- Sunday, 2 August, 2026
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NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government plans to prepare school students and teachers by Aug. 25 for them to start the 2020-2021 academic year in virtual classrooms. The...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has passed the peak of COVID-19 infection, said Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy at an Aug. 3 press briefing. “We can say for a...
NUR-SULTAN – The global tourism industry has suffered significantly since the COVID-19 outbreak and according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization, international tourism numbers...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Popular Singer Dimash Kudaibergen’s name is on a microchip headed to the red planet aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Mars Perseverance...
NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Hub International Technopark of IT startups is accepting applications from startups for the Stream 8 acceleration program until August 15, reported the Astana...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Spiritual Directorate of Muslims (KSDM) distributed sacrificial meat to 81,301 needy families, as well as the elderly, orphanages and hospitals across Kazakhstan, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – Similar to Confucianism, Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayev’s works should serve as the foundation of an ethical philosophy and program of social values for...
NUR-SULTAN – The Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) launched the SOS Goitered Gazelle project to preserve endangered goitered gazelles in the country’s south. Goitered...
NUR-SULTAN – The Qara Film Festival will be held online Aug. 6-9 in Kazakhstan. A new documentary film festival will feature international documentaries dedicated to the current...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government and the National Bank have adopted a new plan that includes measures to support the economy in case the social and economic...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh deposit market had a decrease in its dollarization level. The share of dollars has shrunk to 40 percent of the total deposits in...
NUR-SULTAN – 2020 was declared the Year of Volunteers in Kazakhstan. This year, volunteers have had to work in exceptional circumstances due to the pandemic outbreak. As...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has decided to extend its coronavirus quarantine through mid-August and only consider easing the restrictions afterward, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev July 29, reported...
NUR-SULTAN – Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “Yellow Cat” will compete at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, reported Kazakh Film Studio press service. The festival, which will kick off...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Spiritual Directorate of Muslims changed the guidelines around the sacrifice ritual of Kurban Ait (Festival of the Sacrifice) Islamic holiday to ensure social...
NUR-SULTAN – The SK-Pharmacy Company, the country’s sole pharmaceutical distributor, has launched the People’s Control section on its website to show where humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan comes...
NUR-SULTAN – Seven Pillars Law, one of Central Asia’s most innovative law firms, has recently established a space office with the mission to assist clients looking to...
NUR-SULTAN – Anti-Corruption Agency Chair Alik Shpekbayev proposed to accelerate the creation of a national e-currency to ensure absolute transparency in public procurement and eliminate corruption during...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy spoke about how Kazakhstan plans to lift lockdown restrictions from Aug. 3 during a July 28 government meeting, reported Kazakh...
NUR-SULTAN – The share of e-commerce in total retail during the lockdown has approached Kazakhstan’s 2025 target of 10 percent, said Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt...
In Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Jack Cade described the Utopian world he would establish when he became king. A world in which all people are equal, there is...
As lockdowns ease in countries across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear—a return to business as usual is...
NUR-SULTAN – A team of Kazakh school students took home the Regional Winner in Asia title awarded by Technovation Girls 2020 for developing the Cerebrate brain training...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan plans to include the Caspian seal in its Red Book of Endangered Species, reported the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology...
NUR-SULTAN – Recent university undergraduates kicked off Este, a stylish and unique marketplace collecting the works of more than 120 Kazakh handmade artists in a single place....
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan just got another upgrade. New murals and an art space have transformed the city landscape and given life to some...
Kazakhstan and Russia have signed July 21 an intergovernmental agreement on the implementation of a joint mineral fertilizer plant, primeminister.kz reported. Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia Yermek...
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will continue to render humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, according to a July 20 government decree. According to the document, Kazakhstan will send...
NUR-SULTAN – The money transfer volume within Kazakhstan reached 18.5 billion tenge (US$44.76 million) in the first five months of 2020, which is 18.7 percent more than...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh car industry has seen an overwhelming increase in domestic car production, an increase in exports, and car sales over the first half-year. The...
