- Saturday, 23 May, 2026
- Almaty 46 °F / 8 °C
- Astana 61 °F / 16 °C
ALMATY – The ninth edition of Kazakhstan’s record book, also known as the Kazakh Encyclopedic Information Reference Book or the Kazakhstan Book of Honour, was unveiled recently...
The Syrian Civil War, the ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Ba’th government and those seeking to oust it, is nearing its third year carrying...
KOKSHETAU – Thirty tourism-related organizations in the Akmola region will have the opportunity to compete in this year’s “Best Winter Tourism Project” competition, according to a Jan....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will need to spend more than $100 million to build a terminal in the Chinese port of Lianyungang, said a Jan. 16 report by...
Issues regarding development of small and medium business and implementation of related instructions of the President were discussed at a Jan. 22 media briefing with Mazhilis (lower...
Kazakhstan welcomed the commencement of implementation of the Joint Action Plan on Iran’s nuclear programme, which was adopted by the E3+3 and Iran on Nov. 24, 2013...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev during a Jan. 21 meeting with Astana EXPO 2017 National Company Board Chairman Talgat Yermegiyayev directed that the construction of EXPO...
WASHINGTON – Kazakhstan improved its position over last year on the Heritage Foundation’s 20th annual Index of Economic Freedom released Jan. 14. The study, released by the...
ALMATY – The Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine (KazRIPPQ) with the support of KazAgroInnovation and the Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture is now conducting extensive...
ASTANA – The final stage of this year’s 35th annual Dakar Rally, a South American adventure beginning in Rosario, Argentina, finished on Jan. 18 in Valparaiso, Chile....
ASTANA – Thousands of Astana residents flocked to the Yessil River in temperatures below freezing on Jan. 19 to commemorate the Russian Orthodox Church’s Epiphany Day by...
ALMATY – A liver transplant between related patients, with a living donor, was performed in Almaty’s Municipal Hospital No. 7. This is not the first such transplant...
TURKESTAN – In Turkestan’s new centre of arts and crafts near the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yassawi, visitors can see the process of making traditional handicrafts as...
ALMATY – The city’s municipal employment centre in 2013 conducted an outreach campaign to educate its residents about Kazakhstan’s Employment 2020 initiative. The centre distributed print and...
ALMATY – Government officials, bankers and experts from 11 member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) converged on Almaty on Jan. 14-16 for a forum assessing...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will take part in the 34th International Tourism Exhibition FITUR Jan. 22-26 in Madrid, according to the press service of the Committee of Tourism...
ASTANA – The 15th session of the KazEnergy council under the chairmanship of Timur Kulibayev took place on Jan. 16 in Astana. The council is an advisory...
ASTANA – The head of state has repeatedly said that Kazakhstan should not remain a raw materials source for the world’s economically developed countries, but rather build...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a number of bills into law on Jan. 14, including a bill ratifying an agreement authorizing the construction of a...
Defence ministers of Kazakhstan and Israel signed a security cooperation agreement on Jan. 20 in Tel Aviv. The agreement formalises military and defence industry ties between the...
PAVLODAR – The Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant is continuing its modernization and expansion programme meant to prepare the plant to produce Euro 4 and Euro 5 fuels. Euro...
ASTANA – Thanks to its internal policy, Kazakhstan has maintained its ethno-political balance in the new century and has retained its national characteristics, culture and statehood. This...
ZHAMBYL OBLAST – A new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant built as part of the government’s Business Road Map 2020 Programme in the village of Aisha Bibi is now...
ASTANA – A plenary session of Kazakhstan’s lower chamber of parliament, the Mazhilis, on Jan. 15 approved a bill titled “On ratification of the Agreement between the...
ASTANA – The leaders of Kazakhstan and Qatar met in Astana on Jan. 19 during Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani’s official visit to Astana....
ASTANA – This year, 6.9 million square metres of housing will be commissioned in Kazakhstan. “As part of the Affordable Housing 2020 programme, developed by the President,...
AKTOBE REGION – An ore mining and processing enterprise of TNK KazChrom is developing a large industrial centre in the once single-industry mining town of Khromtau that...
ASTANA – In his widely anticipated State-of-the-Nation address on Jan. 17, President Nursultan Nazarbayev outlined in detail his vision of how Kazakhstan, a country only 22 years...
ASTANA – London Olympics 2012 gold medalist and Astana Pro Cycling Team manager Alexander Vinokourov during a Jan. 14 press conference set out an ambitious goal for...
ASTANA – The Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted an event on Jan. 14 to summarise the 2013 results of the Coordination Consultation Conference held under its...
The Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is to be established in Astana. The institution was first proposed by Kazakhstan...
BRATISLAVA – The Continental Hockey League’s (KHL) Western Conference won the league’s All-Star game for the first time in six years, defeating the Eastern Conference 18-16 in...
