- Sunday, 18 October, 2026
- Almaty 34 °F / 1 °C
- Astana 43 °F / 6 °C
ASTANA — The eight OPEC+ countries — Algeria, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE — met virtually on Nov. 30 to review global...
ASTANA — European Council President António Costa will visit Kazakhstan on Dec. 4 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA). On...
ASTANA — Kazakh chess players won the most medals in all FIDE competitions in 2024, President of International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich said during a Nov....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has fully completed the mandatory Airbus software update for all Airbus aircraft operated by the country’s airlines, ensuring full compliance with safety requirements. The...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Foreign Ministry on Nov. 30 expressed its protest over yet another deliberate attack on the critical infrastructure of the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium...
ASTANA — The final session of the FELICITY II energy consultant training program recently convened engineers, architects and policymakers in Astana to build expertise in reducing energy...
ALMATY — Kazakhstan has significantly upgraded its nuclear fuel production capabilities as the Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP) in Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan, launches a new automated inspection line...
ASTANA – Ayash Kabdollayeva, a craft instructor from Glubokoye village in the East Kazakhstan Region, has become the world’s top female archer just a year after taking...
ALMATY – More than half of Kazakhstan’s population uses artificial intelligence technologies such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Midjourney, according to a nationwide sociological survey conducted by...
Editor’s Note: To mark the 15th anniversary of The Astana Times, we are launching a special series of columns written by our newsroom. Over the days, members...
ALMATY – Turkistan Region’s Baidibek district has seen a surge in wolf attacks on livestock in recent months, causing significant losses for local farmers. Residents of the...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan achieved a score of 0.0 in the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), published by the Institute for Economics & Peace, ranking 100th and placing...
ALMATY – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held talks with Vice President of Switzerland Guy Parmelin on Nov. 28, emphasizing the strong potential for expanding bilateral cooperation and describing...
Editor’s Note: To mark the 15th anniversary of The Astana Times, we are launching a special series of columns written by our newsroom. Over the days, members...
ASTANA – The Astana Times has selected articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s digest highlights Central Asia’s push for stronger regional agency, Kazakhstan-Estonia’s expanding...
ASTANA – As the weekend approaches, Astana and Almaty are set to welcome a vibrant mix of cultural and entertainment events. Whether your interests lie in theater,...
ALMATY – The Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 18%, citing updated macroeconomic forecasts...
ALMATY — Kazakhstan is entering a new stage of partnership with global development banks, said Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov at a Nov. 27 meeting of the Coordination...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway operator has increased grain shipments to Azerbaijan by 25 times, transporting 600,000 tons to date, said KTZ Chairman Talgat...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan marks the 90th anniversary of poet Zhumeken Nazhimedenov on Nov. 28, honoring the writer whose verse shaped generations and whose lyrics formed the foundation...
ASTANA — Azerbaijan plans to increase freight volume along the North-South transport corridor to 5 million tons by 2028, with a long-term goal of expanding the route’s...
Editor’s Note: To mark the 15th anniversary of The Astana Times, we are launching a special series of columns written by our newsroom. Over the days, members...
ASTANA – SCAT Airlines will launch new flights connecting Turkistan with Bukhara, Urgench (Khiva), and Samarkand starting Dec. 1. Each route will operate three times per week,...
ASTANA – A Kazakh delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Galymzhan Koishybayev took part in the third European Union-Central Asia Economic Forum on Nov. 26 in Tashkent,...
ASTANA — President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in the meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization meetings on Nov. 27 in Bishkek. The meetings brought...
ASTANA — The volume of retail deposits in Kazakhstan is growing, with more people saving in the national currency, as tenge deposits reached a record 82% by...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry underscored the ethical and legal dangers posed by AI-driven weapons, as Director of International Security Department Arsen Omarov called for a preemptive...
ASTANA — Almaty’s FC Kairat may have fallen 3-2 to Denmark’s FC Copenhagen on Nov. 26, but the match will be remembered as a breakthrough moment for...
ASTANA – The No Violence Film Festival opened in Kazakhstan’s capital with a screening of “Bauyryna Salu,” marking the start of the global campaign titled 16 Days...
ALMATY — Strengthening productivity could accelerate economic growth and generate nearly two million new jobs across Europe and Central Asia, according to a new World Bank report...
