External news in brief

Kazakhstan’s Partnership for Peace training centre has earned the United Nations certification that will allow it to train and prepare peace officers from around the world. Jean-Pierre...


National news in brief

This year, 25 kindergartens and 37 other schools will be built in the capital, Kazinform reports. By 2023, there will be 124,000 more students in Astana. Fifteen...


Business news in brief

Korean confectionery Lotte Confectionery has acquired 92.44 percent of Kazakh confectionary Rakhat, reports Kapital.kz. The total market value of Rakhat shares is 25.2 billion tenge (US$67.66 million)....


Kazakh finance ministry presents draft law to improve rehabilitation, bankruptcy procedures

ASTANA – The Ministry of Finance presented Jan. 10 the draft law on improving rehabilitation and bankruptcy procedures of business entities at the Mazhilis (lower house of...


Two Kazakh entrepreneurs shared top entrepreneurial prize at People’s Choice Awards

ASTANA – General Directors of Raduga diversified enterprise Dmitry Sharapayev and Zhas Kanat smart poultry farm 2006 Kairat Maishev were recently awarded the Narodnyi Liyubimets (People’s Choice)...


Local organisation stimulates Astana’s interest in arts

ASTANA – Art Masters London is a commercial educational organisation that holds one-time and short-term visual arts courses and lectures in the city. The unique educational project...


Public, private Alakol Lake investment drives tourist boom

ASTANA – Alakol Lake tourists will have an opportunity to enjoy a more comfortable stay in a four-star hotel and new entertainment centre this year. Construction on...


Kazakh public figures presented with Kazakh People’s Choice Awards for philanthropy

ASTANA – The honorary award Patron of the Year was awarded to philanthropists Sergey Blok, Alibek Semgaliyev and Bekbolat Achibekov at the Dec. 12 national award ceremony...


Kazakhstan offers global investors stable political, social and economic climate, says Kazakh Invest executive

ASTANA – Kazakhstan is able to offer stable political, social and economic conditions and sufficient infrastructure for global investors, said Kazakh Invest Deputy Chairman of the Board...


Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin splits with his promoter

ASTANA – Former world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) has parted ways with his promoter, Tom Leffler. Now the Kazakh fighter is a free agent...


Kazakh businesswomen elevate small retail business to new level

ASTANA – When sisters Nasima and Nafisa Rozikova realised the format of the store near their house did not meet their needs, they decided to open their...


Kostanai region foreign investments increase two-fold

ASTANA – The Kostanai region has developed 40 investment projects totalling more than 2.1 trillion tenge (US$5.5 billion) to implement in 2018-2025, reported Kazinform. Fourteen projects have...


Kazakhstan will kick off Euro 2020 bid at home against Scotland, Russia

ASTANA – The Kazakh national football team will begin its Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with home matches at Astana Arena against Scotland and Russia March 21 and...


Heat supply to remain uninterrupted throughout winter, say Kazakh ministers

ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev and the then Minister for Investments and Development Zhenis Kassymbek reported on the country’s heat supply in the autumn-winter...


Kazakh freelancers will no longer need to pay mandatory pension contributions

ASTANA – Freelancers who combine work and have employment contracts will soon be exempted from the obligation to pay pension contributions. According to the Ministry of Labour...


Kazakh designer wins NASA competition

ASTANA – Kazakh designer Arsen Seksenbayev was among the winners of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) competition with the best sketch for the space laboratory....


Kazakh ice cream gets silver in Forbes Russia top 10 new brands rating

ASTANA – Forbes Russia, one of the most popular and authoritative economic rating agencies, has ranked Shin-Line’s Bakhroma ice cream second among its top 10 best new...


Kazakh surgeons performed first hybrid cardiac surgery in country, eighth in world

ASTANA – Presidential clinic surgeons performed hybrid cardiac surgery in the capital Dec. 19 for the first time in the post-Soviet space, reported its press service. The...


Astana clinics introduce health bracelets with patients’ medical records

ASTANA – A pilot project involving health bracelets with QR codes has been introduced at capital clinics Nos. 4, 9 and 10. The bracelets provide information about...


Mangystau youth receive up to one million tenge for social projects from World Bank

ASTANA – Mangystau region youth have received up to one million tenge (US$2,664) in World Bank grants for social projects, said regional Youth Policy Department head Bauyrzhan...


Smart locks to be installed in Astana residential complexes

ASTANA – Smart locks will be introduced in the capital’s residential complexes, reports 24.kz. A new mobile application will allow users to access courtyards, parking and apartments...


Kazakh housing prices expected to grow 10 percent in 2019, Astana remains highest priced city

ASTANA – Housing prices in Kazakhstan are expected to increase 10 percent in 2019, according to a recent report by the Union of Builders of Kazakhstan. The...


Kazakh Healthcare Ministry to set price ceilings for medicine

ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare will set price ceilings on the sale of medicine across all regions in the country, said Pharmacy Committee Head Lyudmila...


One of Kazakhstan’s 100 new faces trains young sportspeople in rural area

ASTANA – Almas Beissenov, an 18-time winner of the Kazakhstan Athletics Championship, is sharing his experience with young athletes. He works as a coach at a sports...


New tax regulation will serve as safety cushion for self-employed Kazakhs

ASTANA – The New Year started with enforcing the Unified Cumulative Payment (UCP) programme for informally employed Kazakh citizens. President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the amendments to the...


World Chess Federation Commission admits first Kazakh representatives

ASTANA – Six Kazakh representatives recently gained membership in the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) Commission for the first time, reports the Kazakhstan Chess Federation (KCF) press...


Kazakh Culture and Literature Centre opens in Tashkent

ASTANA – The Kazakh Culture and Literature Centre opened at the Alisher Navoi National Library of Uzbekistan in Tashkent Dec. 26 as part of the Ruhani Zhangyru...


Kazakh employment, training programme bring positive results, focuses on competencies for Industry 4.0

ASTANA – More than 500,000 people were employed in an 11-month period in 2018, including more than 368,000 for permanent positions, as part of the Productive Employment...


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Kazakh junior hockey team wins hearts at World Juniors, retains spot in top division

ASTANA – The Kazakh junior hockey team retained its place in the top division at World Juniors after defeating Denmark 4-0 Jan. 4 in Vancouver, Canada. Team...


Kazakh greenhouse industry faces low demand, competition from Uzbekistan

ASTANA – Kazakh businesspeople establishing greenhouses in the country face competition from Uzbekistan producers and lack of retail availability. While healthy food is trending, the demand for...