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“It is hard to explain what the very name of Abai means to Kazakhs. His cultural significance can remotely be compared to the role which Leo Tolstoy’s...
In a Facebook post, Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov said that he has been hospitalized on June 14 after testing positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Askar...
As cryptocurrencies continue to proliferate globally despite ongoing skepticism to their viability, Kazakhstan is making plans to attract 300 billion tenge (US$738.4 million) of investments in the...
In 2006, creating a world-class university seemed like an almost impossible goal of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who wanted to create a world-class higher education hub...
Popular Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen has started working on his first album sung in the Kazakh language. Kudaibergen released his self-titled debut mini-album featuring four Kazakh songs ...
A gradual recovery in the price of oil that plummeted to record low levels in March and reverberated throughout the global economy is still the main factor...
In a June 12 presidential decree, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev scheduled a new date for deputy elections to the Kazakh Senate (the upper house of the Parliament)...
Almaty plans to create more than 30,000 jobs through state and regional programs. These include the Business Roadmap 2025 plan, the Enbek (Labor) employment and mass entrepreneurship...
Kazakh singer Danelia Tuleshova, only 13, appeared on the June 10th episode of the 15th season of America’s Got Talent – a famous Hollywood televised talent show....
Kazakhstan’s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record high since 2017 amounting to $31.5 billion, said National Bank Deputy Chair Aliya Moldabekova. In May alone, the...
Summer is the best time to enjoy hiking and to discover new spots outside the city. This year, domestic tourism will experience a boom since pandemic measures...
The Kazakh-Uzbek partnership in car production at SyryarkaAvtoProm, an automobile plant in Kostanai that opened only three months ago, has recently begun mass production. Its first Chevrolet...
Social Innovation Lab, a project created by Astana Hub and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was launched in 2019. Since then, the lab has announced a...
Kazakh scientist and inventor Galimzhan Gabdreshov developed Sezual (from Kazakh sezu means to feel, al – to get), a device to aid the people with blindness that...
The European Union, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Kazakh government organized a webinar in early June to discuss measures to address the...
Similar to other global economies that suffered a serious slump worldwide as a direct consequence of the pandemic, economic growth in Kazakhstan fell by 1.7 percent since...
People have started practicing more physical activities as well as engaging in online arts during lockdown, said Minister of Culture and Sports Aktoty Raimkulova at the June...
NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh government has broken with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) unwritten rule of one three-letter geocode identifier per airport for eternity. Kazakhstan changed...
Where does Kazakhstan stand in terms of its environmental friendliness rating on June 5th, World Environment Day? The state and non-governmental campaigns bringing awareness to climate change...
The QazTrade trade policy development center recently launched an export accelerator program to help domestic exporters expand their export development opportunities with an intensive coaching seminar from...
Easing restrictions does not mean letting people return to their normal lives, people should “learn to live while in a pandemic, in lockdown, said Kazakh Minister of...
My acquaintance with Abai Kunanbayev and his rich heritage is connected with my keen reading of numerous works of Kazakh literature. I am well aware that the...
Kazakhstan plans to bring the share of investments in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to 30 percent in the next five years, said Kazakh Minister of...
NUR-SULTAN – Whether it is the effect of the pandemic or the early arrival of warm weather, one can see more people cycling on the streets of...
The Parliament of Kazakhstan adopted a document supporting the right of the public to participate in peaceful assemblies. The reform was commissioned by the country’s president, Kazakh...
Kazakhstan is considering the possibility of resuming international flights. On June 1, the governmental commission on the prevention of the spread of coronavirus allowed to explore the...
In Kazakhstan, cities celebrated the Day of State Symbols on June 4. The symbols are tokens of nationhood and independence, conveying the meaning of the nation’s history,...
The Deputies of the Mazhilis – the lower house of the Kazakh parliament adopted a bill titled “On the procedure for organizing and holding peaceful assemblies in...
Eurasia Invest, a Karaganda-based Kazakh company producing dried mare’s and camel’s milk, exported its first batch of Saubota powdered camel milk to Lanzhou, a Chinese trade and...
During and shortly after the lockdown, Kazakh graffiti artists created murals expressing feelings of gratitude to pandemic frontline workers in Nur-Sultan and Almaty. The murals have been...
