Articles by Diana Vassilenko

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh tennis players Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexander Bublik won their Aug. 27 first round matches at the United States Open Tennis Championship. Kukushkin defeated Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in five sets 3:6, 6:1, 6:4, 3:6 and 6:3, Vesti.kz reported. The match lasted more than three hours. Bautista Agut is the sport’s 10th…

NUR-SULTAN – The Qpost postal operator’s first online chatbot recently began helping customers on the post.kz website and Facebook page. On Aug. 28, it will also appear on the instant messenger Telegram. “Our new virtual assistant that was developed by using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and algorithms is able to quickly and efficiently track mailings…

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh professional boxer Gennady Golovkin will face Sergiy Derevyanchenko from Ukraine for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Middleweight Championship title at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York on Oct. 5. “Everyone knows that I consider Madison Square Garden as my home away from home, and there is nothing better than fighting…

NUR-SULTAN – Emoji Café, which only employs individuals with hearing difficulties, is the idea of Azamat Bazylov. An anaesthesiologist-resuscitator at Nur-Sultan Oncology Centre, he sold his house in the country and took a loan to start the social project. “I was once listening to the radio and heard the famous proverb ‘Give a man a…

NUR-SULTAN – The unique contemporary theatre Astanalyq Zamanaui Teatr (AZT) recently opened its doors to the public in the House of Friendship in Nur-Sultan with the support of the capital’s Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan. The new art centre opened with the premiere of a creative take on Shakespeare’s plays called “Shakespeare’s Dream.” What…

NUR-SULTAN – The ArmandaStar exhibition, designed to support the work of young artists as part of the Year of Youth in Kazakhstan, opened Aug. 2 at the National Museum. “Kazakhstan’s First President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, declared the year 2019 as the Year of Youth. In this regard, various events are being held to support our youth.…

NUR-SULTAN – Prime Minister Askar Mamin visited the Kostanai Region Aug. 14-15 where he was briefed on the progress of the region’s industrial and infrastructure development. Mamin visited the Severnyi microdistrict in Zarechnoye village, where, as part of the Nurly Zher Housing Programme, 279 houses are being built. “Now, there are 279 houses with an…

NUR-SULTAN – The capital’s top medical specialists held two master classes at the Akmola Region Multidisciplinary Hospital. The operations and surgical trainings at the leading capital clinics concerned pancreatic cancer and polytrauma. In the first class, surgical oncologist and National Scientific Medical Centre surgical department head Yerzhan Shayakhmetov, who is also a student of one…

NUR-SULTAN – Burabay is the most popular getaway for capital citizens and one of the most picturesque, budget-friendly and entertainment-filled mountain resorts in Central Asia. Burabay can be accessed by train from the Nur-Sultan 1 or Astana Nurly Zhol railway stations. The trip to Burabay takes two to four hours and the cost varies according…

NUR-SULTAN – Almaty-based Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases made two major advances in heart disease diagnostics and management in July. Its scholars improved the standards for the management of patients with chronic heart failure using modern telecommunication systems, and introduced a new method to diagnose heart ischemia (a restriction in blood supply…

NUR-SULTAN – The Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs is providing free training courses for businesswomen with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 15 regions of the country. “Now ADB, together with Atameken, is investing in workshops that take place in all regions of Kazakhstan from June to October. We believe it is…

NUR-SULTAN – The Saken Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University experimental bread and bakery production plant will start supplying reduced salt bread for its students and teachers. The action will be one of the key measures in preventing noncommunicable disease. “Excessive salt intake leads to metabolic disturbances in the body, such as water-salt balance disturbances, salt accumulation…

NUR-SULTAN – Qarqyn.kz is the capital’s first free social store, where people in need, large families, single-parent families and families of those with disabilities can choose anything from clothing and shoes to toys, furniture, appliances and food. “The first store was opened in Shymkent last year. We opened the second one in the capital on…

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Ballet theatre will present Sept. 19 Russian actor Konstantin Khabenskiy and writer Alexander Tsypkin who will read sad and funny stories about daily life. The evening’s programme is called Best & Seller and is part of the Bezprintsipnye Chteniya (No Principles Readings) Project, which involves prominent actors and writers reading modern…

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s first and only low-cost airline FlyArystan, which launched its first flight May 1 from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, recently carried its 200,000th passenger. The airline also reported the passenger load factor has been 94 percent, and 93 percent of the airline’s flights have been on time. More than half of the tickets sold…

NUR-SULTAN – The most numerous professions in Kazakhstan are secondary school teachers, accountants and store clerks, according to a labour market statistical analysis of the first-semester of 2019 data conducted by the Human Resources Development Centre of the country. The most in-demand jobs are security guards, waiters and orderlies. The estimated amount of hired workers…

NUR-SULTAN – Central Asia’s largest professional cycling race, Tour of Almaty, will take place Aug. 30 and 31. The race will be the seventh time Kazakhstan’s largest city has hosted the event. “Though we kept the two traditional stages, we slightly modified the route this year. As before, we attempted to cover different terrains –…