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A land-locked country has a geographical limitation of not having its territory connected to the ocean. Kazakhstan is the largest land-locked country in the world that has...
State-of-the-Nation Address by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered on Sept. 1, 2022 Dear Compatriots! Dear deputies, members of the Government! In accordance with Article 59 of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is set to lift restrictions on the export of grain and flour beginning Sept. 10. The decision was made at an Aug. 31 meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – The Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund will be transformed into an investor holding only a controlling stake sufficient to control key sectors of the economy,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will provide $400,000 to Pakistan as humanitarian assistance to address the consequences of heavy rains and floods, which led to numerous human casualties in...
NUR-SULTAN – It is time to toughen the punishment for domestic violence, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his Sept. 1 State-of-the-Nation Address. According to Tokayev, society has...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced a one-time amnesty for some January riots participants during his annual State-of-the-Nation address delivered on Sept. 1, reported the Akorda’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh political experts expect early presidential elections, announced by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his address to the nation on Sept. 1, to provide enough time...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to repair at least 95 percent of the country’s roads by 2025 in his State-of-the-Nation Address delivered on Sept. 1...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed the need to increase judicial independence, proposed equalizing the status of all judges, and electing Supreme Court judges through the Senate...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will launch a new program called National Fund for Сhildren in 2024 that envisions allocating 50 percent of the National Fund’s annual investment income...
NUR-SULTAN – Women’s retirement age will not be raised until 2028, staying fixed at 61 years, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Sept. 1, reported the Akorda...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the plans to create modern schools for 800,000 children by 2025 as part of the Comfortable School national project during his...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will develop a national project to meet the needs of rural residents in 2023, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his Sept. 1 State-of-the-Nation Address,...
NUR-SULTAN – The water shortage in the agro-industrial sector has been among crucial issues raised by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his state-of-the-nation address at the plenary session...
NUR-SULTAN – The businesses face challenges due to the shortage of credit resources, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his Sept.1 state-of-the-nation address. According to Tokayev, the...
NUR-SULTAN – Tokayev proposed to hold elections to the Kazakh Parliament and Maslikhat (local representative bodies) in the first half of 2023 in his Sept.1 State-of-the-Nation address,...
NUR-SULTAN – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for extraordinary presidential elections during his Sept.1 State-of-the-Nation Address. “A new trust mandate of the people is needed for...
NUR-SULTAN – The country needs to expand the use of retail tax with adequate rates and simple procedures to encourage trade, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his...
NUR-SULTAN – The basic goal of the economic policy remains unchanged: qualitative and inclusive growth in the well-being of our citizens, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in...
NUR-SULTAN – In 1960, the idea of four Soviet writers traveling to the United States to spend a month traversing the country, meeting public officials, artists, and...
NUR-SULTAN – Some 60 akyns (impromptu poets or singers) will compete for a unique dombyra encrusted with precious stones in the “Asyl Dombyra” (Sacred Dombyra) project, aimed...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh pop star Dimash Kudaibergen shared a video of playing the drum kit while rehearsing for his solo concert on his Instagram page on Aug....
NUR-SULTAN – Initiatives proposed by the President form the basis for further reforms, said Kazakhstan’s State Counselor Erlan Karin on his Telegram channel on Aug. 31. On...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed trade and economic cooperation...
NUR-SULTAN – The Winter Garden in the National Academy of Science in Almaty will host an exhibition in the memory of monumental artist Vladimir Tverdokhlebov, who passed...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s fifth state-of-the-nation address will be broadcast live on Sept. 1 at 11 a.m. Nur-Sultan time, reported Akorda’s press service on Aug. 31....
Editor’s Note: In the run-up to the seventh Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions to be held on Sept.14-15 in Nur-Sultan, The Astana Times...
NUR-SULTAN – Almaty residents will certainly remember August 2022 as an incredible month of lost masterpieces of monumental art are being found one after another. Following his...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is observing an increase in domestic tourism demand in recent years primarily influenced by the pandemic-related restrictions, reported the press service of the Prime...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Ballet Theater will stage “The Silk Road” ballet, choreographed by an honored worker of Kazakhstan Mukaram Avakhri, on Sept. 9-10, opening the tenth...
August 30 is a special day for every Kazakh citizen. The nation commemorates its Constitution Day, the supreme law approved by referendum on Aug. 30 in 1995....
Еditor’s Note: AT continues its series of publications of articles by the winners of the Seventh International Contest “New Kazakhstan through the Eyes of Foreign Media” established...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital is entering its final stages of preparation for the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which will be held...