While most of Kazakhstan is covered with snow and fighting gusty winds, the Presidential Astana Dakar Team races through dust, mud and sand on the other side of...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s TV viewers will see the launch of a brand-new TV channel, Turan TV, on Feb. 1. Kazakhstan’s first TV channel dedicated specifically to promoting...
PAVLODAR – This winter, the ice hole for Russian Orthodox Epiphany Day in Pavlodar will be made on the Usolka River tributary, where the water is shallow...
ALMATY – The public fund Together Against Cancer, which recently marked its five-year anniversary, has launched a new project to create a mobile team of palliative care...
ASTANA – The idea of an economic union of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus was first proposed by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, who thought the initiative would...
Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, presented his credentials to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Jan....
Energy cooperation is an important aspect of bilateral economic trade between Kazakhstan and China. China’s economy, while growing at an unprecedented pace, is nonetheless encountering acute shortages...
Energy security is a major issue for most countries. Resource-rich nations seek stable markets, transportation routes and high prices, while importers look for secure energy supplies at...
AKTAU – A bitumen plant capable of processing 1 million tons of oil and producing about 400 tons of high-quality bitumen officially opened in Aktau on Dec....
ALMATY – On Jan. 14, 1994, a presidential decree on the creation of Kazakhstan’s Presidental Archive was signed. To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of this archive,...
ATYRAU – The Atyrau broadcast television branch of the Kazakhstan television company presented the documentary, “From the Khazars to Kazakhs,” dedicated to the history of the region,...
ASTANA – Farkhad Madenov, a second-year student at the College of the Kazakh National University of Arts (KazNUA), won the sixth Colibri Multicultural Competition of young performers...
AKTOBE – A monument to prominent national writers Takhaui Akhtanov and Kuandyk Shangytbayev was opened in the Aktobe region on Dec. 30. A stone for that monument...
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Husband and wife team Nikolai and Lyudmila Zemlyany have created a garden of unique underground greenhouses in their village of Ukraina, near Ust-Kamenogorsk. The greenhouses,...
The Altyn Orda House of Creative Design is bringing back ancient crafts and presenting them in a new light. Nowadays, it is hard to surprise people with...
Enterprises that are part of the Industrialisation Map in the Zhambyl region manufactured products worth 38.5 billion tenge (US$249 million) in 2013, Primeminister.kz announced. According to the...
As of Jan. 1, Belarusian companies may participate in public procurement in Kazakhstan. Their participation is regulated by the Dec. 2010 agreement on public procurement between the...
The implementation of the Balapan state programme will be extended until 2020, pursuant to a government resolution released on Jan. 9. Balapan was adopted in Kazakhstan in...
ASTANA – While more and more foreigners are moving to Kazakhstan, tales of Kazakh expatriates abroad are still rare. Astana native Raushan Makhmutova, who has been working...
ASTANA – The Sixth Winter Charity Masquerade Ball, one of the capital city’s most prestigious annual events, held Dec. 7, 2013 in Astana, raised more than 13...
ASTANA – According to a recent opinion poll by the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies under Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education and Science, the citizens...
ASTANA – Akim (Mayor) Imangali Tasmagambetov presented a report on the capital’s development at a Central Communications Service (CCS) briefing at the end of December, describing the...
ASTANA – The Kazakh language is being tested as part of Google’s translation service thanks in part to the efforts of Beeline Kazakhstan and WikiBilim Public Fund....
ASTANA – On the 7th of January, together with millions of Orthodox believers around the world, Kazakhstan’s Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas. Representatives of other religions along with...
ASTANA – Residents and guests of Astana have the opportunity to get acquainted with the life of French statesman, military leader and emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte at an...
On Dec. 27, 2013 Akim (Mayor) of Astana Imangali Tasmagambetov elaborated upon the development of transportation infrastructure in the city at a CCS press briefing. “Over 330...
ASTANA – A number of new laws came into effect on Jan. 1, including laws raising taxes and increasing social benefits. Owners of expensive, high-engine-capacity vehicles will...
ASTANA – The 2014 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index, which assesses nuclear materials security conditions in 176 countries and which was released on Jan. 8 by the...
Development of the Caspian Shelf and new geological exploration will dominate headlines surrounding the domestic oil and gas industry in the coming years. Achievements and forecasts It...
ASTANA – While some dislike the fact that Astana sees some of the coldest winters in the world, many others take advantage of the capital’s cold weather....
SHYMKENT – A newly completed inventory of reservoirs and canals in southern Kazakhstan is helping authorities recalculate water facilities, assess their status and identify dams that badly...
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s Sochi Winter Olympics athletes were given their first look at the team’s Olympic gear on New Year’s Eve, when performance athletic wear sets were...
Barys beat their rival, Ak Bars on their opponent’s home ice with a score of 2:1 after a very tense three periods. The team now only stands...
ASTANA – A State Botanical Garden with a parkland area of 97.5 hectares is one of the facilities to be constructed in the capital for the upcoming...
