A Blend of Unique Gorges, Mountains and Canyons Awaits Travelers in the Zhambyl Region
NUR-SULTAN – Amazing dunes, broad steppes, and majestic mountains – all these landscapes can be found in one place – the Zhambyl Region, the homeland of prominent Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev. The area, which is located in South Kazakhstan, is widely known for its hot climate, while only a few domestic and foreign tourists can…
The Saga of the Saigas: Once Endangered Red Book Species Now Threaten Cattle and Farmlands
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources at the July 14 expanded government meeting asking them to consider the problem of saiga regulation carefully, reports the presidential press service. He called the saiga, which is a small antelope with distinctive short trunks, a “sacred animal” for the…
Kazakh Scientists Discover Stone Age Artifacts in Country’s Oldest Cave
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh archaeologists excavated the household items of a person, supposedly of the Stone Age, in the Tuttybulak cave located in Syrdarya-Turkistan State Regional Natural Park in southern Kazakhstan, reported the Khabar TV channel on July 6. To date, it is the oldest cave found in Kazakhstan. The area was discovered in the middle…
Red Book Pink Flamingos Camping Near Lake Karakol Once Again Amaze Instagram Users (Video)
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh blogger from Aktau Nurken Tazhibay pleased Instagram users with a fascinating video of Red Book listed flamingos crossing Lake Karakol in the Mangystau Region in late June, reports Zakon.kz agency. Tazhibay’s followers noted how “beautiful these birds are.” Flamingos are the rarest birds in the country and among the three existing species…
Astana Opera House Artists Perform at Qyzyljar Music Fest in Petropavlovsk
NUR-SULTAN – Astana Opera House musicians and artists received a thunderous ovation after performing in the final two days of the open-air Qyzyljar music fest taking place July 1-7 in Petropavlovsk in northern Kazakhstan, reported the theater’s press service. The event gathered approximately 300 Kazakh, German, Italian and Bashkir performers in various areas of modern…
Kazakh Capital Sees Four-Fold Population Growth Over Past 24 Years
NUR-SULTAN – The population of the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan has increased almost four-fold to 1,262,000 people since the city was officially presented as the country’s capital at the international level in 1998, according to the Bureau of National statistics. Twenty-four years ago, 326,000 people lived in Akmola, the former name of the Kazakh capital. The…
Kazakh Schoolchildren Achieve Triumphant Victory at FIRST Tech Challenge UK and Ireland
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s national robotics team won two British off-season olympiads run by FIRST Tech Challenge United Kingdom and Ireland, reported the Kazakh Ministry of Education. The team has set an absolute record as they won 19 out of 20 games and received three awards from the jury. The first competition titled FIRST Tech Challenge…
Thousands Play Traditional Kazakh Music on National Dombra Day
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Kazakhstan’s citizens on National Dombra Day on July 3, reports the presidential press service. Dombra Day has been celebrated on the first Sunday of July since 2018. The dombra is a traditional musical two-stringed instrument. Dombra kuis (traditional composition played on dombra) have been included in the United Nations…
Camera Trap Spots Red Book Mountain Sheep’s Cub in Tarbagatai National Park First Time Ever
NUR-SULTAN – The cub of Kazakh argali (mountain sheep) was first caught on camera in Tarbagatai National Park in eastern Kazakhstan in mid-June, reported the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources on its Instagram. The photo of a female mountain sheep with her lamb was recorded on…
Rediscovering Kazakhstan’s Pearl – Burabai Resort Area
NUR-SULTAN – The pandemic boosted the development of domestic tourism and fostered the construction of new tourist facilities in resort areas. One of them is the Burabai resort area located in the Burabai National Park near the city of Kokshetau. Burabai, which is often called the Kazakh Switzerland due to its mountains, forests and lakes,…
Indonesian Dears Celebrate Fifth Anniversary of Fan Club Dedicated to Kazakh Pop Star Dimash Kudaibergen
NUR-SULTAN – Indonesian Dears, the term for fans of Kazakh pop singer Dimash Kudaibergen, gathered to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their fan club on June 29 in the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta, the Khabar TV channel reports. Created in 2017, the fan club consists of 10,000 people. On the same day, the…
Kazakhstan Fully Restores International Air Travel, Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Level
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has fully restored international air travel to pre-pandemic levels, said Civil Aviation Committee Deputy Chair Saltanat Tompieva during a June 30 press conference at the Central Communications Service. According to Tompieva, the country cooperated with 24 states along 99 routes before COVID-19 started to spread across Kazakhstan, while Kazakh airlines now operate…
Kazakhstan’s National Air Carrier Resumes On-Line Registration, Flight Schedules to China Announced
