Improving Infrastructure, Regulation in the Grain Market

The regulation of the grain market will mean the transition of the industry to a new stage of development and the need to confront new internal and...


Kazakhstan – EU Strategic Partnership: Evolution and State of Play

The European Union is one of our key political and economic partners. It is therefore a strategic priority of our foreign policy to deepen and expand our...


Continued Growth and Cooperation in the Oil and Gas Sector

The domestic oil sector has played a key role in the establishment of independent Kazakhstan. After independence, the oil and gas industry received a powerful impetus for...


Punching within Its Weight, Responsibly

Kazakhstan is not a very large country. Today’s world places more value on economic scale, rather than territorial boundaries or the sheer number of people. Against the...


ASTEX Brings Smart Technologies to Astana

ASTANA – On May 21-22, the first International Astana Smart Technologies Exhibition and Conference (ASTEX 2013) took place within the framework of the Sixth Astana Economic Forum...


Economy News in Brief

On May 23, President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Nobel Prize winners in economics, physics, and physiology and medicine at the sixth Astana Economic Forum. The state of...


Business News in Brief

In Kazakhstan, the prices for industrial products fell 2.3 percent in April, according to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Agency. The prices in the mining industry decreased by 3.2 percent...


AEF Seeks Int’l Economic Solutions

ASTANA – The Sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), which began May 22 in Astana, has become a unique platform for international dialogue on pressing modern issues facing...


External News in Brief

On May 27, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Erlan Idrissov, defense minister Adilbek Zhaksybekov and Security Council Secretary Kairat Kozhamzharov took part in the meetings of the Collective Security...


Domestic News in Brief

The Karaganda and Schuchinsk resort area in the future will be part of the Astana agglomeration. This was announced at the IV International Investment Forum Astana Invest...


Civil Aviation Seen Taking Off in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – In a recent interview, the chairperson of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), which oversees civil aviation in the Commonwealth of Independent States, said Kazakhstan’s civil...


Law Forces Neutralize Alleged Terrorist Group, Prevent Attack in Astana

ASTANA, May 21 – Recent court proceedings revealed that Kazakhstan’s law enforcement was able to thwart a planned major terrorist attack on Astana. The plan came to...


Conference Brings Global Perspectives on Modernising Civil Service

ASTANA – On May 22, Astana witnessed the start of the sixth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), held in the Palace of Independence. One of the first conferences...


Astana Team Captain Nibali Wins Giro d’Italia

ASTANA – The captain of the Astana Cycling Team, Italian Vincenzo Nibali won the cycle race Giro d’Italia on May 26. Nibali took the pink jersey after...


Sixth Astana Economic Forum and World Anti-Crisis Conference Tackle Global Economic Woes

ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev greeted several thousands of world leaders, scholars, economists and leading experts in various fields as he opened the Sixth Astana Economic...


Efforts to Create UN Regional Diplomacy Hub in Almaty Continue

ASTANA, May 27 – Kazakhstan is working with the United Nations on turning Almaty into a UN regional diplomacy hub, the country’s foreign minister announced last week...


FIC Discusses Investment Policy, Innovative Development

ASTANA – The 26th plenary meeting of the Foreign Investors Council took place on May 22 in the Astana Rixos Hotel under the chairmanship of President of...


CSTO Presidents in Bishkek Discuss Regional Security, Afghanistan

On May 28, heads of four Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states met in Bishkek to discuss regional security and Afghanistan today and post-2014, when the...


Young Farmer Learns His Trade by Hard Work, Builds His Future on Land

WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN – The completion of the sowing season for young farmer Alexander Krasnikov does not mean the time has come for a holiday or a break....


National Forum Showcases Contributing Members of Society

ALMATY – On May 20, Almaty welcomed the participants of a city forum held within the National Forum “My Country’s Destiny is My Destiny.” Participants and guests...


Astana Runners Festival Celebrates Olympic Spirit

ASTANA – On May 18, Astana residents with citizens in cities around the world joined celebrations of Olympic Run Day. The event, held near the Baiterek Tower,...


Police Fight Domestic Violence

ASTANA – A campaign against domestic violence, “Women Are the Foundation of the Family and the Nation,” took place in Astana from May 13-23. The campaign is...


Youth Theatre Presents Broadway’s “Sylvia”

ASTANA – In late May, the Attraction youth theatre successfully presented a new production: the unforgettable romantic comedy “Sylvia” based on a Broadway playwright of Albert Gurney....


Nine-Year Old Chess Prodigy Wins Fourth World Championship

ASTANA – Nine-year-old Astana chess player Bibisara Assaubayeva recently won her fourth World Chess Championship in her category at the game’s world championships held in Greece May...


Capital Hosts Week of African Culture

ASTANA – On May 25, the Week of African culture was launched in Astana. The celebrations were dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the African Union. The...


Newborn International Couple Thrives in Astana

ASTANA – Recently, another international couple decided to officially register their personal relations in the city hall of Astana. Gaukhar Orakbayeva, originally from Taraz and Joe Scott...


National Commission for UNESCO and ISESCO Reviews 2012, Prepares for 2013

ASTANA – On May 17, the Kazakhstan National Commission for UNESCO and ISESCO tallied up its work in 2012 and identified priorities for the current year at...


120th Anniversary of First Kazakh Painter Marked in Almaty

ALMATY – In many ways, Latifa Khodzhikova is a symbolic figure in the Kazakh art. And not just because she was the first female Kazakh professional scene...


Photo Exhibit Showcases Creativity of Children with Disabilities

ASTANA – On May 22, the photo exhibition Moment of Happiness opened at the Khan Shatyr mall as part of the Zhuldyzay (“star” in Kazakh) Festival for...


143,000 Students Graduate from Secondary Schools

The last bell has sounded for 143,000 graduates of secondary schools in the country at the end of May. The last bell is a traditional ceremony in...