Kazakh companies boost cooperation with Boeing, GE and Pfizer

ASTANA – Air Astana, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), SCAT and Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund will be purchasing $2.5 billion in goods and services from such American...


Arctic cyclone plunges Kazakhstan into deep freeze

ASTANA – Freezing cold weather has settled into Kazakhstan with the arrival of an artic cyclone coming from the Kara Sea located north of Siberia. Recent temperatures...


Kazakh National Olympic Committee President wishes athletes good luck

ASTANA – The PyeongChang Olympics will start in just a little more than two weeks. To date, Kazakhstan will be represented by athletes who have won 49...


UNICEF promotes zero tolerance for violence against children in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching two communication campaigns in Kazakhstan aimed at preventing violence against children and promoting a friendly approach to...


Young artist takes landscape painting to new level, bolsters national culture abroad

ASTANA – Painter Anara Abzhanova, one of the country’s 100 New Faces, recently won the Recognition Prize at the Palm Art Award 2017 in Germany. Her paintings,...


Kazakh deputy prosecutor general reports progress in digitisation

ASTANA – The Kazakh Prosecutor General’s Office is planning to implement five projects in the next three years under the Digital Kazakhstan programme which is currently underway...


It is important to teach students how to think, says young Kazakh researcher

ASTANA – Zarina Sautbayeva, one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces, believes curiosity and diligence are essential virtues of a successful scientist. She teaches biology at Nazarbayev University...


Astana Ballet rocks in New York

ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev was among friends during his official visit to the United States earlier this month, as he was one of the guests for...


Foster father of 13 children named one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces

ASTANA – Foster parents change the lives of children left without parental care, filling it with love, care and joy. Murat Kabylbayev, 44, and his wife Orynbassar...


First public service centre for immigrants opens in Astana

ASTANA – The Government for Citizens Corporation launched Jan. 12 the first public service centre for immigrants and a digital public service centre in the capital. The...


Kazakh universities must provide highly-qualified human capital

ASTANA – Kazakh universities should provide a new quality of human capital, a task President Nursultan Nazarbayev set for the schools during his recent state-of-the-nation address. Al-Farabi...


Alexey Poltoranin wins Cross-Country World Cup stage

ASTANA – Alexey Poltoranin, the leader of Kazakhstan’s National Skiing Team, won the 15-km classic competition at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup stage in Planica, Slovenia, on...


Kazakhstan to attract tourists from Russia and China

ASTANA – The Kazakh Tourism national company will be designing tours attractive to travellers from Russia and China. The promotion will focus on the Internet. The company...


Kazakhstan proposes code of conduct at UN for terrorism-free world

ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov presented Jan. 18 at a special event at UN headquarters in New York a proposed code of conduct to achieve...