Hungary Becomes First Country in EU to Recognize Kazakhstan’s Vaccination Passports

NUR-SULTAN – Hungary became the first country in the European Union to recognize Kazakhstan’s vaccine passports, said Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...


Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister, Azerbaijani President Agree on Strengthening Trade Ties Ahead of 30th Anniversary of Bilateral Diplomatic Relations

NUR-SULTAN – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev commended the extensive history of friendly relations between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan ahead of next year’s 30th anniversary Azerbaijani-Kazakh diplomatic relations during...


Kazakh PM Reports to Parliament on Economic Growth, Measures to Fight COVID-19

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin reported about the country’s economic development and the measures the government has taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus...


Approval of National Security Strategy for 2021-2025 to Address Rising Challenges Facing Kazakhstan

The National Security Strategy for 2021-2025 signed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is one of the major documents in the public administration system. The adopted strategy covers...


Preliminary Results Confirm Arrival of Indian COVID-19 Double Mutation Variant to Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN – The akimat (city administration) of Nur-Sultan confirmed that out of 54 patients in Nur-Sultan sampled for additional examination, 56 percent show the preliminary presence of...


Kazakhstan Adopts Updated National Security Strategy, Reflects New Challenges

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the decree approving the National Security Strategy for 2021-2025, reports the Akorda press service. The National Security Strategy that...


Central Asian Countries to Create Unified Higher Education Zone

NUR-SULTAN – The ministries of education of the Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, have agreed to create a unified higher education area in...


Kazakhstan Becomes First Central Asian Country to Introduce Gamma Knife Tumor Treatment

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan became the first country in Central Asia and the third in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to install the breakthrough Gamma Knife tumor...


President Tokayev Opens Memorial Dedicated to Healthcare Workers

NUR-SULTAN – When millions of people were forced into lockdown last year, healthcare workers were on the frontline to combat the pandemic. Stuck in hospitals for days...


Australia Sees Untapped Opportunities for Cooperation with Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – Australia and Kazakhstan have a lot more opportunities that remained untapped and though COVID-19 might have disrupted some of the plans, the will to develop...


Tomorrow Was Late: Nur-Sultan Hosts Presentation of Book on Environmental Problems

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh capital hosted the presentation of the book titled Tomorrow Was Late: Environmental Risks of Kazakhstan on June 17, gathering, both virtually and physically, representatives...


Disney’s Kazakh Dubbing Project Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with Release of New Pixar Cartoon (Video)

NUR-SULTAN – The new Pixar cartoon “Luca” came out on June 17 and became the 37th film dubbed from English to Kazakh as part of the collaboration...


Foreign Companies to Invest More Than $500 Million in Kazakhstan’s Agro-industrial Sector, Chemical Industry

NUR-SULTAN – Newly announced foreign investments from Dutch, Turkish and Arab companies are expected to finance projects worth more than $500 million in Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial sector and...


President Tokayev Calls for More Environmental Friendly Sources of Electricity 

NUR-SULTAN – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reiterated Kazakhstan’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 and called for greater efforts to ensure the country’s electricity is generated from...


Sustainable Economy Cannot Be Developed without Effective Human Rights Protection

The recent signing by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Decree “On further measures of Kazakhstan in the field of human rights” can be called a breakthrough for...


Kazakhstan Improves Position In IMD-2021 World Competitiveness Ranking

NUR-SULTAN – Improving its last year’s standing by seven positions, Kazakhstan was ranked 35th out of 64 countries in the 2021 World Competitiveness Ranking on June 17,...


New Wind Farm in Aktobe Region to Expand Kazakhstan’s Wind Power Capacity

NUR-SULTAN – The construction of the new wind farm Badamsha-2 that is expected to significantly increase the rapidly growing renewable energy industry in Kazakhstan will be completed...


First International Space for Independent Dialogue between Government, Business and Society Opens in AlmaU

NUR-SULTAN – The first international collaborative space, named QAYNAR BULAQ – Tochka Kipeniya (translated as a boiling point), aimed at creating an independent dialogue platform between representatives...


Kazakhstan is Ready to Provide its Own COVID-19 Vaccine to OIC Member States after WHO’s Approval, says Tokayev at OIC Summit on Science and Technology

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will provide its QazVac vaccine to the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and consider its production in other OIC nations...


Simply the Best: STARchenko

Kazakh athlete Roman Starchenko was named the best hockey player of the past season. The 35-year-old forward in the Kontinental Hockey League for the Barys hockey club...


Kazakhstan Achieves Major Results in Protecting Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Says UNHCR Representative in Central Asia

NUR-SULTAN – World Refugee Day, annually celebrated on June 20, is an international day initiated by the United Nations (UN) to honor refugees around the globe. To mark...


Aral Sea Restoration Efforts to Include Planting Million-Hectare Saxaul Forest

NUR-SULTAN – Saxaul trees will be planted on one million hectares of the drained bottom of the Aral Sea on the territory of Kazakhstan as part of...


American Companies Invest Nearly $54 Billion in Kazakhstan Over 30 Years

NUR-SULTAN – Over 30 years, the United States has invested US$53.7 billion into the Kazakh economy. The two countries hosted a virtual business forum June 14-15 that...


ITeachMe Public Fund Develops Roadmap to Make IT Sphere in Kazakhstan More Inclusive

NUR-SULTAN – The ITeachMe Competence Development Center announced a new project on developing a roadmap for improving the inclusion of people with disabilities in the IT sphere...


Kazakh Biosafety Research Institute Begins Clinical Trials of Another Vaccine Against COVID-19

NUR-SULTAN – Clinical trials of QazCoVac-P, another Kazakh vaccine against COVID-19, were launched on June 15 at the Kazakh Biosafety Research Institute, reported the press service of...


Kazakhstan Selects Top 10 Tourist Destinations

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan recently approved a list of top ten priority tourist destinations that were previously defined by the state program for tourism development, said Chairman of...


Kazakh Healthcare Minister Urges Officials to Accelerate Vaccine Rollout

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Alexey Tsoy urged the country’s officials to accelerate vaccine rollout at a June 15 government meeting. Kazakhstan administered nearly four million...


Exhibition Dedicated to Medical Workers Opens in Almaty

NUR-SULTAN – The “We Will Win This Together” exhibition of paintings and photographs dedicated to frontline medical workers opened at the Kazakh Central State Museum in Almaty...


Kazakh Commissioner for Human Rights Briefs Diplomats on Reforms

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Commissioner for Human Rights Elvira Azimova briefed the diplomatic missions in Kazakhstan on the nation’s ongoing reforms in human rights and the rule of...


President Tokayev, US Special Representative Discuss Kazakh-American Сooperation on Afghanistan

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad discussed enhancing the Kazakh-American strategic partnership to ensure security and stability in...