ALMATY – A team of young naturalists from Almaty took first place in the Rodniki (“Springs”) international competition of projects on ecology and local history held in...
PAVLODAR – State company NAC Kazatomprom acquired 40 percent of the ordinary shares of Caustic per President Nazarbayev’s orders on the creation of a high-grade chemical cluster...
ZHAMBYL – The most powerful hydropower plant (9.2 MW) in the region was launched in May 2013 on the Tasotkel Reservoir by “A&T – Energo” and has...
SEMEY – An emergency hospital with the capacity to treat 325 patients officially opened in Semey at the end of December in a ceremony attended by East...
ALMATY – Six startup companies received $100,000 in grants to develop their ideas under a “Build Your Business” contest financed by a prominent Kazakh businessman and organized...
It is estimated that Kazakhstan had produced 82 million tons of “black gold” in 2013. Experts believe oil production in Kazakhstan is set to increase year on...
ALMATY – Two dozen Kazakh companies that provide franchising opportunities participated in the KazFranch 2013 exhibition here in December. The event was organised with support from Baiterek...
ALMATY – This sprawling city of 1.5 million people located in the picturesque foothills of the Tien Shan Mountains of southeastern Kazakhstan has been named one of...
On New Year’s Eve, as we look back on the year of 2013 quickly rushing by and think of what lies ahead of us in 2014, I...
ASTANA – Politicians, officials, business people, bohemia, and the media got together on Dec. 19 for the third annual ceremony of awarding prizes “People’s Favourite 2013”. Numerous...
ASTANA – At the joint session of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on Dec. 20, members considered President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s proposal to send Kazakh officers to United Nations...
ASTANA – According to the recently published opinion poll by IPSOS Mori, a leading market research company from the U.K., 86 percent of Kazakhstan’s citizens are optimistic...
The break-up of the Soviet Union resulted in serious financial, transit, management and political problems for its former states. The emerging relationships between its former constituent parts...
Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus met in Moscow on Dec. 24 as part of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council....
Kazakhstan’s national Universiade team finished in 15th place in the medals standings at the Dec. 11 – 21 Universiade in Trentino, Italy with two gold medals, two...
ALMATY – The cultural life of the city has been enhanced by the opening of a new gallery at the Gazeeff Art Hall. The exhibition displays the...
ASTANA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov reported on the preliminary results of the Foreign Ministry’s activity in 2013 focusing on relations with key...
Among the people in the former Soviet republics there’s a famous expression: If you don’t lament the collapse of the Soviet Union, you have no heart. If...
SHYMKENT – The Agency for Civil Service Affairs of Kazakhstan held a seminar for journalists from the southern regions on Dec. 23 titled “Civil Service Reform: An...
Relations between the U.S. and Kazakhstan are strong and will continue to grow stronger as mutual interests will continue to push the two countries together into an...
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, 1948. This declaration became the first official...
In his 2012 state-of-the-nation address, President Nursultan Nazarbayev identified the development of preventive medicine as a key priority that “should become a major tool in preventing disease.”...
ASTANA – A United Nations Development Programme’s “Wider Europe: Aid for Trade for Central Asia, South Caucasus and the Western CIS” project funded by the Ministry of...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev toured the Tau-Ken Altyn Gold Refinery in Astana on Dec. 20 as well as Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering, a Kazakh-Turkish enterprise that produces electronic and...
The Akim (Governor) of Kostanay Oblast (region), Nuraly Saduakasov discussed the region’s investment potential at a Central Communications Service media briefing on Dec. 19. “This year, over...
On Dec. 20, Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov handed out the Altyn Sapa presidential prizes for quality to domestic enterprises during a national teleconference. Neftekhim Ltd. from Pavlodar...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Canada, two countries with harsh winters, small populations and lots of open space, are finding that their similarities are increasingly opening avenues for...
ASTANA – The spirited Kazakh comedy “Aliens Have Nothing to Do With This” opened across the country on Dec. 5. Maxim Akbarov, one of the film’s stars,...
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov met South Korean President Park Geon-hye during an official visit to South Korea on Dec. 10 to discuss developing bilateral trade...
On the eve of Independence Day, KazTransOil and the Kazakhstan-China Pipeline put two oil pumping stations into operation in the Karaganda and Almaty regions. The new oil...
SEMEY – The UN Development Programme’s Wider Europe: Aid for Trade project seeks to help villages in Central Asia, the South Caucasus and the western countries of...
ASTANA – A roundtable discussion titled “Stability and Security in Central Asia: Cooperation between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan” took place at the National Academic Library on Dec. 11....
ALMATY – Owls and hedgehogs, cats and dogs making friends, flying fairies, smiling snails, golden landscapes and still lives were among the subjects of the work by...
Kazakh professional boxer, Beibut Shumenov (14 wins, 1 loss, 0 draws, nine knockouts) returned to the ring in San Antonio, Texas, on Dec. 14 after a year...
