Kazakhstan, Germany Agree to Expand Energy Cooperation During Astana Forum

ASTANA – The first Kazakh-German forum on energy and infrastructure networks was held July 14 in the city. The delegations, headed by Kazakh Ministry of Investment and...


UAE Falcons Released into Their Natural Kazakh Habitat

ASTANA – This May saw another release of falcons from the United Arab Emirates into their natural habitat in western Kazakhstan, thanks to the Sheikh Zayed Falcon...


Almaty Zoo to be Reconstructed by End of the Year

The Almaty Zoo will undergo a 483 million tenge (US$2.6 million) facelift beginning in December, according to Almaty TV. Part of the funding will come from zoo...


Nearly 400 families Receive Affordable Housing in Uralsk

Nearly 400 families in the Uralsk region’s Priuralye area received keys to state-funded affordable housing apartments as part of the country’s Astana Day celebrations. Arman Utegulov, deputy...


Number of Innovative Enterprises Projected to Increase 20 Percent by 2020

ASTANA – By year 2020, the share of innovatively active enterprises is expected to increase to 20 percent of all enterprises, announced Laura Sadykova, deputy director of the...


Promising Young Pianist Beisembayev Wins First Cliburn Junior Competition

Seventeen-year-old Kazakh pianist Alim Beisembayev won $10,000 and first place at the first Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition on June 28 at Texas Christian University in Fort...


Kazakh Davis Cup Squad Heads to Australia for Quarterfinals

ALMATY – After a brilliant victory over Italy, Kazakhstan’s Davis Cup team is readying for its fourth Davis Cup quarterfinals appearance in five years. They will face...


Kazakh Wrestlers Take Numerous Medals at Asian Junior Championship

ASTANA – Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler Dastan Zarlykhanov from the Akmola region won gold in the 55-kilogrammes category at the July 9-12 2015 Junior Asian Free Style, Greco-Roman...


An Intimate Glimpse into Kazakhstan through the Eyes of a Peace Corps Volunteer

WASHINGTON, DC – As Janet Givens watched the terrible events of September 11, 2001, unfold, and the subsequent U.S. “global war on terror,” she felt she needed...


Carbon Monoxide, Lack of Oxygen Cause of Sleeping Sickness, Official Announces

ASTANA – The main cause of the mysterious “sleeping sickness” that has been plaguing the Krasnogorsk and Kalachi villages in the country’s Akmola region is the combined...


Kairat Eliminates Former Euro Champions, Other Kazakh Clubs Less Lucky as Europa League Starts

ASTANA – The European football season started for three Kazakh contenders with the first qualification round of the Europa League on July 2 and 9. Two of...


When Disaster Strikes, Women and Girls Are the Backbone of Resilience

World Population Day 2015 reminds us that women and girls are particularly vulnerable in humanitarian emergencies – but also play an active role in helping their communities...


100 Steps Programme Matches Ambition with a Practical Roadmap

It does not matter who or what you are, but bold ambitions are never enough on their own. They always have to be matched with a practical...


Nazarbayev Attends SCO, BRICS Summits in Ufa

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev travelled to Ufa, Russia July 9-10 to take part in the fifteenth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the seventh summit of...


Economic News in Brief

National oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) plans to sell 50 percent of its shares in the consortium developing the giant Kashagan oil field, Reuters reports. KMG...


Business News in Brief

French supermarket chain Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world, will be expanding into Kazakhstan, Forbes.kz reports. The first Carrefour store is expected to open in...


External News in Brief

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Durga Prasad Bhattarai and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Kairat Abdrakhmanov signed...


National News in Brief

Kazakhstan’s newest airline, Qazaq Air, was presented on July 6 at Astana International Airport. The airline is fully owned by the Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Welfare Fund and...


Poll Finds 71 Percent Approval Rating of Kazakh Judges

ASTANA – A new study by the UN Development Programme in Kazakhstan in cooperation with the Centre for Legal Policy Research and the Centre for Public Opinion...


Yevgeny Primakov: “Kazakhstan Is Capable of Handling Everything”

At the end of June in Moscow, people bid final farewell to Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov, a prominent Russian politician of global significance and scholar with colossal credibility...


Bolashak’s Next Five-Year Mission Supports Domestic Development Plans

ASTANA – The end of the Bolashak Presidential Scholarship’s five-year plan has coincided with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s election campaign call for a development push based on...


Kazakhstan Continues Liberalising Visa Regime, Works to Facilitate EU Entry for its Citizens

ASTANA – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Rapil Zhoshybayev said Kazakhstan was both moving forward with further liberalisation of its visa regime for foreigners...


Almaty Café Opens with Mentally Challenged Employees

ASTANA – The Training Café, an eatery staffed by 20 individuals with mental illness, opened recently in Almaty. The project, financed by the Soros Foundation, is organised...


Kazakhstan Loosens Domestic Antimonopoly Laws

ASTANA – Amendments to liberalise the Kazakh antimonopoly regulation were signed into law May 5 by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Known as “On Introduction of Amendments and Additions...


Fireworks, Musical Parade Help Celebrate Astana’s Birthday

ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Astana Art Fest, a festival showcasing modern art and technologies under the themes of fire energy, water energy and air energy....


Kazakhstan Chooses Winners of Second International Journalism Contest

ASTANA – On the eve of Astana Day, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry and the Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan announced the winners of their second international journalism...


Indian PM Visits Kazakhstan, Meets President Nazarbayev, Addresses NU Graduates

ASTANA – On July 7-8, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited Kazakhstan, meeting the leadership of the country, delivering an address at Nazarbayev University, attending a...


Plans for 26 Projects, 12 MOCs Signed at Kazakh-Indian Business Forum

ASTANA – A Kazakh-Indian business forum with the participation of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi took place in Astana...


Traditional Performances, Modern Design Mark Astana’s 17th Anniversary Celebration

ASTANA – Astana Day, the annual combined celebration of the birthday of Kazakhstan’s capital city and the President who has shaped its modern form, was marked this...


Chevron Empowers Women of Akmola Oblast to Do Business

The economic empowerment of women and the promotion of small- and medium-sized businesses are important elements of Chevron’s social investments in Kazakhstan. In 2015, Chevron launched a...