Articles by Dilshat Zhussupova

ASTANA – Astana Akim (Mayor) Bakhyt Sultanov is readying the city for the upcoming winter season, reports the Astana Akimat (city administration) press service. “We must be fully prepared,” said Sultanov, who heads a commission that recently reviewed the city’s readiness for winter. “Municipal services should work like a clock so that citizens do not…

ASTANA – Almost 2.5 million people are expected to benefit from sustainable tourism development and greater regional connectivity in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul region as part of the Central Asia Regional Links programme’s third phase (CARs-3), reports devdiscourse.com. The third phase was approved by the World Bank in October, for which $55 million will be provided by…

ASTANA – The World Bank agreed at an Oct. 4 agricultural roundtable to provide a long-term $500 million loan and consulting to develop Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector. “We are ready to finance the construction of modern farming stations and provide technical support. The final terms of the loan and its purpose will be determined after discussing…

ASTANA – Kazakh track and field athlete Olga Rypakova has been officially recognised as the 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist after two other competitors were recently stripped of their medals for failing a drug test, reports the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Rypakova finished fourth at the Summer Olympics, setting an Asian Record of…

ASTANA – Several notable Kazakh graduates have attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Since 2017, many more students from Central Asia are having the opportunity to attend the prestigious public policy and administration institute. Initiated by his wife Gaukhar Kapparova and friends Yerbolat Dossayev, Berik Kaniyev and Yuriy Pak, the…

ASTANA – Hungry and observant city residents may notice an increase in the number of ready-to-eat food and drink locales popping up on Kazakh streets, reported forbes.kz. York Food, Butcher’s Street, Borough Cookhouse, Street Gourmet, The Bus Street, Vkusnyabus, Buter Bro, Hochu Ponchiki, Zhadina Govyadina, OM NOM NOM, ELIKS, THE BURGER and MANAKISH are just…

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for cooperation with Uzbekistan to create a Central Asian international trade zone and a Turkestan checkpoint during a Sept. 29 meeting on the region’s socio-economic development, reported the Akorda press service. “This will give the impetus for the development of the Turkestan region’s economy and the entire country.…

ASTANA – Environmental concerns were the topic of a conference Sept. 28 in New York on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly session. The session was part of the annual gathering of world leaders and decision-makers each September at the United Nations New York headquarters to set the agenda for the upcoming year.…

ASTANA – Medet Chotabayev, one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces, is an opera artist currently preparing for an Australian tour, where he will perform his most difficult role on the Melbourne Opera House’s stage. Chotabayev studied at the Accademia Internazionale di Canto in Pesaro, receiving the Beniamino Gigli International Singing Competition diploma in 2008. He…

ASTANA – “Find Your B – Find your inner Batyr” podcast founder and presenter Kairzhan Albazarov found himself deeply dissatisfied, anxious and lost in his youth. Thinking something was wrong with him, he distanced himself from understanding who he truly was, but still did not receive the approval he desired from others. Relying on self-help…

ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan announced plans to create a joint communications satellite serving the Central Asian states at a Sept. 21 international conference in the capital. The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) and Uzbek Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies also signed an updated memorandum of understanding at the inaugural meeting of the…

ASTANA – Astana will host the eighth World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Global Summit on Urban Tourism in 2019 following a decision taken at the recently concluded similar summit in the capital of South Korea. Seoul’s seventh Global Summit on Urban Tourism: A 2030 Vision for Urban Tourism gathered more than 1,000 participants from 57 countries…

ASTANA – Le Sallay International Academy in France offers children aged 10 to 14 the option of distance learning. The pioneering distance learning programme combines home study with a learning camp. Each term, students spend three to four weeks of their studies at the 16th century castle Château Le Sallay in a four-hectare private park…

ASTANA – Astana Marathon 2018 gathered 4,661 runners from 37 cities in Kazakhstan and abroad on a rather cold Sept. 16 morning. Organised annually since 2009, the run promotes a healthy lifestyle while raising money for charity. This year, the marathon entered the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) and is seeking to…

ASTANA – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will conduct events in September and October to support its Silk Roads Heritage Properties in Central Asia project, reports unesco.kz. The project involves training national experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the documentation, conservation and sustainable management of World Heritage properties and…

ASTANA – KIOGE (Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition) 2018, an oil and gas industry exhibition and conference, will assemble major industry players from Kazakhstan and abroad Sept. 26-28 at Almaty’s Atakent Exhibition Centre. The event will review topical issues in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry, such as introducing smart technologies and digitising oil production…

ASTANA – An electronic atlas of Kazakhstan’s sacred places and monuments will be created as part of the three-year project “Investment Potential of the Sacred Geography of Kazakhstan: Geospatial Monitoring, IT technology and Historical & Cultural Analysis in the Production of an Electronic Atlas of the Republic” led by Nazarbayev University (NU) associate professor Nikolay…

ASTANA – World-renowned musicians will perform a “Stars of the Performing Arts” concert at the Astana Opera Sept. 16. The opera house’s sixth theatrical season recently kicked off with the Sept. 8 concert “Astana Is My Beautiful Dream,” and audiences will soon be treated to Franz von Suppé’s overture “Poet and Peasant,” a concert suite…

ASTANA – Kassymkhan Kapparov, a graduate of Al-Farabi Kazakh and Yokohama national universities, studies macroeconomic trends as director and founder of the private institution Bureau for Economic Research in Kazakhstan. As a 2016 research fellow at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs’ Central Asia Programme, he examined his country’s public debt. In an…

ASTANA – PaperLab is a discussion platform offering scholars and state bodies the opportunity to be exposed to and critically reflect on each other’s expertise, views and decision-making. Launched in 2016 by Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan’s Public Policy initiative graduates Serik Beissembayev and Malika Tukmadiyeva, the platform supports young researchers and contributes to developing Kazakh expertise. The…

ASTANA – The second stage of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces project has kicked off, Kazkontent Chair Yevgeny Kochetov told a Central Communications Service press conference. The project’s aim is to recognise people who have attained significant professional success and to inspire Kazakhstan’s citizenry through the achievements of their countrymen. In its new stage, organisations will…

ASTANA – For Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, a young composer and one of Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces, the music in his mind flows directly to his pen, as he has written more than 100 classical compositions. “Music, for me, is a language of self-expression,” he said. “After all, culture is the memory of mankind and classical art,…

ASTANA – Almaty Day, a celebration of the city, cannot be contained in one 24-hour period. More than 100 activities are scheduled Aug. 25-Sept. 30, with the main holiday slated for Sept. 16, the traditional third Sunday of the first month of autumn. As the capital of Kazakhstan in 1929-1997, Almaty continues to be the…

ASTANA – Almaty International Airport plans to spend $140.8 million in upcoming years to build a new terminal, reconstruct runways and improve food service. The airport is the largest in Kazakhstan and was built in 1935. It accounts for half of the passenger traffic and 68 percent of cargo traffic in Kazakhstan. The airport’s existing…

ASTANA – The Astana Debate Community made history at the 2018 European University Debating Championship (EUDC) in Serbia, with a team from Kazakhstan reaching the English as a Second Language (ESL) quarterfinals for the first time. An annual English-language debating tournament for teams from European universities and held in the British Parliamentary Debate format, the…