News about Astana

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan break fuel for water stalemate, reach energy agreement Heads of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have had talks in Astana and reached a set of important agreements.

17 November 2014

Most beautiful girl of Kazakhstan's capital selected The most beautiful girl of Kazakhstan's capital Astana has been selected at the final of the Miss Astana-2014 that took place in Astana-Marriott hotel on November 1.

08 November 2014

Ukraine shuts down consulate in Kazakhstan Ukraine has shut down nine of its consulates throughout the world, including the one in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

08 November 2014

Zeffirelli to present Aida in Astana Opera on November 19-22 Franco Zeffirelli will direct Aida opera in the Astana Opera.

05 November 2014

Kashechkin needs €15 million for second Kazakh cycling team Andrey Kashechkin wants to create one more cycling team to race for Kazakhstan. He needs sponsors though.

04 November 2014

Astana enters Top 21 Intelligent Communities list Kazakhstan's capital Astana has entered the Smart21 Communities list.

29 October 2014

Nazarbayev announces large-scale infrastructure development project 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.

28 October 2014

Nazarbayev speaks of social stability and equality in Kazakhstan President of Kazakhstan has named social stability and equality the basic principles of development.

28 October 2014

Kazakhstan names average ticket price for EXPO-2017 The cost of tickets to EXPO-2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan will start at 28 euro.

28 October 2014

$70 million solar power plan to be constructed in Astana for EXPO-2017 A $70 million solar power plant will be built in Astana for the upcoming EXPO-2017.

28 October 2014

Latvian official suprised at high prices in Astana A Latvian official has been surprised at the high prices in Astana.

24 October 2014

25-y.o. Astana beauty in Top 5 of Photomodel of the Universe-2014 25-year-old Astana beauty Anna Levitskaya has entered the Top 5 of the Photomodel of the Universe-2014 beauty pageant held in Bodrum, Turkey.

24 October 2014

Appointment of new Defense Minister in Kazakhstan - reaction to crisis in Ukraine: experts High-profile transfer of Imangali Tasmagambetov from his job as Mayor of Astana to the Defense Ministry has made people wonder. Experts have shared their opinions with respect to geopolitical changes around Kazakhstan, internal dynamics within the Kazakh elite and personalities of the newly appointed officials.

23 October 2014

Verdi's La traviata premier at Astana Opera and live on Tengrinews TV Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless masterpiece La traviata will open in the Astana Opera today and will be live streamed on Tengrinews TV.

22 October 2014

New Mayor of Astana appointed Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has been appointed Mayor of Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. He replaced Imangali Tasmagambetov as the capital’s Mayor.

22 October 2014

Norman Foster designs bus stops for Kazakhstan Famous British architect Norman Foster has designed bus stops for two cities in Kazakhstan - Astana and Almaty.

14 October 2014

Kazakh judokas win seven medals at Judo Grand Prix in Astana Kazakhstan’s national judo team has won seven medals at the Judo Grand Prix held in Astana on October 10-12.

14 October 2014

National Pantheon design chosen in Astana KazGor Project Academy’s work has been chosen as the best design for the National Pantheon in Astana.

14 October 2014

'Super' battery being developed in Kazakhstan Kazakhstani scientists have developed a battery with a capacity times higher than in those currently available.

14 October 2014

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