Kazakh athlete wins gold at World Sambo Championship
ASTANA – Yesset Kuanov won a gold medal in the up to 62 kilogrammes (kg) weight category at the World Sambo Championship in Sochi, reported Tass.ru. The event, held Nov. 9-13, gathered athletes from 93 countries. “In the weight category up to 62 kilogrammes the winner is Kazakh athlete Yesset Kuanov, who won in the…
New Kazakh sports drama to be unveiled in December
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s first sports drama television series, about the challenging path of a young man in a professional cycling, was shot in the country, 24.kz reports. As the producers note, the main characters of the series, “Arman Zholynda” (“Path of the Dream”) were shot without doubles. To make the show look as realistic as…
Kazakhstan to start aviation fuel production in 2018, reducing dependence on Russia
ASTANA – Three Kazakh oil refineries will start producing aviation fuel in the second half of 2018 and are expected to be able to fully supply the Kazakh market. “We expect that in the second half of 2018, we will fully supply domestic market with aviation fuel, and we will be able to control its…
Kazakh native, New York policeman wins 13th boxing victory
ASTANA – Kazakh native Dimash Niyazov, a boxer by day and New York City policeman by night, recently defeated American Agustin Mauras, reported vesti.kz. The pair appeared on the undercard of the battle between Daniel Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) and Luis Arias (18-1, 9 KOs). The fight was scheduled as a six-rounder, but Niyazov defeated…
Altyn Zhurek award winners named
ASTANA – The names of Kazakhstan’s newest charity givers were announced in October. Altyn Zhurek awards ceremony at Abay State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Almaty. Charity and philanthropy development among the Kazakhstan people have been gaining increasing support in the last few years. Business communities are also investing significant amounts to develop socially-important…
Nurlan Sauranbayev appointed Shymkent mayor
ASTANA – Nurlan Sauranbayev has been appointed new Akim (Mayor) of Shymkent, the third largest city in Kazakhstan. He replaced Gabidulla Abdrakhimov, who was appointed Secretary of Kazakhstan’s ruling Nur Otan party. Throughout his career, Sauranbayev worked in national companies, including Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, KazMunayGas, served as vice minister for industry and new technologies and…
Kazakh restaurant opens in Manhattan
ASTANA – While studying in the United States, Karaganda siblings Farida Gabbasova and Zhanibek Gabbasov missed the tastes of home. To treat themselves and others to their favourite foods, they have opened a small restaurant in Manhattan featuring Kazakh cuisine, reported 24.kz. “Everyone is trying to open their own cuisine in America: Chinese, Turks, many…
Kazakh investigators reopen case into banker’s death in 2004
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has reopened the investigation into the death of prominent banker Yerzhan Tatishev, who was shot during a hunt in December 2004. The case was reopened after former business executive Muratkhan Tokmadi’s recent confession in a KTK TV channel documentary to shooting Tatishev during the hunt. Tokmadi claimed in the…
Venture fund for financing start-ups to be based on AIFC
ASTANA – A venture fund providing early financing for start-ups will be created based on the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), said Ministry of Education and Science committee chair Bolatbek Abdrasilov during a Central Communications Service press conference. The pilot project, with the goal of stimulating productive innovations, is being implemented within the loan agreement…
Eurasian Intergovernmental Council agrees on member state digitisation programme, transportation policy
ASTANA –The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council (EIC), bringing together the heads of government of EAEU member states, signed agreements Oct. 25 in Yerevan advancing Eurasian Economic Union efforts to digitise member nations and formalise EAEU transportation policy for 2018-2020. The council meeting was attended by the heads of government of Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Kazakh…
Industrialisation initiative results in economic growth, creating jobs, more tasks set
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that around 1,060 projects were implemented and 100,000 jobs created as part of the industrialisation programme at an Oct.16 meeting with the Minister for Investments and Development Zhenis Kassymbek. The head of state emphasised the importance of implementing state and sectoral programmes and noted the interim results of…
Kazakhstan hosts CSTO Unbreakable Brotherhood 2017 exercises
ASTANA – The Unbreakable Brotherhood 2017 exercises on post-conflict resolution with the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) were launched on the Iliisky training ground in the Almaty region, reported the Kazakh Ministry of Defence press service. The manoeuvres, held Oct. 16-20, were another stage of the operational-strategic exercise Combat Brotherhood 2017.…
Kazakh scientists make strides in identifying genetic predisposition to disease
ASTANA – The National Centre for Biotechnology recently discussed advances in identifying diseases at the genetic level. “We find out disorders through DNA and this allows us to take timely measures. At a genetic level, we can determine such socially important diseases as oncology, cardiovascular diseases metabolic syndrome and metabolic disorders,” said head of the…
