West Kazakhstan Region Shows Positive Dynamics in Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries in 2020
NUR-SULTAN — The West Kazakhstan region showed positive dynamics in the main socio-economic indicators by the end of 2020, the region has been implementing major projects in attracting investments, manufacturing industrial products, agriculture and the creation of workplaces, according to primeminister.kz. The manufacturing industry is one of the major sectors of the region’s economy. The…
Kazakhstan’s Karaganda Pharmaceutical Complex Begins Production of Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin gave his report on the epidemiological situation and the vaccination plan in the country to the Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Akorda press-service reported on April 13. From April onwards, two million people are expected to be vaccinated every month in the regions, said Mamin. By September, it…
Kazakh Prime Minister Explains Implementation of Vaccination Schedule
NUR-SULTAN — Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin discussed the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the country and instructed officials to ensure implementation of the vaccination schedule at an April 12 government meeting, according to primeminister.kz. “The Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has set a clear task to stabilize the sanitary and epidemiological situation and increase…
Zhambyl Region’s Economy Shows 2.2 Percent Growth Rate with Positive Dynamics in Key Industries
NUR-SULTAN — The Zhambyl region’s main drivers of socio-economic stability comes from key industries such as manufacturing, trade and agriculture. At the end of 2020, the region retained its growth dynamics in all major economic indicators, reports primeminister.kz. According to the analysis of the development of manufacturing, tourism industries, small and medium-sized businesses, the volume…
Kazakhstan Develops Satellite Internet Link Up to One Web Global Satellite Network
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is preparing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Baikonur cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan becoming the main launching pad from where the Vostok-1 spacecraft with the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took off on April 12, 1961. These days, Baikonur cosmodrome among other things has been launching satellites into space as part of the…
Tokayev’s New Special Representative for International Cooperation Will Advance Kazakhstan’s Leadership Agenda
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hired a new Special Representative for International Cooperation Erzhan Kazykhanov, a special newly created position to facilitate Kazakhstan’s leadership in international cooperation by a recent decree of the Kazakh President, the Akorda press-service reported on April 7. Tokayev noted that the establishment of this new position in the structure…
Kazakh Boxer Firuza Sharipova Becomes World Champion After M13 International Tournament KO (Video)
NUR-SULTAN — Kazakh boxer Firuza Sharipova won an early knockdown victory by defeating Russian Julia Chernoborodova at the fight which took place on April 3 at the Basket-Hall arena in Kazan, Tatarstan at a boxing evening organized by M13, according to the M13 organization press-service. From the beginning of the battle, Sharipova was more active…
Children Welfare Index to Be Introduced in Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN – The Committee for the Protection of Children’s Rights of the Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Institute for Economic Research have signed a joint action plan for the implementation of the Children Wellbeing Index, according to the Committee for the Protection of Children’s Rights press-service on…
Interview: Kazakhstan Forges Ahead With Green Energy Plans, Sets New Targets For 2030
NUR-SULTAN – “Our slogan is ‘Make Kazakhstan Green Again’. Our predecessors treasured us with ninth largest and the most beautiful country in the world, with vast and unexplored natural resources, including renewables. Our main goal is to put the inexhaustible energy of sun, wind, water and biomass towards serving the growing needs of the nation”,…
Kazakhstan and Turkey to Cooperate in Alp-Arslan Historical TV Series
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Turkey will shoot a joint historical film and series. The leading Turkish and Kazakh television channels are working on the “Alp-Arslan” historical series consisting of six episodes, according to the 24.kz news agency. Alp-Arslan means “heroic lion” in Turkish, a name given to the second Sultan of the Seljuk Empire who…
Katon-Karagai National Park Spots Snow Leopard Family (Video)
NUR-SULTAN — A camera trap installed in November 2020 caught rare footage of a snow leopard walking through the protected area of the Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park in the East Kazakhstan region. These are the first videos of a snow leopard called Panthera uncia from Kazakhstan’s Altai mountains. “A camera trap was installed in…
Kazakhstan Will Continue to Increase Oil Production Under OPEC+ Agreement
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will continue to increase oil production in May, June and July of 2021 following the 15th meeting of OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC ministers meeting that took place April 1 virtually, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy press service reported. “On April 1, a ministerial meeting of the countries…
Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Appoints New Chair to the Board
