- Wednesday, 26 August, 2026
- Almaty 61 °F / 16 °C
- Astana 57 °F / 14 °C
ASTANA – The Astana Times has curated articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest features topics such as the Jackson-Vanik amendment, the...
ASTANA – A cargo plane from Taiyuan city in North China’s Shanxi Province made its first delivery to Almaty on Oct. 23, Xinhua reported citing the city’s...
ASTANA – Chairman of Kazakh Invest National Company Yerzhan Yelekeyev met with representatives of large Chinese companies to expand investment cooperation during his working visit to China...
ASTANA – The Mazhilis, a lower house of the Kazakh Parliament, ratified an agreement between the Kazakh and French governments on Oct. 23, enabling the French Development...
ASTANA – Renewable energy sources provided 6.67% of total generation in Kazakhstan in January-September, according to the Energy Ministry’s document on electricity production by renewable energy sources...
ASTANA—Astana hosted a fashion show on Oct. 22 featuring the creations of nine talented Turkish designers. The event showcased Turkish designs and served as a bridge for...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan improves its position in the 2024 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, increasing its score from 0.53 to 0.54 points and ranking...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke about the nation’s unity and cohesion at an Oct. 23 ceremony of presenting state awards to mark the upcoming Republic...
ASTANA — Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel guide publisher, named Kazakhstan one of the best countries for travel in its annual Best in Travel 2025 ranking,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan tested Eutelsat-OneWeb broadband satellite internet services based at the Kokterek Space Communications Center in Almaty to enhance internet access in rural areas. Kazakh Minister...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan gathered 23.3 million hectares of crops this year, including 16.7 million hectares cultivated with grain. The fieldwork is reported as 99.7% complete. A total...
ASTANA – Kazakh and Uzbek business leaders signed 76 documents worth more than $352 million during the fourth Uzbekistan – Kazakhstan interregional cooperation forum, chaired by Prime...
ASTANA – On International Snow Leopard Day, marked on Oct. 23, The Astana Times explores Kazakhstan’s journey to preserve snow leopards, one of the world’s rarest mammals...
ASTANA – In collaboration with the Kazakh Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Binance Kazakhstan, a leading provider in the cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure space, will conduct...
ASTANA – Uzbekistan topped the list of tourists to Kazakhstan with 40,452 visitors, according to the statistics of the eQonaq system for September, the Tourism and Sports...
ASTANA — According to the Bureau of National Statistics, Kazakhstan’s population reached 20,201,849 as of Sept. 1, an increase of over 168,000 people since the beginning of...
ASTANA – One Water Summit aims to increase collaboration among states and major stakeholders with plans to deliver concrete solutions to global water challenges, the summit representatives...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government decided to allocate returned illegally acquired assets from the Special State Fund to finance two social projects, including a sports complex in...
ASTANA – The construction of a new customs terminal at the Dovut-Ota border post in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan, is nearing completion, the Uzbek Customs...
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov participated in the opening ceremony of the country’s longest bridge across the Bukhtarma Reservoir in the East Kazakhstan Region on...
ASTANA – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský reaffirmed both countries’ willingness...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan commemorates the 100th anniversary of Abdizhamil Nurpeisov, a prominent Kazakh writer, translator, and public figure, on Oct. 22. Born in 1924 in a small...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev underscored Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic’s long-term and beneficial collaboration, based on friendship and mutual respect during his meeting with Minister of...
ASTANA – Leading international futurists and experts discussed a synchronized vision of humanity’s future, based on principles of harmony and synergy given the rapid development of technology,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s contribution to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) budget will be 15.2%, as stipulated in a decree signed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Oct. 15....
ASTANA – Ministers of Economy and Trade of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) supported Kazakhstan’s initiatives to create a Turkic Green Finance Council, as well as...
ASTANA – The inaugural Astana Think Tank Forum 2024 took place in the Kazakh capital on Oct. 16-17, where participants explored the role of middle powers in...
ASTANA – Medical herbs cultivation initiative helps the rural women of the Kyrgyz Republic address the dual challenges of environmental degradation and economic hardship, according to the...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has established the council for strategic partnership with foreign universities, said Deputy Prime Minister Tamara Duissenova at an Oct. 18 meeting with the heads...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan has a unique opportunity to not only reduce its dependency on extractive resources but also to position itself competitively in high-value-added segments of the...
