Articles by Nadezhda Khamitova

ASTANA – The pressing regional issue of the impact of the United States and NATO troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 was the key subject in focus at the first plenary session of the 11th Eurasian Media Forum in Astana on April 25. Speakers of the panel session included Iranian presidential candidate Hooshang Amirahmadi, Minister…

ASTANA – On April 25, the eleventh Eurasian Media Forum provided an opportunity for prominent international politicians, media personalities and experts to discuss issues of the greatest concern for the global community. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the forum with an address to participants. He noted that it was highly symbolic that, for the second…

ASTANA – Kazakhstan has started extensive preparations for EXPO 2017, Talgat Yermegiyaev, the head of the Astana EXPO 2017 national company, told the Central Communication Service briefing. Work has already started on drawing up the master plan and landscape designs for the EXPO site and they will be presented to the International Bureau of Expositions…

ASTANA – On April 25-26 Astana, will host one of its biggest annual events, the Eurasian Media Forum, which gathers hundreds of politicians, experts and media figures from dozens of countries to discuss pressing regional issues. President Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to address the opening session of the forum. The Astana Times interviewed forum director…

ASTANA – On March 31, KIMEP Alumni Association in Astana organized a charity concert for the residents of the state Home for the Elderly and Disabled to commemorate the Nauryz holiday. The event was held against a backdrop of heavy snow, but more than 30 former KIMEP students and their friends came to perform. Ibragim…

ALMATY – Saturday, April 6, saw the end of the second round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme held here, in Kazakhstan’s largest city. Though the first round of talks was considered more positive than negative, the second attempt to reach an agreement was not as productive. The two-day negotiations did not result in any…

ALMATY, April 5 – Representatives of the six world powers including China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Almaty today with the negotiators from Iran for the second round of Almaty talks on that country’s nuclear programme. Like in February, the Iranian delegation is headed by Secretary of the…

ASTANA – Paintball has found a home in the capital of Kazakhstan. Paintball is a team game, where players are eliminated or “killed” when they are shot with gelatin “bullets” – capsules containing paint. The aim of the game is to eliminate all opponents by marking them with paint. Each player has a gun called…

ASTANA – On February 27, after two days of talks between EU3+3 and Iran the parties agreed to hold a meeting of technical experts in Istanbul on March 18, to be followed by another round of high level talks in Almaty on April 5-6. While anticipations were low for the February meeting, it ended on…

ASTANA – On March 6, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the book “Kazakhstan in the International Community (Essays of Multilateral Diplomacy)” edited by former Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov (April 2011–September 2012) at the National Academic Library in Astana. The presentation was dedicated to the 21st anniversary of Kazakhstan’s accession to the United Nations, which…

ALMATY – Negotiators from China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States gathered here on Feb. 26 for talks with Iran aimed at finding a solution to a protracted dispute over its nucler programme and the concerns the international community has about it. The talks, co-chaired by the EU foreign policy chief…

ASTANA – At 1:30 pm on January 29, a Challenger-200 passenger jet crashed just a few kilometres outside of Kazakhstan’s largest city. The plane, belonging to SCAT Airlines, was performing a regular flight on route DV 760 Kokshetau–Almaty when it went down. According to airline officials, 21 people were on board, including a two-year-old child…

ASTANA – On January 18, President Nursultan Nazarbayev held his annual meeting with the representatives of the foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited to Kazakhstan in the Akorda Presidential Palace here. In his welcoming speech, President Nazarbayev expressed his confidence that the coming year would be successful and productive for the development of bilateral…