Alakol Lake officials announce $78 million tourism infrastructure investment

NUR-SULTAN – Thirty billion tenge (US$78.3 million) will be invested in the next four years in infrastructure projects at Alakol Lake, a popular beach vacation destination between...


Kazakhstan to launch Jastar Kerueny domestic tourism promotion project

NUR-SULTAN – Jastar Kerueny, the domestic tourism promotion project devised by creative young Kazakhs collaborating with established influencers, will launch Aug. 12, reported Kazinform. The project is...


Nur-Sultan to incorporate President’s directives on improving living standards into capital’s social, economic development

NUR-SULTAN – The capital’s akimat (administration) will incorporate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s call for government to improve living standards in the city’s social and economic development, said Nur-Sultan...


Kazakhstan to automate truck dimensional measurements

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development will be automating the process regarding truck dimensional measurements. The update will eliminate the human factor, thereby...


Kazakh President establishes National Council to strengthen public’s engagement in reform agenda 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev established July 17 the National Council of Public Trust to make government more responsive to the people.  The National Council is...


E-kyzmet system to better connect performance to promotion of civil servants 

NUR-SULTAN – The Civil Service Affairs Agency is planning to use the E-kyzmet system to monitor civil servants’ career promotion as the meritocracy principle remains one of...


Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan agree to bring trade turnover by $1 billion in 2020

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to bring their trade to $1 billion in 2020 during the recent visit of Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin to Bishkek...


Kazakh children win medals at Winners Games for cancer survivors

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh children won medals at the July 3-8 World Children’s Winners Games for cancer surviving children in Moscow. Expenses for some of the participants were...


Kazakhstan hopes to complete main restoration of Arys by August, says Prime Minister

NUR-SULTAN – National and local officials hope to finish by Aug. 1 the most important repairs to the town of Arys, which was heavily damaged June 24...


Great Steppe History travelling exhibition opens in Taldykorgan

NUR-SULTAN – The Great Steppe History travelling exhibition opened July 13 in an exhibit centre in Taldykorgan in the Almaty Region, reported Tengrinews.kz. “The idea of the...


Kazakh food producers display samples at Minsk exhibition

NUR-SULTAN – The largest Kazakh producers of flour and pasta, sauces and oil, fat products, canned meat, natural drinks and confectionery presented their products in Minsk, July...


Palace of Martial Arts opens in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – The new, government-sponsored Palace of Martial Arts opened July 6 in the capital. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the opening. The 32,000-square-metre, $50.8 million centre...


Kazakhstan seeks airline services expansion at Routes Silk Road 2019 forum

NUR-SULTAN – The forum Routes Silk Road 2019 gathered July 15-17 more than 250 people from business, government and aviation in panel sessions and 800 face-to-face meetings...


Established retailer Wildberries to assist emerging Kazakh entrepreneurs

NUR-SULTAN – Wildberries General Director Tatyana Bakalchuk and Kazakh Invest Deputy Chairman of the Board Ruslan Issatayev signed a memorandum July 9 launching electronic expertise centres to...


AIFC develops regulations for loan- and investment-based crowdfunding platforms

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), the financial regulator of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), introduced the first regulatory framework for loan- and investment-based...


Enthusiast volunteers preserve, revive Qoi-Tobet Kazakh aboriginal shepherd dogs

NUR-SULTAN – Bauyrzhan Khibash, an animal enthusiast from the Atyrau Region, has been volunteering to preserve and revive Kazakh aboriginal shepherd dogs for 15 years with the...


Meat processing plant opens in Akmola Region

NUR-SULTAN – KazBeef Group opened a meat processing plant July 11 in Schuchinsk in the Akmola Region, reported the Kazakh Invest press service.   The company is...


Kazakh students to pay part of tuition by volunteering with social organisations

NUR-SULTAN – Starting in September, Kazakh students will be able to pay a part of their tuition by volunteering, said Director of the Department of Higher and...


Kazakh President reviews 2019 socio-economic development efforts, seeks more jobs, aid to most vulnerable, better conditions for business and investment

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reviewed July 15 Kazakhstan’s 2019 socio-economic development efforts as he chaired the expanded session of the Government, the first under his...


Children’s book series introduces Central Asia to readers of all ages, backgrounds

NUR-SULTAN – Author Marina Abrams is introducing Central Asia to people of all ages in the English and Russian-language illustrated book “Orange and Blue: The World of...


Paralympians from 78 countries compete for 20 gold medals at Nur-Sultan’s World Para Powerlifting Championships

NUR-SULTAN – Four hundred and forty-one Paralympians from 78 countries are competing for the World Para Powerlifting Championships’s 20 gold medals in the capital’s Congress Centre July...


Kazakh chess players win 2019 Asian Juniors Championship medals

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh chess player Assel Serikbai won the Asian U-20 Championship, which took place June 30 to July 9 in Surakarta, Indonesia. Kazakh player Nazerke Nurgali...


UN agency, Kazakh government host Arms Trade Treaty workshop in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN –The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the Kazakh Government hosted July 3-4 in Nur-Sultan the Arms...


Kazakhstan aims to increase production of, reduce prices for locally-produced electric cars

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan wants to increase production of and lower prices for electric cars in the country, said Vice Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Amaniyaz Yerzhanov...


Mobile virtual network operator Izi enters Kazakh market

NUR-SULTAN – Izi, a new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) that provides its services exclusively online, has entered the Kazakh market, reported Forbes.kz. The operator is using...


Kazakhstan plans to abandon EDS to receive electronic services

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government is planning to facilitate receiving electronic services by using one-time Short Message Service (SMS) passwords or single identification numbers rather than an...


Kazakh government adopts roadmap to double foreign direct investment by 2025

NUR-SULTAN – The Coordination Council adopted a roadmap to attract investment to Kazakhstan at the July 10 council meeting chaired by Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin. The...


Altyn Adam World exhibition tour opens in North Macedonia

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Museum opened The Great Steppe: History and Culture exhibition July 11 at the Macedonian National Archaeological Museum in Skopje. The display, part...


Disney concert raises more than $18,000 to support Kazakh inclusive education 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh singers performed well-known Disney movie soundtracks in their native language July 6 at the Zhuldyzdar Sherui (Stars Parade) charity cinema concert in Almaty. The...


Astana Opera Ballet performs in Lithuania

NUR-SULTAN – Astana Opera Ballet staged a gala programme July 9 in Kaunas, Lithuania. The performance received high praise from both local critics and the audience, reported...