Almaty to Host Stage of Volleyball World Grand Prix

For the second year in a row, one of the stages of the prestigious World Grand Prix in women’s volleyball will be held in Almaty July 21-27....


Asian Games Greco-Roman Wrestling Bids Determined at Karaganda Championship

Seventy-one Greco-Roman wrestlers in four weight categories were whittled down to four national champions and 12 podium winners during the June 21-22 Greco-Roman wrestling Championship in Karaganda....


Young Graphic Designer Brings Kazakh Culture to England

ALMATY – Almost every fashionista has arenowned Leather Satchelin her closet, as thepopularity of the bags is really high.Stylish and comfortable satchelsare equally chosen by both men...


Working to Attract More Investors and Stay Competitive

At the June 12 meeting of the Foreign Investors Council under the President of Kazakhstan in Borovoye, the picturesque resort in northern Kazakhstan, the head of state,...


Bolashak Scholarship Makes Graduates, and Country, Competitive

The Bolashak presidential scholarship programme, introduced in November 1993, has since become a key ingredient in Kazakhstan’s history of independent development as well as an intergral part...


Kazakh-Turkish Cooperation in Metrology to be Extended this Year

Representatives from the Technical Regulation and Metrology (measurements) Committee of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstan Metrology Institute (KazInMetr), the Kazakhstan Standardisation...


Production of Toyota Off-Road Vehicles to Begin in Kostanai

The first Toyota car factory in Kazakhstan – and the first Toyota assembly platform in Central Asia – will soon begin producing Fortuners, one of Toyota’s off-road...


Young Pavlodar Accordionist Astounds Moscow Public With Vivaldi’s Winter

Fourteen-year-old accordionist from Pavlodar Olzhas Nurlanov participated in the 11thMoscow Meets Friends international festival for young musicians in the Russian capital from May 26 to June 5....


South African Embassy Premieres Autobiographical Film About Mandela

ASTANA – The South African Embassy in Kazakhstan hosted a premiere of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” directed byJustin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) at Sary Arka Mall...


Tazy Dog Breed to be Recovered

Tazy a breed of Kazakh dog that has been a true friend of man for several millennia, needs to be saved. State support is required in the...


Russian-Kazakh Production Venture Sees Success in Kostanai

KOSTANAI – The joint Russian-Kazakh venture EurazCaspianStal has produced its first batch of industrial fittings. The technological equipment was put into operation in December 2013. The plant...


Long-Planned Pavlodar Road Projects Move Forward

PAVLODAR – Major, national-scale projects in transport logistics are being implemented in Pavlodar. Plans that have been long in the making to build a bridge over the...


Talgar Couple Cares for Hundreds of Orphaned Children

TALGAR – Spouses Tuyak Yeskozhina and Anuarbek Baissarin have raised more than 340 orphaned children left without parental care. Theirs is the largest family, not only in...


Kazakhstan, South Korea Expand Economic Ties

ASTANA – South Korean President Park Geun-hye paid an official visit to Kazakhstan within her Central Asian tour on June 18-19, focusing mainly on expanding economic ties...


Government Works to Halve GDP’s Energy Consumption Percentage

ASTANA – The Kazakhstan government is working to halve the energy-consumption share in the GDP by 2050 by focusing on energy efficiency in three key sectors of...


Holiday of Modern Ethnic Music Held in Almaty

ALMATY – The Spirit of Tengri, an international festival of contemporary ethnic music held June 7 with a live sound and light show, has become a real...


SMEs, the Key to Kazakhstan’s Economic Future

When many of the world’s business and political elite gathered recently in Kazakhstan at the Astana Economic Forum, the country’s achievements and potential were plain for all...


New Technology for Cancer, TB Treatment Leading to Earlier Diagnosis, Better Results

ASTANA – Journalists were shown a day in the life of oncology and tuberculosis specialists in Kazakhstan on a press tour organised by the Kazakhstan Scientific Research...


Armenian Ethnocultural Centre Preserves Culture, Encourages Unity

ASTANA – Hard work, dedication and entrepreneurial spirit, these are the qualities represented by the three colours of the Armenian flag. Red stands for the Armenian highland,...


Kazakh-Israeli Agro Forum Expected to Grow Innovation

Almaty will host a Kazakh-Israeli agricultural business forum on June 24 and 25. Major Israeli companies will present innovative solutions and the latest drip irrigation, crop protection,...


Astana Is a Bright Page in Kazakhstan’s Modern History

Just a decade and a half ago, we witnessed the official presentation of the capital of Kazakhstan and the appearance of a new name on the world...


Kazakh Non-Oil Exports Expected to Increase

Due to the new tools of support, the volume of non-oil exports by 2019 should increase by 1.1 times compared to the level of 2012. A comprehensive...


Kazakh Tourism Underdeveloped, Parliament Says

ASTANA – Despite the huge potential, tourism in Kazakhstan is not developing properly. That was the inference of the governmental hour on June 16 in the Mazhilis,...


New Measures, Activities Aim to Overcome Underdevelopment in Tourism Sector

Tourism is among the priorities of Kazakhstan’s State Programme of Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development. The government’s new concept for the development of the tourism industry through...


State Support Encourages Intensive Gardening in South Kazakhstan

SOUTH-KAZAKHSTAN REGION – Nurlan Kuralov, director of Amankeldi LLP, plans to grow one million trees on his 420 hectares of gardens and vineyards with the use of...


Partnership between Astana and Seoul Will Expand

Ahead of the state visit to Astana by President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea on June 18-19, we interviewed Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Seoul Dulat Bakishev...


Kazakh Alpinist Shares Adventures with New York Audience

Kazakh alpinist Maksut Zhumayev, whoclimbedMount McKinley, the highest point in North America, shared his impressions with his compatriots June 14at a meetingat the Kazakh Consulate Generalin New...


Capital Celebration to Include Sweet Taste of Success

ASTANA – The capital birthday’s sweetest event,the Festival of Astana Confectioners, will take place July 4, at 10 a.m.in Congress Hall and is expected to attract more...


More Engagement, Not Less, Needed in Central Asia after Troop Withdrawal, Say Atlantic Council Experts

ASTANA – The Atlantic community’s engagement with Central Asia must be deepened and expanded, said Frederick Kempe and John Herbst of the Washington, DC-based think tank, the...


Astana, Paris Expand Political, Economic Ties

PARIS – Kazakhstan and France are working to expand their relations across the board as the two countries prepare for the French president’s visit to Astana before...