External news in brief

The Kazakh Honorary Consulate and Kazakh Invest office for promoting investments opened recently in Split, the second largest city in Croatia. Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić,...


Business news in brief

More than 3.2 million people in Kazakhstan are employed in the small and medium-sized business sector, which is approximately 37 percent of the country’s employed population,  Kazakh...


National news in brief

An election monitoring project was presented at the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, reported Khabar 24 TV May 7. Civil platform representatives will monitor electoral transparency, barrier-free...


Seven candidates compete for country’s highest office in June 9 election

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Central Electoral Commission (CEC) registered May 6 the last four candidates to qualify for Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election. Registration closed May 11...


Kazakhstan accredits 22 long-term ODIHR observers for June 9 presidential election

NUR-SULTAN – The Central Election Commission (CEC) recently accredited 22 long-term observers from the Election Observation Mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...


Economic integration: a driving force for sustainable development

Leading thinkers from the world over gather at the Astana Economic Forum this week. Their focus is on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and...


June 9 presidential election set to be most competitive in Kazakhstan’s history

When the presidential elections were announced last month, analysts and experts began to actively speculate about who would run to become Kazakhstan’s head of state. As the...


International Finance Corporation investments in Kazakhstan seek to transform stressed assets

NUR-SULTAN – Stressed assets are a strong indicator of the banking system’s health and are thus closely followed around the world, including in Kazakhstan, International Logistics Parks...


Pavlodar Region is attracting investment, further developing industry, says region’s governor

NUR-SULTAN – In this exclusive interview, Pavlodar Region Akim (Governor) Bulat Bakauov talks about industrial development, fields attractive for foreign investments, tourism and infrastructure. What socio-economic issues...


“Muzbalak” to screen at Zlin Film Festival in Czech Republic

NUR-SULTAN – “Muzbalak,” a film by Kazakh artist-animators Turdybek Maidan and Tlek Toleugazy, will participate in the out-of-competition programme at the 59th Panorama International Film Festival for...


Kazakhstan to utilise aspects of Hungarian water resource management system

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to examine Hungary’s experience in water treatment and loss prevention and incorporate those technologies into its own water management systems, Director of the...


Kazakh government launches system allowing citizens to provide certain documents online

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government recently launched a system which allows citizens to provide employers and government agencies documents via an online system, rather than the citizens...


Kazakhstan evacuates 231 more citizens from Syria

NUR-SULTAN – Two-hundred and thirty-one Kazakh citizens, including 156 children, were evacuated from Syria May 7 and May 9, according to a special announcement by Kazakh President...


New Nazarbayev University INURA-equipped research centre expected to advance interdisciplinary scientific progress

NUR-SULTAN – The NU-Berkeley Strategic Programme for the Study of the Critical State of Matter, Advanced Materials and Energy Sources presented April 26 a new research complex...


Kazakh figure skater Tursynbayeva to appear as ‘black raven’ next season

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh figure skater Elizabet Tursynbayeva will appear next year in her short programme as a black raven to the music of Camille Saent-Saёns’ “Dance Macabre,”...


NU’s Eurasian Forum of Higher Education Leaders to focus on preparing graduates for changing futures

NUR-SULTAN – The Eurasian Forum of Higher Education Leaders will be held at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan June 6 and 7. The theme of this year’s forum...


Yerevan hosts Qazaq Kuresi Championship, next competition scheduled in Poland

NUR-SULTAN – The first Armenian Qazaq Kuresi Championship, organised with the support of the Qazaq Kuresi International Federation, was held recently in Yerevan. The second European Qazaq...


Four young Kazakh pianists to perform at 2019 Astana Piano Passion contest’s semi-finals in capital

NUR-SULTAN – Four young Kazakh pianists, Rasul Abdugulov, Henry Allan Keppel, Aliya Assanova and Bekzat Rakymov, will perform at the 2019 Astana Piano Passion International Festival and...


UK to support Kazakhstan’s development, strengthen relations throughout country’s political transition, says British envoy

NUR-SULTAN – As Kazakhstan enters a new period in its history, the United Kingdom seeks to continue supporting the country’s development and maintaining and strengthening relations, British...


Kazakh government kicks off campaign to encourage participation in June 9 presidential election

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the June 9 presidential election and to encourage voter turnout. The Heart of the...


Incumbent President, Ak Zhol Democratic Party candidate collect most signatures among presidential candidates

NUR-SULTAN – Incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Ak Zhol Democratic Party nominee Daniya Yespayeva have collected the most signatures of the seven candidates registered as of May...


Kazakhstan hosts IIHF 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship for first time, national team qualifies for top league next year

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital hosted the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship for the first time April 29-May 5, with teams from...


Kazakhstan to build new green energy production facilities, considers expanding green energy exports

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to build new green energy production facilities and is considering exporting electricity to Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries. “Over the past three years,...


“Taste of Europe” cookbook presented in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The European Union (EU) delegation to Kazakhstan presented “Taste of Europe” May 2 to mark the Day of Europe celebration in the capital. The cookbook,...


New website makes volunteering easier in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Information and Social Development and National Volunteer Network presented April 29 in the capital the qazvolunteer.kz website for the development of...


Low-cost FlyArystan launches first flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – FlyArystan, Kazakhstan’s only low-cost airline, launched its first flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan May 1 on a 180-seat Airbus A320. The company plans to fly...


Kazakhstan quadruples construction of student housing, will build dorms for 9,200 students this year

NUR-SULTAN – Twenty-nine dormitories with spots for 9,196 students will start operating this year, said Education and Science Vice Minister Bibigul Assylova at an April 29 press...


Kamystybas Lake emerges as an eco and medical tourism destination

NUR-SULTAN – The Kyzylorda Region has long been associated with one of the region’s main products, Syr Marzhan rice, and the birthplace of Korkyt Ata, the Turkic...


Astana Pro Team’s Jacob Fuglsang wins men’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège

NUR-SULTAN – Jacob Fuglsang, 34, closed the spring classic season by taking the Astana Pro Team’s blue jersey to his first monumental victory April 28 at the...


Eurasian Development Bank to provide 102 billion tenge to build Saryarka gas pipeline

NUR-SULTAN – Eurasian Development Bank will be included in the list of Saryarka gas pipeline investors with a commitment to provide 102 billion tenge (US$267 million) for...