World Bank: Kazakh Economy Set to Recover By 2.5% After 2020 Left Behind

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s economic growth will probably shrink by three percent in 2020 for the first time since the late 1990s and will recover by 2.5 percent...


Spotify Launches in Kazakhstan, Welcomed By Music Fans All Over the Country

NUR-SULTAN – People in Kazakhstan now have more options to listen to music, as Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming service with 286 million users, recently...


Kazakhstan to Limit Access to Tourist Zones Near Nur-Sultan Through End of July

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will limit access to tourist zones in the Akmola Region from July 24 to Aug. 3, announced Burabai district Deputy Akim (Governor) Ualikhan Gabdullin....


Kazakhstan Launches Charity Fund to Lend Support to Medical Personnel, People in Need

NUR-SULTAN – The Menin Atamekenim (My Homeland) public association and Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs launched the Virus Dobra (Virus of Goodwill) charity action July 21 to...


Kazakhstan Expands Construction Materials Market 3.3 Times Over Thanks to New Economic Program

NUR-SULTAN – The production volume of building materials for construction works has increased 3.3 times over, said Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development Beibut Atamkulov during a...


Kazakhstan to Establish National Emergency Stabilization Fund for Essential Medicines

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan will create a national pharmaceutical reserve to ensure the country’s 18 million population has sufficient access to medicines amid the pandemic, said Kazakh Healthcare...


Kazakh Healthcare Minister Cautiously Optimistic, COVID-19 Numbers Appear to Be Stabilizing

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh health officials are optimistic, as the number of COVID-19 cases appears to be stabilizing. The daily increase in coronavirus cases halved from 4 percent...


Argentinean Dimash Dears Launch “La Era Dimash” Radio Station With Round-the-Clock Dimash Hits 

NUR-SULTAN – Millions of Dears (the term for die-hard fans of popular Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen) around the world are united in a mission to get everyone...


Kazakh Youth Activists Engage Fellow Citizens, Encourage Socially Responsible Mask-Wearing Behavior

NUR-SULTAN – The youth movement of Kazakhstan’s Assembly of People launched a nationwide social campaign over the weekend to encourage people to comply with quarantine measures and...


Popular Uzbek Singer Supports Kazakh People with Patriotic Song

NUR-SULTAN – Famous Uzbek singer and actor John Roomy (Jalaladdin Rumi) sang “Atameken (homeland),” one of the most prominent patriotic songs in Kazakh, to morally support all...


EU Launches $3.4 Million Program to Help Central Asia Fight COVID-19

NUR-SULTAN – The European Union launched July 20 the Central Asia COVID-19 Crisis Response Program (CACCR), a 3 million euro (US$3.4 million) package meant to help the...


Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Commits to More Interstate Cooperation Projects

NUR-SULTAN – The prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states have adopted and approved July 17 a number of multilateral initiatives such as comprehensive...


Is Privatisation The Panacea?

Five years ago, Kazakhstan’s first President Nursultan Nazarbayev unveiled The National Plan – 100 concrete steps on implementation of five institutional reforms. At its launch, during the...


One Region, One Health: Preparing Central Asia for Future Pandemics

It is nothing new to suggest that regional cooperation in Central Asia holds significant potential for the region. Nor is it novel to recall the shared heritage...


19-Year-Old Kazakh Artist Becomes Accidental Overnight Hit With His ‘Roses’ Hit Remix (Video)

NUR-SULTAN – The New York Times ran a human interest piece about an unsuspecting new star out of Kazakhstan with a hit remix that, strictly legally speaking,...


Abai in Moscow – Open Air, Recitals and Songs

MOSCOW – Like many great writers, Abai Kunanbayev was remarkably modest about his literary works and their usefulness for mankind. Here is what he wrote in his...


Archaeologists Find Rare Jewelry Tools During New Dig at the Ancient Kultobe Settlement in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN –  The Kazakh Research Institute of Culture recently found 150-year-old jewelry tools, one of the rarest categories of finds, during a dig at the Kultobe settlement...


Kazakh Musician Performs Dauletkerey’s Composition With Lake Kobeytuz As Backdrop (Video)

NUR-SULTAN – The 23-year musician Marzhan Kapsamat surprised her followers with her recent music video on the pink-coloured Lake Kobeytuz. A well-known Kazakhstan social media sensation, this...


Kazakh Foreign Minister Speaks at Successful First High-Level Central Asia-China Talks 

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi participated July 16 in the first Central Asia – China high-level meeting that gathered foreign ministers of China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...


Кazakh Ministry of Healthcare Announces Adoption of New WHO Disease Classification System to Combat COVID-19

NUR-SULTAN – As more information about the COVID-19 virus has become available, experts have realized that the virus behaves differently in each country. In some countries, the...


Kazakhstan Committed to OPEC Cuts in August

NUR-SULTAN  – Kazakhstan reaffirmed its commitment to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreement during the July 15 meeting of the OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC)...


Kazakh Government, National Bank to Adopt Plan to Recover Economy

NUR-SULTAN –  The Kazakh government and the National Bank will adopt a plan to help restart economic growth following the fallout of COVID-19, said Kazakh Minister of...


People’s Continued Negligence of Social Distancing Must Be Addressed, says WHO Director in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN  – While Kazakh officials have been actively urging their fellow citizens to observe social distancing and other essential precautions amid the pandemic, people’s continued negligence of...


Kazakhstan Prepares For Elections With 94 Nominees For the Senate Already Registered

NUR-SULTAN – Ninety-four people were registered for the deputy elections to the Kazakh Senate (the upper house of the Parliament), which will be held Aug.12, reported chairman...


Kazakhstan to Issue Short-term Government Securities In Region of $2.43 billion to Support Economy

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh National Bank and the Kazakh Ministry of Finance will issue short-term government securities up to 1 trillion tenge (US$2.43 billion) on a regular...


Schools and Universities in Kazakhstan Prepare Switch to Online Learning For Fall Semester

NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science proposed to continue online learning with the start of the new school season, reported PrimeMinister.kz. Colleges and universities...


New Measures At a New Stage In the Fight Against the Epidemic

Each state has its own conditions, mentality, social environment, economy and, accordingly, the ability to combat the epidemic. Some countries were able to overcome the epidemic relatively...


Kazakhstan to Begin Exporting Horse Meat to Japan

NUR-SULTAN  – Kazakhstan will begin exporting horse meat to Japan, according to the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry’s press service.  “A huge amount of preparatory work made it possible...


Kazakhstan’s Car Sale Industry Grows By 12.2 percent Despite Pandemic 

NUR-SULTAN – The pandemic threatened to put many enterprises out of business, but the Kazakh car industry had a 12.2 percent increase in new car sales in...


Mare’s Milk Use to Boost Immunity Increases Amid Pandemic in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN – The treatment of COVID-19 is still experimental. Even now, Kazakh doctors are preparing to change the eighth edition of the clinical protocol for the diagnosis...