Miss and Mister of Shymkent selected
20-y.o. Zhazira Nurimbetova and 16-y.o. Zhandos Tasbolat became the winners of Shymkent beauty pageant.
Shymkent Zoo is baby-booming
Lama, pony and two deers were born during the past week in Shymkent Zoo with five more deers to be delivered in the nearest future.
Astana population reached 775 thousand people
The population of the capital of Kazakhstan has exceeded 775 thousand people.
PHOTO: Diplomats became blood donors in Astana
The ambassadors of Serbia, Sweden and France to Kazakhstan became voluntary blood donors at The Scientific and Production Center of Transfusiology in Astana.
PHOTO: Petropavlovsk pensioner collected a quantity of rare coins
Pensioner Vladimir Baranov, a Petropavlovsk citizen, has collected a quantity of rare coins.
Veterans and orphans will watch Cirque du Soleil in Astana free of charge
Astana Akim (Mayor) has fully scuttled the gossips about the "privileged guests" of the Cirque du Soleil performance in Kazakhstan.
PHOTO: Almaty ArtbatFest confronted world end in 2012
“ArtbatFest-2012: Beginning of the World” confronted rumors of the end of the world in December 2012.
Visiting cafes with friends is the favourite pastime in Kazakhstan
Polled Kazakhstan residents said they preferred meeting friends in cafes as their favorite pastime.
Almaty citizen donated 500 liters of blood
Almaty citizen Aleksander Skakovskiy donated blood for the 900th time on June 14.
Education deposits will become an option in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan citizens will be able to deposit money for their children’s education. A new draft law on the State Education Savings System has been presented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan schools mulling distance learning cources
During the Connect Kazakhstan-2012 forum Nurlan Izmaylov, the Chairman of Board of JSC Zerde Holding said that distance education is going to be launched in schools of Kazakhstan.
200 Afghan students to study in Kazakhstan medical universities
Kazakhstan Majilis ratified the protocol on amendments to the Agreements between the governments of Kazakhstan and Afghanistan on cooperation in education.
British oilman showed collection of ancient geographic maps in Astana
Some of the maps still have the original Turkic names of stows, towns, different landscapes that were renamed later or disappeared during historical cataclysms, like Mongol and Junggar invasions and especially during the period of Russian colonial sovereignty and the Soviet Union: expert.
We have no control over ecological situation at Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister
We are more concerned over creation of a powerful monitoring system at the Caspian Sea, which we lack completely: Kazakhstan Minister.
Nazarbayev received gratitude letter from Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Patriarch thanked President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev for a warm and friendly reception in Kazakhstan.
Student law-enforcement groups to be created in every Almaty university by end of 2012
30 student law-enforcement groups have already been created in Almaty.
Waste recycling facility to be launched in Astana in July
Only 5% of all waste produced in Kazakhstan is recycled, with the other waste being kept at dumps.
Number of HIV-positive mothers growing in Kazakhstan
The number of HIV-positive women who resolve to give birth to children is growing in Kazakhstan.
Tickets to Korean singer Sumi Jo will be most expensive among Astana Day events
The price of ticket to Sumi Jo varies from 3 to 20 thousand tenge ($20 to $150) in the stalls in Astana.
Kazakhstan is eyeing newest neurosurgical treatment methods
A master-class on implementation of the newest neurosurgical methods is held in the national scientific neurosurgery center.