- Sunday, 24 May, 2026
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- Astana 72 °F / 22 °C
NUR-SULTAN – The New York Times ran a human interest piece about an unsuspecting new star out of Kazakhstan with a hit remix that, strictly legally speaking,...
MOSCOW – Like many great writers, Abai Kunanbayev was remarkably modest about his literary works and their usefulness for mankind. Here is what he wrote in his...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Research Institute of Culture recently found 150-year-old jewelry tools, one of the rarest categories of finds, during a dig at the Kultobe settlement...
NUR-SULTAN – The 23-year musician Marzhan Kapsamat surprised her followers with her recent music video on the pink-coloured Lake Kobeytuz. A well-known Kazakhstan social media sensation, this...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated July 16 in the first Central Asia – China high-level meeting that gathered foreign ministers of China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...
NUR-SULTAN – As more information about the COVID-19 virus has become available, experts have realized that the virus behaves differently in each country. In some countries, the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan reaffirmed its commitment to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreement during the July 15 meeting of the OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC)...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government and the National Bank will adopt a plan to help restart economic growth following the fallout of COVID-19, said Kazakh Minister of...
NUR-SULTAN – While Kazakh officials have been actively urging their fellow citizens to observe social distancing and other essential precautions amid the pandemic, people’s continued negligence of...
NUR-SULTAN – Ninety-four people were registered for the deputy elections to the Kazakh Senate (the upper house of the Parliament), which will be held Aug.12, reported chairman...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Bank and the Kazakh Ministry of Finance will issue short-term government securities up to 1 trillion tenge (US$2.43 billion) on a regular...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science proposed to continue online learning with the start of the new school season, reported PrimeMinister.kz. Colleges and universities...
Each state has its own conditions, mentality, social environment, economy and, accordingly, the ability to combat the epidemic. Some countries were able to overcome the epidemic relatively...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will begin exporting horse meat to Japan, according to the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry’s press service. “A huge amount of preparatory work made it possible...
NUR-SULTAN – The pandemic threatened to put many enterprises out of business, but the Kazakh car industry had a 12.2 percent increase in new car sales in...
NUR-SULTAN – The treatment of COVID-19 is still experimental. Even now, Kazakh doctors are preparing to change the eighth edition of the clinical protocol for the diagnosis...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) plans to develop several legislative initiatives including green financing instruments, venture financing, and providing medium-sized companies with the opportunity...
Central Asia is known as a crossroad of various cultures, as a land of coexistence of civilizations. The ideas and artistic craftsmanship of its peoples have always...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has hopped 10 lines up in the ranking of the United Nations’ (the UN’s) E-government Development Index (EGDI) in 2020 – a list comprised...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree to posthumously confer state awards to Oleg Isayev, the head of the anesthesiology and resuscitation department of Kokshetau...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will extend its initial two-week lockdown by two weeks through Aug. 2 in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus infection,...
NUR-SULTAN – The transit volume of cargo through Kazakhstan increased 54 percent from January to June as compared to the same period last year, reported Kazakhstan Temir...
NUR-SULTAN – The crime rate in Kazakhstan decreased 37 percent to 71,800 in the first six months of 2020, said Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Yerlan Turgumbayev...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan mourns the citizens who died of the coronavirus infection. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared July 13 as a day of national mourning in his...
NUR-SULTAN – Astana Bike, the network of bicycle rental stations, has launched its seventh season this May in the Kazakh capital. The peak season usually lasts through...
On the last day of June in Nur-Sultan, the national television and radio corporation Kazakhstan launched an ambitious new cultural and educational TV channel ABAI TV. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired an expanded government meeting July 10, during which Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin reported on the country’s social and economic...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh agriculture sector attracted $1.1 billion in investments in 2019, according to the participants of the “Kazakhstan – Agriculture Projects and De-Risking Investment” session...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare is continuing its tireless work to prevent and respond to the pandemic outbreak, said Minister of Healthcare Alexey Tsoy at...
There have been a string of reports in Chinese media outlets claiming that Kazakhstan has reported cases of an unknown pneumonia, one more deadly than the coronavirus....
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan and North Macedonia have seen many improvements on the eve of their 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Chargée d’Affaires ad interim of North Macedonia...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera House hosted 185 events in its seventh theater season, according to the theater’s press service report for early July. It includes three...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the nation July 9 on the nation’s fight against the pandemic and announced July 13 as the national day of...
NUR-SULTAN – Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Third Paradise” art installation was given a virtual unveiling ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) and...
