- Sunday, 24 May, 2026
- Almaty 68 °F / 20 °C
- Astana 72 °F / 22 °C
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) National Company CEO Sauat Mynbayev and China Railway General Director Lu Dongfu have continued their negotiations around increasing transit volume,...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Energy Ministry and the US National Nuclear Safety Administration of the Energy Department signed a Sept. 23 joint statement on the minimization of...
NUR-SULTAN – The 14-year-old rising star from Kazakhstan Daneliya Tuleshova stunned American audiences with her cover of Sia’s “Alive” at America’s Got Talent finals which aired on...
NEW-YORK – In his second appearance before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as Kazakhstan’s Head of State, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke both as one of Asia’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan may export up to eight million tonnes of grains in 2020, said Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov at a Sept. 22 government meeting. ...
NUR-SULTAN – Initiatives proposed by the members of the Presidential youth personnel reserve will be considered at the Expert Cooperation Council. This was announced by Minister of...
NUR-SULTAN – The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged every aspect of youth development worldwide. UNESCO Social and Human Sciences (SHS) Program Specialist Arina Myassoyed observed significant growth in...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh engineers behind the Sezual project started raising $60,000 to produce and provide 40 Braille tutoring devices for Kazakh school children with visual impairment...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh university qualifications have started to meet the standards of the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), reported the Kazakh Ministry of...
NUR-SULTAN – Japanese companies have signed on for three investment projects totaling $46 million during the Sept. 16 ceremony at the Kazakh Embassy in Japan, the Kazakh...
Statement by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Dear colleagues, Ladies...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan participated in World Cleanup Day on Sept. 19, the press service of the Association of Environmental Organizations of Kazakhstan reported. Volunteers, activists and civil...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev reviewed a plan for the development of a tourist hub on the Caspian Sea coast as part of his Sept....
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will speak at the United Nations virtual high level meeting Sept. 21 commemorating the organization’s 75th anniversary, said Tokayev’s spokesperson Berik...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has resumed air travel with Russia today, Sept. 21, on a reciprocal basis, the Kazakh Embassy in Russia reported. Flights will be operated once...
Iskra Pobedy (Spark of Victory) – is the name given to a new internet project dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory in the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera House will stage the online premiere of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” on Oct. 2-3 on Tengri TV, reported the theatre’s press service. ...
NUR-SULTAN – The “Al-Farabi” series dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of great scholar Abu Nasr Al-Farabi will be released in October on the Qazaqstan TV channel, the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare permitted to conduct the first and second phase clinical trials of QazCovid-in vaccine against coronavirus infection, the Kazakh Ministry of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin met with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Ashgabat as part of Mamin’s official visit to Turkmenistan, reported Sept. 17...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated in a meeting of the Public Council that explored the work of the ministry amid the COVID-19 pandemic and...
The Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) was born just two years ago, bringing into existence a new, vibrant and world-class jurisdiction at the heart of Central Asia....
NUR-SULTAN – The European Union (EU) will extend its Border Management Program in Central Asia (BOMCA) to Afghanistan and has already made a 21.75 million euro (US$25.67...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan took a step to further ease COVID-19 restrictions allowing theatres to reopen and cafes to work on weekends, but with limited capacity, according to...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh state department and foreign representatives established an open dialogue to improve the investment climate and the ease of doing business during a Sept....
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s rising star Daneliya Tuleshova made it to the finals in NBC’s America’s Got Talent (AGT), a well-known American talent show. Tuleshova, who is regarded...
NUR-SULTAN – The Islamic Finance Centre at Al Farabi Kazakh National University won the title of Best Emerging Islamic Finance Education Provider at the Global Islamic Finance...
NUR-SULTAN – A memorial to commemorate the Soviet soldiers will be built at the Peace and Friendship Park in the Strigovo village in Croatia, reported the press...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin reported on Kazakhstan’s socio-economic development results in the first eight months of 2020 at a Sept. 15 meeting with Kazakh...
NUR-SULTAN – Akan Satayev’s historic film “Tomiris” received the Nouveau Genre Great Prize in the International Feature Film Competition at France’s 26th L’Étrange Festival, which was held...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree Sept. 14 establishing the Supreme Council for Reforms in the country, reported Akorda press service. The goal of...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has launched 28 projects worth 204 billion tenge (US$477.6 million) through the first eight months of 2020 to begin rapidly developing and expanding the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy (NU GSPP), the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan and the Lee Kuan Yew...
