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How ForteBank is Shaping Kazakhstan’s Banking Future
World Finance
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  In the fast-evolving financial landscape of Kazakhstan, ForteBank stands as a testament to pragmatic leadership and disciplined strategy. Under the stewardship of CEO Talgat Kuanyshev, ForteBank has entered a new chapter defined by universal...
Time to transform Afghan-Kazakh interaction into sustainable cooperation
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 11, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart in Kabul on Friday said the time had come to transform the existing positive interaction between the two countries into sustainable and...
Central Asia Faces Growing Energy Deficit
Times of Central Asia
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July 16, 2025
Central Asia is heading toward a serious energy crunch. According to the Logistan.info portal, regional demand for imported natural gas is expected to reach 25 billion cubic meters annually by 2030. This looming shortfall is driven by rapid...
Poland Has Placed A Kazakh Company, Which Belongs To Pinskdrev, On The Sanctions List
Charter 97
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1 Photo: Charter97.org For circumventing sanctions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland has included the Kazakh company QARTREE LLP in the sanctions list at the request of the National Tax Administration. The tax authority proved that the...
Kazakhstan is ready to strengthen partnership with BRICS - Nurtleu
KazTAG
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Astana. July 8. KazTAG - Kazakhstan is ready to strengthen partnership with BRICS, reports the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. "Kazakhstan is ready to strengthen partnership with BRICS - for the sake...
Toyota Motor Europe outperforms the market, posting record first half year sales of 635,328 vehicles
Automotive World
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July 16, 2025
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) vehicle sales up +1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, gaining a market share of 7.3%(1) Toyota Motor Europe’s (2) (TME) sold a record 635,328 vehicles across January – June 2025 period, increasing by +1%...
Average prices for SIP have not changed within a week in Kazakhstan
KazTAG
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Astana. July 11. KazTAG – Prices in Kazakhstan for socially important food products (SIP) have not changed within a week, as of July 8, 2025, and have increased by 7.6% since the beginning of 2025, reports the statistics agency. The average prices...
257.5 billion digital tenge put into circulation in Kazakhstan
KazTAG
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Astana. July 11. KazTAG – 257.5 billion digital tenge have been put into circulation in Kazakhstan, reports the press service of the Prime Minister. “Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting on the implementation of pilot projects related to...
Russia is monitoring situation with anthrax outbreak in Kazakhstan
KazTAG
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Moscow. July 11. KazTAG - Russia is monitoring the situation with the anthrax outbreak in Kazakhstan. "Russian consumer surveillance agency is monitoring the anthrax situation in Kazakhstan," said the agency. The specialists are constantly...
Direct train service from eastern Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan t...
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, 11 July, 2025-- Direct train service from Ust-Kamenogorsk city in eastern Kazakhstan to major Uzbek cities including Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara will be restored later this year, Kazinform news agency reported Thursday. The...
Kazakhstan, Russia implementing 171 projects worth $56 bln — Kazakh first deputy PM
TASS
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July 8, 2025
YEKATERINBURG, July 8. /TASS/. Kazakhstan and Russia are currently implementing 171 joint industrial projects worth $56 billion, which is 7-8 times more than planned in 2019, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar during the...
Kazakhstan Considers Carbon Accounting System to Boost Emissions Transparency
Times of Central Asia
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July 8, 2025
Aydar Kazybayev, co-founder of the National Academy of Corporate Governance, has proposed the introduction of a carbon accounting system in Kazakhstan. He argues that such a system would enable the automatic calculation of greenhouse gas emissions...
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture considers supporting starch and gluten exports following U.S. tariff imposition
APK Inform
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On July 8, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25% import tariff on goods from Kazakhstan. In response, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture is considering measures to support exports of products derived from deep grain processing, according...
Kazakhstan Sets Forth Initiatives For Dialogue On U.S. Import Tariffs
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(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...
Caspian Sunrise reports increased production from Kazakhstan's Block 8
ShareCast
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The AIM-traded firm said the well was now producing approximately 876 barrels of oil per day on a four millimetre choke. It also confirmed that Deep Well P1 had been perforated across a three-metre interval at a depth of 3,391 metres, with testing...
Nuclear waste to nuclear reactor: The case of Russia in Kazakhstan
The Interpreter
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July 11, 2025
After shutting down its last Soviet-era reactor in 1999, Kazakhstan is now on the cusp of returning to nuclear energy. Long reliant on non-renewables and electricity imports, the country faces rising energy demands and an urgent need to diversify...
World Organization for Animal Health to conduct inspection in Kyrgyzstan
24.kg
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July 16, 2025
13:03, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 13:03, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA Experts from the World Organization for Animal Health will conduct a PVS assessment in...
Kazakhstan plans to increase meat exports by introducing new concessional lending programs for livestock farmers
APK Inform
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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...
Mass locust invasion is recorded in western Kazakhstan
APK Inform
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A mass locust invasion was recorded in the Kyzylkoginsky district of Atyrau region. This was reported by "24KZ". Specialists are clarifying the scale of the insect spread. In the spring, over 128,000 hectares in the region were chemically treated....
Rise of the Machines: Inside Hollywood’s AI Civil War
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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July 16, 2025
On a chilly day at a vintage studio building on the Eastside of Los Angeles, Natasha Lyonne sat in front of a large-screen TV and played with a joystick. The device in her hand looked a lot like a vintage Atari 2600 paddle, and as she spun it one...