Section: Kazakhstan
It is important to be one of bright facets of culturally rich Kazakhstan, says Polish community leader
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Polonia Polish Community Public Fund, an ethnocultural centre, actively participates in developing cultural, social and economic ties between Kazakhstan and Poland . It seeks to remember the past and create a common future. Photo credit: assembly.kz....
Nomad culture, ethno-sports key to drawing tourists to Central Asia, says Nomad Games organiser
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Central Asian countries are paying ever more attention to controlling their own national brands. The Astana Times spoke with Maksat Chaki, former Kyrgyz vice minister of culture, information and tourism and now World Nomad Games organiser, about the...
World Bank forecasts Kazakhstan’s growth to ease to 3.5 percent in 2019
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The growth rate of Kazakhstan’s economy will decrease to 3.5 percent this year as oil production growth levels off and further fiscal consolidation efforts continue, according to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects: Europe and Central...
Kazakh ice cream gets silver in Forbes Russia top 10 new brands rating
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Forbes Russia, one of the most popular and authoritative economic rating agencies, has ranked Shin-Line’s Bakhroma ice cream second among its top 10 best new products of 2018. “One of the main directions of development of our company is export. In...
Kazakh and Ukrainian farmers are strengthening their partnership
Kazakhstan and Ukraine are planning to enhance cooperation in agricultural machine-building, cattle breeding and plant farming. …read more Source: Kazakh...
‘Seven Facets of the Great Steppe’ article was translated into Ukrainian
Nikolai Stepanenko has become an author of this translation. …read more Source: Kazakh...
Kazakhstan incorporates UNDP recommendations to protect agriculture from climate change
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) new report “Climate Change Adaptation in Europe and Central Asia: Adapting to a Changing Climate for Resilient Development,” which draws on lessons learned from Kazakhstan’s wheat farming...
Kazakh ‘#Explorestan’ tourism branding seeks to take sting out of ‘Stan’
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s tourism brand was presented to the general public Dec. 7 at Astana’s Travel Media Talks international forum and will soon be submitted for state approval. Rashid Kuzembayev. Photo credit: Kazakh Tourism Facebook Page. Tourism...
External News in Brief
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Kazakhstan’s Daneliya Tuleshova took sixth place at the Junior Eurovision song contest hosted by Minsk, Belarus. It was Kazakhstan’s debut at the contest, which gathered junior vocalists aged nine to 14 years from 18 countries, the others being...
Leaders arrive for Argentina G20 Summit amid global tensions
BUENOS AIRES. KAZINFORM – World leaders will meet from Friday in Buenos Aires at a global crossroads marked by trade tensions between the United States and powers such as China and the European Union and by crucial diplomatic clashes between Russia and Ukraine, EFE reports. …read more Source:...
