- Friday, 13 November, 2026
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Universities are racing to embrace artificial intelligence. But who is helping students decide when its answers deserve to be trusted? Global Media and Information Literacy Week is...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Belgium are looking to expand cooperation in trade, transport, critical minerals, education and advanced technologies, following the recent state visit of Belgium’s King...
On Oct. 25, Kazakhstan celebrates Republic Day, a national holiday of particular historical significance for the formation of modern Kazakh statehood. On this day in 1990, the...
ASTANA – Representatives of Brazil’s key aviation institutions took part in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Security Week 2026, held in Astana from Oct. 20 to...
ASTANA – For women across Central Asia, equal rights enshrined in law do not necessarily translate into equal opportunities in everyday life, researchers said during a CAPS...
ASTANA – The world can no longer prevent warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but deep emissions cuts could still limit the overshoot and...
ALMATY – When Denis Ten became Kazakhstan’s first Olympic medalist in figure skating, winning bronze at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, he showed a generation of...
Every year, as Kazakhstan marks Republic Day on Oct. 25, we return to a moment in our history that is easy to describe in legal terms but...
Editor’s note: The Astana Times continues a section featuring articles by our readers. As a platform that values diverse perspectives and meaningful conversations, we believe that this...
ASTANA – A young inventor turning air pollution into printer pigments, a teacher inspiring students to rediscover the joy of reading and an entrepreneur harnessing solar energy...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan could launch direct flights between Astana and New York in 2027, following the expected completion of a United States’ aviation safety assessment and the...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with NVIDIA co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Astana on Oct. 23 to discuss cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital...
ASTANA – As Kazakhstan prepares to celebrate Republic Day on Oct. 25, Astana and Almaty are offering a packed weekend of cultural events, from theater performances and...
ASTANA – A total of 320 wrestlers are set to compete in wrestling at the 2026 World Wrestling Championships, which will take place at Barys Arena in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has the energy resources, technological talent and growing computing infrastructure needed to develop its own artificial intelligence industry, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has called for coordinated efforts to strengthen transport and transit links between Central Asia and the South Caucasus, highlighting the strategic importance of the...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Kazakhstan’s priority tasks and development plans would be outlined in his state-of-the-nation-address next week, speaking at an Oct. 23 ceremony marking...
ASTANA — The Astana Times has selected articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest covers a new rare-metals research center backed by...
ASTANA — Baiterek National Investment Holding has been developing projects involving foreign investors worth approximately $2 billion since the beginning of 2026, as the country works to...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s National Bank has lowered its base rate to 15.75% from its previous level, citing a continued decline in annual inflation and easing inflation expectations....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has secured an agreement to ease entry requirements for its citizens traveling to Egypt for tourism, following talks between Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi and...
ASTANA – NVIDIA has invested in Higgsfield, an artificial intelligence video-generation startup with a major engineering presence in Kazakhstan, CEO Jensen Huang confirmed during a visit to...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Switzerland have signed memorandums of cooperation worth an estimated $46 million following a bilateral business forum in Zurich, while a new Swiss-Kazakh cultural...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has expressed support for the United Arab Emirates’ nomination of diplomat Lana Zaki Nusseibeh for the post of United Nations secretary-general, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of...
ASTANA — French companies operating in Kazakhstan plan to invest 1.5 billion euros (US$1.68 billion) and create more than 1,000 jobs over the next three years, according...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Singapore have launched a new air connection, with flights from Shymkent operating twice a week via the Chinese city of Sanya, the Embassy...
ASTANA – A Portuguese artificial intelligence company is seeking opportunities to bring its disaster prevention technology to Kazakhstan, starting with a pilot project that could help authorities...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Atletico Madrid Chief Executive Officer Miguel Ángel Gil Marín to discuss expanding cooperation in football development, infrastructure and youth training...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and China plan to launch a pilot project for autonomous freight transportation along an international route between the two countries, following an agreement to...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan signed 22 investment agreements and memorandums worth $4.8 billion at the ninth Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable (KGIR 2026), which brought together more than 500...
