- Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
- Almaty 71 °F / 22 °C
- Astana 73 °F / 23 °C
ASTANA – One domestic factory is sewing clothing for school pupils that manufacturers believe protects wearers from the electromagnetic radiation of mobile phones, Khabar.kz reported Aug. 17....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan transitioned to a free-floating exchange rate and Aug. 20 the tenge dropped 26 percent against the dollar. National Bank Chairman Kairat Kelimbetov noted he...
ASTANA – Students throughout the country gathered for a traditional ceremony Sept. 1 to celebrate the beginning of the new school year. Approximately 336,000 children went to...
ASTANA – Young Kazakh photographer Veronica Lerner snapped a shot of her grandmother sitting on the stool in her kitchen almost uncovered. The artist’s work was shown...
ASTANA – Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) nations and China will share customs information on transit goods, reported Belta. The agreement was reached according to the results of...
ASTANA – The organising committee on the preparation of the Belarusian national pavilion for EXPO 2017 has been set up, Kazinform reported recently. The relevant resolution was...
Chevron provided ten children’s medical hospitals and educational institutions in Astana with state-of-the-art equipment at a ceremony held at the city Children’s Hospital No. 2 on July...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s classic theatre scene has changed quite a bit since the Soviet Union times, but the classical masterpieces of William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Evgenii Brusilovskii,...
ASTANA – The two brotherly ethnic groups of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan share many common grounds and a long-time history. The cuisine, culture, musical instruments and even the...
ASTANA – The Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Plant of Astana presented their KZ4AT passenger electric locomotive at the fifth International Railway Equipment and Technologies Fair (EXPO 1520) in...
ASTANA – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will loan $1.8 million to the privately owned West Kazakhstan motor fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
Australian company Iluka Resources, Limited will begin exploration in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Minister for Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev and the head of Iluka’s regional office in Almaty...
Almaty, Kazakhstan’s former capital, was recently ranked the 100th most livable city in the world among 140 listed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which is the...
ASTANA – Construction on a new school in Astana funded by the United Arab Emirates launched on Aug. 27 with a ground-breaking ceremony. The school, which is...
SUVA – Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov travelled to the Republic of Fiji Sept. 2 and 3 to participate in the third Pacific Islands Development...
ASTANA – China and Kazakhstan agreed during a recent state visit by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Beijing to launch 45 new projects, including 23 projects worth...
ASTANA – A nationwide effort to improve local policing throughout the country will begin Jan. 1, 2016, Chairman of the Committee of Administrative Police of the Ministry...
ASTANA – A Russian Soyuz FG rocket launched the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft 10:37 a.m. local time, Sept. 2, on the latest mission to the International Space Station...
BEIJING – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev held bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and representatives of political and business circles during an Aug. 30-Sept. 1 state...
Seven hundred websites and 21 religious organisations have been banned in Kazakhstan in reaction to extremist ideas and terrorist threats in the country, announced Kazakh Prosecutor General...
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Berdybek Saparbayev paid a visit to the West Kazakhstan region to estimate the general situation after a free-floating exchange rate was introduced...
ASTANA – The ATOM Project team jointly with the Federation of Judo Veterans of Astana held a minute of silence and released 500 white balloons to commemorate...
Secretary of State of Kazakhstan Gulshara Abdykalikova paid a working visit to Japan Aug. 28-29 to take part in the Second Congress of “The World Assembly for...
ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev reiterated his suggestion that Kazakhstan brand itself “Land of the Great Steppe” during the Aug. 28 conference “Constitution: unity, stability...
ASTANA – Yeldos Smetov recently won gold in the men’s under 60 kilogrammes category at the World Judo Championship in Astana, defeating another Kazakh judoka Rustam Ibrayev. Consequently,...
The National Brand Halyk Markasy competition is going to be held in Kazakhstan to choose the best local food producers, reported the Kazagromarketing company. Domestic manufacturers will...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova took the bronze medal in the triple jump at the World Championships in Athletics in Beijing on Aug. 24. The championships ran...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Football Club Astana beat Cypriot APOEL on aggregate this month to advance to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League group stage....
ASTANA – The international conference “Constitution: unity, stability and prosperity,” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of Kazakhstan was held at the Palace of Independence...
ASTANA – The five winners of the second “Kazakhstan Through the Eyes of International Media” contest took in views, spa treatments, horseback rides and karaoke on a...
