- Wednesday, 29 July, 2026
- Almaty 73 °F / 23 °C
- Astana 70 °F / 21 °C
ASTANA – Prominent public figure and statesman, scholar, journalist and ethnographer Alikhan Bukeikhanov devoted his vivid and versatile life to liberating and developing the Kazakh nation, said...
ASTANA – The Akmola’s Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland (known as ALZHIR for its Russian acronym) museum was founded in 2007 and offers a...
ASTANA – A huge number of courses in art, design and music are offered to urban residents. But there are also classes that people can attend with...
ASTANA – The city’s Congress Hall will host a concert April 27 featuring outstanding Kazakh musicians and international contest winners Dina Mirmanova, Aikerim Yessimkhanova and Daniyar Yessimkhanov....
Following the Judo World Championships last August in Astana, Kazakhstan will once again host a major international judo tournament. On May 13-15, Almaty will host the International...
ASTANA – The Ontustik Invest 2016 forum is expected to attract 500 people, including representatives of foreign companies, diplomatic missions, international organisations, local businesses, central government and...
ASTANA – No doubt most people are familiar with Guinness World Records, the annual reference edition that shows the achievements of people and animals, as well as...
ASTANA – Kazpost, Kazakhstan’s postal service, and BI Group, one of the nation’s largest investment and construction companies, have announced a joint pilot project to design a...
ASTANA – A Kazakh delegation headed by EXPO 2017 Commissioner Rapil Zhoshybayev travelled to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore during the first half...
ASTANA – Seventeen oil producing countries ended six hours of negotiations in Doha, Qatar on April 19 without an agreement over a proposal to freeze output at...
Having won bronze medals at the recent UEFA Futsal Euro, the Kazakhstan national futsal team will soon head to South America. The Brazilian coach Cacau-managed team won...
President of Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) Timur Kulibayev was elected April 13 Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). According to the NOC’s press service,...
ASTANA – A concert to mark the 25th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site was held April 14 in the capital at the...
ASTANA – Stations with bikes for rent have been placed around the city and opened for rental on April 15, according to the akimat (city administration) press...
ASTANA – At 26, Kazakh-born, New York-based Alyona Subbotina is probably one of the hardest working, multifaceted and accomplished yet down-to-earth models and entrepreneurs the country has...
ASTANA – The fourth children’s handmade fair held March 12 featured about 220 items crafted from beads, wool, wood, textiles, as well as paintings and books by...
ASTANA – A massive bicycle race dedicated to the opening of the 2016 cycling season took place April 10 in Almaty. More than 3,000 city residents, guests,...
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev paid a working visit to Tashkent on April 14-15 where he held fruitful talks with President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. During the...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev paid an official visit to Istanbul, Turkey April 13 to take part in the 13th session of the Islamic Summit Conference....
ASTANA – President of KTZ, national railway company, Askar Mamin and Almaty regional governor Amandyk Batalov took part in laying the first link of the track panels...
ASTANA – Some businesses are prospering no matter the crises and circumstances. One such small business owner spoke about her handmade notepad workshop that makes a profit...
The global economic crisis, the situation in the Middle East and society’s enslavement by the television and cinema industries will be the main themes of the XIII...
Rector of the Eurasian National University (ENU) Erlan Sydykov was elected in January head of the Public Council of EXPO 2017, comprised of well-known Kazakh and international...
ASTANA – Raising rates on deposits in tenge has affected Kazakh residents’ currency preferences, according to analysts at Ranking.kz. Deposits in the national currency showed record growth...
ASTANA – Boxing Superstar and unified middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin, better known in boxing world as GGG, has become an official Ambassador for Astana EXPO 2017....
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Tehran on April 11-12 resulted in the signing of 66 bilateral agreements worth more than $2 billion. The deals...
ASTANA – American teacher Dennis Keen launched Walking Almaty, featuring the urban landscape’s architecture and recognisable attractions, after moving to the city in 2013. The work has...
ASTANA – Data indicates Kazakhstan reported among the highest number of suicide cases in the world last year. In an interview with The Astana Times, psychiatrist Yekaterina...
At the end of a qualifying Olympic tournament in Asia and Oceania, which was recently held in Qian’an, China, the men’s national boxing team of Kazakhstan won...
ASTANA – The capital’s main theatre will produce the premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madam Butterfly” staged by Italian director Lorenzo Amato on April 15-16. The production...
