Section: Kazakhstan
Historians Collect Documents of Kazakh Khanate from Foreign Archives
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Professor Meruert Abusseitova spoke about Kazakh khanate’s diplomatic relations at the conference in Astana on 20 May 2015. ASTANA – Issues of the formation and genesis of the Kazakh Khanate were reviewed May 22 during the international scientific-practical...
Astana Hosts UN Media Seminar on Middle East Peace
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The United Nations (UN) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Kazakhstan held the 23rd International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East on May 26–27. Participants exchanged views on the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, difficulties in...
President of Ukraine P. Poroshenko’s visit to Kazakhstan scheduled for second half of 2015
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – President of Ukraine P. Poroshenko is expected to visit Kazakhstan in the second half of 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov informed today. …read more Source:...
Kazakhstan Unveils 100 Concrete Steps to Implement Institutional Reforms
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is embarking on some of the most ambitious reforms in its independent history as President Nursultan Nazarbayev moves to implement his election campaign platform of five institutional reforms. On May 20, three weeks after Nazarbayev announced...
ICRC Seeks Increased Dialogue with Kazakhstan on KazAID, Humanitarian Work
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – As Kazakhstan develops as a regional player and establishes its national development aid agency as a donor, international development and aid organisations are keen to establish more strategic partnerships and more dialogue with the country. Among these...
EU agrees 1.8bn-euro loan to cash-strapped Ukraine
RIGA. KAZINFORM – The EU has agreed a €1.8bn (£1.3bn; $2bn) loan to Ukraine – described as a landmark deal for a non-EU member. …read more Source:...
Serbia not to impose sanctions on Russia, Serbian president says
HAVANA. KAZINFORM – Serbia wants to become an EU member without damaging its ties with long-standing partners like Russia, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in an interview published by Cuban newspaper Granma on Thursday. …read more Source:...
The delegation from South Kazakhstan region visited Ukraine
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – On 14-18 May, 2015 the Embassy of Kazakhstan to Ukraine organized a visit of entrepreneurs’ delegation of South-Kazakhstan region to Ukraine. The delegation consisted of representatives of the Akimat of the SKR, businessmen, representing the fields of engineering, pharmacy, agriculture and others. …read more...
Cossacks Ancestry of Astana: Guarding Identity, Shielding Customs
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – To this day, Kazakhstan has numerous descendants of Cossacks who became part and parcel of the multi-ethnic fabric of the country’s society. They mostly hail from those who began to come to these lands some three centuries ago as the Russian Empire...
Atyrau Airport to Be Re-Named for Kazakhstan’s only WWII Female Fighter Pilot
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The Atyrau International Airport will be re-named for Hiuaz Dospanova, the only Kazakh female pilot and navigating officer who participated in the Great Patriotic War. “We have received a letter from the initiative group and members of the Parliament proposing to...
