Continuing my travels through the ex-Soviet states, I reached Astana (now, Nur-Sultan City) from Tashkent. Ever wondered what would happen if someone were to play Minecraft in real life? Like, build ...

Besides its claim to the title of second coldest capital city in the world, Astana, Kazakhstan is renowned for its ...

The first things you notice about Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital, are not the grandiose, glistening new government buildings that dominate the skyline for miles around, nor the vast tracts of flat ...

ASTANA -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev says Astana is "an important center of our geopolitical region," while Russian urbanist and blogger Ilya Varlamov calls it "an awful city, unadapted to ...

(MENAFN- Mid-East Info) · The Astana smart city project will deliver community-wide benefits from reduced traffic and congestion to faster emergency response times. · Kazakhstani companies will be ...

At first glance, Astana – with its polished steel, bold lines and endless symmetry – feels like a city too new to have a soul. But spend a few hours on foot, take in the angles, enjoy the cool spring ...

With a showman’s flourish, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 5 opened a financial services center in Astana that is intended to assert the nation’s claim to becoming a modern player ...

UAE-based Terminals Holding is preparing to end its management of Astana Airport after two years, the press service of the city's administration told Interfax-Kazakhstan.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global business and investing in emerging markets. At first glance, Kazakhstan’s new financial center is an exercise ...

ASTANA -- Police in Astana have detained about 20 people who protested against renaming Kazakhstan's capital after former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, who stepped down from the post earlier ...