Section: The Astana Times (Kazakhstan)
Kazakh musician is youngest graduate of Italy’s oldest academy
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh composer and pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdysagin recently completed the doctoral programme at Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome. He is among the institution’s five best musicians of 2017 and the youngest graduate of the nation’s oldest musical...
Kazakhstan leads among CIS countries in attracting international development bank loans
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan led among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries in attracting project funding from international development banks in April-June, reports Finprom.kz. Photo credit: kazpravda.kz. With 24.9 percent, Kazakhstan exhibited the...
Kazakh boy visits UEFA 2019 Football Super Cup, presents prize to Liverpool
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Ali Turganbekov, the young boy born without legs known as ‘Kazakh Vujicic,’ recently joined Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Aleksander Čeferin to present the UEFA Super Cup to winner Liverpool Football Club (FC)....
Golovkin to fight Derevyanchenko for his old world title
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh professional boxer Gennady Golovkin will now have the chance to win back his old title with a fight against Ukrainian professional boxer Serhiy Derevyanchenko as a result of an Aug. 5 decision by the International Boxing Federation (IBF),...
Kazakh wrestler wins silver medal at international tournament in Poland
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Nurkhozha Kaipanov won Aug. 4 the silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the Vaclav Tsiolkovsky International Tournament in Warsaw, Poland, reports Olympic.kz. It was the ninth medal Kazakh wrestlers won at the tournament. Photo credit: olympic.kz....
Children’s book series about Tajik boy introduces Central Asia to readers of all ages, backgrounds
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh author Marina Abrams is introducing Central Asia to people of all ages in the English and Russian-language illustrated book “Orange and Blue: The World of Barzu.” The story of the Tajik boy and his family features a folkloric narrative and an...
Kazakh Parliament adopts 2019-2021 national budget, plans to visit regions for population’s feedback
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Chair Nurlan Nigmatulin summed up July 5 the work of the deputies in the fourth session of the sixth convocation at the joint meeting of chambers of Parliament in the capital. The Parliament adopted social...
Business News in Brief
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested more than $9 billion in Kazakhstan since the country’s independence, said EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti in Nur-Sultan July 4 during the 32nd plenary session of the Foreign...
World of Nomads festival presents ancient traditions, martial arts competitions
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – The fourth Koshpendiler Alemi (World of Nomads) festival took place June 28-30 at the Ethnoaul national cultural complex in the capital. The festival included competitions of professional archers, kokpar (the ancient nomadic game) players, eagle...
Astana Hub launches Roadshow 2019 programme to promote start-ups
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – The Astana Hub recently launched Roadshow 2019, a programme to promote start-up projects internationally. The programme will help start-ups grow and secure international funding and will promote tech entrepreneurship, reports Bnews.kz. Roadshow...