NUR-SULTAN — Prime Minister Askar Mamin introduced the new chair of the board of Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund. Almasadam Satkaliev has been appointed as a new chair of the board, reported primeminister.kz. The fund as an investment holding has been unique in its mission to improve the national welfare of Kazakhstan and to ensure…
New Specialized Court in Nur-Sultan Will Resolve Disputes Involving Investors
NUR-SULTAN — Arbitration of disputes with the participation of investors will now be transferred to the specialized inter-district economic court of Nur-Sultan. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law on the corresponding amendments on the modernization of the judicial system that will come into force on July 1, 2021. The law envisages that the consideration…
Three Kazakh Universities Listed among Top 500 World’s Universities
NUR-SULTAN — In the QS World University Rankings Al-Farabi Kazakh National University took first place among the nation’s universities and entered the list of the 200 best universities of the world in 2021. L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, placed 357th and Mukhtar Auezov South Kazakhstan University placed 490, entering the list of the 500 best…
Kazakhstan Chairs Working Group of Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
NUR-SULTAN – This year marks the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. On August 29, 1991, Kazakh First President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a historical document, a decree on the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. The international community, recognizing the contribution of Kazakhstan in strengthening the non-proliferation regime of…
Choral Singing Brings New Sound to Kazakh Hit Song Nauryz (Video)
NUR-SULTAN – The famous Kazakh song “Nauryz” about the day of the vernal equinox, Nauryz meiramy, sung by the Kazakh Urker pop group brought a new sound to the old song. The student choir of Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory performed the famous song “Nauryz” of the Kazakh Urker (translated as the Pleiades star cluster) group. …
Kazakh Scholar Examines Human Rights in Kazakhstan, Contributes to Women’s and Children’s Inclusiveness
NUR-SULTAN – Since independence, Kazakhstan’s state policy has aimed to provide legislative support to women. Gender equality and the protection of human rights, especially of children is a priority for Kazakhstan. Khalida Azhigulova, a young Kazakh scholar, is an activist whose occupation contributes to a more inclusive society in Kazakhstan. Azhigulova is a University of…
Kazakhstan Сelebrates Nauryz, Festive Traditions Transformed by COVID-19
NUR-SULTAN — The celebration of the Nauryz holiday, New Year or the festival of spring, abundance and the day of the equinox is marked on March 22. It is a time of coming together in Kazakhstan, for the second year in a row celebration traditions are being transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kazakhstan, it…
Kazakhstan Places 62nd in Ranking For Global Sustainable Tourism, Outstrips Russia, Turkey
NUR-SULTAN – In terms of sustainable tourism standards and green transformations, Kazakhstan ranked 62nd on the global ranking covering 99 countries, according to a new report of Top Countries for Sustainable Tourism released by global market research company Euromonitor International. Kazakhstan fares better than Russia and Turkey in sustainable tourism, placed in the 65th and…
Turkic Speaking States Celebrated Nauryz Together in Baku
NUR-SULTAN – The delegates of Turkic speaking countries, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkey celebrated the Nauryz festive day in Baku, the Kazinform news agency reported on March 17. The event is dedicated to the celebration of Nauryz, New Year or the festival of spring, abundance and the day of the equinox marked on March…
Kazakhstan Joins Asia Pacific in International Digital Project to Preserve Intangible Cultural Heritage
NUR-SULTAN — Kazakhstan has partnered with IchLinks, international digital platform, to exchange and disseminate information on the intangible cultural heritage of the countries within the Asia-Pacific region, reported the Kazakh Foreign Ministry press service on March 16. IchLinks, officially launched in March 2021, contains information about more than a thousand elements of this intangible and…
Kazakh Bureau of National Statistics Analyses Population Dynamics, Kazakhstan Population Reaches 18.9 Million in 2021
NUR-SULTAN – According to data released by the Kazakh Bureau of National statistics on March 15, the estimated population of Kazakhstan has hit 18.9 million as of February 1. Since 2002, Kazakhstan’s population has been growing steadily associated primarily with the decrease in migration loss and an increase in natural population growth. The population growth…
Traditional Sports and Games Program Reviewed by Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports
NUR-SULTAN — The Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports Aktoty Raimkulova has approved a list of Kazakh traditional (ethnic) sports and games in a special decree that will be put into force on March 19, 2021. The list involves nine popular Kazakh traditional sport types. Traditional sports are still practiced widely in Kazakhstan, in particular…
Kazakh Athletes Win Three Medals in Moguls at Freestyle Ski World Cup in Almaty
NUR-SULTAN — Kazakh professional freestyle skiers won one silver and two bronze medals in moguls at the International Ski Federation (FIS, Fédération Internationale de Ski) Freestyle Ski World Cup which took place on March 8-11 in Almaty, reported the National Olympic Committee press service. Yulia Galysheva won a silver medal, Pavel Kolmakov won bronze medal…
