Articles by Meruyert Abugaliyeva

Kazakh healthcare minister reports on new infrastructure development plan

ASTANA – Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov recently briefed the government on the Unified Healthcare Infrastructure Development Plan developed by the ministry and local executive authorities seeking to make the national healthcare system more compact and efficient. “As a result of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Health Care Review, experts approved the…

Young Kazakh researcher combines science and entrepreneurship

ASTANA – Dias Tastanbekov, one of the 100 New Faces project winners, exemplifies hard work and a thirst for knowledge. He works with entrepreneurs on the Zertis aeroponic greenhouse to produce green vegetables, while simultaneously researching biodegradable bone fixation implants for his PhD and running a rocketry school to make science attractive to children. “My…

We can contribute to modernising Kazakhstan’s identity, says Belarussian ethno cultural centre leader

ASTANA – Dmitry Ostankovich, leader of Radima Belarus ethno cultural centre, recently noted ethnic Belarussians living in Kazakhstan will make every effort to promote the virtues associated with Kazakhstan’s identity modernisation. He spoke about this and other topics in a recent interview with The Astana Times. Of approximately 60,300 Belarussians currently residing in Kazakhstan, most…

13 enterprises worth 9.4 billion tenge launched in South Kazakhstan in 2017

ASTANA – Thirteen enterprises were established in the South Kazakhstan region last year under the National Programme of Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development for 2015-2019. The programme aims to boost economic diversification and improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. The new enterprises started manufacturing various goods and created new jobs in the first 11…