Section: The Astana Times (Kazakhstan)
Government, NGOs, Universities Unite to Help Trafficking Victims in Astana
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Makhabat Sadykova, a 20-year-old student in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nazarbayev University, was introduced to the disturbing criminal activity of human trafficking in 2013 during the university screening of an anti-trafficking...
Mare’s Milk Producers Confident about Drink’s Domestic, Int’l Future
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Businessmen and scholars of the Zhambyl region promote Kazakh nano kumis and are confident that the traditional beverage of nomads will conquer the entire world. The realisation that kumis (fermented horse milk) was allegedly patented in Germany was...
Astana, Almaty Among Top 10 Most Visited Cities by Russian Tourists
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Almaty and Astana have been among the top 10 most visited cities by Russian tourists this year, according to a survey by Russian website Travel.ru. Minsk, Kiev, Baku, Yerevan, Vitebsk, Bishkek, Tashkent and Chisinau were also among the top 10, according...
Two Kazakh Wrestlers Win Bronze, Gain Olympic Bids at Las Vegas World Wrestling Championships
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Two Greco-Roman wrestlers from Kazakhstan brought medals home from the recent World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas and earned the right to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Doszhan Kartikov, wrestling in the 75 kilogrammes weight class, beat...
Astana Celebrates 550th Anniversary of Kazakh Khanate, Holds CCTS Summit
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan celebrated the 550th anniversary of the formation of the Kazakh Khanate Sept. 11 with a number of events throughout the capital. President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated all the country’s citizens on the day during a solemn meeting...
Int’l Ethnic Cultures Festival Has Spectacular Opening in Astana
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The capital city’s Tlep Qobiz Sarayi concert hall opened the history and culture international festival of ethnic cultures contest Sept. 2. The three-day jubilee was devoted to the 550th anniversary celebration of the Kazakh Khanate. Singers...
Kazakh Biotechnologist Helps Create At-Home STD Test, Mass Production May Begin in 2016
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Hoope, a home detection kit to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases that was the brainchild of a team including Kazakh biotechnologist Damel Mektepbayeva, is expected to go into mass production next year, Forbes.kz reports. “Each year, 500 million...
Belarus Prepares to Take Part in EXPO 2017
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The organising committee on the preparation of the Belarusian national pavilion for EXPO 2017 has been set up, Kazinform reported recently. The relevant resolution was signed by the Belarusian Prime Minister on Sept. 1. The committee will be chaired by...
Astana Locomotive Plant Unveils Passenger Electric Locomotive at Moscow Railway Expo
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Plant of Astana presented their KZ4AT passenger electric locomotive at the fifth International Railway Equipment and Technologies Fair (EXPO 1520) in Moscow from Sept. 2 – 5, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) reported in...
Kazakhstan’s Armed Forces Conduct Exercises over Summer
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – July was traditionally a period of holidays and vacations, but for the military it was a busy month with many engagements in training exercises. Kazakh soldiers prepare for a training exercise. As reported by the Kazakh Ministry of Defence press service,...