NUR-SULTAN – The gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Kazakhstan totaled $3.6 billion in the first quarter of 2020, the Finprom financial and business analytical service...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Sept. 12, who was on an official visit to the Kazakh capital...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera House begins its eighth theater season with an online gala opera program titled “Through the Pages of Opera Classics” on Tengri TV...
NUR-SULTAN – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is developing a snow leopard landscape plan in Kazakhstan, UNDP biodiversity projects Portfolio Manager Talgat Kerteshev told Kazinform. The...
NUR-SULTAN – The Otau Fest, the first festival dedicated to young families will be held online Sept. 12-13 in Kazakhstan. Initiated by the Ministry of Information and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov suggested creating a single interstate distribution system in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) during the Sept....
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh officials are optimistic about the COVID-19 situation in the country. 94 percent of the COVID-19 patients in Kazakhstan have recovered, said Kazakh Healthcare Minister...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met Sept. 10 with the managers of the large farms during his working visit to the Kostanai region, reported Akorda Press. ...
Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi discussed the potential for greater cooperation with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as part of the...
The foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries have reaffirmed their commitment to the fight against international terrorism, drug trafficking, cross-border organized crime, and...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan resumed flights to Uzbekistan today, Sept. 11, and will resume flights to Kyrgyzstan starting from Sept. 20. The flights on the Almaty to Tashkent...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is mulling the tightening of penalties for environmental damage caused by citizens and companies, said Kazakh Minister of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources Magzum...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has restored the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the decree on Sept. 9, the Akorda press service reported. The...
MOSCOW – In the framework of the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Kazakhstan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi met the Foreign Minister...
NUR-SULTAN – The real sector of the Kazakh economy has experienced continuous positive growth due to production increase in construction, agriculture, and manufacturing over the first eight...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh school students have won gold, silver, and two bronze medals at the 2020 European Junior Olympiad in Informatics (EJOI) on Sept. 2-6, Kazinform reported....
NUR-SULTAN – The S&P Global Ratings international rating agency recently confirmed the long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings of Kazakhstan at the level of BBB-/A-3 with a...
NUR-SULTAN – The world has seen a sudden increase in the numbers of retail investors amid the pandemic and Kazakhstan has followed a similar trend. The growth...
NUR-SULTAN – Almaty-based Nomad Stunts marked their 20th anniversary of work with an appearance in Disney’s live-action movie “Mulan.” The movie premiered on Sept. 4 after multiple...
NUR-SULTAN – The East Kazakhstan region announced plans to launch 1,558 projects with more than 2,000 workplaces by the end of 2020 as part of a state...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering company has started to produce stationary mechanical ventilation devices in the Kazakh capital, reported the press service of the Prime Minister’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan fulfilled its obligations in August under the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreement achieving 100 percent conformity, reported the Kazakh Energy Ministry press service. ...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh tennis player Yulia Putintseva, 25, became the first player from Kazakhstan to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2020 US Open Tennis Championships in...
As the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the length and breadth of Asia and the Pacific, finance ministries are continuing their relentless efforts to...
NUR-SULTAN – The Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute will launch a pre-seed startup accelerator in November for entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The online program will aim...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital plans to build two ecological parks around lakes in the southern parts of the city, reported the Nur-Sultan Akimat (city administration) press...
As Kazakhstan celebrates the Anniversary Year of its medieval philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (870-950), born on the territory of modern Kazakhstan 1150 years ago, The Astana Times...
NUR-SULTAN – The Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) has launched the first grant program for refugees in Kazakhstan with the assistance of the United Nations Refugee Agency...
NUR-SULTAN – The U.S. Commerce Chamber announced the creation of the U.S. – Kazakh Business Council to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation, reported the commerce’s press...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov summarized his ministry’s plan to fulfill the tasks set out by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his state-of-the-nation...
NUR-SULTAN – The heads of the Kazakh National Bank (NBK) and the Kazakh Ministry of Finance began enforcing measures to update strategies and laws to ensure an...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government will subsidize businesses affected by the pandemic as part of a broader and continued effort to support its economy, said Kazakh President...
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s State of the Nation Address The work of the next session of Parliament begins at a challenging time. Our country continues to...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh political analysts are optimistic about the initiatives and instructions laid out in Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Sept. 1 state-of-the-nation (SOTN) address. According to the...
