Kazakh Singer Dimash Kudaibergen Inspires Foreign Vocalists, Composers To New Musical Heights
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh pop singer Dimash Kudaibergen’s voice touches the souls of millions around the world. Professional vocalists translate and cover his songs, while Russian composers gladly gift him new ones. Talented Chilean vocalist Jonathan Donoso, 32, has been creating covers for the singer’s songs for more than a year. Donoso has been following Kudaibergen’s…
Kazakh Central Election Commission Accredits 29 Foreign Observers, Registers Two Newly Rebranded Parties
NUR-SULTAN — The Kazakh Central Election Commission (CEC) commented on the status of accreditation of foreign observers to deputy elections in the Majilis (lower chamber of Parliament) and the Maslikhats (local representative body) during the Nov. 20 virtual meeting of the commission. The commission scheduled the election for Jan. 10, 2021. As of Nov. 20,…
G-Global To Introduce Global Silk Road Prize, Create Permanent Organizing Committee
NUR-SULTAN — The G-Global International Secretariat announced the introduction of the Global Silk Road Prize to the agenda of 2021 G-Global and proposed to create a permanent organizing committee for the congress during the Nov. 19 virtual plenary session of the 2020 G-Global. 21st Century international congress. The proceedings started Nov. 18. The G-Global congress…
Lonely Planet Travel Guide Highlights Kazakhstan As 2021 Travel Destination With Best Authentic Accommodation
NUR-SULTAN – The Australian-based Lonely Planet travel guide book listed Kazakhstan among its 2021 Best in Travel destinations. The travel giant also placed Central Asia at the top of 2020 Best in Travel regions in January. The list usually includes the Best in Travel cities, countries, and regions. The 2021 travel guide split the single…
Kazakhstan To Supply Kyrgyzstan With 400 Medical Ventilators, 2 Million Masks
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will provide Kyrgyzstan with 400 sets of mobile medical ventilators for intensive care units and two million medical masks produced at Kazakh enterprises, the prime minister’s press service reported. The Kazakh government will render humanitarian assistance on behalf of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as part of the fight against coronavirus, the press…
Kazakh FM Stresses Kazakhstan’s Commitment To Establishing Interfaith Dialogue
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated in the Nov. 16-17 third Ministerial Conference to Advance Religious Freedom, the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign affairs press service reported. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and US State Secretary Mike Pompeo co-chaired the videoconference. Tileuberdi stressed Kazakhstan’s efforts in ensuring religious freedom of citizens, as well as…
Dimash Kudaibergen Shares Glimpse Into His Personal Life With Muz TV
NUR-SULTAN – World-famous Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen spoke about his childhood, the aftereffect of fame, day-to-day life, his creative team, his music, and his future in an interview with the Muz-TV channel general director Arman Davletyarov. While many people jump from occupation to occupation interchangeably throughout their lives, Kudaibergen knew that he wanted to pursue…
Kazakhstan Substantially Lowers Its Vulnerability To Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing
NUR-SULTAN – The annual report of the 2020 Basel AML Index ranked Kazakhstan 73rd among 141 countries in terms of the level of risk in the area of illegal money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF). This is a significant improvement for Kazakhstan as it jumped up by 45 points compared to its 2019 ranking. This…
Kazakh Animators To Produce Cartoons About Kazakh Culture, Promote Them On Netflix, ivi
NUR-SULTAN – Although quarantine restrictions paralyzed the Kazakh cinema industry for months, the industry has recently started to revive. Kazakh animators have high ambitions and confidence in streaming their cartoons on the world’s biggest streaming entertainment services such as Netflix, ivi, and Amediateka. In July, the Kazakh National Cinema Support Center approved funding of 1.1…
Ancient Kazakh Board Game Gains Popularity Among Top Intellectual Schools Students
NUR-SULTAN – The students of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) all over Kazakhstan have recently got the hang of Togyz Kumalak (nine stones). It is an ancient two-player strategy board game that is played in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Scientists estimate that the game might date back 4,000 years ago. Kyrgyzstan even included it in its program…
Turkish Business Circles To Invest $160 Million Into Kazakh Economy
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government and Turkish business circles signed five preliminary agreements on a number of projects worth $160 million during the Nov. 9 Kazakh government’s visit to Istanbul, Kazakh Invest reported. The parties expect to begin new investment projects in infrastructure, machinery building, food processing, and woodworking by the end of 2020. The…
Nur Otan Maslikhat Party Lists Get Younger Delegates, Multiple Female Representatives
NUR-SULTAN – Nur Otan, Kazakhstan’s ruling party, with branches in Shymkent, and Almaty finalized party lists for their maslikhats (local representative bodies) and party lists of candidates for the Majilis (lower chamber of Parliament) during the Nov. 10-11 extraordinary conferences. The Shymkent and Almaty maslikhats selected 60 and 78 candidates, respectively, depending on their branch…
Kazakh Economy Records Growth in Real Sector, Says Economy Minister
