- Saturday, 14 February, 2026
- Almaty 32 °F / 0 °C
- Astana 10 °F / -12 °C
ASTANA — The weather in the capital keeps surprising people, who have been caught off guard by beskonak, a legend about extreme weather changes in the form...
ASTANA — President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired a meeting in Astana on April 19, focusing on the nation’s socio-economic development. He once again exhorted the government to work...
ASTANA – The Khorgos International Center for Border Cooperation will resume its work on April 24 after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted its operations over the past three...
ASTANA – Kozybayev University in Petropavlovsk in northern Kazakhstan is ready to send the first 150 students who were enrolled in the academic year of 2022 to...
ASTANA – Astana Hub International Technopark of IT startups and California-based Draper University have launched the Hero Training program in Silicon Valley for tech startups, reported the...
ASTANA – A French business delegation announced plans to increase investments in the priority sectors of the Kazakh economy after meeting with Kazakh officials in Astana, including...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports and TikTok are launching the #kitaptok challenge to encourage reading, sharing of book recommendations, and discovery of new...
ASTANA – Cuba’s Canal Clave educational TV channel broadcast a special program devoted to the world famous Kazakh pop singer Dimash Kudaibergen, Dimashnews.com reported on April 18....
ASTANA – Trade turnover between Central Asian countries and China grew by 31.9 percent over the year and exceeded $32 billion in 2022. This was announced by...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s team has lost to the team World at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) women’s teams match, a side event of the World Chess Championship...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s 22 para judo wrestlers will participate in the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Judo Asian Championships 2023, which will take place on April 28-30...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has observed a twofold growth in scientific publications and research projects this year, Inbusiness reported. Most of the projects are intended to develop production...
ASTANA – All government officials should become state reformers striving to improve the quality of citizens’ life, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at an April 19 meeting on...
ASTANA – The seventh game of the World Chess Championship took a dramatic turn with China’s Ding Liren freezing under severe time pressure and losing to Russia’s...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan plans to launch 170 new investment projects in the industry worth one trillion tenge ($2.2 billion) this year, said Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov at...
ASTANA — A selection of rare books, photographs and personal belongings of the Alash movement’s activists were presented on April 13 at the National Center of Manuscripts...
ASTANA – Bibisara Assaubayeva took her second win over four-time world champion Hou Yifan of China in round seven of the first day of the women’s chess...
ASTANA – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi commended Kazakhstan’s role in the global movement for nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation during an April 18...
The horse and the history of the Kazakh people are deeply intertwined. Our close relationship with horses began about 5,500 years ago. We believe our ancestors were...
ASTANA – The Aenoica scientific project, developed by Almaty school students Ramazan Amre and Symbat Barsagazy, won the NASA Space Settlement Contest, reported the Kazakh Ministry of...
ASTANA — A combination of a favorable business environment, robust banking infrastructure, supportive government policies, and fintech regulations, along with a tech-savvy population, makes Kazakhstan an attractive...
ASTANA – In 1982, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference established April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites, known...
ASTANA – Astana Ballet is premiering Ainur Abilgazina’s neoclassic “Soli Deo Gloria” and Olzhas Makhanbetaliyev’s modern “Nine” to highlight the theater’s 10th anniversary season on April 15-16...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national women’s tennis team rose from 10th to seventh place in the updated Billie Jean King Cup ranking, the highest in the nation’s history,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan, as a chess nation, has players with high fighting spirit, said International Chess Federation (FIDE) Deputy Chair, female grandmaster and the captain of the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva won over four-time women’s world champion China’s Hou Yifan on April 17 in round three of the first day of a three-day...
ASTANA – The Global Cleantech Innovation Program (GCIP) has been launched in Kazakhstan on April 15 to promote innovation and support small and medium-sized businesses and startups...
ASTANA – Fourteenth world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and four-time women’s world chess champion Hou Yifan presented Chess Legends, a mobile application for young people to learn...
ASTANA – On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Vostok-1 spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with Yuri Gagarin on board, making him the first...
ASTANA – Tashkent hosted a Central Asian regional conference on April 14 dedicated to the role of public diplomacy in strengthening peace and good neighborliness in the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national team won 3:1 against Poland to qualify for the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals scheduled for Nov. 7-12, the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan delivered humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan on April 15 during the visit of Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin to Kabul,...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called the visit of Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas in the United Nations (UN) Department of...
ASTANA – Prospects for bilateral cooperation on investment, trade, and economic issues between Kazakhstan and Singapore were at the focus of Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister – Finance...
