March holidays and workdays in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is celebrating two bank holidays in March: March 8 and Nauryz.
Semey residents suffer from smoking boiler house
Residents of one of the regions of Semey city are stifled with smoke issuing from a boiler house.
Nursultan Nazarbayev condolences China over terrorist attack
Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of condolences to Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, over the recent terrorist attack in Kunming city.
Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin to launch his own line of clothes
Kazakhstan's professional star boxer Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin is planning to launch his own line of clothes.
Kazakhstan imports $154 million worth of flowers a year
More than 263 million flowers - 20 thousand tons - totally worth about $154 million were imported to Kazakhstan in 2013.
Football: Kazakhstan vs Lithuania match ends in draw
Kazakhstan national football team has tied the match against the Lithuanian team.
Football: Kazakhstan's youth team wins Island in UEFA qualifications
Kazakhstan national youth football team has won over the team of Island at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2015 qualifications.
TAIB Bank changes name to Capital Bank
TAIB Kazakh Bank has changed its name to Capital Bank Kazakhstan after changing hands.
Breakthrough of the year Denis Ten
Bronze medalist of the Sochi Olympics Denis Ten was awarded a Breakthrough of the Year by the Agency of Sport and Physical Education.
Joe Dassin's son to perform at Shymbulak resort in Almaty on March 8
Jonathan Dassin, the son of the legendary French chansonnier Joe Dassin, will perform at Shymbulak mountain resort in Almaty.
Nazarbayev to visit Russia on March 10-11
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Russia on Vladimir Putin's invitation on March 10-11.
Concert in mountains to celebrate Women's Day: Medeo Skating Rink
An announcement to the lucky Almaty natives and visitors: TengriFM radio is hosting a concert on March 8 to celebrate the International Women’s day at the Medeo Skating Rink.
Denis Ten won't participate in World Championship
The Ice Prince and the winner of the Bronze medal at the Sochi Olympics Denis Ten will not go to the 2014 World Figure Skating Championship in Japan.
Human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Almaty
A man tried to sell a Kyrgyz girl in Almaty for one thousand dollars.
Kazakhstan's Galina Vishnevskaya wins gold in US
Galina Vishnevskaya, a biathlete from Kazakhstan, has won a gold medal at the Youth and Junior World Championship in the United States.
Presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus meet to discuss Eurasian Economic Union
Despite the slowing growth rates of the global economy in 2013, the trio [Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus] was able to slightly increase the trade turnover to $64.1 billion: President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Central Bank toughens requirements to borrowers
Earlier Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev commissioned banks’ heads to reduce the share of NPLs “in any possible ways” to 15% of their portfolio by 2015 and further to 10% by 2016.
‘Anti-lace’ policy in Kazakhstan: What does it ban?
The ban has become widely known as a ‘ridiculous lace undies ban’, a ‘lacist’ policy and, the smartest version, a ‘non-tariff regulation’. But what is the policy really about? What exactly is banned from being imported to Kazakhstan?
South Kazakhstan fighting back floodwater
Several villages in Kyzylorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan have been repeatedly experiencing destructive floods for over a fortnight.
Exclusive collection of masks presented in Astana
An exhibition of the world's only mask collection, the World Exhibition of Masks (WEOM), is taking place at the Schoolchildren's Palace of Astana.