Ten days after violence erupted on the streets of Almaty, the interior of the monumental edifice of city hall, which was at the epicenter of the turmoil, is an assault on the senses. There is the ...

A portrait of former Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is seen at the city hall building after clashes in the central square blocked by security forces in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 10, 2022.

By bne Eurasia bureau In Almaty, Kazakhstan, Big Brother is not just keeping a watchful eye on you from a camera mounted high ...

People in Almaty know their air is filthy, but when a group of activists got together to tell them exactly how bad it was, it did not go down well. Smog hovering above Kazakhstan’s largest city is now ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A train slowly rolls into town on a foggy, gray but unusually warm winter day with the mercury hovering above zero Celsius (32 F). It was the only reliable way to travel from ...

Protesters stormed public buildings in Kazakhstan’s biggest city on Wednesday as security forces struggled to impose control after the government resigned in response to popular anger over a fuel ...

The long-awaited opening of the Almaty Museum of Arts marks a milestone in the region’s cultural life. Founded by businessman and philanthropist Nurlan Smagulov, it showcases more than 700 works from ...

For the entirety of the fall semester, I will be tucked away in the (surprisingly temperate) mountains of Kazakhstan, learning Russian in the nation’s cultural capital: Almaty. In Kazakh, Almaty means ...