NUR-SULTAN – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi and Executive Secretary of Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Robert Floyd...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov spoke about the concept of a New Kazakhstan entails as well as the government’s efforts to make this concept a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines expanded its fleet with a brand new Boeing-737 800 NG aircraft with 189 seats to satisfy increased passenger air traffic, reported the...
From the steppes of Kazakhstan, to the pristine waters of the Pacific Ocean and the deserts of Australia, nuclear testing has long poisoned our planet’s natural environment...
NUR-SULTAN – The open-air concert of the Kurmangazy Folk Instruments Orchestra gathered more than 500 guests in the Ayusai gorge, located in the Almaty Region on Aug....
Editor’s Note: With this article published on Constitution Day, the AT begins a series of publications of works by the winners of the seventh foreign media contest...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina excited her Instagram followers with a video of her first workout in New York as a part of the preparation...
NUR-SULTAN – The Charyn Canyon located 154 kilometers along the valley of the Charyn River, observed an increased number of tourists in recent years. In 2021, 34,997...
NUR-SULTAN – Dimash Kudaibergen, the world-renowned Kazakh singer, released a music video for his “Zhalyn” (Flame) song on Aug. 26, which he wrote with Kazakh composer Yedilzhan...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh producer and DJ Imanbek Zeikenov joined the main cast of the “Zavod” (“Factory”) web series, Pavlodarnews.kz. agency reported. Zeikenov, known as Imanbek, became world-famous...
NUR-SULTAN – The total count of the employed population in Kazakhstan reached 9.3 million people, increasing by 0.12 percent in the second quarter of this year compared...
NUR-SULTAN – The Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Inter-Civilization Dialogue and the Kazakh Ministry of Information and Social Development unveiled a mobile exhibition on...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government approved the draft law of the 2023-2025 national budget on Aug. 27, where the baseline scenario is the cost of oil staying...
NUR-SULTAN – The Library of the First President of Kazakhstan opened the “Constitution – Basis of Statehood” exhibition on Aug. 26, dedicated to the upcoming Constitution Day...
NUR-SULTAN – The Super Bol social project gives an opportunity for talented young people to start their professional football career. The project, televised in a reality show...
NUR-SULTAN – Thousands of pilgrims from Europe, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Mongolia will attend the holy mass held by Pope Francis for Roman Catholics and representatives of...
NUR-SULTAN – The heads of the governments of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) discussed the development of the common gas market at an Aug. 25 meeting of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will ship only excess oil volumes through Azerbaijan, said Kazakh Minister of Energy Bolat Akchulakov during an Aug. 25 online briefing. According to Bolat...
NUR-SULTAN – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline temporarily loads crude oil using only SPM-3 single point mooring, reported the CPC press service. A diving survey of...
NUR-SULTAN – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will deliver a state-of-the-nation address on Sept. 1 at a joint session of the two chambers of the Kazakh Parliament,...
When Kazakhstan declared its independence in 1991, the country’s policy makers realized the vital importance of a vibrant investment policy as a driver of sustainable economic growth....
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Kazakhstan will work very productively in promoting trade and logistics with Azerbaijan and that there would be “no obstacles from our...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s new vehicle market increased 9.1 percent over the previous year in July, with 10,971 cars, light vehicles, and 666 trucks and buses sold, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi addressed a letter of invitation to the Secretary General of the Cairo-based Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit...
NUR-SULTAN – The Silk Road Hologram exhibition on digital tourism in Kazakhstan was unveiled to the public on Aug. 23 in Beijing, reported the Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Governor Kairat Kelimbetov, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov and Central Bank Chair Taleh Kazimov discussed prospects for expanding financial and...
NUR-SULTAN – The World Bank considers Kazakhstan as a reliable partner, said Tatiana Proskuryakova, World Bank’s Regional Director for Central Asia, at an Aug. 24 meeting with...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev went on his first official visit to Baku on Aug. 24, which many experts deemed historic and notable after President Tokayev and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has sufficient wheat for export, allowing it to preserve its trading position in its traditional markets, said Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeyev at...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will start the construction of the Children’s Center for Creative Development named after Kurmangazy next month in the city of Fuzuli in Azerbaijan, said...
NUR-SULTAN – There is a growing consensus in Kazakhstan that women’s political engagement improves the quality of life, said Deputy of the Senate, the upper chamber of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed the declaration on strengthening strategic relations and deepening allied interaction and the comprehensive program...
