Articles by Galiya Nurzhan

ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Japan have agreed at a recent Tokyo meeting to dramatically expand their industrial cooperation and launch a new series of joint ventures beyond the energy sector. The projects will raise Japan’s investment in Kazakhstan’s industry, oil, gas and nuclear industries to a whole new level. Nine bilateral documents were signed at…

ASTANA – Sheraton style and luxury are coming to Aktobe. On Jan. 11, 2013, the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide of America and the Akcept Contraction Company of Kazakhstan signed a contract to build a new Sheraton Aktobe Hotel to open in 2013. It will be the first hotel of the famous international chain in…

ASTANA – Kazakhstan has signed an agreement with Toyota Motors to make its first-ever SUV in the country. On Feb. 12, the government and Toyota signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch Toyota’s Made in Kazakhstan project to manufacture Toyota’s Fortuner SUVs at the Saryarka Avtoprom automobile plant in Kostanay city. The factory will…

ASTANA – It’s about to get a lot easier to drive between Almaty and Astana, Kazakhstan’s two main business and government hubs. Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications plans to build a new road cutting the travelling distance between Almaty and Astana by 200 kilometres (120 miles) and reducing the travel time between the two…

The Akbulak Mountain Resort in the foothills of the Zailiysky Alatau Mountains is a picturesque place for family holidays, corporate events, business meetings, parties and training camps for athletes. Located about 40 kilometres east of Almaty at a height of 1,600 metres above sea level, the Akbulak resort has established itself as a prime location…

ASTANA – In keeping with the global trend for saving energy and resources, the Kazatomprom National Atomic Company (Kazatomprom) announced the development of a smart uranium mine project at the fifth seminar dedicated to the development of Kazakhstan’s uranium and atomic industries held on January 31 in Almaty. The implementation of the project will contribute…

ASTANA – On January 24, the Kazatomprom National Atomic Company reported its production activities in 2012. The company’s work has been conducted within its development strategy, aimed at keeping Kazakhstan’s current leading position in the world uranium market. Kazatomprom is becoming a transnational, vertically-integrated company involved in all stages of the atomic fuel cycle. It…

ASTANA – France has become one of Kazakhstan’s main trading partners and closest partners in Europe over the past two decades. Diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and France were established on Jan. 25, 1992, only three weeks after Kazakhstan declared its independence on Dec. 16, 1991. The French Embassy in Kazakhstan was opened in March 1992,…

ASTANA – A new auto plant for the welding and painting of Nomad SUVs for Kazakhstan’s domestic auto market will open in Kostanay city over the next year. Agromash Holding has announced that the new plant will be turning out a new line of Nomad SUVs by the end of this year for the domestic…

ASTANA, January 3 – On December 25, as part of the Industrialization Day a new wave of major investment projects around the nation were launched as President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a nationwide teleconference with senior officials and leading industrialists. The president inaugurated work on high-speed 4G LTE (fourth-generation long-term evolution) networks in Astana and Almaty,…

ASTANA, December 29 – President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called on the government to develop a space tourism programme that will draw upon the legendary achievements and global reputation of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Space exploration is of strategic significance for the development of Kazakhstan and is considered to be a primary resource that makes the country…

ASTANA, Dec. 25 – In the years of national independence, Kazakhstan has made significant economic and social progress and has positioned itself as a leading state in addressing national, regional and global environmental problems. The initiatives of on closing the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, establishing a national policy of nuclear non-proliferation, destroying the country’s nuclear…

ASTANA – On January 17, The RTS Ministop Kazakhstan-Japanese joint venture opened its first combo-store under the Ministop trademark in Almaty. The joint venture plans to establish a convenience store chain worth about 10 million dollars around the whole of Kazakhstan. The combo-store, which combines the properties of convenience stores and fast-food restaurants, is a…

ASTANA, December 14 – The Highvill Construction Company of South Korea has been building a million square metre residential complex in the heart of Astana’s government area on the right bank since 2005. The complex is located next to the Palace of Peace and Harmony (the Peace Pyramid) and the President’s Park on the bank…

ASTANA, January 14 – On January 9, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a loan of $196.5 million to Kazakhstan to rebuild and expand the road connecting Shymkent City to the Uzbek border. The expansion is a part of the project to create the Western-Europe-to-Western-China international transport corridor. The expanded road will…

ASTANA, January 11 – The Kashagan giant oil field is set to enter commercial production in the first half of this year. The field is located in Kazakhstan’s offshore waters in the northern Caspian Sea and is the largest oil field in the world to be found and developed over the past 30 years. Ruslan…

ASTANA, November 12 – Since mid-October, scientists and researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy have been working on a project in the Akzhayik National Park of the Atyrau region to preserve its unique biodiversity and develop eco-tourism in the Caspian region. The Akzhayik Nature Reserve is located in the delta of the Ural…

EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION, November 12 – On September 27, World Tourism Day, East Kazakhstan opened its first regional tourism centre. The region is at a global crossroads with vast potential for future tourism growth. East Kazakhstan is located at the intersection of the nation’s borders with China and Russia. The major part of the region…