Section: Kazakhstan
H&M to Enter Kazakh Market in 2017
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – H&M, or Hennes&Mauritz AB, Swedish retail clothing company, plans to open its first store in Kazakhstan, along with Iceland, in 2017, according to Reuters. Presumably the new stores will open in autumn of next year. The cities, locations and...
Aliya Yussupova Made Rhythmic Gymnastics Fashionable in Kazakhstan
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Aliya Yussupova fell in love with rhythmic gymnastics when she was in firstgrade. Today, the famous Kazakh gymnast and two-time Olympian chairs the specialised gymnastics centre opened in the south of Kazakhstan at the end of last year. Photo credit:...
Seven Stars of Kanat Saudabayev
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Recently, Kazakhstan celebrated quite a significant event – the election to the United Nations Security Council, one of the most important statutory bodies responsible for global peace and security. This is undoubtedly yet another international acknowledgement of...
P. Poroshenko: Ukraine’s ready to continue mutually beneficial cooperation with Kazakhstan
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – President of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko congratulated President Nursultan Nazarbayev on his birthday, the press service of the Akorda informs. …read more Source:...
Railway segment of bridge to Crimea will be commissioned in December 2019
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM – Commencement of temporary operation of the Kerch Bridge railway segment is postponed for one year to December 2019, the Russian Government said on Thursday in a decree amending terms of the government contract for the bridge design and construction. …read more Source:...
Kazakhstan Continues Multi-Vector Foreign Policy in Conflict Resolution around the World
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. We have all experienced how uncomfortable it can be when mutual friends are in conflict. No matter how trivial the dispute, life becomes more difficult as you yourself get stuck in the middle between people you like and respect. The best you can do is try to...
Poroshenko congratulates Nazarbayev on Kazakhstan’s membership in UNSC in 2017-2018
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has congratulated his Kazakhstani counterpart President Nursultan Nazarbayev on election of Kazakhstan as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2017-2018 during a telephone conversation today. …read more Source:...
Kazakh Radio Host Receives Prestigious Award
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakh radio host Mukhamedali Bukharbayev was awarded the “Oscar for the Radio Hosts” at the international competition in Moscow. The event, known as “We Speak as Levitan,” was devoted to the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Information Bureau. Photo:...
Kazakh FM Outlines Priorities Following Historic Election to UN Security Council for 2017-2018
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Following Kazakhstan’s election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term starting Jan. 1, 2017, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov made comments to the media June 28 on the country’s...
Kazakh and American Judicial Experts Hold Round Table Talks on Preventing Terrorism
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Representatives of the Kazakh Supreme Court, the Union of Judges of Kazakhstan, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative took part in round table talks to discuss judicial practice concerning...
