ASTANA – The Turkistan Region has commenced the construction of a new 152-kilometer railway line Darbaza-Maktaaral to augment capacity and enhance export and transit potential, Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov announced at a Nov. 27 teleconference, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. A new checkpoint will be established along the Kazakh-Uzbek state border as part […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar and Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, Vice Premier of the State Council Ding Xuexiang will visit Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan from Nov. 26 to 30, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Friday. Ding, also […]
Read MoreASTANA – The population of Kazakhstan reached 20 million people on Nov. 14, reported the Bureau of National Statistics. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated citizens on this significant milestone. “A happy family is the foundation of national well-being and the country’s sustained progress. The state will continue to work to fortify family values, protect motherhood and […]
Read MoreThe agreement on visa-free travel between Kazakhstan and China became officially effective on November 10. The agreement signed in May this year permits citizens of both countries to travel to each other’s territories for tourism, business or medical treatment purposes without being obliged to hold a visa at first, VisaGuide.World reports. It grants visa-free access […]
Read MoreA mutual visa-exemption agreement between China and Kazakhstan kicked in on Friday, allowing travelers to enter each other’s country visa-free and stay for up to 30 days each time. This new policy will further boost the two countries’ ties which were already blossoming under the Belt and Road Initiative. Chen Mengfei brings more from the […]
Read MoreMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan on Thursday, part of his efforts to cement ties with the ex-Soviet neighbor and major economic partner in the midst of tensions with the West over Ukraine. Putin’s talks in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana follow his trip last month to Kyrgyzstan for a summit of ex-Soviet […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan has officially confirmed it has blocked the Coinbase website in the country. The authorities of Kazakhstan have been blocking local IP addresses from accessing Coinbase since September at least. According to a Nov. 7 report from a local news outlet, Kursiv, access to the […]
Read MoreASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN —French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a region long regarded as Russia’s backyard which has drawn fresh Western attention since the war in Ukraine began. Oil-rich Kazakhstan has already emerged as a replacement supplier of crude to European nations turning […]
Read MoreBy Ruth Comerford BBC News The death toll caused by a fire at a mine in Kazakhstan has risen to 42. The blaze ignited on Saturday and 32 people were initially reported dead at the Kostenko mine, which is owned by steel giant ArcelorMittal. The new figure was confirmed by the ministry for emergency situations […]
Read MoreAt least 28 workers have died in a fire at a Kazakhstan coal mine operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, according to the Ministry for Emergency Situations. After what appeared to be a methane blast, 206 of the 252 people at the Kostenko mine had been evacuated, with 18 needing medical assistance, the company said in a […]
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