NUR-SULTAN – Pope Francis will conduct an open-air holy mass for Roman Catholics and representatives of other religions and confessions on Sept. 14 in Nur-Sultan, reported the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during his first official visit to Baku as the head of state on Aug....
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway company and Baku International Sea Trade Port, the largest port of the Caspian sea, signed a memorandum of cooperation...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs changed the restrictive measures for 421 suspects with no criminal record to non-custodial measures, said the ministry’s head of...
NUR-SULTAN – Quality and effective distribution of financial resources are necessary for national budget planning, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the meeting with Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to establish the Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has posted a draft of the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) temporarily suspended the operation of two single point moorings, SPM-1 and SPM-2, after the defects were discovered in subsea hose...
NUR-SULTAN – Chairman of Russia’s Muftis Council and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin said that the upcoming seventh Congress of Leaders of World...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is a key partner of the European Union (EU) in Central Asia, said Christian Sagartz, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament (EP) Sub-Committee on Human...
NUR-SULTAN – The demand for loans from businesses is witnessing a significant rise, despite the continued growth in the cost of credit resources and some tightening of...
NUR-SULTAN – Young professionals and industry researchers will gather on Sept. 29 – Oct. 2 for the seventh World Petroleum Council (WPC) Youth Forum to discuss energy...
NUR-SULTAN – The drama “Life” by Kazakh filmmaker Emir Baigazin will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September this year. The film will be presented as...
NUR-SULTAN – Chairman of Russia’s Council of Muftis and Spiritual Administration of Muslims Mufti sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin confirmed his participation in the seventh Congress of Leaders of...
NUR-SULTAN – The National Museum of Kazakhstan invites visitors to explore the “Traditions and Time” exhibition of decorative and applied art, which opened on Aug. 20 in...
NUR-SULTAN – The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons. People can have different opinions and views, but joining efforts to lend a helping hand for a...
NUR-SULTAN – Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov visited the Kazakh capital on Aug. 21 to participate in the Eagle Fighting Championship EFC 50, commonly known as...
Editor’s Note: In the run-up to the seventh Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions to be held on Sept.14-15 in Nur-Sultan, The Astana Times...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Baiterek Holding purchased Sberbank’s subsidiary in Kazakhstan after a deal that was signed on Aug. 18, reported Kapital.kz. Baiterek and Sberbank negotiated the purchase...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s deposit market increased by 3.3 percent over a month in July with total citizen deposits topping 28 trillion tenge (US$58.2 billion), according to National...
NUR-SULTAN – The Nur-Sultan Akimat (city administration) announced plans to plant some 600 hardwood trees at an eco-park near Small Taldykol lake (Malyi Taldykol) on Aug. 28,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) recently published a video on its Instagram, where a baby eagle feeds on prey brought...
NUR-SULTAN – The increasing number of hamsters in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan speaks to the favorable environmental situation in the city, a research scientist at the Association...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh landscape is famous not only for its picturesque nature and rich natural resources but also for its diverse archaeological monuments, which help us...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi on Aug. 19 to intensify bilateral ties that...
NUR-SULTAN – The secretaries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on addressing security and stability issues in the SCO region during their...
NUR-SULTAN – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should develop a coordinated mechanism to combat transnational crime, said Kazakh Internal Affairs Minister Marat Akhmetzhanov at the fourth meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh filmmakers Aizhan Kassymbek and Alisher Zhadigerov received awards for their feature films at the One Sixth International Film Festival of Debut Films, held Aug....
NUR-SULTAN – Petropavlovsk airport plans to launch flights to Shymkent, Turkistan, Russia’s Tyumen and Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh, said Valikhan Dzhilisbayev, director of Kyzylzhar International Airport LLP,...
NUR-SULTAN – There are no grounds for making pessimistic forecasts regarding the future of Kazakh-Russian cooperation, said President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his Aug. 19 meeting...
NUR-SULTAN – While the development of cooperation and integration in Central Asia will benefit its economies and people, the road ahead is long, challenging and bumpy. Experts...
NUR-SULTAN – Vietnam confirmed its participation in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, which will be held in October this year in...
NUR-SULTAN – Nine automobile and one railway checkpoints on the Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) external border, as well as the Main Dispatch Department of the Kazakh Finance...
NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed the decision of Chevron-led Tengizchevroil (TCO) to redirect an additional 2.6 billion cubic meters of gas to the domestic market at...
NUR-SULTAN – The mortality rate in Kazakhstan dropped by 9.6 percent in the first half of 2022 compared to the previous year, according to recent data from...
