Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan but the ecological damage from the city's growing vehicle usage exacerbated by the lack of high-quality public transport hangs like a smog over the country's cultural capital.
Kazakhstani weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul has won a silver medal in the women’s -69 kg weight category at the World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty.
Kazakh weightlifter and two-time Olympic Champion Ilya Ilyin has won a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship, thus becoming a four-time World Champion.
Kazakhstani MMA fighter Igor “Lion Heart” Svirid won the Middlweight World Champion title in the ONE FC (ONE Fighting Championship) championship in Singapore on November 7.
Contemporary ethnic music festival The Spirit of Tengri was an event to remember in Kazakhstan's Almaty. It gathered musicians from various countries and took the audience to the roots with its ethnic chords. Those who missed the event or who want to experience it once again now have a chance. The festival organizers have prepared a special two-disc edition with a video from the concert and a set of tracks recorded in a studio.
Valentin Nizovkin, a resident of Almaty, has invented yet another energy installation. This time it involves artificial tornadoes to convert wind energy into electricity.
Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan has declared that the summit of the Council for Islamic Financial Services will be held in Almaty in 2015. He also spoke about the future of Islamic finance in Kazakhstan.
Nazarbayev has spoken about a program of large-scale infrastructure development in Kazakhstan and the government actions to counter possible negative circumstances in the global economy.
Vice-Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan said that Kazakhstan was planning to use a mixed model of financial management should it be granted the right to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.