Has Sanat Gallery Showcases Work, Nurtures Talent

ASTANA – The Has Sanat art gallery in Astana displays an eclectic mix of foreign and local artists to capital residents – but beyond being just a...


Preparations Underway for Astana Day

ASTANA – Capital Day will be more like capital two and a-half weeks, as an array of concerts, festivals, sporting events and shows are scheduled June 20-July...


Welcome Tourism Industry Signs on Rise in Kazakhstan

Winter in Astana has its own special attractions. But there are very few of us who live here who don’t look forward to the chance to feel...


Astana Hosts Concert Featuring Argentine Pianist Luis Ascot

ASTANA – Argentine pianist and Geneva Conservatory of Music honourary professor Luis Ascot presented a concert at the Astana Opera Chamber Hall June 16 featuring works by...


Zero to One to Bring 1,000 Mobile Apps to Market

Zero to One, a Kazakh mobile app company, has announced plans to train no fewer than 1,000 professional developers and create at least 1,000 iOS and Android...


Social Activist and TV Presenter Says Success Comes Through Hard Work

ASTANA – Director of the Miloserdie (“Mercy”) Volunteer Society, social activist, actress, producer and TV presenter Aruzhan Sain, 40, is one the most famous and successful women...


Kazakhstan’s Judicial Reforms on the Right Track, South Korean Chief Justice Says

ASTANA – Heads of the Supreme Courts of South Korea and Kazakhstan discussed reforms, cooperation and exchanging experience in a meeting June 24 in Astana. Chief Justice...


First Kazakh Business Channel Presents Live-Streaming Analysis and Breaking News

ASTANA – The Atameken Business Channel, now broadcasting online and on television from Astana and Almaty, is the country’s first multimedia business news channel. The ABCTV.kz internet...


Journalist’s Day: Do You Have What It Takes to Become Kazakh TV Host?

ASTANA – The English-speaking Kazakh TV staff recently unveiled what it is like to be a television host, the cultural shocks of being a foreign journalist in...


Kazcosmos Enlarges Partnership with Sudan

A delegation from the World Aerospace Committee met recently in Khartoum, Sudan with representatives of Sunacs to open negotiations concerning data transmission from the space remote sensing...


SCO Presidents Urge Cooperation in Transit, Infrastructure, Counter-Terrorism

ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited  Tashkent to participate in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where discussions focused on cooperating to counter terrorism and...


Kazakh President Urges Reduced Tensions in the World, Nuclear Disarmament

ASTANA – The manifest “The World. The 21st Century” and his nation’s moral right to advance such proposals was one of the topics addressed by Kazakh President...


Parliament Recommends Cutting Some Subsidies, Enhancing Tax, Other Administrative Efficiency

ASTANA – The Parliament of Kazakhstan has recommended changing the Business Road Map 2020 programme to exclude subsidies for business entities engaged in the non-manufacturing sector, including...


Zerenda: Place to Enjoy Nature

ASTANA – For city residents who want to escape the urban setting for a weekend or visit a quiet place with picturesque nature, Zerenda can be a...


National Museum Presents Outlook into Future: Actual Heritage

ASTANA – Outlook into the Future: Actual Heritage opened June 23 at the Kazakh National Museum. The museum, the youngest and biggest in Central Asia, was created...


Kazakh and American Judicial Experts Hold Round Table Talks on Preventing Terrorism

Representatives of the Kazakh Supreme Court, the Union of Judges of Kazakhstan, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law...


Kazakhstan Can Help the United Nations

On June 28, the UN General Assembly votes to select new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. A star in promoting a more peaceful world, Kazakhstan...


International Cooperation in Space Shows Ways Forward: A View from Kazakhstan

There was a time when it was strongly feared that space would become the next international battleground. Following the race to put a man into space, its...


National Bank Chairman: 400 Billion Tenge in Pension Fund Savings to Be Invested in Quasi-Governmental Institutions

ASTANA – National Bank Chairman Daniyar Akishev recently spoke at a government meeting about using pension assets to stimulate economic growth and employment in 2016 and 2017....


Special Website Reduces Number of Orphans

ASTANA – A website created under the Kazakhstan without Orphans project is hoping to assist the nation towards that goal. Usynovite.kz, (which stands for Adopt.kz) established by DOM...


Kazakhs Were Involved in European WWII Resistance Movements, New Project Reveals

ASTANA – Recent publications have revealed more to the general public about the participation of Kazakhs in European resistance movements during World War II, in particular about...


Astana Parks Designed for Any Mood and Occasion

ASTANA – Summer is the time for outdoor activities with friends and family. The capital’s green city parks are the perfect place for enjoying some alone time....


Global Leaders Need to Heed Calls for Peace in Nazarbayev’s Manifesto

At the beginning of June 2016, I got acquainted with “The World. The 21st Century,” the manifesto of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev....


French Experience Relevant for Kazakh Dairy Development

At a time when, as many oil exporting countries, Kazakhstan has been hit by the depreciation of oil prices, the agricultural sector is one of the most...


Astana Art Fest 2016 Focuses on Local Artists, Encourages Digital Creativity

ASTANA – More than 40 artists and media art leaders from Kazakhstan and Russia are slated to participate July 4-6 in the Astana Art Fest, organised with...


Manifest Discussed by Leading Experts

ASTANA – From the hydrogen bomb to anthrax, anything that could threaten the peaceful co-existence of humanity, was discussed June 20 at the international conference devoted to...


UNAIDS to Open Subregional Office in Kazakhstan; Director Says Country Can Eliminate AIDS Ahead of UN Agenda

ASTANA – Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Michel Sidibe announced June 22 plans to establish a subregional office in Kazakhstan that will become...


Industrial Production Grows in Astana

In the current year, the volume of industrial goods and services in the capital amounted to 145.5 billion tenge (US$428.3 million). Since the beginning of the year,...


PM Massimov Comments on Use of National Fund

ASTANA – Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of Mazhilis Yekaterina Nikitinskaya asked Prime Minister Karim Massimov about the National Fund’s savings during a June 17...


Kazakhstan to Expand Visa-Free List of Countries

This solution to grant more countries visa-free regime will increase the inflow of foreign tourists during the major international event EXPO 2017. This statement was made during...