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ASTANA (TCA) — The OSCE-supported Second International Women’s Forum on Future Energy: Women, Business, and the Global Economy began on August 2 in Astana for some 200 participants including high-level government officials and representatives of Kazakhstan’s Parliament, civil society and the business community, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said on July 27 that the India-China developmental partnership is not only beneficial for the two countries but for the whole region, and that India would like to strengthen this partnership based on the Astana consensus between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana earlier this year, Sputnik news agency reports. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Germany is aware of how important this EXPO is for Kazakhstan. It is the first time ever that the EXPO has been hosted by a Central Asian country – and that’s a great success, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at the opening of Germany's National Day at EXPO 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 12. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — China’s electronic trading platform Jumore plans to create a multifunctional trade and logistics complex in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. That was said after a meeting last week between Nurzhan Altaev, Deputy Chairman of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and Mr. Li Hongxian, President of Jumore, Atameken reported on its website. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — For many critics, the EXPO-2017 which is going on in Astana represents just a glittering façade behind which lies the true, not green, energy sector and economy of Kazakhstan. We are republishing this article by Chris Rickleton on the event, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — During the 30th plenary meeting of the Foreign Investors’ Council in Astana on June 22, chaired by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh Minister for Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek reported on the implementation of the instructions for the establishment of the Astana International Financial Center, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading