Section: The Astana Times (Kazakhstan)
Astana Arlans Named Top Seed in Group D for Upcoming World Series of Boxing Season
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Two-time World Series of Boxing (WSB) champions Kazakhstan’s Astana Arlans were seeded as the top seed of Group D for the upcoming season six group stage on Aug. 15. Image: Insidethegame.biz The Astana-based team will face off against the...
Nurly Zhol Connects Continents
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Kazakh transport workers celebrated their professional day on Aug. 2. On the eve of the big day, The Astana Times talked to Askar Mamin, chairman of the Kazlogistics transport workers union and president of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the national railway...
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Nurly Zhol Connects Continents Kazakh transport workers celebrated their professional day on Aug. 2. On the eve of the big day, The Astana Times talked to Askar Mamin, chairman of the Kazlogistics transport workers union and president of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy...
Trans-Caspian Rail Route Launched
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. BAKU – The trans-Caspian rail route was launched 65 kilometres from Baku in the city of Alyat, a new Azerbaijani seaport on the Caspian Sea, on Aug. 3. The event was critically important for Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, China and other countries, as it provides...
Nine Kazakh Startup Teams to Receive Technology Training in Silicon Valley
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA –Nine Kazakh tech startup teams have won the opportunity to receive training in Silicon Valley as a result of their performance in the Technation competition, which attracted startup groups from former Soviet Union countries, Europe and Asia. Photo credit:...
Venetian Cartographer to Help Prove 550th Anniversary of Kazakh Statehood
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The question of undeniable importance for Kazakhstan: to consider the year 1991 as a starting point, or to look for and find the origins of statehood in the shroud of the Middle Ages. Two hundred scientists, historians from Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and...
Kairat Eliminates Former Euro Champions, Other Kazakh Clubs Less Lucky as Europa League Starts
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The European football season started for three Kazakh contenders with the first qualification round of the Europa League on July 2 and 9. Two of them, FC Aktobe and FC Ordabasy Shymkent failed to deliver in the two-leg ties against Estonian and Israeli...
Kazakhstan Chooses Winners of Second International Journalism Contest
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – On the eve of Astana Day, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry and the Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan announced the winners of their second international journalism contest, “Kazakhstan through the eyes of foreign media.” The contest attracted 55 entries from...
Book Chronicling Nazarbayev’s Efforts to Bring Peace in Ukraine Released
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – “The Peacemaker,” a new book dedicated to the activities of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to help advance the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, was presented July 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The book covers the events from...
Kazakhstan Expands Visa-Free Regime up to 19 Countries, Extends It to End of 2017
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – On June 26, the government of Kazakhstan issued a resolution expanding the number of countries included in a trial visa-free regime and extended that regime until Dec. 31, 2017. “This step is aimed at further improvement of a favourable visa and...