This year, the capital of Kazakhstan marks its 22 year anniversary. The Prime Minister’s office has compiled a short summary of the city’s impressive growth during this...
NUR-SULTAN – This year, the capital of Kazakhstan marks its 22 year anniversary. The Prime Minister’s office has compiled a short summary of the city’s impressive growth...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh film “Over Barriers” directed by Banu Ramazanova will compete at the 16th Kazan International Muslim Film Festival scheduled for early September. Ramazanova’s film...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed into law a new Code of Public Health and Healthcare System July 7, as well as the Law On Amendments...
The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) hosted three important events last week. The first was the meeting of it’s Management Council, chaired by Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev....
NUR-SULTAN – The World Bank Executive Board has approved a $500 million loan to Kazakhstan to develop farming as part of the Sustainable Livestock Development Program meant...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Kazakhstan with National Dombra Day, which is celebrated on the first Sunday of July, according to the Akorda press service. ...
NUR-SULTAN – A group of 32 Russian medical workers arrived July 6 in Nur-Sultan on a special flight of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Kazakh...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev is ringing in his 80th birthday on July 6th, as the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan also celebrated its birthday the same...
NUR-SULTAN – Travel enthusiast Conrad Caeiro released a video about Nur-Sultan and his visit to the city on his YouTube channel “Vlog 360 Degrees”. Caeiro visited Nur-Sultan last...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gave an interview to the leading Kazakh newspaper Egemen Qazaqstan. Here’s the full interview in English. Only strong state can make its way...
The 80th birthday of the first President of Kazakhstan, the leader of the Kazakh nation (Elbasy) Nursultan Nazarbayev – this is a great opportunity to celebrate his...
This year, the capital of Kazakhstan will celebrate its 22nd birthday on July 6. The celebratory events will be held virtually due to the epidemiological situation in...
Russian-Kazakh relations today are characterized by their remarkable stability. The foundations to these bilateral relations were laid down by the First President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who...
The poet, philosopher and national enlightener Abai Kunanbayev became famous for his approach to “saving the Kazakh people” in the era of the “farewell ball of nomadic...
NUR-SULTAN – The workload on the emergency medical services (EMS) significantly increased during the pandemic in all parts of the world. Approximately 1,400 Kazakh ambulance teams circulate...
NUR-SULTAN – The stock market is facing a highly uncertain economic environment. Although many experts forecasted a decrease in investment flow to developing countries during the pandemic,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pointed out the important role of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in helping the country fix the adverse economic impact...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will introduce a two-week lockdown from July 5 onwards in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection that has surged rapidly...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev recovered from the coronavirus infection, said his spokesperson Aidos Ukibay. “I have good news. Today’s coronavirus test of the Elbasy...
Kazakhstan is not an unfamiliar country for me. While studying at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1983, I had a three-month geological internship in Karaganda and...
We took a similar life path, both myself and the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. We are the children of our time and of the USSR,...
NUR-SULTAN – The National Bank can take additional measures to stabilize the exchange rate if it is necessary, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a meeting with...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan launched a pilot project that provides free virtual consultation with qualified doctors in three medical institutions in Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent on June 30th....
Having become president of Kazakhstan after a landslide election victory a year ago, and recently returned from Moscow, where at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin he...
NUR-SULTAN – The spread of the idea of global security and peace and harmony between nations is the fundamental basis of the state policy forged by Kazakhstan’s...
NUR-SULTAN – Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Kyrgyzstan Chingiz Aidarbekov, Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan celebrated its Diplomatic Service Day on July 2nd. Kazakh Ambassador-at-Large Bulat Sarsenbayev spoke to The Astana Times about the history of the diplomatic service,...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev publicly reprimanded state bodies for failing to address the COVID-19 pandemic consequences during a government meeting to discuss measures to prevent...
NUR-SULTAN – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently approved a $1 billion assistance package to Kazakhstan to help Central Asia’s largest economy address the COVID-19 pandemic...
The third annual Astana Finance Days (AFD) five-day conference began on June 29 with virtual discussions, webinars and live panel sessions on support mechanisms to reverse the...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has a plan not to be left behind with global digitization efforts. Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin chaired the meeting of the national commission...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan marked the 28th of June as the official Day of Mass Media Workers. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated the media workers on their professional...
NUR-SULTAN – Popular Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen sang “Thousands of Miles, a Common Dream” in perfect Chinese on the pilot episode of the “Classical Wings Project” a...
