Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Just three years after he renamed the capital city after outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan President ...

"Astana is faceless. It has nothing but pompous architecture," says one critic. Kazakhstan will mark the 10th anniversary of its capital, Astana, on July 6, but the festivities are widely seen as ...

And yet again, the capital of Kazakhstan is to change name. Following a period of considered reflection, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev revealed through his spokesman on September 13 that the city ...

TEMIRTAU, Kazakhstan -- It takes about two hours to travel by road from the Kazakh city of Temirtau to the national capital, Astana. Sometimes less. Nursultan Nazarbaev’s journey from the place where ...

The capital of Kazakhstan has just enjoyed a 20th-birthday blowout costing more than $55 million. July 6 was not just a national holiday to celebrate the anniversary of Astana’s elevation to capital ...

Astana’s Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport saw a 13 percent rise in passenger traffic in January–October 2025. Transit figures, cargo volumes, and the number of flights also increased over ...