New Shymkent District under Construction
ASTANA – Construction of a new district in Shymkent aims to develop the city as the third major city of the state under the order of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Construction of so called “Shymkent City,” a new administrative and residential area started recently. “Today is a fateful moment, when we start to build our…
Batyr Arular Competition Announces Best Servicewomen of 2016
The names of winners of the Batyr Arular Second National Contest of Female Soldiers were recently announced. Eighty participants competed for the right to be called the best servicewoman of 2016. After the open voting, which was held on the website of the Ministry of Defence from the beginning of April to the end of…
EU, Kazakh General Prosecutor’s Office Conduct Seminar on Strategic Planning, Project Management
ASTANA – The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan with the support of the European Union project “Enhancing Criminal Justice in Kazakhstan” organised a workshop May 26-28 for representatives of law enforcement and judicial authorities on the basics of strategic planning and project management in Zerenda in the Akmola region. “The EU project ‘Enhancing Criminal Justice…
International Archaeologists Examine Ancient Mounds of East Kazakhstan
An international team of historians and archaeologists has started large-scale excavations of five ancient monuments in East Kazakhstan, reported the InfoCentre of the region. The archaeological expeditions are being conducted in the Berel mounds in the Katon-Karagai district, the Shiliktinsk Valley in the Zaisan district, Ablaikit fortress-monastery in the Ulan district, Kyrykungir monuments in the…
Ethnographic Camp Allows Visitors to Live as Ancient Nomads
The Nomads of the Great Steppe ethnographic camp will open its doors June 10. The three-day festival will be organised on the Ili River in the Almaty region and held under the motto: “Living in the present, thinking about the future, without forgetting the past!” According to the organisers of the event, the ethnographic recreation…
Internet Platform Provides Information for Entrepreneurs, Investors in Kazakhstan
The Atameken Centre for Monitoring and Market Expertise recently launched a Business Register, an online business platform listing local entrepreneurs and foreign investors. According to the head of Atameken, Nariman Tulegenov, the website – located at www.businessreestr.kz – is designed to work in the business-to-business format and contains information about all entrepreneurs who legally operate…
National Geographic Magazine Photo Exhibit Opens in Astana
The exhibition of the Fifty Best Photos of National Geographic magazine opened May 27 in the National Museum of Kazakhstan in Astana, as part of the official presentation of the National Geographic Kazakhstan publication, reported the press service of the museum. The exhibition features some of the most amazing pictures that have been created during…
Small Kurultai of Kazakhs Held in Europe
ASTANA – A traditional small kurultai (assembly) of Kazakhs in Europe was held May 14-15 in Cologne, Germany, and gathered about 2,000 representatives of ethnic diasporas from Germany, the U.K., France, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey and the U.S. At the opening ceremony, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Germany Bolat Nussupov read…
State Bodies Prepare to Transfer Functions to Competitive Environment
ASTANA – First Deputy Minister of National Economy Marat Kussainov talked about implementing the 97th step of the Plan of the Nation that expands opportunities for citizens to participate in decision-making process through the development of self-regulation and local government during the meeting of the lower house of Parliament on May 17. Kussainov also discussed…
Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sport, Russian Union Agree to Cooperate
ASTANA – A press conference dedicated to the premiere of the Russian movie “Tak slozhilis zvezdy” (That’s the Way the Stars Aligned) was held in Moscow on May 17. During the press conference, the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia signed a memorandum on cooperation in the…
Finnish Secretary of State Praises Kazakh Peace Initiatives
The meeting of the Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Peter Stenlund and Kazakh Ambassador to Finland Murat Nurtleyov took place on May 9, reported the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The officials discussed further perspectives of bilateral cooperation between the states in political and economic…
Police to Patrol Yessil on Domestically Assembled Boat
ASTANA – A Kazak-produced Kazboat-47 police patrol boat is out to patrol in the water area of the Yessil River in Astana, reported the press service of the capital’s department of internal affairs. The police boat features a signalling loudspeaker with a flashing light, portable radio station, life vests, fire extinguishers and first aid medical…
Moldova Expresses Interest in Buying Kazakh Railroad Products
