- Thursday, 30 July, 2026
- Almaty 73 °F / 23 °C
- Astana 73 °F / 23 °C
ASTANA – Despite the gentle temperatures of this early October, winter isn’t far from the minds of Astana residents. And despite the capital city’s growing number of...
“An Illustrated History of Kazakhstan,” a recent book co-authored by several prominent experts and edited by Jeremy Tredinnick, was presented in Washington during an Oct. 6 event...
ASTANA – Kazakh singer Ademi recently captured second place and the Audience Award at the international contest New Wave in Sochi, Russia. This year the competition attracted...
ASTANA – Figures show there are 252 cars for every 1,000 people in Kazakhstan. The data was compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers and made public by the company’s Kazakhstan...
ASTANA – Presidential Club Astana Motorsports won the recent Rally World Cup and the Oct. 3-9 Rally OiLibya of Morocco in the T2 category, the team’s press service...
ASTANA – After trailing 0:2 to the Dutch during their game on Astana Arena on Oct. 10, the Kazakhs managed to score in the last minute of...
ASTANA – The role of Parliament emerged as a major theme at a roundtable discussion in Astana Oct. 12 on Kazakhstan’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) ahead...
ASTANA –The capital served as host for the third Astana International Auto Salon (AIAS 2015) Oct. 9. This year, participants Renault, Peugeot, IVECO, Hyundai, JAC, GAZ, KAMAZ...
ALMATY – An historical re-enactment of the Orbulak Battle recently took place in the Taldykorgan hippodrome, said the press service of the Almaty city akimat (city administration)....
The new State Loan Office, which is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, started operations on Oct. 1 and is now accepting personal credit...
“Do good things and post them on social media” is the motto of Acts of Kindness, a social action programme presented Oct. 6 in Astana. Initiated by...
ASTANA – After trailing 0:2 to the Dutch during their game at Astana Arena on Oct. 10, the Kazakhs managed to score in the last minute of...
ASTANA – Experts discussed the introduction of a trilingual (Kazakh, Russian and English) system of education in schools during roundtable talks by the analytical group, the Club Institute...
Kazak kuresi, or Kazakh wrestling, is an old sport with roots stretching deep into history. Since ancient times, nomads of the Great Steppe have mastered martial arts,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s capital is home to approximately 866,000 residents and last year was visited by 642,100 tourists. Since each figure includes a fair number of children,...
The Developers Association of Kazakhstan forecasts a shortage in new apartments over the next one to two years as a result of projects frozen by leading construction...
ASTANA – In two years, Astana’s professional women’s hockey team, Tomiris, went from fourth place to second, and now, looking ahead to the beginning of their third...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan became the leading supplier of uranium last year for the 100 nuclear power reactors operating in the United States, providing 5,443 tonnes (12 million...
ASTANA –Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met Oct. 9 with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during the latter’s official visit to the nation. The parties discussed ways to strengthen...
ASTANA – Fifty-five of Astana’s bus stops will be heated by the end of the year, according to the city akimat (administration). The first heated bus stop...
ASTANA – International Expositions Bureau (BIE) Secretary-General Vicente Loscertales expressed satisfaction with preparations for EXPO 2017 in Astana and confidence in the ongoing work on the event...
The world’s great financial centres of New York, London, and Tokyo have led the way in economic prosperity for decades. But the giants are now facing competition...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is working on industrial and innovative development, but that development is impossible without a highly-qualified technical staff. East Kazakhstan State Technical University (EKSTU) in...
TARAZ – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the opening ceremony of a monument in Taraz dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate. ...
ASTANA – In connection with a project to promote Car Free Days in Almaty, the UNDP and its Global Environmental Facility (GEF) held a festival dedicated to...
ASTANA – Air Astana, the national carrier of Kazakhstan, signed an agreement with AerCap Holdings N.V. to lease three Airbus A321NEOs and one A320NEO aircraft, which will...
ASTANA – A new, two-year support programme for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kazakhstan has been launched by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...
ASTANA – Thirteen is considered an unlucky number in Russian folklore, and indeed, Barys Astana’s 13th game of this, its eighth season in the Continental Hockey League...
NEW YORK – President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan joined the summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama on Sept. 29 to discuss with other world leaders the...
October 4 was a big day in Almaty. Not only did the city host Tour of Almaty 2015, a one-day professional road bicycle race, it saw a...
