University of Future Becomes One of BCPD’s Major Digital Learning Projects
NUR-SULTAN – The Bureau for Continuing Professional Development (BCPD) focuses on coming out with new digital products and has moved to a self-sustaining business model since the beginning of 2021. The University of the Future (UoF) that helps experienced professionals to advance their knowledge and get international certifications has become one of its major digital…
Slovak Metals Company Has High Hopes for Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN – Heneken, a major Slovak non-ferrous metal recycling and melting company with a history of working with Kazakhstan, sees great new opportunities emerging for even greater cooperation in the future. On a recent visit to Nur-Sultan, Michal Hudoba, Heneken’s energetic general director said the company “has high hopes for Central Asia, specifically for the…
Kazakh Entrepreneur Brings Local Experience to Running Coffee Business in New York City
NUR-SULTAN – Adema Torebek, a Kazakh entrepreneur, opened her second coffee-tea shop in New York, US, just a month ago gaining experience from a local business in Kazakhstan. Torebek opened her first coffee shop in Nur-Sultan back in 2017 during the EXPO 2017. Although she had an education in law, she chose a different path…
Kazakhstan and EBRD Prioritize Green Economy, Digitalization, Infrastructure, and Connectivity Development in Cooperation
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) prioritize the green economy, digitalization, infrastructure, and connectivity development, said EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso during a press conference on Sept. 23 in Nur-Sultan. One of the priorities that EBRD and Kazakhstan identified is a contribution to the development of the green economy. “The…
KulanSteppe Project Contributes to Conservation of Steppe Ecosystem, Says Norwegian Scientist
NUR-SULTAN – The KulanSteppe pilot project, launched in 2017, aims to increase the kulan population in central Kazakhstan, which is one of the flagship species of the steppe fauna, says scientist for the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Petra Kaczensky, who works on the project. KulanSteppe contributes to the reestablishment of new species and…
Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge Presents East Kazakhstan Archeological Discoveries
NUR-SULTAN — Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom, has unveiled more than 300 artefacts from three burial complexes in the East Kazakhstan region for the first time after their discovery on September 28, according to the BBC News and leading British news outlets. Kazakh archeologist Zeinolla Samashev along with other scientists and students led the excavations…
Brand New High Tech Storage Site For Radiation Waste Opens in Almaty
NUR-SULTAN – A new long-term facility for sealed disused sources of ionizing radiation (SIRs) at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (RSE INP) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, started to operate in early July 2021. Construction of the facility started in May 2020, after some delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission headed by the RSE INP…
First Women Fighter Pilot in Kazakhstan Becomes Crew Commander
NUR-SULTAN – Winner of the 100 New Faces project Senior Lieutenant Ardana Botai made her first independent flight as the crew commander of the Su-30SM multifunctional fighter aircraft, reported the press center of Kazakh Defense Ministry. The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, Aviation Lieutenant General Nurlan Ormanbetov took…
Kazakhstan Celebrates 115th Anniversary of First Kazakh Waltz Author (Video)
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan celebrates the 115th birthday anniversary of Latif Khamidi, composer, educator, the co-author of first Kazakh anthem (1945), People’s Artist of Kazakhstan and laureate of the Kazakh State Prize. Khamidi was a talented creator of marches, waltzes and mass songs and an educator of many high professionals in the field of composition and…
Lego is My Calling, says Young Kazakh Robotics Champion
NUR-SULTAN – The Danish company Lego, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of play materials, released a video about Dias Muratov’s life and journey with Lego. Muratov, an 11 years-old boy from Kazakhstan, who found his interest in robotics, construction, and Lego while fighting a brain tumour from the age of three. “I am sure…
Open.kz is Lifelong Project, Says Kazakh Wildlife Photographer
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh photographer Valery Ayapov launched a nationwide wildlife documentary series project titled Open.kz dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence. The author plans to shoot 120 episodes, 12 of which are currently in post-production. Ayapov has more than 15 years of experience in photography and documentary filmmaking. He got the idea for…
People should be faithful to their motherland, country of residence, says Cossack community leader
NUR-SULTAN – People should be faithful to their motherland and country of residence, said Kazachya Volnitsa Cossack community leader Semyon Rakov. After serving in the Kazakh Armed Forces for 12 years, he settled in Karagandy and became the group’s head in 2001. “We urge every member of our community to love and respect the country…
Jongar Gate preserves Eurasian history’s chronicles
NUR-SULTAN – Jongar Gate, two highlands and a narrow, long, flat plain at the junction of the Turkic and Mongolian steppes, is a mountain passage that for centuries determined civilisations’ fate. Trade caravans and steppe armies of Huns, Genghis Khan and Jongars historically passed through the hallway-like opening. The gate, between the Jongar Alatau in…