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) President Askar Mamin and the head of the Railroad of Moldova Yuryi Topal held a meeting in Astana on April 25. The Moldovan representative expressed the high interest of his company in purchasing Kazakh railroad products, reported the press service of KZT. During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of bilateral…
Astana Commemorates Kazakhs Who Helped Clean up after Chernobyl
Astana recently held a ceremony honouring the more than 30,000 Kazakhs who helped clean up and mitigate the consequences of the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. The ceremony started with a minute of silence followed by the laying of wreaths at a monument. The people who helped clean up the accident and…
New Centre for Children with Disabilities Opens in Taraz
The new modern Centre for Psychological and Pedagogical Correction for Children with Disabilities was opened in Taraz on April 20, reported the press service of Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund. This is the fifth centre to be opened in Kazakhstan as part of the Dara Charitable Fund programme supported by Samruk Kazyna. Specialists will work…
Kazakh Residents’ Currency Preferences are Changing, Say Experts
ASTANA – Raising rates on deposits in tenge has affected Kazakh residents’ currency preferences, according to analysts at Ranking.kz. Deposits in the national currency showed record growth in February, with the volume increasing by 8 percent to 1.53 trillion tenge (US$4.54 billion) compared to the previous month, reported Kazpravda.kz. At the same time, currency deposits…
More Kazakh Products to be Exported to Tajikistan
Kazakh and Tajik businesses recently signed agreements to export from Kazakhstan to Tajikistan grains from the Akmola region, flour and pasta from Aktobe, Kyzylorda rice, Kostanay sweets and cement from Taraz, according to the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan. The agreements were signed as a result of meetings of Kazakh businesspersons with Tajik colleagues. “Tajik…
Air Astana Boeing 767 Passengers Will Soon be Able to Surf the Web
ASTANA – Air Astana will install the Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) high-speed broadband Internet system in Boeing 767 planes, starting September 2016. The airline will become one of the first around the world to implement the GX system for its passengers, according to a recently signed contract with air transport IT provider Rockwell Collins. “As…
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Reduces CO2 Emissions
The press service of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Company (KTZ) recently announced that the volume of the company’s carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere has been reduced by 1.5 percent during 2014-2015. According to the press statement, the negative impact on environment was downgraded thanks to the implementation of prescribed measures of environmental legislation.…
Kazpost Opens Second Self-Serve Centre in Astana
Kazpost recently announced the opening of its second automated postal service point in Astana. This is a new self-service format to send and receive packages. According to the Kazpost press statement, the opening of the second point was dedicated to the Nauruz celebrations. By the end of the current year, one more is planned to…
Hazrat Sultan Mosque Launches Online, 3D Tour
The Hazrat Sultan mosque in Astana has introduced a virtual tour on its website www.muslim.kz/ru/virtual-tour. The option offers virtual guests 3D panoramas of what is inside the biggest mosque in Central Asia. The name of the mosque, which was first opened in July 2012, means the Holy Sultan and was proposed by Kazakh President Nursultan…
Barsakelmes Nature Reserve Added to UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves
ASTANA – Located in the Sahara-Gobi Desert zone of the Aral Sea basin, the Barsakelmes Nature Reserve was added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) during a meeting of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of UNESCO in Lima, Peru on March 18 and 19, according to…
Top Gear’s Extreme G-Wagen Arrives in Almaty
ASTANA – Top Gear TV are shooting a series of episodes in Kazakhstan in late March and early April. Top Gear is a British television show about cars considered one of the most commercially successful television and radio shows of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It has been airing since 1977 and is watched by…
Astana Improves Public Transport System
The Astana LRT (light rail transit) recently developed a modernisation programme for the capital transport system for 2015-2019. The company and city administration for public transport and roads conducted an analysis, identifying the following problems: low pass-through capacity of streets, growing number of public transport users, increase in cars, shortage and poor condition of public…
KazGUU Academic Diplomatic Club Hosts Farewell to UAE, Japanese Ambassadors
ASTANA – The South African Embassy to the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway together with the KazGUU Academic Diplomatic Club hosted a farewell event Feb. 15 in honour of the outgoing Ambassador of Japan Masayoshi Kamohara and his spouse and the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Suhail Matar…
