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Kazakhstan Gears Up For Energy Leap With Pipeline Mega-Projects

Kazakhstan Gears Up For Energy Leap With Pipeline Mega-Projects

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 15. To fulfill the President's goal of full national gasification, the Kazakh Government is pursuing various approaches, such as tapping into domestic gas resources and importing gas from...

Kazakhstan to Participate in SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting

Kazakhstan to Participate in SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting

ASTANA – Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu visited the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Headquarters on July 14 during his trip to China to attend the upcoming meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of SCO...

Kazakhstan’s Push for Species Recovery Faces Ecosystem Trade-Offs

Kazakhstan’s Push for Species Recovery Faces Ecosystem Trade-Offs

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s vast landscapes, spanning from the steppe to the mountains, harbor a wealth of biodiversity. Located at the crossroads of Eurasia, the country is home to rare species found nowhere else. Like much of the world, Kazakhstan...

Kazakhstan Delivers Strongest Half-Year Economic Growth in 14 Years

Kazakhstan Delivers Strongest Half-Year Economic Growth in 14 Years

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s economy grew by 6.2% between January and June, the highest growth in 14 years, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin said at a July 15 government meeting. Last year’s growth in the same...

Kazakhstan's crude oil output, exports rise in first half of 2025

ALMATY, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan's crude oil output in the first half of 2025 rose 11.6 percent year on year to 49.9 million tonnes, Kazinform news agency reported Tuesday. Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said at a government...

Kazakhstan's oil output rose in June, OPEC says

Kazakhstan's oil output rose in June, OPEC says

Moscow: Kazakhstan's oil output rose last month after slightly falling in May, and remained above the country's frequently-exceeded quota set by the OPEC+ group, OPEC monthly data showed on Tuesday. According to OPEC, Kazakhstan's oil production...

Credits to economy of Kazakhstan increased by T740 billion in May

Credits to economy of Kazakhstan increased by T740 billion in May

Astana. July 16. KazTAG – Credits to the economy in the expanded definition as of June 1, compared to May 1, 2025, increased by T740 billion, reports the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Credits to the economy from second-tier banks, JSC Development...

People in Kazakhstan tend to smoke less

People in Kazakhstan tend to smoke less

Astana. July 16. KazTAG - An annual survey of the adult population on tobacco consumption was conducted in all regions of the country, said the statistics agency. "The results obtained showed that out of the total number of surveyed household...

Rosatom to Build Kazakhstan’s First Nuclear Power Plant (Part One)

Executive Summary: Kazakhstan has selected Russia’s Rosatom to construct its first post-Soviet nuclear power plant (NPP), despite earlier indications that China’s CNNC would win the bid. A second plant may still be awarded to CNNC. Environmental...

Kazakhstan reaches 62.4% gasification as President Tokayev reviews QazaqGaz infrastructure push 

Kazakhstan reaches 62.4% gasification as President Tokayev reviews QazaqGaz infrastructure push 

The level of gasification in Kazakhstan has reached 62.4% to date, with over 1.7mn people gaining access to natural gas over the past three years. This progress was reported to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a meeting with Sanzhar...

Vinitaly Kazakhstan Roadshow 2025: Emerging Gateway to Central Asia

Vinitaly Kazakhstan Roadshow 2025: Emerging Gateway to Central Asia

The Vinitaly Kazakhstan Roadshow made a welcome return to Almaty on July 7, 2025, for its second edition, bringing together over 475 professionals and wine enthusiasts to discover 280 Italian wines from 78 producers across 14 regions. The event...

Kazakhstan’s president commends Sisi’s wise, balanced stands

Kazakhstan’s president commends Sisi’s wise, balanced stands

CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) – Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev commended the wise and balanced positions of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as well as Egypt’s important role in achieving stability and calm in the Middle East. Tokayev made...

ICAO Chief Praises Kazakhstan’s Aviation Progress, Eyes Greater Regional Role

ICAO Chief Praises Kazakhstan’s Aviation Progress, Eyes Greater Regional Role

ASTANA – International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) President Salvatore Sciacchitano recognized Kazakhstan’s swift progress in aviation safety, liberalization, and infrastructure, emphasizing its potential to become a major regional air...

Chinese FM meets Kazakh deputy PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu in north China's Tianjin, July 15, 2025....

Kazakhstan Targets 20% E-Commerce Share by 2030

Kazakhstan Targets 20% E-Commerce Share by 2030

Kazakhstan aims to increase the share of e-commerce to 20% of total retail trade by 2030, according to Galya-Banu Meirbayeva, Director of the Department of Electronic and Exchange Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Integration. The announcement...

Flyarystan's New Route Bridges Western Kazakhstan And Uzbek Capital

Flyarystan's New Route Bridges Western Kazakhstan And Uzbek Capital

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 15. The Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan successfully operated its first flight on the new international route Atyrau – Tashkent – Atyrau today, Trend reports via FlyArystan. Flight FS7835...

Experiencing 'Chinese language fever' in Kazakhstan

Experiencing 'Chinese language fever' in Kazakhstan

Kazakh teenagers participate at a Chinese silk culture exhibition wearing traditional Chinese attire Hanfu, on June 16, 2025. Photo: Hu Yuwei/GT As the Global Times reporters journeyed through Kazakhstan to uncover its growing bond with China, we...

Chinese efficiency boosts Central Asia infrastructure with region's first light rail in Kazakhstan

Chinese efficiency boosts Central Asia infrastructure with region's first light rail in Kazakhstan

A light rail train is hoisted at Station 101 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on June 11, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of Yang Yongjiu Near the international airport in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, a light rail train, painted in the deep blue...

Gas chemical prices in Kazakhstan must be increased - Kazenergy

Gas chemical prices in Kazakhstan must be increased - Kazenergy

Astana. July 14. KazTAG – The low maximum wholesale price and demand for gas in Kazakhstan’s gas chemical industry necessitate a gradual increase in maximum prices for liquefied petroleum gas to an economically justified level, reports the...

More than 10 thousand applicants applied for grants to universities on first day of admission in Kazakhstan

More than 10 thousand applicants applied for grants to universities on first day of admission in Kazakhstan

Astana. July 14. KazTAG - More than 10 thousand applicants applied for grants to universities on the first day of admission, reports the press service of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Higher Education of...

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