Road Accidents Decrease 10 Fold on Kazakh Highway

ASTANA – The General Procurator’s Office announced recently that modernisation of state road Astana – Shchuchinsk and the Western Europe – Western China highway has decreased road...


Emerging Kazakh, Silk Road Musical Talents Being Discovered Internationally

ASTANA – CNN.com, an American news network, published a list Jan. 27 of the emerging music artists of the modern Silk Road countries. It featured Azerbaijani jazz...


Astana Key Maker Discusses Keys for Survival in Turbulent Times

ASTANA – Small businesses can be hard to maintain during unstable economic periods, and Astana’s key makers are feeling the same pinch as the rest. The Astana...


Birlik (Unity) Party Announces Participation in Early Mazhilis Election

ASTANA – On Feb. 5, the second extraordinary congress of Birlik (Unity) announced the party’s intention to run in the upcoming election for the Mazhilis (lower house...


Story of 13-Year-Old Kazakh Eagle Huntress Girl Shown at Sundance Film Festival

ASTANA – A documentary film “Berkutchi” (Eagle Huntress) was produced about a famous Kazakh girl eagle huntress from Mongolia, Tengrinews.kz reported Jan. 26. The producer of the...


Experts Comment on Sports and Show Business Star Nominations for Mazhilis

ASTANA – Experts commented on the promotion of sports and show business stars to the Nur Otan party list for the upcoming election during a Jan. 29...


KazISS Is among Top Three Think Tanks in Central Asia

ASTANA – The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazISS) has been nominated in four categories of the Global Go...


National Universiade to Check Readiness for Winter Universiade 2017

Kazakhstan’s National Universiade, a nationwide university sport competition taking place Feb. 6–13 in Almaty, will help test out preparations for the 2017 World Winter Universiade also to...


Kazakh Snowboarding – Young and Promising, Says Head of Almaty Federation

ASTANA – Snowboarding, one of the most fascinating and breath-taking winter sports, is relatively new in Kazakhstan but already very promising. President of the Almaty Federation of...


Golovkin: Match against Alvarez Might Take Place in September

ASTANA – During a recent press conference in Astana, Gennady Golovkin named Mexican Saul Alvarez as a potential opponent this year. “I think that the fight against...


New Semey Store Accepts Payments in the Form of ‘Thank You ’

ASTANA – A new store has opened in Semey where certain customers don’t need money to make a purchase. The store called “All for Thanks” allows residents...


Giant Robots – Pavlodar’s New Landmark

Iron giants created by a group of car mechanics are now guarding one of Pavlodar’s auto repair shops. The idea to creatively convert waste parts into robots...


Samruk Kazyna Expects $25 per Barrel of Oil, 400 Tenge per Dollar Exchange Rate

ASTANA – The best-case scenario of the Samruk Kazyna National Welfare Fund is the cost of oil at $35 per barrel and an exchange rate in the...


Air Astana President Reveals New Routes, Cost Mitigation Measure in Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Air Astana presented its 2015 corporate social responsibility report Jan. 27 in Astana. The document focused mainly on environmental and safety issues, economic contributions, services and community-based...


Nazarbayev Urges Intensification of Foreign Economic Activities

ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev placed great emphasis on strengthening the economic component in the work of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry and its missions abroad at an extended...


Astana Snowmobile Rental Allows Capital Residents to Enjoy Nature

ASTANA – The Kazakh capital, which is widely-known for its frosty winters, has plentiful entertainment during its six-month winter, such as skating, skiing and even swimming in...


President Sets Country on Course toward Oil and Gas Independence, Urges Wealthy to Return Money to Country

ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the government goal of making Kazakhstan independent of oil and gas imports by 2018, urged the entire business community...


Over 3,000 Saiga Horns Seized in 2015

ASTANA – According to Chairman of Committee of Administrative Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Maksat Baibolov, the damage from the poachers in 2015...


Kremnii Kazakhstana Sold for More Than $36 Million

ASTANA – The Investment Fund of Kazakhstan (IFK), a subsidiary of Baiterek Holding, sold 100 percent of Kremnii Kazakhstana (Silicium Kazakhstan) LLP shares to the Tau-Ken Samruk...


Kazakh Specialists Restore Ancient Artefacts Dated from Third Century B.C.

Artefacts dating from the third century B.C. have been restored over 16 years by specialists under the supervision of art restorer Krym Altynbekov, reported Kazpravda.kz, citing MIR...


New Kazakh Transit Route Links China to Iran

A ceremony of sending of a demonstrational container train from China to Iran through Kazakhstan was held Feb. 1 in Yiwu city, the Province of Zhejiang in...


Ak Zhol Party Cautious About Electoral Prospects, Reiterates Pro-Business, Anti-Crisis Agenda

ASTANA – The Ak Zhol (Bright Path) Democratic Party of Kazakhstan approved a list of 35 candidates during its Feb. 3 congress. The slate will run in...


Kazakh Privatisation Will Help Cushion the Impact of Current Economic Slowdown

The current economic turmoil, which we see played out daily on our TVs and in newspapers and stock markets across the world, is setting new challenges for...


Kazakhstan, Germany Work to Increase German Involvement in EXPO 2017

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Germany Bolat Nusupov met with Dietmar Schmitz from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and General Commissioner of the...


Nazarbayev Signs Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Ratification into Law

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has passed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ratification agreement into law, the Akorda press office reported Jan. 27. According to...


Tumbling Oil Prices, Global Economic Uncertainty Could Draw Kazakhstan and Iran Closer

ASTANA – Headlines with the word “oil” often steal clicks these days, especially in oil-exporting Kazakhstan, as commodity prices and its national currency are directly correlated with...


Chairman of Georgian Ethno-Cultural Association: Georgians Chose Kazakhstan as Home

ASTANA – The fates and paths of different ethnic groups living in Kazakhstan crisscrossed the steppes for numerous reasons – most were deported and repressed under the...


Communist People’s Party Nominates 22 for Mazhilis, Seeks to Increase Presence in Chamber

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s capital hosted the extraordinary congress of the Communist People’ Party (CPP) of Kazakhstan on Feb. 2. The congress delegates announced their programme for the...


EBRD Advises Kazakhstan to Focus on Preparing for Better Times

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s economic growth rates will remain low and the impact of the negative environment is intensifying while structural reforms are slowly advancing, according to a...


Auyl Party Will Focus on Integrated Rural Development

For a comprehensive solution to most problems of villages, the Auyl Social Democratic Party during its 12th congress on Feb. 1 considered it was needed to develop and...