- Wednesday, 26 August, 2026
- Almaty 75 °F / 24 °C
- Astana 70 °F / 21 °C
ASTANA – Astana Akim (Mayor) Bakhyt Sultanov is readying the city for the upcoming winter season, reports the Astana Akimat (city administration) press service. “We must be...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces project, which recognises exemplary citizens of the country, counts among its ranks physicist Almira Zhilkashinova, who developed a wind turbine that...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is using a $95 million, five-year plan to improve its cancer survival rate. “(Kazakhstan’s 50 percent survival rate) is not a very high rate,...
ASTANA – The Qonyr Auliye underground cave has become a popular destination for local tourists because of its supposedly mysterious healing potential and a legend about the...
ASTANA – Sixty-six gas wells will be drilled at the Tengiz field as part of the $5 billion North East Ring Project (NERP), said Union of Kazakhstan...
ASTANA – Almost 2.5 million people are expected to benefit from sustainable tourism development and greater regional connectivity in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul region as part of the Central...
ASTANA – The Shymkent-based Ontustik Special Economic Zone (SEZ) received an Editor’s Choice award in the Ones to Watch category of fDi Magazine’s Global Free Zones of...
ASTANA – Recently the purchase of Russian rubbles and euros increased in Kazakhstan. A year-on-year 56.2 percent rise in expenses for the Russian rubbles in cash at...
ASTANA – The Kazakh Research Institute of Agricultural Products Processing recently developed local, affordable gluten-free products, the press service of Astana city administration reported Oct. 10. Being...
ASTANA – Famous Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin wants to help young Kazakh boxers succeed in the sport, he said during a recent press conference in Almaty. “I...
ASTANA – Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term issuer default ratings (IDR) of the Kazakhstan Mortgage Company (KMC) in foreign and national currency at the level of...
ASTANA – Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” opera staged by Italian director Alfonso Antoniozzi will premiere Oct. 12-14 at the Astana Opera House, reported the theatre’s...
ASTANA – Religious leaders adopted a declaration on the role of religion in the modern context Oct. 11 on the second and final day of the Sixth...
ASTANA – Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev briefed government officials Oct. 9 on the country’s education system and development plans for the next two years....
ASTANA – The Kazakh government has introduced an alternative tax on subsoil use that gives subsoil users an additional opportunity to fulfil their tax obligations. Tax burden...
ASTANA – The World Bank agreed at an Oct. 4 agricultural roundtable to provide a long-term $500 million loan and consulting to develop Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector. “We...
ASTANA – Kazakh track and field athlete Olga Rypakova has been officially recognised as the 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist after two other competitors were recently stripped...
ASTANA – The Kazakh government will present a new national plan by the end of the year to ensure the rights and improve the quality of life...
ASTANA – While visiting Kazakhstan Oct. 9-10, President of Serbia Alexander Vucic met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev, took part in the Kazakhstan-Serbia Business Forum and addressed the...
ASTANA – The Sixth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions kicked off Oct. 10 in Astana gathering more than 80 delegations, representatives of Buddhism, Christianity,...
Remarks by H.E. President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan at the opening of the Sixth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Palace of Peace and Harmony,...
In an interview with this newspaper during his recent visit to Kazakhstan, Robert Tudorache, secretary of state of the Ministry of Energy of Romania, spoke about the...
The welfare of Kazakhstan’s citizens was first and foremost in Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev priorities in his state-of-the-nation address on Oct. 5. Perhaps most notable was his...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev directed the government to work to improve the lives of Kazakh citizens during his annual Oct. 5 state-of-the-nation address. “Over the...
ASTANA – Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), in conjunction with educational business circles focusing on investment basics, held a ceremonial opening Oct. 6 for its new examination...
ASTANA – The approved draft of the National Action Plan includes approximately 100 events in the six key state development areas highlighted in Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s...
Kazakhstan intends to increase its contribution to UN peacekeeping operations, said Kairat Umarov, Kazakhstan’s Permanent Representative to the UN stated. This will be done by co-deploying the...
ASTANA – Several notable Kazakh graduates have attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Since 2017, many more students from Central Asia are...
ASTANA – The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) approved in an Oct. 3 plenary meeting an agreement for the International Committee of the Red Cross to open...
SINGAPORE – Singaporeans love to complain that their country is small. It is much smaller than Kazakhstan. They believe that the secret of their influence is the...
