- Monday, 24 August, 2026
- Almaty 64 °F / 18 °C
- Astana 70 °F / 21 °C
Using a new organ care system, doctors in Kazakhstan have completed the country’s second successful heart transplant. In a four-hour operation on Nov. 6, a heart from...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Uliya Moldagali presented new works including paintings inspired by family and the four elements at the 21st Aru-Astana international jewellery exhibition from Nov. 7-10...
ASTANA, Nov. 26 – With more than half a million square kilometres of steppe traversed by important bird and mammal migration routes, Kazakhstan is a globally significant...
TOKYO, Nov. 23 – The ATOM Project, an international campaign against nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons tests launched by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, gave a presentation in Tokyo...
ASTANA, Nov. 26 – Prospects for Kazakhstan’s economy, the importance of facilitating an attractive business climate for foreign investors, the protection of Kazakhstan’s small and mid-sized businesses,...
ASTANA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov made a European tour visiting Hungary, attending EU-Central Asia meetings in Brussels and the United Kingdom, on...
ALMATY – Kazakh silver medalist in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Yelena Khrustalyova, held a masters’ class with students from a specialised boarding school for athletically gifted children...
Halfway through the Continental Hockey League’s (KHL) sixth season, Astana’s Barys hockey team is one of the league’s leading teams with 108 goals scored and was the...
Kazakhstan’s Senate passed an amendment raising taxes on certain luxury goods, including alcohol, tobacco, cars with engine capacities over 4,000 cubic centimetres and real estate worth over...
ASTANA –Well-known Kazakhstan artist Rafael Slekenov held a public exhibition at the Radisson Hotel on Nov. 19. Originally from Atyrau, Slekenov is one of the most promising...
The SharZhum Resort Centre in the Akkol district of the Akmola region is only 108 kilometres from Astana, but offers views of a pine forest from every...
TARAZ – At the National Kumis Forum, experts from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey discussed problems with the industrial production of the traditional drink and made recommendations for...
ASTANA – Astana Opera soloist Saltanat Akhmetova reached the finals of the Neue Stimmen vocal competition in Gutersloh, Germany, and was awarded the Classic Autumn Prize. Out...
ASTANA – Minister of Oil and Gas of Kazakhstan Uzakbay Karabalin and acting General Director of Tengizchevroil (TCO) Brad Middleton signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov....
An innovative, eco-friendly tourist campsite is being built in the Dzhungar Alatau Mountains’ Korinskiy Gorge, near the town of Tekeli not far from Almaty. The Tau Widergeburt...
AKTAU – This city is known as Kazakhstan’s primary sea access point on the Caspian Sea and the hub of the Mangystau region. And now this major...
Fifty kilometres of bike paths will be built in Astana by the time EXPO 2017 opens, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Sport and Physical Culture of...
Kazakhstan has been elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) 21-member World Heritage Committee. Currently, three Kazakhstan cultural and natural heritage sites –...
Speaking at the sixth Congress of Judges of Kazakhstan in mid-November, President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for the intensification of reform efforts in the nation’s justice system, the...
ASTANA – Singers from Astana Opera won in a number of categories at the international Arena di Verona competition in Verona, Italy, on Nov. 4-10. About 50...
ALMATY – The 20th anniversary of the introduction of Kazakhstan’s national currency was celebrated at an international conference in Almaty attended by Kazakh politicians and representatives of...
Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten took first place in this year’s Merano Cup in Merano, Italy, earning 231.12 points in the competition. Daisuke Murakami of Japan took...
ALMATY – The Kasteev State Art Museum recently hosted a meeting with British theatre director Tim Supple, who is planning to stage a performance about the former...
PAVLODAR – Two new projects, one producing inhibited hydrochloric acid and one producing liquid bleach, acid and alkaline household chemicals, will be launched in Pavlodar’s special economic...
ASTANA – Measures to protect domestic manufacturers and exporters during the process of Eurasian economic integration and ensure that all benefits from accession to the World Trade...
ALMATY – Kazakh helicopter pilots have passed a two-week French mountain rescue training course conducted in the mountains near Almaty and will now be able to take...
ASTANA – The first international forum on ethnic media, “Tolerance and the Media,” was held on Nov. 15. It was organized by the Assembly of the People...
AKTAU – At a recent expanded government meeting, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev touted the need to pool all available resources and ensure real, specific results in several...
ASTANA – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering providing financing of up to US$72 million for Kazakhstan’s first major wind farm, EBRD First...
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Construction of first full-cycle car factory in Kazakhstan, Asia Auto Kazakhstan, began in Ust-Kamenogorsk on Nov. 11. The project was approved during the ninth Russia-Kazakhstan...