ASTANA – The stakes are as high as ever at the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana. Ding Liren convincingly defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi during the sixth game,...
ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of National Economy Alibek Kuantyrov attended the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national team won seven gold, four silver, and nine bronze medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship hosted in Astana on April 9-14, announced Minister...
ASTANA – The Qazaq Geography national public association launched a Qazaq Geography magazine aimed at covering Kazakhstan’s historical, cultural, and natural heritage, the association announced on April...
ASTANA — MyMind, a Kazakh startup, seeks to assist in detecting early signs of dementia (Alzheimer’s disease), a syndrome that interferes with a person’s everyday life and...
ASTANA — Saule Musayeva has been making wooden dolls that depict the lifestyle and traditions of the Kazakh people for almost 30 years. Each of her works...
ASTANA – Sayram-Ugam national park is a hidden gem in southern Kazakhstan, located in the midst of the rugged Western Tian Shan Mountains, close to the border...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Science and Higher Education has developed a draft concept for language policy development for 2023-2029 that addresses priorities, the future outlook,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Senate Chairperson Maulen Ashimbayev offered support in introducing Kazakh language departments at the universities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) during the 55th...
ASTANA – The Astana Qazaqstan Team, a professional road cycling racing team based in Kazakhstan, aims to enter the world’s top 18 teams, said Alexander Vinokurov, former...
ASTANA – During a visit to Kazakhstan on April 10, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, with the two leaders showing a...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and China plan to introduce a visa-free regime for their citizens, according to the draft resolution of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry published on the...
ASTANA – Companies and authorities in Kazakhstan are taking significant steps to expand the country’s logistics capacity along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). One particular node...
ASTANA – Two more Kazakh wrestlers, Bolat Sakayev and Sanzhar Doszhanov, won gold medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship on April 13, reported the National Olympic Committee....
ASTANA – Turkish Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mustafa Kapucu extended gratitude to Kazakhstan’s citizens and organizations for the support and emergency assistance provided to the Turkish people after...
ASTANA – An exhibition of ancient maps depicting the Kazakh state opened on April 12 at the European Parliament in Brussels, marking the 30th anniversary of the...
ASTANA – Ding Liren scored his first victory in the World Chess Championship against Ian Nepomniachtchi on April 13, leveling out the score at 2:2, reported the...
ASTANA – Tau-Ken Samruk national mining company and Turkish D Mineral plan to launch a joint gold exploration project in Kazakhstan, reported the Kazakh company’s press service...
ASTANA – Freight turnover between Kazakhstan and China reached an all-time high of 23 million tons last year, Yerlan Koishibayev, deputy chairman of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ)...
ASTANA — After a busy working week, be sure to unwind during the upcoming weekend. The Astana Times has put together a list of events for our...
ASTANA – The Kazakh capital will host the Kazakhstan-Poland match of the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers on April 14 – 15, reported the Kazakhstan Tennis...
ASTANA – A retail price cap for petroleum products regulated by the government entered into force on April 12 following a decree by the Kazakh Energy Ministry,...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Kazakhstan’s top seed Elena Rybakina on her latest stunning performances at the Australian Open, Indian Wells, and the Miami Open during...
ASTANA – The third game of the 2023 World Chess Championship on April 12 between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren ended in a draw, with Nepomniachtchi leading...
ASTANA – A new air route connecting the city of Shymkent and India’s Delhi will be launched on May 22, the Civil Aviation Committee’s press service reported...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Zhamilya Bakbergenova defeated Japan’s Sumire Niikura to claim the gold medal in the women’s wrestling finals, the third for the national team at the...
ASTANA – Assisting the countries in Central Asia to promote efficient water and energy management is one of the key missions of the new Team Europe Initiative...
ASTANA – The number of businesses owned by female entrepreneurs under the age of 29 has reached 10,300 at the beginning of this year, an increase of...
ASTANA – Berlin-based Transparency International, a global coalition against corruption, has ranked Kazakhstan 101st out of 180 nations in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), published on...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held the first meeting of the National Council for Science and Technology on April 12, where he outlined priorities for Kazakhstan’s science...
ASTANA – Kazakh airlines carried 11 million passengers in 2022, a 17 percent increase compared to the previous year, reported the Civil Aviation Committee on April 12....
ASTANA – The Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) opened a gallery displaying a unique collection of 100 European and American maps showing the Kazakh khanate in the...
