Section: Kazakhstan
Kiev to host Eurovision 2017 song contest
KIEV. KAZINFORM Ukraine’s capital Kiev has been selected the host city of the 2017 Eurovision song contest, director of Ukraine’s national TV company channel Zurab Alasania announced on Friday. …read more Source:...
Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Briefs OSCE Colleagues in Potsdam
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. BERLIN – Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko participated in an informal Sept. 1 meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) member states. The event was organised by the German chairmanship of the...
Ukraine became largest exporter of wheat in EU
Canada and Russia all together’ wrote Mikolskaya on her Facebook page. …read more Source: Kazakh...
Turkey opens 3rd bridge linking Europe to Asia
ANKARA. KAZINFORM Turkey has opened a massive $3-billion suspension bridge that links the European and Asian sides of Istanbul. The relative of the Golden Gate, Akashi Kaikyo, and Moscow’s Crimean Bridge was unveiled by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. …read more Source:...
WIPO Announces Rating of World Innovative Technology Leaders
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has designed a new rating of world leading countries in the sphere of innovative technologies. Like in previous years, the leaders of the rating remained Switzerland, Sweden, Great Britain, the United States,...
600 people took part in cycling Tour of World Class Almaty 2016
ALMATY. KAZINFORM – A professional cycling race “Tour of World Class Almaty 2016” has taken place in Almaty for the third time. This year, about 600 people took part in the race. Participants from different countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, USA, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Israel and Turkey came to Almaty...
Kazakh leader: Rada holds back Poroshenko from accepting Donbass status
SOCHI. KAZINFORM – Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) will not allow President Pyotr Poroshenko to accept the status of the war-torn Donbass region, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev claimed at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Actor Explains Challenge of Playing the President, His Love of Movies
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Actor Nurlan Alimzhanov, who played Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the epic about the President’s life and has won Kazakhstan’s Zhas Tulpar award, discussed his cinema career and plans for the future with Kazakhstanskaya Pravda...
Capital Circus Manager Explains Process Behind Performances
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Last December, the Capital Circus marked its 10th anniversary. In its short life, it has become the leading circus in the country. This comes as no surprise, as founding members of the Capital Circus include key performers from the old Almaty Circus. The...
Air Company Awards Plane to Children’s Centre
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. In early June, the Kazakh airline company Air Control announced the winner of the competition for the best use of the decommissioned aircraft was the Children’s Scientific and Educational Centre Evrikum in Almaty. “To tell the truth, it was not easy to make...
