NEW YORK, Sept. 30 – Kazakhstan has strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria and called for earliest ending to the conflict there, while it...
ASTANA, Sept. 27 – A discussion at the Sept. 25 12th session of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions focused on...
ASTANA, Sept. 30 – The grand opening of the chamber hall of the Astana Opera will take place on Oct. 1, International Music Day. Mezzo-soprano Dariga Nazarbayeva,...
ASTANA, Sept. 26 – The Ukrainian and Kyrgyz prime ministers joined for the first time on Sept. 25 the prime ministers of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus for...
Kyzylorda region Akim (Governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev spoke about the state of agriculture in the region, as well as joint investment plans between the akimat (local administration) and...
WASHINGTON, DC – Leading American experts in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation met Sept. 12 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC...
ASTANA – The Kazakhstan presidential Commission on Human Rights presented on Sept. 19 its report on “Human Rights in Kazakhstan in 2012” and on “Migrant Rights in...
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov toured Latin America at the end of September and in early October to promote political and economic ties with perhaps the most...
SHYMKENT – Two business incubators, also called coworking sites, were officially opened in the South Kazakhstan regional youth centre with the support of the Service Centre of...
As world leaders gather for the United Nations High-level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament in New York, I would like to deliver a short message from the survivors...
During a state visit to Kazakhstan on Sept. 22-25, 2001 Pope John Paul II repeatedly expressed words of blessing for the country and people of Kazakhstan. The...
The unique experience of Kazakhstan, which is home to representatives of 140 ethnic groups and 17 religions, has now become an example of unity, harmony, trust and...
The Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, a forum widely recognized by the international community, has become a true trademark of Kazakhstan and...
September 23 is the 10th anniversary of the first Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, Astana’s international inter-religious forum. Apparently, it was pleasing to the...
It is widely known that President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, as head of state and a great politician and in full measure realising the increased role of...
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The congress was first convened on September 23-24, 2003, in Astana,...
The Astana hockey club of Barys successfully started the sixth season of the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). Having started with defeating “Severstal” from...
Kazakhstan’s Bolashak International Scholarship Program has entered its 20th year of sending the country’s best and brightest to study abroad with the promise that they will return...
Kazakhstan’s business community will now be able to obtain a British business visa in two to three days following an announcement by the British Prime Minister’s Trade...
Some 8.1 million square metres of affordable housing will be introduced in Kazakhstan by 2020, Deputy Finance Minister Ardak Tengebaev said at a recent international conference “10...
The organisers of the KIOGE 2013 oil and gas exhibition have made every effort this year to make visiting the exhibition, on October 1-4, as convenient and...
On Sept. 23, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov left for a working visit to Sochi (Russian Federation) to participate in the next session of the Collective Security...
Members of the Mazhilis or lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament planted a new poplar alley along Turan Avenue in Astana as part of their volunteer Saturday work...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field finally began producing oil on Sept. 11, eight years later than first anticipated, but ahead of an October 2013 deadline...
Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov met with International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) Secretary General Vicente Lossertales in Paris on Sept. 19. Akhmetov also met with French Prime Minister...
BISHKEK – Ensuring security in Central Asia in light of rapidly changing geopolitical realities was among the key issues discussed at the regular meeting of the Shanghai...
The latest Steppe Eagle annual multilateral military exercise in Kazakhstan occurred from August 10-23, at the Illisky Training Centre near Almaty. The exercise, held under NATO auspices,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field finally began producing oil on Sept. 11, eight years later than first anticipated, but ahead of an October 2013 deadline...
In 2000, David Brooks, a prominent New York Times columnist, wrote a book called “Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There,” in...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan athletes won 13 gold, seven silver and six bronze medals at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games held Sept. 14–22...