ASTANA – In the mid-1970s, the need existed to provide genetic services to the population by establishing medical-genetic consultations based on the Scientific Centre for Obstetrics and...
BAKU – The trans-Caspian rail route was launched 65 kilometres from Baku in the city of Alyat, a new Azerbaijani seaport on the Caspian Sea, on Aug....
ASTANA – The eighth annual “The Road to School” charity campaign to help children in need is being held in Astana from the beginning of August until...
Almaty entrepreneurs collected 1 million tenge (US$5,334) during a one-hour fundraising drive to assist victims of the landslide that struck the outskirts of Almaty on July 23,...
UNESCO delegations from around the world reelected the organisation’s managerial staff and discussed its direction during UNESCO’s July 21-24 70th anniversary celebration in Beijing. Kazakhstan was also...
Kazakhstan has completed construction of one third of its national EXPO 2017 pavilion, expo officials announced during a media tour of the construction of expo facilities. “Thirty...
ASTANA – The Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development plans to complete a national healthcare formulary before the end of 2015 that will give all citizens access...
ASTANA – The Russian Centre for Science and Culture exhibition Heart of Asia in Astana is showcasing 25 works by artist and scientist Nicholas Roerich, which were...
ASTANA – The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is already drawing benefits for two Kazakh and Russian businesses, allowing Russia’s Aivengo-4, LLC and Kazakhstan’s Partner Sales Network BMC...
The Kazakh Army team recently won third place in the first military-sports games among armies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), according to the press service...
ASTANA – Secularism and religious studies will be added to the national education system ninth grade curriculum beginning in September 2016, the Kazakh Ministry of Education and...
ASTANA – Alakol Lake is one of the loveliest waterways of east central Kazakhstan, a natural gem which welcomes nearly 4,000 tourists every day. More than 100,000 visitors...
ASTANA – The world’s largest mare’s milk processing factory and the only one of its kind in the Commonwealth of Independent States opened in June in Karaganda...
We are still one year away from it, but Brazil’s heart is already beating faster. The Brazilian generous heart leaps up when confronted with two of its...
HANOI – A visit by EXPO 2017 commissioner and Kazakh First Deputy Foreign Minister Rapil Zhoshybayev July 28-29 was marked by the Vietnamese government’s announcement to present...
ASTANA – An anonymous author has created an Instagram account @abaicartoons with illustrated quotes from “The Book of Words” by famous Kazakh poet, philosopher, educator and founder...
ASTANA – A new 10-million-tonnes-per-year oil refinery, fourth in the country, is considered to be constructed within the next five years in the Mangistau region, Deputy Akim...
ASTANA –Soft car loans financed by the government are encouraging the operation of all Kazakh car plants and becoming a better alternative to loansoffered by commercial banks....
KUALA-LUMPUR – Following final pitches by the cities of Almaty and Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 31...
KUALA LUMPUR – On the eve of the 128th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and Chairman of the Almaty...
Conflict, terrorism, economic turmoil, natural calamities, disease: we are living in an era of unprecedented crises and troubles, as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned. Record...
KUALA LUMPUR – Kazakhstan’s top winter sports stars spoke here July 29 of Almaty commitment to provide the best experience for athletes for both the 2022 Winter...
ASTANA – Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Imangali Tasmagambetov recently congratulated 12 female members of Kazakhstan’s Armed Forces at an award ceremony of the first national Batyr Arular...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, attended the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council session in Geneva on July 27 to sign the protocol on the nation’s...
KUALA LUMPUR – In the morning hours of July 31, a high-level Kazakh delegation will make one last effort here to persuade the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
ASTANA – A systematic and comprehensive analysis of the legislative work of the Kazakh Parliament has begun in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) and its structural...
More than 900 Almaty residents have been evacuated following a mudslide that hit the city early on July 23. No fatalities have been reported, however, homes in...
ASTANA – Dozens of entrepreneurs from the capital city participated at the first Khorgos international forum held July 15 as part of the Kazakh-Chinese trade fair at...
ASTANA – On July 22, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Ashikbayev and UN Resident Coordinator in the country Stephen Tull signed a Partnership Framework for Development for...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s rate of inflation slowed to 3.9 percent in June as a result of joint actions by the National Bank and government. “Annual inflation at...