Communications Briefing Focuses on Nuclear Weapons, Environmental Issues

ASTANA – The Aug. 28 briefing of the Central Communication Service (CCS) brought together prominent figures in environmental and nuclear issues for an interactive briefing on environmental...


Olympic Training Centre Construction Begins in Pavlodar

ASTANA – Construction officially began on Aug. 22 in Pavlodar on the Sports City Olympic Village, which will serve as a centre for the preparation and training...


UNICEF Representative Discusses Efforts to Relieve Nuclear Weapons Test Suffering

ASTANA – UNICEF Representative in Kazakhstan Jun Kukita focused during his Aug. 28 briefing at Kazakhstan’s Central Communication Service (CCS) on the United Nations International Day Against...


Kazakhstan Issues Stamp Honoring International Day Against Nuclear Tests

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national postal carrier KazPost and Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced on August 28 a postage stamp commemorating the United Nations International Day Against Nuclear...


Sightseers Cruise Astana in Double-Decker Buses

ASTANA – The Astana Bus Tours project has introduced two new double-decker sightseeing buses that will take visitors and locals past some of Astana’s most unique buildings...


New Astana Opera Hall Seeks World-Class Instruments

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s new opera hall, Astana Opera, announced on Aug. 13 that it would like companies to bid to sell the opera house the instruments it...


Shakhter Karaganda Heads from Champions League to Europa League

ASTANA – On Aug. 28, Karaganda Football Club “Shakhter” lost to Scotland’s Celtic with a score of 3 – 0 in the return match, which took place...


Biker and EXPO Ambassador Petrukhin Meets Officials in Paraguay

After finishing his mission promoting Kazakhstan and EXPO 2017 in Brazil, the president of the Geographical Society of Kazakhstan and the famous biker Dmitry Petrukhin arrived at...


EXPO 2017 Design Firm Finalists Announced Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects Among Favourites

ASTANA – American firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects are the frontrunners among the 10 finalists announced Aug. 26 in the competition to design the pavilions...


Sapiyev Named First Goodwill Ambassador for Sport From Kazakhstan

ASTANA—Kazakhstan’s 2012 Olympic boxing champion Serik Sapiyev was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Sport on Aug. 24 at a ceremony held at the Kazmedia Centre in Astana....


Environmental and Arts Festival Draws Many to Almaty Mountains

ASTANA – Children and adults of all ages gathered Aug. 23 in a large tent city at the Fishing Dream fishing site in the Almaty mountains for...


Astana Hosts International Forum on Rapprochement of Cultures

ASTANA – Kazakhstan and UNESCO joined forces on Aug. 23 to host an international forum dedicated to the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures and to...


The ATOM Project Presented at UN

NEW YORK – On Sept. 4 as part of the commemorations of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to...


Xi Jinping Calls For Regional Cooperation Via New Silk Road

ASTANA – Speaking to students and faculty at Nazarbayev University on September 7, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for enhanced regional cooperation along a “new Silk Road.”...


Famed Poet and Ambassador to UNESCO Sees Cultural Rapprochement as Art of Life

ASTANA – Famed poet and Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to UNESCO Olzhas Suleimenov participated in the forum held in Astana on the occasion of the inauguration of...


Business News in Brief

Oil production at the giant Kashagan oilfield started on Sept. 9, KazMunayGas Chairman Sauat Mynbayev said. “We are expecting the start in two days. That is the...


Economy news in brief

Beineu-Bozoi-Shymkent gas pipeline, symbolically launched by the presidents of Kazakhstan and China on Sept. 7, runs through Mangystau, Kyzylorda and South Kazakhstan regions. Its total length is...


External news in brief

In a very symbolic development for Kazakhstan, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked it 50th out of 148 countries in its global competitiveness rating of world economies...


Doors of Opportunity Open with Early Professional Orientation Programme

Children from broken homes and orphanages in Almaty are now receiving support from Chevron to study vocations in an effort to improve their adult lives. Through the...


Akan Satayev to Direct Canadian Film “Hacker”

Kazakhstan’s director Akan Satayev will lens the Canadian drama thriller “Hacker,” the first official teaser for which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on...


Strategy 2050: Kazakhstan’s Way in Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in his address to the nation, Strategy Kazakhstan 2050: New Political Course of the Established State, positively assessed the way the country has developed...


Students Visit Famous Battle Sites in Pavlodar

PAVLODAR – Participants in the Batyr Zholy (“Road of Warriors”) historical campaign recently visited famous battle sites in the Mai region. The area, called Kalmak kyrylgan zher,...


Famed Cellist Appointed Almaty Philharmonic Art Director

Renat Salavatov, Honored Artist of Russia, People’s Artist of Tatarstan and chevalier of the Kurmet Order was appointed art director and chief director of the State Academic...


The Japanese Spirit of Silk

ASTANA – For the first time, a unique kimono exhibition “The world through the eyes of the Kimono Master Kubota Itiku” was showcased in Astana from Sept....


Astana Opera: A New Test for Alfiya Karimova

Recently, Kazakhstan became home to Alfiya Karimova, who was sinning on the platforms of the best theaters in Russia. Currently, she is proud of her work at...


Constitution Serves as Basis of Kazakhstan’s Development Strategy

For nearly two decades, the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan has represented the nation’s poli-legal system, as well as Kazakh statehood and sovereignty. The document establishes...


Kazakhstan’s Akan Satayev to Direct Canadian Film ‘Hacker’

Kazakhstan’s director Akan Satayev will lens the Canadian drama thriller “Hacker,” the first official teaser for which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on...


Ban Ki-moon Urges CTBT Entry into Force ahead of August 29

ASTANA – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for greater international efforts to end nuclear weapons testing and to promote movement toward a world free...


In Search of Golden Mean

When Kazakhstan became independent in December 1991, a lot of people both within and without doubted that it would exist for very long. And for good reason;...


Kazakhstan and Jordan: 20 Years of Cooperation, New Horizons Ahead

The diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan were established 20 years ago, on February 8, 1993. Jordan has traditionally played...