ASTANA – KazMunayGas (KMG), Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, and BerAli Mangistau Company, an oil industry services provider, agreed to create a special working commission to...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan exports roughly 4.5-6 million tons of oil every month, with the European Union (EU) remaining the key buyer. Yet, the demand for Kazakhstan’s oil...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Elmira Syzdykova, 31, won over Kyrgyz wrestler Aiperi Medet kyzy in the 76-kilogram weight category in women’s wrestling, bringing second gold medal to the...
ASTANA — Environmental issues are becoming a driving force for new businesses in Kazakhstan, particularly among women concerned about the ecological impact of non-biodegradable packaging. Maryam Kassymova,...
ASTANA – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) welcomes Kazakhstan’s decision to become carbon-neutral by 2060, said UNDP Resident Representative Katarzyna Wawiernia during an April 10 meeting with...
ASTANA – French dance group Ruée des Arts debuted their performance “Costard” at the Astana Ballet Theater on April 9 as part of the Francophone Spring hosted...
ASTANA – Foreign ministries of Kazakhstan and Russia signed a cooperation plan for 2023-2024 during the official visit of Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s state support measures for tourism sector entrepreneurs and the eQonaq information system presented by the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports attracted significant interest...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is concerned about the increasing tensions in the Middle East and urged to maintain the status quo, said Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aibek Smadiyarov...
ASTANA – Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Ding Liren in 29 moves with black in the second game of the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship on April 10 in...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev opened Heydar Aliyev Street in Astana during Aliyev’s official visit to Kazakhstan on April...
ASTANA — The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS), the country’s leading think tank, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023. In the run-up to this milestone, The...
ASTANA – American tech giant Microsoft is ready to open a multi-regional hub based in Kazakhstan, the country’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry reported...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway company will deliver China’s humanitarian aid to Türkiye by shuttle trains via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, known as...
ASTANA – Kazakh wrestler Ibragim Magomadov won gold in the 72-kilogram weight category in Greco-Roman wrestling and became the first Asian champion from Kazakhstan, reported the National...
ASTANA – The Astana Times has signed a partnership agreement with The Korea Times, one of the leading English-language media outlets in South Korea, to exchange exclusive...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a joint statement to strengthen cooperation and agreed to establish the Supreme Interstate...
ASTANA – Freight turnover via Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the nation’s railway and logistics company, increased by 7 percent in the first quarter of 2023, compared to...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is seeking to cooperate with the Netflix streaming service to promote domestic movies on the platform, announced Kazakh Minister of Information and Social Development...
ASTANA – The United Nations Country Team in Kazakhstan published the UN Kazakhstan Annual Report 2022 on April 1, which outlined the country’s progress in strengthening human...
ASTANA – The retail e-commerce market in Kazakhstan continued its moderate growth and reached 1.3 trillion tenge ($2.9 billion) in 2022, 30 percent more than in the...
ASTANA – The Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) took a step towards establishing stronger ties with Kazakhstan in higher education by embarking on a four-day visit to...
ASTANA – The first game of the 2023 World Chess Championship on April 9 between two chess titans, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, ended in a draw...
ASTANA – Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestlers won four medals in four out of five weight categories at the Asian Wrestling Championships on April 9, reported Qazsport. In the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will be able to reach goals and become a truly progressive, creative, and advanced country with unity and harmony in society, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev...
ASTANA – The Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU) hosted an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Kazakhstan Maritime Academy (KMA) in Almaty on April 7, reported...
ASTANA – The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced plans on April 7 to keep the base rate at 16.75 percent for the third time since December last...
ASTANA – This month marks an important date for the Naval Forces of Kazakhstan. They were established exactly thirty years ago as part of the Armed Forces...
ASTANA — When a specially protected natural area was created at the Karatau Nature Reserve in the Turkestan region back in 2004, there were only approximately 40...
ASTANA — Russian cosmonaut and flight engineer of the International Space Station Oleg Artemyev surprised his followers on TikTok on April 3 with a new video from...
ASTANA – Discovering Kazakh carpets can take one on a highly patterned journey through the centuries-old aesthetic tradition of nomadic people, their symbolism in design, and the...
ASTANA – The opening ceremony of the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship Match featuring art performances and AI technology took place at the Astana Ballet theater on...
ASTANA – Rare and beautiful Greig tulips bloom again in Kazakhstan’s Turkistan Region. Yet, these stunning flowers are in need of protection, reported the press service of...
ASTANA – The Mangystau Region is the most sought-after destination in Kazakhstan, with more than 41,000 foreign visitors staying for seven to twelve days on average in...
