Kyzylorda changes time zones to save electricity, improve public health

ASTANA – Beginning Dec. 21, Kyzylorda clocks will be turned back one hour, announced Regional  Akim (Governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev. According to experts, the transfer will eliminate physiological...


Construction launched on Saryarka gas pipeline

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev launched construction on the Saryarka gas pipeline during Astana’s Industrialisation Day, Dec. 11. “It is an ambitious and large project, but...


Privatisation plan misses 2018 targets, could meet 2020 deadlines

ASTANA – The midterm results of the Comprehensive Privatisation Plan for 2016 to 2020 show that 465 entities, including state-owned and communal companies as well as assets...


Chinese investor buys major Kazakh automaker

ASTANA – China National Machinery, a transnational Chinese state company, has bought 51 percent of shares of SaryarkaAvtoProm, a major Kazakh automaker. The joint venture plans to...


Mobile device registration deadline nears, reminds minister

ASTANA –Kazakh Minister of Information and Communications Dauren Abayev reminded the public at a Dec. 10 press-conference that mobile operators will not service mobile devices that have...


Eurasian Economic Union leaders discuss trade, digital economy in St. Petersburg

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev participated in the Dec. 6 Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EEC) and the informal summit of the leaders of the Commonwealth of...


First private employment agency opens in Akmola region

ASTANA – The Akmola region Chamber of Entrepreneurs has launched Kásip-kz, the first private employment agency, reported the regional city administration Dec. 6. The agency, in cooperation...


Kazakh agriculture ripe for international investment, says official

ASTANA – The international food and agriculture sector is valued at approximately $7.8 trillion. With the growth of the world’s population and its living standards, Kazakhstan’s agricultural...


Kazakhstan may postpone national railway IPO

ASTANA – Postponing Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s (KTZ) initial public offering (IPO) until 2025 has been requested on behalf of the National Association of Mining and Mining and...


Astana finishes construction on 71 idle private housing projects

ASTANA – Astana officials have completed construction on 71 out of 100 residential housing projects in which construction began since 2015 but was never completed. “In early...


Morocco seeks Kazakh tourists, tourism agency partnerships

ASTANA – Morocco sees the potential for cooperation in the Kazakh tourism market, said the country’s first Ambassador to Kazakhstan Abdeljalil Saubry at the Dec. 5 inaugural...


“Information Technologies”, the problem of introducing complex information and technological platforms in Kazakhstan

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China to assist Kazakh agro exports to Southeast Asia

ASTANA – Kazakhstan has accepted an offer from China to create joint ventures to increase agricultural exports to Southeast Asian countries. “All the markets are opening today,...


Kazakhstan to form non-joint stock company to raise funds for film production, promotion

ASTANA – The Kazakh Senate adopted a law “On Cinematography” Dec. 6 . It supports the production of national films, their wider distribution and entry into the...


East Kazakhstan region students win WorldSkills Kazakhstan Championship

ASTANA – The East Kazakhstan region took first place in the fourth WorldSkills Kazakhstan Championship Dec. 3-7 in the capital. The 27 participants who won seven gold...


Kazakhstan offers Astana as central location to address challenges during OSCE meeting in Milan

ASTANA – Kazakhstan presented its proposals to strengthen the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and to increase its role in addressing international challenges during...


Kazakhstan opens literature and art centre in Madrid

ASTANA – The Kazakh Embassy to Spain and Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) recently opened the Centre of Kazakh literature and art in Madrid. The...


Kazakhstan to introduce regulations to combat overpricing of medications

ASTANA – The Ministry of Healthcare will introduce a new model in January to regulate the price and circulation of medicines and medical devices, said Lyudmila Byurabekova,...


Kazakh driver Sultan Ibragimov makes impressive Formula 4 test debut

ASTANA – Fourteen-year-old Sultan Ibragimov will take part in the 2019 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship after completing the first test on the Sepang International Circuit...


Karaganda region opens first major distribution and logistics centre

ASTANA – The inaugural stage of Alfarukh, the first wholesale distribution and logistics centre, has been completed in the Karaganda region as part of the Plan of...


Almaty’s thermal springs season is heating up

ASTANA – Although the Shonzhy village in the Almaty region’s Uyghur district is located far from the Almaty city, the village is a popular tourism destination. The...


Digitising construction, housing will reduce CO2 emissions and heating costs, says Kazakh minister

ASTANA – Implementing smart heat metering devices in houses across the country, a project associated with Kazakhstan’s digitisation, will reduce citizens’ expenses, said Minister for Investment and...


Kazakh ‘#Explorestan’ tourism branding seeks to take sting out of ‘Stan’

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s tourism brand was presented to the general public Dec. 7 at Astana’s Travel Media Talks international forum and will soon be submitted for state...


World chess champion debuts how-to-play book in Kazakh language

ASTANA – World chess champion Dinara Saduakasova recently presented her debut book, “Learning to play chess,” in the capital. The volume, which shares her experience and skills,...


Astana Opera adds Chopiniana and Scheherazade ballets to its repertoire

ASTANA – Astana Opera made a gift to capital residents and guests, presenting the premiere of the one-act ballets Chopiniana (Les Sylphides) and Scheherazade by choreographic art reformer Michel Fokine.   The...


Kazakhstan Temir Zholy places Eurobonds worth 170 million Swiss francs

ASTANA – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy recently placed five-year Eurobonds worth 170 million Swiss francs on the Swiss Stock Exchange and the Astana International Financial Centre’s (AIFC) Exchange....


Targeted state support is key to engaging youth in employment, education, says expert

ASTANA – The Kazakh youth population aged 16 to 24 will increase 30 percent by 2030 and will require more targeted state support in entering and remaining...


Kazakh satellites hitch ride on SpaceX launch vehicle

ASTANA – Two Kazakh satellites, KazSciSat-1 and KazSTSat, were launched Dec. 4 at 12.32 a.m. Astana time aboard the Falcon 9 from the Vandenberg U.S. military base...


Public space development will enhance Astana living standards, civic engagement, say experts

ASTANA – Developing public indoor space will meaningfully improve citizens’ wellbeing and activism in Kazakhstan’s cold and fast-growing capital, said local and foreign experts at Urban Forum...


Aktobe Football Club board member calls for change in limit on foreign football players

ASTANA – More than 16 years have passed since Kazakhstan entered the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) family. In that time, the level of the country’s...