Astana’s main Christmas tree will be at EXPO 2017 site

ASTANA – The capital’s main Christmas tree, as well as the ice rink, will be situated on the expo grounds, said EXPO 2017 commericialisation department director Daulet...


Kazakh athlete wins gold at World Sambo Championship

ASTANA – Yesset Kuanov won a gold medal in the up to 62 kilogrammes (kg) weight category at the World Sambo Championship in Sochi, reported Tass.ru. The...


AIFC, green tech centre and IT start-up hub to begin operating in 2018

ASTANA – The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), international centre for green technologies and international IT start-up hub are expected to begin operating on former EXPO 2017...


New Kazakh sports drama to be unveiled in December

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s first sports drama television series, about the challenging path of a young man in a professional cycling, was shot in the country, 24.kz reports....


Kazakhstan to start aviation fuel production in 2018, reducing dependence on Russia

ASTANA – Three Kazakh oil refineries will start producing aviation fuel in the second half of 2018 and are expected to be able to fully supply the...


14,000 babies born with IVF in Kazakhstan in seven years

ASTANA – Fourteen thousand children during the last seven years were born with the help of assisted reproductive technologies in Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Healthcare of the...


Saudi ambassador notes potential for increased Kazakh-Saudi cooperation

ASTANA – Celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Kazakh – Saudi Arabian relations, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan Dr. Dahir Mootish J. Alenaze discussed...


Kazakh innovation park supports digital industrial transformation, cooperates with multinational companies

ASTANA – The Special Economic Zone “Park of Innovative Technologies” (SEZ PIT) was the Asia-Pacific category winner in fDi’s Global Free Zones of the Year 2017. Experts...


Kazakh native, New York policeman wins 13th boxing victory

ASTANA – Kazakh native Dimash Niyazov, a boxer by day and New York City policeman by night, recently defeated American Agustin Mauras, reported vesti.kz. The pair appeared...


Cultural centre brings Kazakhstan and Japan closer, promotes Japanese traditions, language learning

ASTANA – This year Kazakhstan and Japan are celebrating the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries. The Astana Times interviewed Nazerke Dautbayeva, manager of the...


AI to be used in Kazakh healthcare

ASTANA – Kazakhstan is planning to launch a pilot programme incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology treatment by the end of this year. The technology will help...


Altyn Zhurek award winners named

ASTANA – The names of Kazakhstan’s newest charity givers were announced in  October. Altyn Zhurek awards ceremony at Abay State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Almaty....


Shymkent hosts AgriTek 2017

ASTANA – More than 50 companies from Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Uzbekistan exhibited products including agricultural machinery and equipment, irrigation technologies, fertilisers, protective equipment for...


Number of transit flights through Kazakhstan increased by 5.2 percent

ASTANA – The Civil Aviation Committee, which recently reported the number of transit flights (indirect flights with a connection) through Kazakh airspace has grown by 5.2 percent,...


Kazakh President addresses global issues in Astana Club speech

ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the Astana Club, a neutral platform to debate public issues based on Chatham House rules, during its Nov. 13 third...


Role of new regional policy of Uzbekistan in political and economic processes in Central Asia

Vladimir Norov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and current Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of...


Madina Nurshayeva wins gold at ASBC Asian women’s boxing championship

ASTANA – Kazakhstan won one gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the ASBC (Asian Boxing Confederation) Women’s Boxing Championships, held Nov. 2-8 in Ho Chi...


On first visit to Kazakhstan, GE Digital CEO says digital transformation transforms global industry

ASTANA – Bill Ruh, CEO of GE Digital and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of GE, lectured at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business Nov. 14 about the...


Kazakhstan and Africa step up South-South development exchange

ASTANA – The capital is serving as the host Nov. 14-17 for the South-South Development Exchange on Economic Diversification and Industrialisation in Africa symposium in line with...


EXPO site to host AIFC, educational centre

ASTANA – EXPO 2017 may have concluded, but that doesn’t mean the grounds have become a ghost town. Once the international pavilions have been reconstructed, the vacated...


Astana Club’s third meeting focuses on viability of cooperation in Eurasia

ASTANA – More than 60 participants from 28 countries, including prominent politicians, scholars and leading experts, spoke about global policy issues requiring resolution, sanctions confrontations and prospects...


Sundet Baigozhin becomes Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s newest soloist

ASTANA –Astana Opera House principal soloist and Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Sundet Baigozhin will soon be signing a contract with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, reported the...


Kostanai teacher creates steampunk masterpieces

ASTANA – Dmitry Govorkov, a teacher at Kostanai Construction College, has an interesting hobby. He creates carnival masks, notebooks and jewellery boxes in steampunk style, using mechanisms...


Fifth Abai Keshi charity gala dinner raises funds for education

ASTANA – The life and works of Kazakhstan’s most famous poet were celebrated Oct. 29 as the Abai Social Trust Foundation held its fifth annual Abai Keshi (Abai’s...


Kazakh fintech start-up holds its first global ICO

ASTANA – LendEx financial-tech (fintech) start-up plans to initiate an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) using the Ethereum platform based on block chain technology. The investments will be...


EU-Central Asia ministerial meeting reiterates mutual commitment to cooperation

ASTANA – Participants in the Nov. 10 13th European Union – Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan adopted a joint communiqué reconfirming mutual commitment to...


Kazakhstan’s adaption to changing world should help it succeed

President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s article “Course towards the future: modernising Kazakhstan’s identity” is well written and should be of great interest to many around the world. He displays a...


Global Shapers Astana Hub empowers youth, provides channels for action

ASTANA – The Global Shapers community empowers youth and contributes to driving change and action to address salient local issues. Former capital hub curator Aiman Yedigeyeva and...


Turgai geoglyphs to host pilgrim tourism int’l forum in 2018

ASTANA – An international forum on developing Kazakh pilgrim tourism and popularising sacred places is planned for next year near the Turgai geoglyphs, said deputy head of...


Subsistence level and pension reform increases to be put into effect next year

ASTANA – Kazakh Vice Minister of Labour and Social Security Svetlana Zhakupova recently explained the upcoming changes in the country’s pension system. Solidarity pension will rise by...