- Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
- Almaty 87 °F / 31 °C
- Astana 88 °F / 31 °C
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached $44.2 billion as of November, marking an increase of $8.3 billion, or 23.1%, compared to 2023, according to...
ASTANA – The East Kazakhstan Region plans to construct five new hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) with a combined capacity of 74.3 megawatts (MW) in the coming years,...
ASTANA – The Tazy hunting dog breed received a patent from National Institute of Intellectual Property Qazpatent on Jan. 14. The Kansonar national group of public associations...
ABU DHABI — In an interview with The Astana Times during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2025 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Francesco La Camera, director...
ASTANA – Kazakh freestyle skier Anastasia Gorodko won her second gold medal in the parallel moguls event at the 2025 FISU World University Games Winter, which takes...
ASTANA – The Kazakh passport ranked 65th, moving one spot up in the Henley Passport Index 2025 released on Jan. 8. Citizens of Kazakhstan can now visit...
ASTANA – Almaty became the most popular region of Kazakhstan among foreign tourists in 2024, according to the Kazakh Tourism national company’s analysis based on data on...
ASTANA – The Kazakh capital started implementing the project to create a second industrial park on an area of 409 hectares based on the Astana – New...
ASTANA – Last year, the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) index continued to grow by 33.2%, to 5,578.10 points, according to KASE Chairperson Alina Aldambergen. The capitalization of...
ASTANA – Kazakh national telecom operator Kazakhtelecom has completed a deal with a Qatari-based Power International Holding (PIH) to sell a 100% stake in Mobile Telecom-Service LLP...
ABU DHABI — Last November, during the COP29 conference in Baku, Masdar, a leading renewable energy company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed an agreement...
ASTANA—Hero’s Journey, a Kazakhstan-based gamified fitness studio, secured $6 million in funding at a $30 million valuation. In an interview with Digital Business on Jan 13, the...
ASTANA — Decrypted black boxes of the AZAL plane, which crashed on Dec. 25 last year in Aktau, were brought from Brazil to Kazakhstan. Today, their data...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a number of meetings on Jan. 14-15 as part of his working visit to Abu Dhabi. Tokayev invites Italian...
ASTANA – Religious leaders of China expressed support for Kazakhstan’s initiatives to strengthen interfaith dialogue. Maulen Ashimbayev, chair of the Senate, upper house of the Kazakh Parliament,...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with experts in the field of artificial intelligence on Jan. 15 as part of his working visit...
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov instructed to intensify work to improve competitiveness of Kazakh sports ahead of the ninth Asian Winter Games during a Jan....
What is digital diplomacy, and how can Kazakhstan leverage it to build a sustainable and strong country brand? How can the inevitable digitalization process bring the work...
ASTANA – Kazakh professional freestyle skier Anastasia Gorodko won the gold medal with 79.79 points at the 2025 FISU World University Games Winter, which takes place in...
ASTANA – The Investment Promotion Council (Investment Headquarters) held a meeting on Jan. 14 to review and approve the main terms of the investment agreements aimed at...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held talks with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Jan. 14 on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW)...
ASTANA – Tax revenues from Almaty’s tourism sector reached 85.5 billion tenge (US$161.8 million) in the first 11 months of 2024, doubling the previous year’s figures, the...
ASTANA – Recent social survey results highlight that while Kazakh families continue to cherish marriage-related traditions, support for costly weddings and outdated practices, such as bride kidnapping,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan attracted national and private companies to plant forests on the dried bed of the Aral Sea, the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Kazakh...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highlighted the pressing realities of global climate change, desertification, extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and food insecurity in his...
ASTANA – A survey conducted by the National Bank of Kazakhstan found that nearly 50% of citizens hold their money in bank deposits, Kazinform reported on Jan....
ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in the grand opening of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) Summit and the Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony...
ASTANA – Kazakh citizens spent nearly 3.2 trillion tenge (US$6 billion) on online purchases over the first 11 months of 2024, Minister of Trade and Integration Arman...
Last year’s Baku Climate Conference, the 29th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC), concluded with mixed outcomes. While the contentious...
ASTANA – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route effectively ensures the security of supply chains between Asia and Europe. Kazakhstan and China continue to deepen cooperation on this...
