- Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
- Almaty 83 °F / 28 °C
- Astana 82 °F / 28 °C
Akim (Governor) of Karaganda region Nurmukhambet Abdibekov recently held a meeting on progress in the coal industry. He talked about the industry’s future as well as goals...
The Kazakh band Beles blends Kazakh traditional music with other melodies and instruments. Manager Madiyar Maldybayev discussed the team and their music. How was your group established...
ASTANA – In the multi-day exercises beginning on August 18th, the armed forces of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan will work on possible contingencies in...
At an expanded government meeting on Aug. 6, the President stressed that the development of domestic businesses was a key priority. The capital of our country, Astana,...
ASTANA – The United Nations in Kazakhstan marked International Youth Day on Aug. 12 with a conference open to all interested young people and youth organisations. It...
The steady growth of Kazakhstan’s economy underlines the need for reform of how the state manages public assets. It’s been proven that the quasi-public sector is a...
AKSU – The boiler house modernisation project implemented at the city’s ferroalloy plant was a winner in the fifth national industry contest Golden Hephaestus at the recent...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s social and economic development in the first half of 2014 was the focus of an enlarged government session on Aug. 6, during which the...
Almaty City Day is a day in name only. Though it is technically celebrated on the third Sunday of September, city residents and visitors will be celebrating...
Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev held a teleconference meeting of the government Aug. 11 on the current economic situation in the country. The meeting was...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with Defence Minister Serik Akhmetov on Aug. 13 where Akhmetov reported on systematic work in maintaining the combat readiness of Kazakhstan’s...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s para-athletes won 10 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals at the 10th International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Junior Games, which...
Designer Svetlana Kushnerova presented her new collection during the recent Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2014. “I still cannot believe I was invited by the Federation Francaise...
World middleweight World Boxing Association (WBA Super) and International Boxing Organisation (IBO) champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan has joined the list of contenders for the title of...
The Kazakh Women’s Chess Team achieved great success at the recent 41st World Chess Olympiad held in the Norwegian city of Tromsø. International Master and Kazakhstan resident...
The export potential of Kazakhstan in the 2014-2015 marketing years is estimated at nine million tonnes of grain, Chairman of the Committee of the State Inspection in...
• A telegramme of congratulations to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the occasion of his victory in his country’s presidential election was sent Aug. 11...
SHYMKENT – The expedition of the Kazakhstan Central State Museum, led for two months on the Kultobe site by Professor Alexander Podushkin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, collected...
In an interview with The Astana Times, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Egypt and Morocco Berik Aryn, who also serves as the country’s representative to the African Union,...
ALMATY – Air Astana has selected SITA to assure its general and operational communications needs, including communications with partners and advanced datalinks for air traffic control. This...
As the summer days become shorter and shorter, The ATOM Project, the education and online petition campaign against nuclear tests and weapons, is preparing to take part...
ASTANA – “Guardians of the Galaxy” has become the ninth film to be dubbed into Kazakh and the third movie of 2014 to be screened in the...
The first and largest cosmodrome, Baikonur, has an interesting and eventful history. The Baikonur complex was built in the 1950s on the vast steppes of Kazakhstan. During...
Gumar Rakhimzhanov, chairman of KazAgroFinance, the company that implements major investment projects in the agricultural sector, recently spoke with The Astana Times about the work of his...
ASTANA – Deputy Chairman of Turkmenistan’s Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov paid his first official visit to Astana on Aug. 12 to...
ZHAMBYL REGION – The Ornek settlement has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Ornek settlement dates to the eighth-twelfth centuries. It is located 7.7...
ASTANA – Escalating conflict and tit-for-tat sanctions are a road to nowhere, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said referring to the expanding standoff between the West and Russia...
The main basis for the development of Kazakhstan’s society is the formation of a new model of a knowledge-based economy. Its introduction primarily aims to increase the...
SEMEY – The new men’s health centre in Semey will partner with the Dzhanbursynov Scientific Centre for Urology. The decision was made by specialists from both of...
During a speech at an expanded government meeting, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that most economic growth in Kazakhstan stems from the service sector. Its share of GDP...
