President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Congratulates Kazinform With 100-Years Anniversary of Reporting

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated the Kazinform state news agency on their 100th anniversary, reported inform.kz. The news agency started Aug. 13 in 1920 as...


Kazakhstan to Partially Lift Quarantine Restrictions Starting Aug. 17

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will lift lockdown restrictions on Aug. 17, according to the decision of the state commission chaired by Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin.  During their...


Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Security Council Meets with Prime Minister to Discuss Further Economic Development

NUR-SULTAN – The Chairman of the Security Council, Nursultan Nazarbayev, discussed the results of the country’s economic development over the last seven months and plans for the...


Seventeen Senate Deputies Elected in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – Seventeen Senate deputies from the nation’s 14 regions and cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent were elected to the Senate, an upper chamber of the...


Kazakhstan to Resume Flights With Seven Countries Starting Aug. 17

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will resume flights to Belarus, Egypt, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine starting Aug. 17, reported the Kazakh Civil Aviation...


Kazakh Archeologists Find Ancient Khanaka Sufi Shrine in Turkestan

NUR-SULTAN – Scientists have found a khanaka, an ancient Sufi shrine, at the Kultobe settlement in Turkestan, during archaeological excavations, the press service of the Kazakh Research...


Central Asia to Cooperate With Japan to Modernize Economy

NUR-SULTAN – The heads of the foreign affairs agencies of Central Asia and Japan discussed prospects for cooperation to address the adverse effects of the pandemic on...


Kazakh Healthcare Minister Visits Turkey to Meet With Counterpart

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy visited medical facilities in Ankara and met with Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca during the visit of the Kazakh delegation...


Abai’s Values Stand Test of Time, Says Kazakh President

NUR-SULTAN – As Kazakhstan celebrated the Day of Abai for the first time on Aug. 10 by commemorating the 175th anniversary of a Kazakh poet and philosopher...


Kazakh Senate Elections to Include 46 Candidates on Ballot

NUR-SULTAN –  Forty-six candidates will appear on the ballot in the elections to the Kazakh Senate, the upper house of the Parliament which is to be held...


Kazakh Defence Minister Reports on Work of Armed Forces, Military Medical Cooperation With Russia

NUR-SULTAN – Over the course of the pandemic, the Kazakh Armed Forces have been directly engaging the enemy in the fight against the coronavirus infection. Kazakh Defense...


Kazakhstan and Turkey Discuss Flight Renewal After Abrupt Seizure Earlier in August

NUR-SULTAN – Following a presidential order, the Kazakh governmental delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov arrived to resolve the issue of flight suspensions between Kazakhstan...


Fifty-Six Kilometres in 13 Hours: Kazakh Athlete Swims Across Issyk-Kul Lake

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh athlete Vitaliy Hudyakov set a record by swimming 56 kilometres across the world’s second-largest mountain lake Issyk-Kul in 13 hours and 18 minutes, reported...


Respects for the Poet: Abai Kunanbayev is Lauded and Remembered in Moscow on his 175th Birthday

MOSCOW – Kazakstan’s Ambassador to Russia Yermek Kosherbayev paid his respect to the greatest Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbayev on the 175th anniversary of the Poet’s birth in...


Kazakh Talent Stuns American Audience With Series of Brilliant Performances

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh talents have been in the spotlight recently on popular U.S. televised talent shows in the last couple of years. Talent Recap, an independent talent...


Kazakhstan Sends Special Military Medical Team to Beirut

NUR-SULTAN – A group of military doctors departed Aug. 8 to Lebanon from Aktau to provide medical aid to victims who suffered from a devastating blast in...


UNICEF Monitors Mental Well-being of Children and Parents, Conducts Webinars for School Psychologists

NUR-SULTAN – More than 5,000 school psychologists and mental health specialists have been trained since April at the psychological assistance website initiated by the United Nations Children’s...


Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: Abai and Kazakhstan in the 21st Century

Abai Kunanbayev left an indelible mark in our history as a philosopher, poet, educator,  translator, composer and founder of a new national literature. In his poems, songs...


Kazakhstan Fulfills OPEC+ Obligations, Goes Above and Beyond Expectation for July

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has reduced its average oil production to 1.313 million barrels per day in July reaffirming its commitment to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries...


East Kazakhstan: Rich History, Birthplace of Abai and Plethora of Historical Sites

NUR-SULTAN – The East Kazakhstan region boasts to have 13 unique places included in the map of Kazakhstan’s sacred places. Sacred places are cultural heritage monuments, mausoleums...


Growth of Manufacturing Industry Provides Kazakhstan With Resources to Fight Pandemic

In the last 10 years, there have been significant developments in Kazakhstan’s manufacturing industry. The main objective of the industrial renewal program was to develop the non-extractive...


Kazakhstan Celebrates Abai Kunanbayev’s 175th Anniversary 

NUR-SULTAN – Today, Aug. 10, Kazakhstan is celebrating the 175th anniversary of a famous Kazakh poet and writer Abai Kunanbayev.  “Hardships come and go, but Abai’s poetry...


Atyrau Resident Transfers His Collection of Ancient Sarmatian Exhibits to Local Museum

NUR-SULTAN – Atyrau resident Rauan Sabirov donated dozens of archaeological exhibits to the Khan Ordaly Saraishyk museum complex in the Atyrau Region. The rarest and most valuable...


Human Trials for Kazakh COVID-19 Vaccine to Start in September

NUR-SULTAN – As the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine continues worldwide, the Kazakh Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems has announced a start date for human trials...


Kazakh President Asks Lebanese Counterpart to Ensure Safety of Kazakh Citizens in Beirut

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev asked Lebanese President Michel Aoun to ensure the safety of more than 200 Kazakh citizens including Kazakh UN peacekeeping contingent and...


Kazakh Folk Music Project Wins British Council’s Big Idea Challenge

NUR-SULTAN – The “More Than Music” project became a country champion in the British Council’s global Creative Spark Big Idea Challenge. Martebe Abidilda, the author of “More...


Abai Kunanbayev: The Man With The Whole Steppe on His Shoulders

People  have yet to understand and appreciate the works created by the Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayev.  In Kazakhstan, 2020 has been declared to be the...


Kazakh Citizens Stay Safe After Beirut Blast, Embassy to Be Restored, Says Kazakh FM

NUR-SULTAN – The Beirut blast damaged the Kazakh Embassy Office in Lebanon and lightly injured Kazakh Consul Baglan Spabek on Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. at the...


Kazakhstan Wins Multi-Million Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company at International Arbitration Tribunal

NUR-SULTAN – The International Arbitration Tribunal issued a unanimous decision on the immunity and dismissal of the case initiated in 2016 by Gold Pool, a Canadian junior...


Library of Kazakhstan’s First President Opens Video Exhibition Dedicated to Abai

NUR-SULTAN – The Library of Kazakhstan’s First President – the Elbasy has launched the Legacy of Abai as a Moral Guideline virtual video exhibition dedicated to the...