Almaty graffitists draw attention to Kazakh history, culture
NUR-SULTAN – Almaty graffitists Yerzhan Tanayev and Ali Zakir, known as Tigrohaud Crew, have created dozens of murals throughout Kazakhstan as well as India, Russia and Turkey. Most of their works are portraits, including historical figures, in a mixed style and authentic ethnic atmosphere. The duo, created by two fellow students from Almaty College of…
‘I might be naive, but we can win the struggle for a world without nuclear weapons,’ says Kazakh anti-nuclear activist
NUR-SULTAN – The struggle for a nuclear weapons free world can be won because people understand its importance, as represented by the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who have signed The ATOM Project petition against nuclear weapons testing, said ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador and Nevada-Semey international anti-nuclear weapons activist Karipbek Kuyukov in…
Large-scale book festival invites readers to one-day literature events in Kazakh capital
NUR-SULTAN – The 2019 Kitap (book) Fest, an annual event organised in Almaty during the past five years, will be held for the first time 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug. 25 at the capital’s Arbat near the Yesil River. The festival will include a BookCrossing, meetings with writers, journalists and public figures, photo exhibition, book fair…
Kazakh climber completes Tokyo 2020 participation standard at Climbing World Championships
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh sport climber Rishat Khabibullin has fulfilled the participation standard for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, receiving a quota at the Aug. 11-21 Climbing World Championships in Hachioji, Japan. Eighty-three athletes from 39 countries participated in the qualification. The top 20, including Khabibullin, who ranked 14th, were involved in the qualification contest, reported…
Kazakh boy visits UEFA 2019 Football Super Cup, presents prize to Liverpool
NUR-SULTAN – Ali Turganbekov, the young boy born without legs known as ‘Kazakh Vujicic,’ recently joined Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Aleksander Čeferin to present the UEFA Super Cup to winner Liverpool Football Club (FC). “Friends, I was invited to the UEFA Super Cup 2019, in which the winners of the Champions League…
Young people learn family values, acquire sense of environmental responsibility through social life, says Slavic community leader
NUR-SULTAN – The Slavic ethno cultural centre in the Pavlodar Region has been working for 23 years to preserve Slavic culture and languages by promoting creativity, physical and spiritual development, patriotism and humanist education, especially among youth, said the centre’s head Tatyana Kuzina. “The most important thing for young people is charity action for children…
Bibisara Assaubayeva takes third place at Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh chess player Bibisara Assaubayeva took third place among women at the Aug. 2-11 Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters. The tournament attracted 150 participants from around the world. Assaubayeva once again fulfilled the norm of a female grandmaster, scoring five points in nine rounds with four victories and two draws. “At the…
National Council of Public Trust to hold first meeting, establish activities
NUR-SULTAN – The first meeting of the Kazakh National Council of Public Trust has been tentatively scheduled for Aug. 28. Participants will establish the council’s activities and form working groups, National Council secretary and advisor to the Kazakh President Yerlan Karin announced recently. The council is an advisory body called for and approved by Kazakh…
PetroKazakhstan shares long history, early days of modern oil production in Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN – This year marks the 120th anniversary of the start of oil production in what is now Kazakhstan. Over more than one century, Kazakh oil production technology and infrastructure have experienced great change. PetroKazakhstan’s veterans recently shared with The Astana Times their experiences witnessing the growth and development of Kazakhstan’s oil sector. A representative…
First Caspian Economic Forum discusses regional economic cooperation, infrastructure development
NUR-SULTAN – Participants of the Aug. 12 first Caspian Economic Forum discussed economic ties among Caspian littoral countries in trade and tourism as well as infrastructure development around the inland sea. The forum took place at the Avaza resort in Turkmenistan and gathered more than 3,000 politicians, diplomats, business people, environmentalists, scholars and journalists from…
Kazakh capital to host 2019 UNWTO Urban Tourism Global Summit on SDGs
NUR-SULTAN – The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Nur-Sultan Akimat (city administration) will organise the eighth UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism under the Smart Cities, Smart Destinations theme in the Kazakh capital Oct. 9-12. The summit will contribute to the UN New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The summit…
First Central Asian Triathlon Association race to be Oct. 5 in Shymkent and Tashkent
NUR-SULTAN – The Central Asian Triathlon Association (CATA) will host its first race under CATA auspices Oct. 5 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, according to an announcement following the Aug. 2 second CATA Congress in Almaty. The event is considered part of the celebration of the Year of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan. The race will…
