Kazakhstan's parliament on Wednesday voted to rename the country's capital in honour of long-time ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev, a day after he resigned as president. Astana, the government's showpiece ...

Astana is a modern capital rising from the Kazakh steppe, known for its futuristic architecture, extreme climate, and role as a Central Asian political and cultural hub. The city defines itself in ...

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 ...