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government summed up social-economic development from January to October during the Nov. 10 government meeting. The real sector of the economy demonstrated growth dynamics in almost all sectors despite the global slowdown, said Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov. The Kazakh economy observed the biggest growth in its automotive industry, which…
Turkish Manufacturer MFA Mask to Build Plant Worth $9 Million in Nur-Sultan
NUR-SULTAN – MFA Mask, one of the largest Turkish respiratory masks manufacturers, will build a plant producing respiratory masks on the territory of Astana – in the New City special economic zone (SEZ) in Nur-Sultan. The project will cost approximately $9.3 million. The enterprise will produce respirators of the FFP2 and FFP3 class, gas masks,…
Kazakh Student Orchestra Brings Kazakh Sound to Famous Songs, Instills Love to National Compositions (Video)
NUR-SULTAN – Before the pandemic, Nazarbayev University students and faculty would book the biggest 1,000 seat-capacity hall in the first three minutes when tickets went on sale – all to listen to the NU Orchestra covering famous songs with classical and Kazakh national instruments. The orchestra always sandwiches popular modern themes such as the one…
Kazakh Hyperrealist Sculptor Creates Silicone Rubber Dummy of Abai
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh self-taught hyperrealist sculptor Aidos Yesmagambetov created a realistic sculpture of Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayev to commemorate his 175th anniversary. The sculpture has even the tiniest details such as blood vessels in the eyes and hairs on the hands. According to Yesmagambetov, the sculpture is “the result of four months of…
International Community Expresses Interest In Kazakhstan’s Experience With Jusan Operation
NUR-SULTAN – The international community has again expressed interest in Kazakhstan’s experience in the rehabilitation and adaptation of believers who have suffered from radical ideologies, according to zakon.kz Alim Shaumetov, the director of the Aqniet information-propaganda and rehabilitation center, spoke about Kazakhstan’s experience at a recent virtual conference with diplomats from more than 30 foreign…
Kazakhstan Finalizes Plan to Restore Native Turanian Tigers In Ile-Balkhash Region
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources finalized the restoration plan for Turanian tigers in Central Asia, the ministry’s press service reported. The ministry designated a 15-year long program for the restoration of a tiger in the southern shore of the Balkhash Lake and the region of the Ili River delta.…
Kazakhstan To Tap Into Vast Potential In Developing Organic Agriculture
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has ample opportunities to develop the country’s own organic agriculture, said Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov at the Nov. 3 virtual meeting of the 32nd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) regional conference, the ministry’s press service reported. Kazakhstan will focus efforts on improving product quality, as well as…
ATP 250 Astana Open Tennis Tournament Participants Bring Their Best With Intense Matches
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s first ATP 250 Astana Open Tennis tournament ended Nov. 1 at the National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan. The pandemic cut down the tournament draw, which made the participation in Astana Open a lucky opportunity to gain additional points in the rankings. The contestants played long and intense games. Australian tennis player John…
Kazakhstan Leads in Post-Soviet Space in Security Rating, Strives For More Improvement
NUR-SULTAN – The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) placed Kazakhstan 70th in the Global Peace Index (GPI) ranking, the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness, inform.kz reported. “Kazakhstan entered the list of states with a fairly reliable level of security, taking 70th place out of 163. Kazakhstan according to these findings came out on…
Kasteyev Museum To Put On Fourth International Doll Expo Dedicated to Fairytale Heroes
NUR-SULTAN – The fourth international Vmeste Navsegda (Together Forever) exhibition of art dolls will showcase 100 art dolls depicting mystical creatures and heroes of Kazakh, Russian, and the world’s tales and legends. Fifty Kazakh doll artists and 20 foreign artists from France, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia will gather in Almaty. The works of both…
Two Kazakh Nature Parks Join UNESCO’S World Network of Biosphere Reserves
NUR-SULTAN — The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO’s) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program added the Almaty and West Altai natural reserves to 25 new sites part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The International Co-ordinating Council of UNESCO’s MAB approved the additions during a virtual meeting Oct. 27-28, the UNESCO…
Kazakh President Praises South Korea’s Northern Policy Progress
NUR-SULTAN — Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev praised the South Korean government’s Northern Policy program during the Oct. 30 video address at the International Forum for Northern Economic Cooperation 2020 in Seoul, the Akorda press service reported. The 2020 forum theme is Global сhanges after COVID-19 and the Future of Northern Economic Cooperation. The Korean trade…
Kazakhstan Plans to Launch Electric Car Production by 2021
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin recently reviewed a few models of domestically produced electric vehicles, including electric busses, at the National Automobile Pavilion in Nur-Sultan. The prime minister reviewed electric crossovers of Chinese brands: the JAC (IEVS4, IEV7S), and NIO (ES6, ES8). The Association of the Kazakhstan AutoBusiness (AKAB) President Andrey Lavrentiev and…
