Kazakhstan Sets Forth Initiatives For Dialogue On U.S. Import Tariffs

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 8. Kazakhstan's Ministry of Trade and Integration, in response to the US tariffs targeting Kazakhstan, prepares specific proposals and initiatives to the US White House Administration aimed at...

Construction of a large agricultural storage and processing complex has started in Kazakhstan

This summer, the construction of a major investment project - the production complex of TOBOL CENTER KZ LLP began in the Kostanay region. According to gazetamayak.kz, the project provides for the storage and processing of grain and oilseed crops,...

Astana: City That Dreams With Us -3. Witness to My Becoming

When we think of Astana, the first thing that comes to mind is the high-level visits of politicians and international summits. It’s a city of strategy, diplomacy, and national ambition. But beneath that polished, political surface lies something...

Kazakhstan plans to increase meat exports by introducing new concessional lending programs for livestock farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan plans to expand the concessional lending program for dairy farms to include the meat livestock sector, which will help increase meat exports. This was reported by the press service of the Prime Minister of...

Development Bank of Kazakhstan Places Dollar and Tenge Eurobonds on International Markets

ASTANA – The Development Bank of Kazakhstan has placed two tranches of Eurobonds on international capital markets, including a $200 million tap of its April-issued dollar bonds and a new offering denominated in Kazakh tenge. Photo credit:...

Livestock production increased by more than 4% and T1 trillion in January-May in Kazakhstan

Astana. July 8. KazTAG – Livestock production increased by 104.2% or T1.2 trillion, said Aidarbek Saparov, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. “In the first 5 months of 2025, production in the industry increased by 104.2% or...

Road to airport will be partially closed due to repairs in Astana

Astana. July 8. KazTAG - From July 7 to 12, traffic will be partially and gradually closed on Turan Avenue from Sagynak Street to Sarayshyk Street due to the laying of the top layer of the road surface, reports the press service of the Akim of...

Trump sent a letter to Tokayev on the introduction of 25% duties on goods from Kazakhstan

Almaty. July 8. KazTAG - Starting from August 1, the United States will impose duties of 25% on all goods from Kazakhstan. This was stated on July 7 by the American leader Donald Trump in a letter to the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart...

Who makes contemporary Uyghur art in Kazakhstan?

Work by artist Nazugum Bakhtiyarova from the Sultan Kizlar collective. Text [in Russian]: “I would rather be a witness’ widow than a Bai [rich man’s] wife.” Photo by the Sultan Kizlar collective. Used with permission. In Kazakhstan, political or...

Business activity declined in Kazakhstan in June

Prices for socially important vegetables declining Kazakhstan - Bizhanova

Kazakhstan sees surge in overseas branch campuses

According to the country’s the ministry of science and higher education, universities from Russia, UK, Türkiye, South Korea, Germany, and Italy are set to open institutions in the central Asian country. The Moscow State Institute of International...

Kazakhstan Putting Best Foot Forward To Firm Stability With Azerbaijan Via Joint ECO Graft

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. Holding the 17th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Azerbaijan's Khankendi has an important symbolic and strategic significance in the context of the changing geopolitical...

Astana Leads 2024 Smart City Rankings in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation, and Aerospace Industry (MDIIA) has released its latest evaluation of local governments’ efforts to implement Smart City technologies. For 2024, the capital city, Astana, secured the top...

Kazakhstan proposes green tax on nonrecyclable packaging

Kazakhstan has put forward a plan for a tax targeting packaging that harms the environment, as revealed by Mazhilis deputy Azhar Sagandykova at the IX Eurasian Business Forum Green Energy & Waste Recycling Forum. The Times of Central Asia has...

President Of Kazakhstan Awards ICAO Council Head For Aviation Cooperation

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 8 . President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with the Chairman of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Salvatore Sciacchitano, and awarded him the Order...

Earthquake jolts southern Kazakhstan

An earthquake struck Kazakhstan's Zhambyl region on Tuesday afternoon. Kazakhstan's National Data Center (KNDC) registered an earthquake at 2:30 pm Astana time on July 8, 2025, in Zhambyl region, News.Az reports, citing Kazakh media. It was said...

Trump Confirms New U.S. Tariffs on Kazakhstan Starting August 1

Starting August 1, 2025, the United States will impose a 25 percent customs duty on exports from Kazakhstan. The decision was announced by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and later confirmed in an official letter from President Donald Trump...

Kazakhstan’s Middle Corridor Role is ‘Game-Changer,’ Says EIB VP

ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s strategic position in the Middle Corridor makes it a game-changer for regional logistics and innovation, said Vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Kyriacos Kakouris in an interview with The Astana Times on the...

Kazakhstan Secures 8 Golds, As World Boxing Cup Stage Wraps Up in Astana 

ASTANA – The World Boxing Cup stage concluded in Astana on July 6, with more than 400 boxers representing 31 countries battling it out for medals. Host country Kazakhstan secured eight gold medals, four silver medals, and four bronze medals,...