- Tuesday, 25 August, 2026
- Almaty 66 °F / 19 °C
- Astana 59 °F / 15 °C
ASTANA — Muay Thai is deepening cultural ties between Thailand and Kazakhstan by creating connections beyond language and politics, Ambassador of Thailand to Kazakhstan Piyapin Niyomrerks told...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan has begun construction of its first Robotics & AI complex on Aug. 18. According to the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, the...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s updated Foreign Policy Concept for 2020–2030 preserves the country’s balanced and pragmatic foreign policy while adapting it to a new constitutional framework, shifting geopolitical...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan plans to commission 845 megawatts of new power generation capacity in 2027 as part of a broader effort to meet growing electricity demand and...
ASTANA – Kazakh confectionery producer LOTTE Rakhat plans to enter the markets of South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand, expanding the international reach of one of the country’s...
ASTANA – Voter turnout in Kazakhstan has fluctuated considerably in recent national elections, with presidential contests drawing higher participation than the two most recent parliamentary votes, as...
ASTANA – A total of 777 foreign observers from 42 countries and 13 international organizations have been accredited to monitor Kazakhstan’s Kurultai election, Central Election Commission (CEC)...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expanding domestic fertilizer production to reduce import dependence, support agriculture and develop higher-value exports. Major nitrogen and potassium projects planned by 2030 could...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s foreign trade entered a stronger phase in January-June, with exports growing faster than imports and non-resource and processed goods gaining ground in major international...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s citizens will elect the members of the Kurultai, a new unicameral Parliament, on Aug. 23, putting a redesigned parliamentary and electoral system into practice...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s economy continued to expand in the first seven months of 2026, with investment and manufacturing providing an important source of growth even as mining...
By almost any measure, multilateralism is under pressure. Major powers are increasingly divided, conflicts are multiplying, and international institutions struggle to produce agreement on basic security challenges....
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s oil sector experienced a period of lower production in the first seven months of 2026, with production falling 8.9% to 53.2 million tons amid...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan is reporting continued growth in several rare ungulate populations while expanding programs to return animals that disappeared from parts of the country to their...
ALMATY – Air Astana has extended the cancellation of flights to Dubai from Almaty and Astana through Sept. 30 due to the continuing unstable situation in the...
ALMATY – More than 5,500 participants from over 80 countries are expected to gather in Kazakhstan’s capital on Sept. 9-10 for the ninth Astana Finance Days (AFD)...
ALMATY – Umit, the female Amur tiger released into the wild in Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve on July 31, is continuing to explore the region’s forests...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has identified 5.2 million hectares of non-forested land within its 31-million-hectare state forest fund as having potential for carbon projects, opening new opportunities for...
While the prevalent discourse in the 20th century centered on the importance of oil pipelines, gaining access to oil reserves and spotlighting countries controlling energy supplies ranging...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has returned 1.154 trillion tenge (US$2.5 billion) in assets to state ownership since launching its asset-recovery program in September 2023. The central question now...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expanding academic and scientific cooperation with leading universities and research institutions in Japan and South Korea. The country seeks to strengthen higher education,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Kurultai election campaign entered its final stretch, with nationally televised debates dominating the campaign. The debates offered voters an opportunity to compare the platforms...
ASTANA – The Caspian Sea is home to the Caspian seal, the world’s only seal species found exclusively in the Caspian Sea. The species spends most of...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expanding geological and geophysical exploration to strengthen its mineral-resource base and support a strategic shift toward deeper processing and higher-value production. By the...
Trump locks Europe out of AI models; China presents the counter-proposal — a global AI platform, and everyone’s invited. What Beijing wants and why Europe remains skeptical....
ASTANA – Three historians from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia explored how the Golden Horde continues to shape the historical narratives and identities...
ASTANA – A series of recent archaeological discoveries across Kazakhstan is offering new insights into the history, culture and everyday life of communities that lived on the...
One of the things that has surprised me most over the past year is how rarely my conversations with futurists actually stay focused on artificial intelligence. We...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan is advancing construction of the Data Center Valley in the Pavlodar Region, a large-scale computing infrastructure project intended to support artificial intelligence development, attract...
ASTANA — Healthcare, education and social protection are emerging as key areas of competition in Kazakhstan’s election campaign, with experts saying voters are increasingly looking beyond broad...
