Pilot programme allows schoolchildren to buy meals using card controlled by parents
…control the purchase of healthy and unhealthy food online. Using cards instead of cash increases safety of the students as well, say officials. Photo credit: rg.ru. “As part of digitisation,…
New Law and More Filling Stations Planned for Liquid Petroleum Gas Cars
…Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik at the Oct. 8 enlarged meeting of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Committee, according to tengrinews.kz. Varvara Gutchenko, manager at Gazcenter, a major service…
Kazakh Film ‘Overcoming Barriers’ Featuring Horse Culture in Central Asia to Compete in Major Festivals in Turkey, Greece, USA
…domestic animals.” For nomadic Kazakhs, horses were their means of transport, loyal friends, indicators of wealth and status, even sacred animals with healing powers. Absent was born at the Lugovsky…
OpenU – Kazakhstan’s massive open online courses
ASTANA –WikiBilim public foundation and Kcell, one of the country’s largest mobile network operators, have launched the new online project, Open University (OpenU), a local analogue of Coursera, edX and…
E-commerce Sees Growth in Kazakhstan After Pandemic as Digital Economy Becomes New Reality
…are household appliances, cosmetics, computers, car parts, and construction materials. An increase in broadband internet coverage also pushed online sales up. According to Ranking.kz, as of April 2022, there were…
Kazpost Continues E-Services Evolution
…the situation, Kazpost realised the need to open a separate centre for servicing entrepreneurs in the field of e-commerce, to provide quality service to existing online shops, as well as…
Mortgage Services, Registration Now Accessible Online in Kazakhstan
…this service to large real estate objects, including multi-storied buildings and residential buildings, non-residential and other real estate objects. The implementation period is December 2021,” said Zhumabekov. The automation of…
From East to West: Foreign Media Contest Winners Awarded in Astana
…that great wealth of archaeology that is here, and how sophisticated, how cultured these people and how important they are, to the story of us, of humans on this earth…
Kazakh Stuntwoman Aliya Iskakova Wins Prestigious Award in Canada (Video)
…Stunts is an international action company, which was established in 2000 by Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov, an Honored Artist of Kazakhstan, stunt coordinator and Hitz International Action Team Member. The company, who…
Growing Global Nuclear Power Industry Requires Tighter Regulations
…to fluctuating natural gas prices. In addition, several countries in Africa, including Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia and Uganda, have expressed interest in generating electricity and…