NUR-SULTAN – A military parade featuring the flags of the Almaty military units that participated in World War II was held on June 24th in Almaty, reported...
Abai’s works, including his most famous book “Kara Soz” (Book of Words), which consists of 45 brief parables and philosophical treatises, have been translated into many languages....
The fourth wave of financial assistance initiated by Biz Birgemiz (We are Together in Kazakh language) Fund will now reach 80,000 low-income families in the country’s rural...
Kazakhstan’s way or the Kazakhstan’s development model – these are what foreign experts call the successful measures taken to ensure national modernization and the evolutionary transformations inspired...
“Til Kazyna” (Language is Treasure in Kazakh) Kazakh cultural center opened its doors in Brussels on June 19th with a mission to promote the diverse culture and...
Since President Trump has taken office, he has been clear about the need for fostering democratic reforms and promoting ideals of freedom, justice and equality in governments...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gave an interview to one of the leading newspapers in the Kazakh language Ana Tili. Here’s the full interview in English. – Dear...
NUR-SULTAN – Young and prominent Kazakh figure skater and world’s silver medalist Elizabet Tursynbaeva, 20, participated in the world’s biggest 24-hour online workout June 23 organized by...
Historically, Central Asia and India interacted more than 2,000 years ago. Thus, the establishment of the power of nomadic Khans in the Central Asian region, and later...
The authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan will spend 8 percent of the country’s GDP on post-crisis economic recovery, said manager of the Astana International Financial Center (MFC)....
The unique character of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who became the founding president of modern Kazakhstan, has been the subject of increased interest from both domestic...
United States President Donald Trump sent a telegram to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulating him on his first year in the presidential office, reported Akorda.kz. Tokayev was...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has just rendered more humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, according to a June 22nd press service release by the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Humanitarian...
The United Nations (UN) in Kazakhstan has decided to celebrate Father’s Day, which is celebrated every third Sunday of June globally with the launch of its Equal...
The Kazakh government will update the Strategic Development Plan For 2025. The new document will incorporate a mechanism called the “institute of regulatory appeal.” This mechanism will...
Kazakhstan celebrated June 21 Medical Workers Day, the third Sunday of June. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Kazakh medical workers with their professional holiday and decreed to...
Kazakh Energy Minister Nurlan Nogayev participated in the 19th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting which was held via videoconference, during...
Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi addressed the high-level Belt and Road meeting titled “Belt and Road International Cooperation: Combating COVID-19 with Solidarity.” The online event was attended...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed gratitude to doctors, nurses and ambulance workers for their heroic actions at the June 23 Biz Birgemiz (We Are Together) online forum...
One hundred and forty-one passengers flew out of Almaty on June 20th en route to Antalya on the country’s first regular international flight since the lockdown began. ...
Popular Kazakh pop-star Dimash Kudaibergen marked two important milestones in his career on June 18. The singer signed on with the American IPZ talent promotion agency on...
Kazakhstan has an immense potential to diversify and develop its economy through the agro industrial complex. The nation’s vast agricultural resources can produce goods meeting the needs...
The pandemic has had a dramatic impact in all aspects of our lives. On the one hand, it once again showed us that we are all children...
In an interview with Kazakhstan’s InBusiness website, ABA (Advanced Bank of Asia) Bank Executive Director Madi Akmambet and CEO Askhat Azhikhanov shared their success story of turning...
NUR-SULTAN – One of Kazakhstan’s top ten travel destinations, the Balkhash Lake shoreline, will have a major infrastructure renovation operation finished by 2025. The Karaganda Region Akimat...
Approximately 200 million years ago, the deserted steppe of the Mangystau Region was once the bottom of the ancient Tethys Ocean – a habitat for ancient marine...
Spring and summer are the most anticipated period for city residents not only because of the start of the vacation season but because this period is the...
The Kazakh government has announced the toughening of lockdown restrictions scheduled to take effect the upcoming weekend of June 20-21, as the nation witnessed a hike in...
Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev tested positive for COVID-19 on June 18th, according to the Elbasy (Leader of the Nation, the constitutional title accorded to Nursultan Nazarbayev)...
The historic film “Tomiris” directed by Akan Satayev will be released Sept. 29 in North American movie theaters after Arclight Films sold the U.S. distribution rights to...
Kazakhstan has decided to welcome the international business community with open arms and announced its intentions to become a full-fledged member of the global marketplace. Last year,...
“Kieli Bi” (Sacred Dance in Kazakh) is a dance film produced by Dana Mussa and Alexander Murphy, which has made it into the official selection of the...
