Section: Kazakhstan
Normandy Four leaders discuss situation in Ukraine
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM – Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a telephone conversation with Germany’s Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the Kremlin press service said. …read more Source:...
Team Kazakhstan Falls from IIHF World Championships Top Division
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Photo credit: sports.kz ASTANA – The eighth attempt in history for the team of Kazakhstan to stay in the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships Top Division, which this year is taking place in Russia, proved unsuccessful. Having started...
Almaty Company Wind Generator Company Uses Kazakh Components
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Photo credit: Timur Batyrshin ASTANA – Tree Energy, a small company from Almaty has launched a challenge to world leaders in the production of wind generators and water-power stations using 90 percent of Kazakhstan components. “Our form of blades makes our wind...
Early 20th Century Merchants Left Indelible Mark on City’s History
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – In the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, merchants in Akmola, as the town was called then, were not only the great-grandparents of today’s modern business environment – they also left beautiful houses and facilities behind...
Almaty Region Hosts KazGeo Tengri Ultra Marathon
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – More than 400 runners participated May 7-8 in the Great Steppe Marathon held on the Ili River near Almaty’s legendary Tamgaly Tas. The athletes, from Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Poland,...
Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision song contest
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Ukraine’s Jamala won the 2016 Eurovision song contest on Saturday. In the grand finale that was held in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm, the songstress performed “1944.” …read more Source:...
Putin congratulates Nazarbayev on 71th anniversary of Great Victory
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Vladimir Putin has congratulated the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and peopleы of Georgia and Ukraine on the 71th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Kazinform refers to the press service of the Russian...
Astana, Warsaw Seek Closer Cooperation in Political, Economic Spheres
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met May 5 at the Akorda with Poland’s Marshal of the Senate Stanisław Karczewski, where the parties discussed prospects of economic, investment and inter-parliamentary cooperation, reported the...
Nazarbayev Declares Moratorium on Latest Land Code Changes, Creates Ministry of Information and Communications
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Citing a failure of the government to adequately explain four elements of the nation’s new Land Code relating to the sale and lease of agricultural lands, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev placed a moratorium May 5 on those elements until...
Belarus to market its goods via Gazprombank Leasing, Eximleasing, KazAgroFinance
MINSK. KAZINFORM – The Belarusian government approved draft agreements with Gazprombank Leasing (Russia), Eximleasing (Ukraine) and KazAgroFinance (Kazakhstan) on providing goods produced in Belarus to Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan under the terms of financial lease. The decision is contained in Council of Ministers’ Resolutions No....