Nigmatulin urges support for Kazakh President’s initiatives at IPU forum
ASTANA – Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament) Nurlan Nigmatulin appealed to the world parliamentary community to support the counterterrorism initiatives of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Mazhilis press service reported. Nigmatulin reviewed Kazakhstan’s proposals and Nazarbayev’s efforts in strengthening regional and global security for the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary…
Kazakh government, UNDP to support 15 city energy saving projects
ASTANA – Fifteen Kazakh cities, including the capital, Kostanai, Shymkent and Taraz, will install energy saving technologies by 2020 to reduce carbon intensity and enhance infrastructure energy efficiency, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Resident Representative Munkhtuya Altangerel during an Oct. 13 press briefing. The project will be implemented as part of an Aug.…
Khrapunovs summoned for interrogation by Kazakhstan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau is seeking to interrogate the former Akim (mayor) of Almaty and governor of the East Kazakhstan region Viktor Khrapunov and his wife Leila Khrapunova and others in relation to a corruption investigation. The bureau has found evidence it believes implicates these individuals in criminal acts, including the creation and…
New television channel kicks off in Kazakhstan
ASTANA – The ON! TV Channel has launched a joint project with Russian channel Pyatnitsa! to air some of Pyatnitsa!’s most popular programmes in Kazakhstan. “The strategic partnership is starting the renewed brand ON! Pyatnitsa. The audience of the channel will be able to access Pyatnitca! TV channel’s most popular programmes, such as Revizorro, With…
University to produce solar generators in Shymkent
ASTANA – South Kazakhstan State University plans to begin manufacturing mobile solar power generators in Shymkent, University Head Zhumakhan Myrkhalykov announced at a recent government press conference. “Our mobile solar power installations are designed to provide electricity to remote villages and farms; they differ from common models by the features of a constructive solution,” he…
Astana Park named CIS’ best outdoor amusement park
ASTANA – Stolichniy (Capital) Park, which attracts 500,000-one million visitors annually, won the Best Outdoor Amusement Park award at the 15th Khrustalnoye Koleso (The Crystal Wheel) contest in Sochi. “It’s a result of many years of hard work aimed at developing leisure and cultural attractions in the capital. This is the first award in the…
Iranian investors to open sausage production plant in East Kazakhstan
ASTANA – Iranian producers are set to open a plant for non-waste meat processing in Semei, according to the press service of the East Kazakhstan region’s akimat (administration). The project was discussed at a meeting attended by Akim (Governor) of the East Kazakhstan region Daniyal Akhmetov with the leadership of the Agro Portal Kazakh-Iranian company.…
Dimash Kudaibergen becomes face of Kazakh national postal company
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national postal company Kazpost has signed Kazakh popular singer Dimash Kudaibergen as the face of its brand, according to the company’s press service. Born in Aktobe, Kudaibergen is a new Kazakh singing star enjoying a tremendous popularity abroad. He is enjoying particular popularity in China, after debuting in January and placing second …
Kazakh President visits manufacturing plants in Aktobe
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was briefed on the operations of a rail beam plant operating under the State Programme for Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development (SPAIID) during a recent visit to the Aktobe region, according to the Akorda press service. President Nazarbayev learned about the plant’s exports to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan and…
Kazakh President briefed on Baiterek project at Baikonur
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev was briefed on the latest in Kazakh-Russian cooperation on the Baiterek joint project at the Baikonur complex during a recent trip to the Kyzylorda region, according to the Akorda press service. “As part of our agreements with Russia, the strategic directions for the development of the complex are determined.…
Entrepreneurship plays role in helping to socially rehab former prisoners and probationers
ASTANA – Some of the actions planned to help socially rehabilitate former prisoners and citizens in probation were reviewed by Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov during the Sept. 25 Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) government hour. The government is not only interested in providing vocational training, but also in employing convicts while they serve…
New prisons will burden Kazakh budget, official says
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has abandoned plans to build new prisons as part of the public-private partnership (PPP) due to the high cost of the project, said Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov during a recent Mazhilis government hour. He addressed “measures taken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and local executive bodies to implement the…
