National Commissions for UNESCO Gather in Astana
ASTANA – The first interregional meeting of the National Commissions for UNESCO on July 22-24 in Astana. The meeting, held for the first time outside of UNESCO headquarters in Paris, was jointly organised by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, as well as the Akimat (city administration) of Astana and UNESCO. The…
Swiss Finance Minister Advances Ties on Visit to Kazakhstan
ASTANA – Several meetings were conducted with Kazakh ministers during the recent official visit by the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance and Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. A Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation was signed between the Kazakh Ministries of Finance and the Swiss Federal Department of Finance. “The memorandum foresees the exchange…
Kazakh FM Says Multi-Vectored Foreign Policy Rooted in Nomadic History, Geography
Idrissov speaks on EEU, relations with Russia, China, West ASTANA – In a July 2 interview with Liter daily newspaper, Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov discussedchanges in Kazakhstan’sforeign policy over the past ten years, the current status of relations with major foreign partners and efforts by the government to attract investment including through easing…
“Eternal Nostalgia” Premieres in English at ENU, Hopes to Go International
ASTANA – The Shanyrak Youth Theatre of Astana’s Eurasian National University (ENU) staged a drama by famous Kazakh playwright Zhotai Zhumat, “Eternal Nostalgia,” on June 28. The performance drew praise from those in attendance. Young director Zhambul Tlepov and his colleagues, current and former students of the ENU, staged the play to coincide with the…
Relations with Kazakhstan Are Strong, Dialogue is Building, Says Colombian Diplomat
Kazakhstan’s relations with countries of Latin America has seen a major expansion in recent months with mutual visits and exchanges. One such visitor recently was Ruben Dario Florez, Minister-Counsellor of the Colombian Embassy in Russia, concurrently accredited to Kazakhstan. He spoke to The Astana Times about the bilateral relations and his impressions of the country…
Bolashak Scholarship Makes Graduates, and Country, Competitive
The Bolashak presidential scholarship programme, introduced in November 1993, has since become a key ingredient in Kazakhstan’s history of independent development as well as an intergral part of the country’s image abroad. To learn about the current status of the programme and its future, we spoke to Gani Nygymetov, the President of the JSC Centre…
Energy, Industrial Cooperation Agreements Signed During Visit of Italian Prime Minister
SCHUSCHINSK – Two cooperation agreements were signed and prospects for expanding cooperation in energy, agriculture and transportation were discussed during the meeting of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi on June 12 in the Burabai resort area near here, approximately 250 kilometres north of Astana. Renzi was in Kazakhstan on…
Kazakhstan, Hungary Enter into Strategic Partnership in Budapest
Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov met with his Hungarian counterpart and other officials on June 3 in Budapest to discuss bilateral trade and economic cooperation. During Massimov’s talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly Laszlo Kever, it was noted that Kazakhstan is Hungary’s largest trading partner among the…
Integration without insinuations: Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister says Eurasian Economic Union to become “an international organisation of regional economic integration”
On May 29, 2014 in Astana the presidentsof Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia will sign a Treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union. Thus, the idea of the Kazakh leader on the formation of a fundamentally new association of the 21stcentury, which works on the principles of equality, mutual benefit and taking into account…
