- Monday, 14 September, 2026
- Almaty 79 °F / 26 °C
- Astana 61 °F / 16 °C
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is a country with rich traditions and cultural heritage. Now, a new museum devoted to the history of Almaty city, displaying more than 40,000...
ASTANA – When life gets rough, people need some motivation to keep up with their goals. Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter and director Turar Davilbekov is going to bring some...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have reached an agreement to reopen Highway M-39 in February. The highway has been closed for 10 years. “After commissioning, the new...
The World Exhibition EXPO 2020 will be held in Dubai under the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” Kazakh Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Kairat...
ASTANA – The launch of production in 2016 of the Kashagan oil field will be of great benefit to the Kazakh economy despite current oil prices, General...
ASTANA – Short track speed skating is gaining momentum in Kazakhstan. The beginning of a new winter season 2016-2017 was marked for the sports world by Kazakh...
ASTANA – The Organising Committee of the Winter Universiade 2017 chaired by Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov inspected Jan. 4 final preparations at Winter Universiade 2017 venues...
ASTANA – Kazakh director Sharipa Urazbayeva has made a short film about abandoned children that will premier in May, Tengrinews.kz reported. “A problem with abandoned children is...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan sent about 500 tonnes of humanitarian aid on Jan. 6 to the people of Syria in the form of food, including flour, canned meat,...
ASTANA – Water is all you need. Water resources specialist Aiman Temirova is raising the issue of high water consumption in households and the agricultural and industrial...
ASTANA – Award.kz National Internet Award recently announced the best sites in 12 thematic and 11 incentive categories. This year more than 500 companies and organisations participated...
ASTANA – Bad weather and the closure of major highways during the peak New Year’s holiday caused a surge in rail travel. More than a million passengers...
ASTANA – Kazakh culture has been shaped by events cruel and kind over the centuries. One of the saddest and most influential in recent history was the...
ASTANA – See a Russian Orthodox church, visit the old Chekhov theatre, take a walk along the bank of the Irtysh River or enjoy the nightlife in...
ASTANA – The World Universiade 2017 torch relay will begin its journey in Kazakhstan by lighting the flame Jan. 25 in Astana. The flame will then continue...
ASTANA – Almaty will host this year the Ballet Globe International Festival with the participation of stars from the Paris Theatre Grand Opera, the Bolshoi Theatre of...
ASTANA – When someone mentions cheerleading, girls from squads in American pop culture are first thing to come into one’s head. Kazakhstan has its very own cheerleading...
ASTANA – A new centre for children with special educational needs has opened in the Kostanai region. Comprehensive professional assistance by specialists, including a therapist, psychologist, speech...
ASTANA – Kazakh literary tradition has historically been rich in spoken literature expressed through a variety of genres, among them songs, proverbs, tales and epics. Aitys, one...
ASTANA – Experts consider the situation with Qazkom shows the complex situation in the Kazakh financial field, but predict the bank is stable and too important a...
ASTANA – A new, state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment centre opened Dec. 29 in Astana. The centre is the largest in the country and is designed for up to...
ASTANA – Second annual street dance competition brought together nearly 300 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Russia in the Kazakh capital in December. The dance...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan attended its first meeting Jan. 3 as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and on Jan. 4 appointed former Kazakh Ambassador to...
ASTANA – Twenty-nine-year-old Almaty resident Gleb Ponomaryov recently released a dombra cover and video of Metallica’s “Battery,” which has sparked a great interest among internet users gaining...
ASTANA – The Astana Pro Team’s new roster was presented last month in the capital. This time, the format changed slightly and along with a traditional press...
ASTANA – Kanat Auyesbay is the first Kazakh journalist trained through the Bolashak programme. His book, “Looking West. A Kazakh’s view of Great Britain,” was published recently...
ASTANA – Roman Catholics in the capital attended Christmas Mass Dec. 24-25 in the city’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral. “According to a Catholic tradition, on...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s flag was raised in a special ceremony in front of the hall of the UN Security Council in New York on Dec. 31, 2016,...
ASTANA – MEGA Silk Way, the capital’s new shopping and entertainment centre located at the EXPO 2017 site, was launched in December. The official opening is planned...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced Dec. 30 newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov to the senior staff of the ministry. The head...