NUR-SULTAN – The ANSA Silicon company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $100 million in a silicon plant in the Ekibastuz town in the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is planning significant reforms in its civil service after Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that the nation will cut the civil service by 10...
NUR-SULTAN – Some 3.3 million schoolchildren, 466,000 high school students and more than 600,000 university students began a new academic year on Tuesday. While the majority will...
Today, almost thirty years after the proclamation of sovereignty, we can say with confidence and a sense of pride that Kazakhstan is an equal and respected member...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar explored ways to strengthen Kazakh and German cooperation in subsoil use and geology during a video conference with the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Constitutional Council presented the book “Kazakhstan Way: Constitutionalism, Person, Peace and Prosperity” during an Aug. 28 virtual international scientific and practical conference. More...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined seven areas for the nation’s economic recovery in his state-of-the-nation address Sept. 1 at the joint session of the Kazakh...
VIENNA – On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear explosive device was detonated at the Alamogordo Test Range in the New Mexico desert in the United States...
The First of September is a very special day in Kazakhstan. Coinciding with the first day of school, it is a celebration of knowledge that involves a...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President and Chair of the country’s ruling Nur Otan party Nursultan Nazarbayev noted the growing interest in the party’s upcoming primaries in October...
Constitutions are funny things. The word itself derives from the Latin for regulations and orders, but in the 1550s it started to be used to describe physical...
NUR-SULTAN – The Erekshe Tandau-Shelek Fund has launched the Lider Z project, a professional online school for people with disabilities, reported Ortcom.Kz. The training program offered at...
NUR-SULTAN – Dears (die-hard fans of Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen) worldwide seem to have a religious mission to ensure that as many people as possible get to...
As Kazakhstan celebrates the Anniversary Year of the medieval philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (870-950), born on the territory of modern Kazakhstan 1150 years ago, The Astana Times...
August 29 is the internationally celebrated International Day Against Nuclear Tests. It is highly symbolic that the establishment of this important annual event was initiated by Kazakhstan...
NUR-SULTAN – This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Kazakh Constitution which is observed on Aug. 30. The Constitution was adopted at a nationwide referendum in...
Half of the world today is a nuclear-weapon-free zone, and Kazakhstan has significantly contributed to achieving this result. Having signed the Decree to close the Semipalatinsk nuclear...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh military medical team returned to Kazakhstan after spending more than two weeks in Lebanon providing medical care to patients who suffered in the...
On 29 August 1949 the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear weapon in the atmosphere at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan. By the time it stopped...
NEW-YORK – The desert sands are quiet now, at Semipalatinsk. And they’re quiet too, at Alаmogordo and Frenchman Flat, at Maralinga, the seas of Mururoa and other...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has taken further steps to ease the current COVID-19 restrictions in the country. Starting from Aug. 31, the nation will reopen religious, sports, and...
NUR-SULTAN – The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Tijjani Muhammad Bande recognized the role of Kazakhstan “in championing the cause to ban nuclear test...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s feature film “Ulbolsyn” won the main prize in the Work in Progress category at Bosnia’s 26th Sarajevo Film Festival, reported the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Deputy Minister of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources Yerlan Nysanbayev presented a development concept for the Charyn National Park in the Almaty Region during...
To date, more than 810,000 people around the world have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The pandemic has brought despair to countless families and caused unprecedented...
NUR-SULTAN – The Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs has launched the InfoKazakhstan website to register companies that have resumed their activities after the lockdown to prevent the...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of the National Economy has projected a 2.8 percent growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, and 4.6 percent in...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and Turkey will lift restrictions on regular passenger flights on Aug. 27, the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee confirmed. Prior to this, Turkey abruptly suspended...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh boxer Firuza Sharipova (11-1, 5 KOs) has won the International Boxing Association World Female Super Light Title in Kazan by defeating Aug. 22 Tanzanian...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has striking tourism potential and one of the recent areas in the development of the field is in eco-tourism which may attract up to...
NUR-SULTAN – The Fitch Ratings credit rating agency affirmed Kazakhstan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at the BBB with a stable outlook on Aug. 21. Despite...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the Otyrar regional tourism center in the Turkestan Region as part of an effort to attract more tourists to explore...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov spoke about the key tasks of the ministry for the near future during the Aug. 20 meeting...
