Kazakh Government Signs Agreement to Coordinate Macroeconomic Policy for Next Three Years

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government, the National Bank, and the Agency for Regulation and Development of Financial Markets signed an agreement on coordination of macroeconomic policy measures...


Kazakh Capital Hosts a Poetry Event to Commemorate 580th Anniversary of Poet Alisher Navoi

NUR-SULTAN – The International spiritual event dedicated to the 580th anniversary of great poet and thinker Alisher Navoi was held on Feb. 21 at the House of...


Wind Farm and Hydro Power Plant to Launch This Year in Zhambyl Region

NUR-SULTAN – A wind farm and a hydro power plant will be launched in the Zhambyl region this year, the regional press service reported.  Overall, two renewable...


Wins Keep Piling In As Kazakh Boxers Continue Bringing Home the Gold in Championships All Over the World

NUR-SULTAN – Our story starts with Kazakh 36-year-old middleweight Kanat Islam (28-0, 22 KOs) who has again challenged WBC and WBA super middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez...


Kazakhstan to Modernize 115 Public Service Centers and Support Capacity-Building for Youth Cadres

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Bagdat Mussin shared the progress report on the modernization of public services centers as well as...


Fitch Affirms Kazakhstan at ‘BBB’ Rating, Outlook Stable

NUR-SULTAN – The Fitch credit rating agency affirmed Kazakhstan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook.  The report noted the country’s strong...


45-Foot Ice Volcano Goes Viral in Kazakhstan, Attracts Tourists (Video)

NUR-SULTAN – With winter destinations already abundant in Kazakhstan, one more spot can be added to the tourist map. A 14-metre ice volcano in the Almaty region...


Young Soloists of Astana Opera House Make Debut in Gala Programs

NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Opera House will present the two-part gala programs on Feb. 20 and 23, the theatre’s press service reported.  The new ballet programs feature...


Kazakh Foreign Minister, OSCE Senior Officials Address International Conference Commemorating Astana 2010 Summit

NUR-SULTAN – Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi, OSCE Chair Ann Linde and OSCE Secretary-General Helge Schmid opened an international conference...


Kazakhstan Increases Flights with UAE and Turkey

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s SCAT airlines has made the decision to increase flights to the Ras Al Khaimah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting Feb....


Kazakhstan Marks 100th anniversary of Kazakh Legal Scientist and Scholar Salyk Zimanov 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Kazakh scientist, scholar and politician Salyk Zimanov on Feb. 19.  Zimanov, born in 1921 in Atyrau, is an...


Making Peace with Nature is Possible, If We Start Now

Even amid a pandemic, 2021 can go down as the year we made peace with nature and set the planet to healing. As COVID-19 upends our lives,...


Kazakh President and Uzbek Foreign Minister Discuss Strengthening of Bilateral Relations 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov discussed the strengthening of bilateral relations during the minister’s official working visit to...


Forest Cover in Kazakhstan Increases by 188,000 Hectares in 2020

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s forest area has reversed its decline and increased by 188,000 hectares in 2020. The country’s forest cover is expected to reach 5 percent by...


Projects Worth $3.3 billion Planned in Shymkent Over Next Five Years

NUR-SULTAN – Over the next five years, the Shymkent authorities are planning a pool of 123 investment projects worth 1.36 trillion tenge (US$3.3 billion) that are expected...


Khiva to Host Central Asia at Crossroads of Civilizations Forum in 2021

NUR-SULTAN – The Central Asia at the Crossroads of Civilizations international forum will be held in Khiva, Uzbekistan in 2021, the press service of the United Nations...


Freedom of Expression is the Constitutional Right of Every Citizen, Says Tokayev

NUR-SULTAN – Freedom of expression is a constitutional right of every citizen, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at a virtual meeting with the country’s Prosecutor General office,...


Shymkent Launches 20 MW Capacity Solar Power Plant Worth $15 Million

NUR-SULTAN – A new 20 MW capacity solar power plant, the third in Shymkent, has started operating in the Aikol residential area, the Kazakh Invest National Company...


Young Kazakh Engineer Enters Finals of Elon Musk’s Tunnel-Digging Competition, Plans to Create Kazakh Brand of Electric Vehicles 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh engineer Sanzhar Taizhan and his Warwick Boring team have advanced through the technical design reviews and have entered the list of 12 finalists scheduled...


Japanese Companies to Invest in Digital Projects in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The Japanese companies Japan DX and Land Management Co. Ltd announced plans to invest $150 million in digital projects in Kazakhstan, the press service of...


ADB Raises $20 Million from First Gender Bonds in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The Asian Development Bank has raised nearly 8.4 billion tenge (US$20.1 million) from the first gender bonds issued in Kazakhstan, reported the bank’s press service. ...


Kazakh Citizens Given Right to Withdraw Pensions, Reinvest Into Housing 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s Unified Accumulative Pension Fund has started accepting applications for the withdrawal of eligible amounts of pension savings by citizens on Jan. 23. Kazakh citizens...


Bublik and Golubev from Kazakhstan Took Sensational Win over World’s Top Ranked Players, Lost in Third Round at Australian Open

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh tennis players Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev have advanced to the third round of the doubles tournament at the Australian Open, the FTC press...


Cross-Border Water Cooperation in Central Asia: Past, Present, Future

Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. For Central Asia, this resource is an important natural and geographical factor that forms the region as a...


Kazakh Economy Contracts 4.5 Percent in January, Officials Outline Measures to Restore Growth

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Minister of the National Economy Asset Irgaliyev said that the Kazakh economy contracted 4.5 percent in January, but the government plans a set of...


Kazakhstan Establishes International Centre for Rapprochement of Cultures under Aegis of UNESCO to Promote Interethnic and Interreligious Harmony

NUR-SULTAN – Preserving and strengthening intercultural and interreligious harmony and prioritising dialogue and social consensus has always been the fundamental pillars of the state policy during the...


Kazakhstan to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Membership in United Nations in 2022

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its acceptance as a full member of the United Nations (UN) in 2022 to commemorate the events of...


Tokayev Emphasises Importance of Judiciary Reforms

NUR-SULTAN – The reforms to modernise the judiciary system in Kazakhstan should mobilise quality specialists and ensure impartiality in court decisions, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at...


Kazakhstan to Conduct Online Population Census Starting Sep. 1 

NUR-SULTAN – The online population census will begin on September 1, 2021 in Kazakhstan. This decision was made at the first meeting of the special commission for...


New Opportunities, Old Roads: Kazakhstan’s Silk Road 

NUR-SULTAN – Twenty-three years ago in February, then Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a state program into existence to revive the historical centers of the Silk Road,...