NUR-SULTAN – Air Astana has resumed online check-in for certain international flights via mobile app and company’s website, reported the airline’s press service. The service with the possibility of printing a boarding pass is available for flights from Kazakhstan to Antalya, Bodrum, Istanbul, Malé, Podgorica, Tbilisi, Batumi, Tashkent and Bishkek, and flights from Amsterdam, London,…
Kazakhstan Radically Increases Number of Grants For Local College Applicants
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government has allocated a record number of 128,000 student grants for local college applicants, which is 45,000 more grants than last year, the Central Communications Service reports. The initiative is dedicated to the Year of Children declared by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his New Year address. The largest number of grants…
Integration Processes Represent High Level of Interaction Between Turkic States, Says Mazhilis Chair Koshanov
NUR-SULTAN – The integration processes between the Turkic states have been developing at a high level, including through strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation, said Chair of Mazhilis, the lower house of the Kazakh Parliament, Yerlan Koshanov at the June 24 eleventh plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TURKPA) in Cholpon-Ata, reports Mazhilis’s press service.…
Kazakhstan Resumes Air Travel with China Two Years After Suspending Flights
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and China will resume flights from July 1, more than two years after being grounded, announced the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan. The timetable and routes are expected to be announced soon. China introduced new rules for Kazakh citizens to enter the country. Before departure, passengers must spend 10 days in self-isolation, monitor…
Kazakh People Continue to Make Efforts to Restore Aral Sea
NUR-SULTAN – Two Kazakh fishermen Akanzhan and Adilzhan Abdikov seek to revive fishery in their home, the Kyzylorda Region, and contribute to the small Aral Sea revival, reports the Khabar TV channel. The Small Aral Sea covers an area of a little less than 3,500 square kilometers and is the northern part of the shrinking Aral…
President Tokayev Reviews Preparation for Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
NUR-SULTAN – Speaker of the Senate Maulen Ashimbayev briefed Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the preparations for the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions scheduled for Sept. 14-15 in Nur-Sultan during their June 22 meeting, reported the presidential press service. The congress was first convened in 2003 upon the initiative of Kazakhstan’s…
Kazakhstan’s FDI Inflow Expected to Reach $25.5 Billion in 2026
NUR-SULTAN – The level of investment in fixed capital is expected to reach 25.1 percent of GDP, while the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) will account for $25.5 billion in 2026, according to the newly approved Investment Policy Concept until 2026, said First Vice Minister of National Economy Timur Zhaksylykov at a government meeting…
President Tokayev Encourages Kazakh Women’s Chess Team Ahead of Upcoming World Chess Olympiad in India
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev wished success to the women’s chess team of Kazakhstan as they prepare for the 44th World Chess Olympiad, scheduled to take place from July 28 to Aug. 10 in India’s Chennai, reports the presidential press service on June 22. Five female World Champions and Grandmasters – Zhansaya Abdumalik, Dinara…
TikTok Expands its Activities in Kazakhstan, Provides New Opportunities for Creators
NUR-SULTAN – TikTok, a short-form video hosting service, presented the TikTok For Business platform, which helps overcome business challenges, while revealing the creative potential of brands and an alternative approach to marketing at the June 15 press conference in Almaty, reports the company’s press service. The new platform is expected to open new opportunities for…
Kazakhstan’s Aktau Seaport Receives Green Certificate As Part of OSCE EcoPorts project
NUR-SULTAN – The Aktau port located on the east coast of the Caspian Sea has become the first port in Kazakhstan to receive the Ports Environmental Assessment System (SEEP) certification and EcoPort status from the European Sea Ports Organization (EMPO). This was announced by the port’s President Abai Turikpenbaev at the June 15 roundtable titled…
Fitch Agency Affirms Kazakhstan at ‘BBB’ Rating with Stable Outlook
NUR-SULTAN – The Fitch credit rating agency affirmed Kazakhstan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, according to the agency’s official rating which was issued on June 17. The key factors that maintain the country’s IDR are strong fiscal and external balances, which showed resilience to external shocks, and financing…
Unveiling the Life of Nomadic Kazakhs: Capital Nomad Fest Features Fighting Techniques, Traditional Weapons
NUR-SULTAN – The first Nomad Fest with the participation of a historical reconstructor, which is one of the rarest professions in Kazakhstan, gathered recently an inner circle of approximately 30 people so that they could fully plunge into the ambiance of the nomadic lifestyle in the vicinity of the Kazakh capital. Compared to local ethnic…
Stunning Video Features Mass River Crossing by Small Antelopes, Saigas, in Western Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN – The video, where numerous saigas, small antelopes with distinctive short trunks, cross the river in Western Kazakhstan, went viral on social media, reported Kazinform agency. The animal is included on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where it has been listed as a critically endangered species since…
