- Thursday, 30 July, 2026
- Almaty 92 °F / 33 °C
- Astana 91 °F / 33 °C
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has been elected as a four-year member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Administrative Council, according to the voting results at the 26th UPU...
ASTANA – EuroChem-Karatau, the Kazakh subsidiary enterprise of EuroChem Group AG, signed a memorandum of understanding and partnership with the Kazakh Ministry of Investment and Development and...
ASTANA – The series of regional exhibitions continues in Astana: on Oct. 15 and 16, capital residents had a chance to see Days of the South Kazakhstan...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Shymbulak Ski Resort has been added to the top 10 best places to ski this season by British media outlet theguardian.com. “Ten of the...
ASTANA – The opening ceremonies for Abai monuments were held Oct. 13-14, respectively, in Cairo, Egypt and Rennes, France. Memorials dedicated to the great Kazakh poet, philosopher...
ASTANA – A photo exhibition featuring 41 photographic works dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of Almaty was held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Postal Service launched in 2015 the Vpost.kz service for parcels from the United States to any population centre in the country and granted a...
ASTANA – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has received its first oil from Kashagan offshore field, which is back on stream after a three year pause. By...
As I landed in Astana in the snowy early morning hours, I thought about how far I was from home in New York and wondered what I...
ASTANA – Ilyas Tokhtarkhan is referred to as the “human calculator.” The 10-year-old boy from the capital struck the jury and audience of a Russian television show...
ASTANA – During the day, Kazakhstan’s capital is a bustling city of business people and civil workers. At night, however, it belongs to people who savour social...
ASTANA – Simon Hilditch, a 41-year-old buyer from Glasgow, Scotland, has been a fan of Kazakh football for nearly five years. His Twitter account @kazakh75, which promotes...
ASTANA – The new Ministry of Religious Affairs and Civil Society will oversee the government’s policies on religion, including ensuring religious freedom and facilitating interaction between the government...
ASTANA – “Travel Book. Kazakhstan,” a unique art project containing 700 of the most interesting facts about the country, was presented as a joint project Sept. 8...
In 2006, I arrived in Kazakhstan as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Afghanistan. The years of my diplomatic service in Kazakhstan were one of the brightest...
In an exclusive interview with this newspaper, Deputy Minister of German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Co-Chairman of the Kazakh-German intergovernmental working group on trade...
ASTANA – The name of Akzhurek Tanatarov, the 29-year-old freestyle wrestler from Zhambyl region, is now known far beyond Kazakhstan’s borders. The athlete gained world fame when...
ASTANA – The capital’s School Children’s Palace offers a variety of activities from scientific to artistic to sports to help schoolchildren develop skills outside classrooms. Kazakhstan’s State...
ASTANA – Riza Charity Shop, the capital’s first thrift shop, opened in early September to collect used clothes, footwear and electronics from locals. Its owner ships up...
ASTANA – Annual credit portfolio growth rates in the non-resource economy of Kazakhstan increased from 9 to 19 percent and amounted to 1.9 trillion tenge (US$5.73 billion)...
ASTANA – The United Nations (UN) has spread threads of assistance in various directions and projects in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Today, there are 21 UN agencies...
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev discussed combating international terrorism and coordination of joint Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Collective Security Council actions during the council’s Oct....
It’s an unfortunate reality that the Middle East is currently facing many challenges and crises. The Syrian conflict has led to unimaginable tragedy in cities like Aleppo,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan secured its second point in the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers Oct. 11 in Astana after playing to a goalless draw with Romania. Three...
ASTANA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Kazakh Foreign Ministry recently signed a cooperation plan for 2016-2020 to improve the welfare of children in Kazakhstan. The plan...
ASTANA – Air Astana became an official sponsor and general partner of Winter Universiade 2017 on Oct.12. “We are inspired with this opportunity to be helpful in...
ASTANA – Twenty-one airlines operate in Kazakhstan, only four of which are really big enough to be called national carriers and compete in the Kazakh market of...
ASTANA – Standing on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan, the city of Kostanai is the administrative centre of the Kostanai oblast (region). The population is about...
ASTANA – Head Hunter, Kazakhstan’s leading recruitment website, completed a labour market review to reveal the country’s highest paying jobs. The mining, engineering, IT and agriculture fields...
ASTANA – Uzbeks have received quite a bit of interest lately, as they constitute half a million members of Kazakhstan’s population and, as President Nursultan Nazarbayev once...
