National news in brief

Burabai Summer Fest, an international children’s and youth TV festival, will be held June 22-July 3 in the Shchuchinsk-Burabai resort zone north in Astana, said Akmola region...


Economic News in Brief

The growth of social and economic indicators of Astana and new approaches to tax administration allow the city to occupy a leading position in ensuring the growth...


Business news in brief

KMF, a microfinance organisation, and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed a memorandum allowing the former to take a three-year, $82...


Neupusti.net EdTech company initiates start-up competition for Uzbek youth

ASTANA – Almaty-based Neupusti.net online work database for youth recently launched the Silk Way Start-ups competition for Uzbek youth as part of the South-South Youth Leadership Initiative...


Family holiday park to open in Aktobe on Children’s Day

ASTANA – A new outdoor family park, the largest in the western Kazakhstan with more than 50 types of entertainment, is under construction in Aktobe. The opening...


KAZGUU University enters top 50 universities following Jessup competition

ASTANA – KAZGUU University has entered the top 50 universities based on the results of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The university team...


Astana to host World Mining Congress in June

ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry for Investment and Development will organise the 25th World Mining Congress, a large-scale event dedicated to mining and metal sector, June 19-21...


Spina Bifida Public Association: raising awareness and breaking stigma

ASTANA – Spina Bifida Public Association (SBPA) was founded in 2015 by parents of children born with the disease to inform medical specialists, parents and the general...


Kazakh FM visits Turkey, discusses preparations for presidents’ summer meeting

ASTANA – During a two-day official visit to Ankara April 19-20, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other top officials...


Ethics board to both prevent corruption and protect civil servants’ rights

The original meaning of the term of ethics was joint housing and the rules generated by co-residence, norms that unify the society, overcoming individualism and aggressiveness. With social...


Central Asia must build relationships, seek solutions from inside out

Central Asia sees a new reality unfolding. Central Asia itself must progressively build its new regional identity. Up until now, it has been built from the outside....


Kazakhstan, UNDP organise seminar for Central Asian journalists and political scientists at UN headquarters

NEW YORK – The Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised a seminar April 9-13 in New York to acquaint journalists and political scientists from Central Asia with...


Kazakhstan resolves all Central Asian border issues, announces Kazakh President

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national borders with all bordering Central Asian nations have been legally delineated and all border issues have been resolved, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced...


Seven Veils of Eurasia exhibit reveals magical world of ballet

ASTANA – “Seven Veils of Eurasia,” an exhibit dedicated to the work of Russian photographer Alexei Kritsov and Belarusian sculptor Andrej Ostashov, opened April 12 in the...


New favourable home loan programme to begin in second half 2018

ASTANA – The National Bank’s  7-20-25 mortgage programme to provide favourable loans for Kazakh citizens to buy homes will begin in the second half of this year,...


Bollywood to shoot movie about Mangistau region

ASTANA – A Bollywood film company will shoot a movie about the Mangistau region famous for its historical sights, Akim (Governor) of the Mangistau region Yeraly Tugzhanov...


Astana to build waste recycling plant using French technology

ASTANA – Astana plans to build a garbage recycling plant using French technology by September 2019 that will use wet and dry fractions technology to process up...


Astana, Paris agree to send 100 Kazakh graduate students to France

ASTANA – Ninety second-year master students and 10 doctoral students from Kazakhstan will be sent to French higher education institutions under the new joint Abai-Verne Programme. The...


Sergek has helped solve more than 500 crimes in Astana

ASTANA – Sergek video surveillance system has helped capital police solve more than 500 criminal offenses, including four murders. The system has contributed to reducing the number...


Kazakh clothing manufacturers fail to meet national demand, says report

ASTANA – Kazakhstan needs to increase its domestic clothing production to meet national demand, reports Energyprom.kz. In January, domestic manufacturers matched 19.3 percent of national demand for...


Belt and Road Initiative: One Vision of Justice

In 2017, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan celebrated 25 years of friendship and diplomacy. The UAE is Kazakhstan’s largest Arab trade partner, with close to $643...


Hungarians, Kazakhs are almost relatives, says Hungarian cultural centre head

ASTANA – The people of Hungary and Kazakhstan, who share a nomadic past, are almost like relatives, said Hungarian Cultural Centre Head Aleksandr Papp. In a recent...


New report reviews religion and secularism in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – Kazakhstan can offer the world a completely different model of state secularism and may serve as an example for other Muslim-majority states, according to a...


Young social entrepreneurs call for celebrating diversity through education, inclusion

ASTANA – The School for All is planning to expand by opening a new office in the capital to welcome more children of all abilities. Set up...


New Muslim identity must be shaped based on modernised Kazakh national culture, says Kazakh Naib Mufti

ASTANA – Kazakhstan, which has always promoted peace and dialogue between different nations and religions, is preparing for the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions...


Israeli – Kazakh cooperation has considerable unfulfilled potential, says Israeli envoy

ASTANA – Israeli and Kazakh diplomatic relations, celebrating their 26th anniversary this year, have significant potential yet to be explored, according to Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan Michael...


Kazakh hospitals to do away with paper records, switch to electronic health passports

ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Health plans to do away with paper records beginning January 2019 by completely turning to electronic health passports. Half of Kostanai...


Kazakh communication ministry to pursue 83 percent nationwide digital literacy by 2022

ASTANA – The Ministry of Information and Communication has developed a plan to increase Kazakhstan’s digital literacy rate to 83 percent by 2022. The goal to better...


National campaign legalises more than 600,000 informal jobs

ASTANA – Labour and Social Protection Minister Madina Abylkassymova reported that 607,000 out of 2.7 million people had formalised their employment status since the beginning of the...


Hiring US forensic experts in Tokmadi case was Yerkin Tatishev’s idea

ASTANA – Yerkin Tatishev, the brother of late BTA Bank chair Yerzhan Tatishev, who was killed during a winter hunt in 2004, told Forbes.kz he was the...