MFA, Kazakh Invest to cooperate on effort to attract investment

ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov and Board Chair of the Kazakh Invest national company Maksat Kabashev signed a memorandum of cooperation Aug. 10 to work...


Almaty to preserve city centre and build new airport

ASTANA – The new Almaty general plan includes constructing a second airport while preserving the city centre. The design was developed to make the urban area comfortable...


Family support institute, scientific social work training centre to open in 2018

ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Labour and Social Protection plans to establish the Family Support Institute in 2018, said Vice Minister Svetlana Zhakupova at an Aug....


ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador’s exhibit opens ahead of International Day against Nuclear Tests

ASTANA – The Fallout, The Artwork of Karipbek Kuyukov, a personal exhibit featuring 20 paintings by the famous Kazakh artist and ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador, opened Aug....


Foreign mural artists make Almaty buildings bright and colourful

ASTANA – Five artists from the United Kingdom, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Ukraine are creating monumental and decorative art in Almaty as part of International Mural Fest, giving...


Development Bank of Kazakhstan offers affordable financing for non-oil export trade

ASTANA – The Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK), a subsidiary of Baiterek National Holding, is seeking to provide financing for 13 non-oil exporters as part of the...


Kazakh economy grows 4.2 percent, other indicators positive, according to 7 months economic report

ASTANA – The Kazakh economy grew 4.2 percent, the unemployment rate was 4.9 percent and investment in fixed assets increased 3.7 percent over the first seven months...


Zhambyl region promotes renewable energy projects, expands production at 50MW solar park

ASTANA – Burnoye Solar – 2, the first large-scale solar plant in the country with a capacity of 50 megawatts, will be constructed in the Zhualynsky district...


South Kazakhstan attracts $543 million in investments in first half of 2017

ASTANA – Over first six months of 2017, the volume of attracted investments in the South Kazakhstan region reached 180.6 billion tenge (US$543.78 million), having increased 33...


Turkish AIGP invests $30 million in pharmaceutical plant in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – This year marks the fifth anniversary of the presence of Turkish pharmaceutical industry leader Abdi İbrahim on the Kazakh pharmaceutical market. Over these years, the...


Government increases number of educational grants

ASTANA – In 2016, the government provided 31,702 educational grants. This year, it is going to increase the number by approximately 6,000 educational grants. This year, 50,416...


Best Capital Employee voting begins in Astana

ASTANA – An online vote called Yenbek Zholy, to determine the best employee of the capital, will be held among the employees of various enterprises from Aug....


Kazakh student promotes nuclear weapons-free world at Peace Foundation in New Zealand

ASTANA – Working to promote peaceful practices and a nuclear weapons-free world has been Arailym Kubayeva’s mission for the last five months at the Peace Foundation office...


Russian companies to cooperate with Kazakh space industry

ASTANA – Due to the Russian National Day at EXPO 2017, a delegation from Chelyabinsk region led by its Governor Boris Dubrovskiy visited Kazakhstan National Space Centre....


Kazakh naval vessels participate in 2017 Sea Cup in Azerbaijan

ASTANA – Kazakh naval vessels are among the military fleets participating in the Sea Cup in Azerbaijan under the 2017 International Army Games. Approximately 300 sailors from...


Kazakh FM attends inauguration of Iranian President

ASTANA – On behalf of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov took part in the Aug. 5 official inauguration ceremony of newly elected Iranian President...


EBRD, government to finance modernising heat supply facility in Ust-Kamenogorsk

ASTANA – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a memorandum with the East Kazakhstan region akimat (administration) Aug. 2 to provide a 3 billion...


Kazakhstan’s largest Ferris wheel unveiled in Astana

ASTANA – A 65-metre Ferris wheel opened July 31 in Astana. It is the largest in Kazakhstan and the second largest in the Commonwealth of Independent States...


Social entrepreneurship project trains 1,000 young Kazakhs

Social entrepreneurship is growing in popularity in Kazakhstan. In recent years, we’ve seen more people starting social enterprises in different areas. One of the initiatives supporting the...


Kyrgyz election – what it could portend for Central Asia

ASTANA – Perhaps one of the most anticipated and unpredictable intrigues of the year in Central Asia is the Oct. 15 election in the Kyrgyz Republic, a...


Hassan Rouhani: term two

As a result of the recent elections in Iran, Hassan Rouhani was re-elected the President for another four years. How will this affect the nation, which is...


Almaty hosts 10th summer Cosplay Festival

ASTANA – The COSsummer Almaty Cosplay Festival, held for the 10th time, was an extra special event. The festival attracted a record high number of participants and...


Ironman 70.3 triathlon race to be held in Astana in 2018

ASTANA – The Ironman 70.3 world race will be held in Astana next year, President of the Kazakh triathlon federation Karim Massimov told the media during the...


Kazakhstan’s progress to be represented by stories of everyday people

The strength and success of any community or country is made up of many strands. Leadership is, of course, vital, to set the right direction. But leadership...


Volunteers clean up Astana suburbs

ASTANA – Club Dobryakov Astana (Astana Club of Kind Souls) and its founder Gulmira Abdrasheva are uniting a variety of citizens to make the city cleaner and...


FC Astana secures European autumn, will seek revenge from Celtic in UEFA Champions League playoffs

WARSAW – FC Astana surprised many by beating Legia Warsaw 3:2 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League’s third qualification round. The victory means that the Kazakh...


Tenge exchange rate fluctuates, draws increased attention

ASTANA – Fluctuations of the tenge’s exchange rate in the currency market are based on a number of factors, including concerns about the future of ruble after...


Kazakhstan gets sea access using Chinese logistics centres

ASTANA – Chinese logistics centres become more accessible to Kazakhstan within the One Belt, One Road project. An initiative announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013,...


Air Astana’s international traffic increases 22 percent

ASTANA – Thanks to steady economic growth, Air Astana’s international passenger traffic posted significant improvement in the first half of the year. “The economy of Kazakhstan is...


Astana to be featured in National Geographic’s Megastructures television series

ASTANA – The new “Astana, City of the Future” film about the architectural wonders of Astana will debut Aug. 8 at EXPO 2017 in Astana. The film...