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Kazakhstan Sees Surge in Schengen Visa Applications with Germany Leading as Top Destination
The Astana Times
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July 7, 2025
ASTANA – The number of Schengen visa applications submitted by Kazakh residents reached a ten-year high in 2024, with nearly 180,000 applications filed, according to the latest data released by SchengenVisaInfo. Photo credit: ma8 – stock.adobe.com...
Kazakh Artist Brings Aitys Into Contemporary Space as Part of Venice Biennale Residency
The Astana Times
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July 7, 2025
ALMATY – The Italian Institute of Culture in Almaty hosts “Thin Walls / Aitys / Lost in Translation,” a solo installation by Kazakh contemporary artist Syrlybek Bekbotayev, on view between June 12 to July 12. The exhibition marks the final...
Kazakhstan Secures 8 Golds, As World Boxing Cup Stage Wraps Up in Astana
The Astana Times
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July 7, 2025
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,...
Kazakhstan’s Middle Corridor Role is ‘Game-Changer,’ Says EIB VP
The Astana Times
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July 7, 2025
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...
Italy strengthens bilateral ties with Kazakhstan
ANSA
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July 10, 2025
Italy's Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Antonello De Riu, met with Kazakhstan's Minister of Industry and Construction, Ersaiyn Nagaspayev. The talks covered strategic areas in which Italy has expertise. such as technology transfer and innovation....
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....
Kazakhstan proposes green tax on nonrecyclable packaging
Packaging Gateway
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July 7, 2025
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...
Kazakh Analyst Portrays Azerbaijan's Economic And Geopolitical Liaison With ECO Nations
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. The holding of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Azerbaijan's Khankendi has acquired particular relevance against the backdrop of current geopolitical challenges, Professor...
Trump’s sanctions threat looms over Russian oil exports to China, India and Turkey
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 16, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit buyers of Russian exports with sanctions unless Russia agrees a peace deal over the conflict in Ukraine, potentially complicating Moscow’s oil sales to China, India and Turkey. RUSSIA’S OIL GRADES,...
Kazakhstan sees surge in overseas branch campuses
The PIE news
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July 7, 2025
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...
Saudi Weightlifter Wins Silver at Asian Championship in Kazakhstan
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 10, 2025
Czech Katerina Siniakova and Sem Verbeek of the Netherlands claimed the Wimbledon mixed doubles title on Thursday, defeating Britain's Joe Salisbury and Brazilian Luisa Stefani 7-6(3) 7-6(3). Facing home favorite Salisbury and Stefani on Centre...
Kazakhstan Putting Best Foot Forward To Firm Stability With Azerbaijan Via Joint ECO Graft
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(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...
Kazakhstan's Atyrau Forms Sister-Region Partnership With Chinese Liaoning
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 7. Akim (governor) of Atyrau region Serik Shapkenov took part in the forum of friendship of peoples and sister cities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was held in Shenyang, the...
Direct train service from eastern Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan to be restored later in 2025
Xinhua News Agency
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ALMATY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- 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...
Kazakh servicemen arrive in Azerbaijan to participate in "Tarlan - 2025" exercise
Azertag
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July 5, 2025
Baku, July 5, AZERTAC “Kazakh servicemen have arrived in Azerbaijan to take part in the "Tarlan - 2025" joint flight-tactical exercise to be conducted between the Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan,” Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Off Road’ On Netflix, A Reality Series Where Two Popular Israeli Actors Travel Together Through Kyrgyzstan And Kazakhstan
Decider
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July 10, 2025
If you’re at all familiar with Israeli television, you’ve probably seen Lior Raz and Rotem Sela before. Raz is probably better known in the States than Sela, having starred in the Netflix hit Fauda and having been featured in films like Gladiator...
Kazakhstan to Invest $500 Million in Turgundi–Herat Railway Project, Says Afghanistan
News Central Asia
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July 7, 2025
Kazakhstan plans to invest in the construction of the Torghundi–Herat railway line in Afghanistan. This was announced by Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov during a meeting with Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs,...
Luban Workshop offers vocational education support for Kazakhstan
People's Daily Online
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By Yuan Meng, Zhang Rong, Chang Sha, Wang Jing, Elena Davydova (People's Daily Online) 14:52, July 10, 2025 Amid the burning summer heat, a lively discussion in a classroom of Tianjin Vocational Institute, in north China's Tianjin Municipality,...
Azerbaijani, Kazakh Servicemen Complete Joint Tarlan-2025 UAV Exercise (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 10. "Tarlan-2025" joint flight-tactical exercise involving Azerbaijani and Kazakh servicemen in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has successfully concluded in Azerbaijan, Trend...
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan hold "Tarlan-2025" exercise
APA
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"Tarlan-2025" joint flight-tactical exercise involving Azerbaijani and Kazakh servicemen in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has successfully concluded in Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told APA. Throughout the...