- Wednesday, 26 August, 2026
- Almaty 75 °F / 24 °C
- Astana 70 °F / 21 °C
ASTANA – The official visit of Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu to Thailand on April 23 resulted in signing an agreement on the...
ASTANA – David Cameron, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, will arrive in Kazakhstan on April 24-25, reported the Kazakh Foreign...
ASTANA—The Taza (clean) Kazakhstan environmental campaign, which is devoted to landscaping efforts around historical and cultural monuments, has attracted nearly 770,000 people across the country, including diplomats,...
ASTANA — Jihad Azour, the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), emphasized the expectation of an uneven recovery...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is ready to share more than 20 specific digital solutions with the member states of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
ASTANA – Kazakh athletes secured 43 licenses across 14 sports for the Olympic Games in Paris, the National Olympic Committee reported on April 21. The latest Olympic...
ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law prohibiting vape sales and distribution, reported the Akorda press service on April 19. “The law establishes a ban...
ASTANA — According to the latest Ministry of Emergency Situations data, 24,496 people across the country returned to their homes. Some 8,850 people, including 3,840 children, remain...
ASTANA – “Dala Kaskyry” (“Steppenwolf”), a film directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, won the grand prize, the Golden Raven statuette, at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF),...
ASTANA – Countries continue expressing support and sending humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan amid devastating floods that hit several regions. United States Sends ARC Drones The United States...
ASTANA – Steppe&World, the Kazakh publishing house, hosted a presentation of “The Bridge on the Drina,” a book by the world-renowned Serbian writer Ivo Andrić, translated into...
ASTANA — Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov visited the Astana Hub technology park’s digital infrastructure on April 20 and learned about some startup initiatives, according to the...
ASTANA – The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources will allocate 200 billion tenge ($448.2 million) to finance the construction and modernization of solid waste processing plants,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina secured the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 500 title in Stuttgart, defeating Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk in the final with a dominant score of...
ASTANA – Throughout history, coins have functioned as the primary means of payment, providing evidence of currency circulation between countries. Kazakhstan not only issues regular coins for...
Editor’s Note: The Astana Times introduces a new series, Exploring Kazakhstan, City by City. We are setting out to unveil the rich diversity of Kazakhstan’s cities. Starting...
ASTANA – Bright colors are springing to life as Kazakhstan’s signature rare Greig’s tulip blooms near Temirlan village in the Turkistan Region, reported the Kazinform news agency....
ASTANA — Experts in water management from the Netherlands are willing to work with their Kazakh counterparts to develop an action plan that will help prevent future...
ASTANA — The Committee on Sports and Physical Culture of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports unveiled the sports uniform for the Paris Olympics during the meeting...
ASTANA — Carlsberg Kazakhstan has inaugurated a new production facility in Almaty worth $50 million on April 19, reported Kazakh Invest press service. The project was supported...
ASTANA — Once the fourth largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea now stands as an example of an ecological disaster of our time. Spanning six...
ASTANA—Following extensive floods in several regions of Kazakhstan that affected more than 117,000 people, the state, volunteers, businesses, and international organizations continue to unite to address the...
ASTANA – This week, Kazakhstan passed a landmark law that strengthens protections for women and children by criminalizing domestic violence, introducing tougher penalties for crimes against children...
ASTANA—The Astana Eurasian Book Fair 2024, the seventh international book fair with an extensive five-day program, kicked off at the Congress Center in Astana on April 17...
ASTANA – In cooperation with the Kazakhstan Agency for International Development (KazAID), the Japan International Cooperation Agency hosted a seminar on earthquake risk reduction from April 16...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic signed a historic agreement on deepening and expanding allied relations that unlocks broad opportunities for the advancement of interaction, fully...
ASTANA – The Astana Times has selected articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest covers Kazakhstan’s media freedom, the Trans-Caspian International Transport...
ASTANA — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) issued a declaration on April 17 commending Kazakhstan’s substantial progress in democratic and political reforms, which...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov chaired the sixth meeting of the Supreme Interstate Council of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic on April...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit on April 18, reported the Akorda...
