Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic Adylbek Kasymaliev, who arrived in Astana on a working visit, discussed the development of trade and economic cooperation at the 13th meeting of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Council.

The parties discussed...

The delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan is completing its participation in the 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference, held from 30 October to 13 November 2025 in Samarkand. The event, attended by over 4500 representatives out of almost 180 Member States, has become the Organization’s largest gathering, setting strategic...

Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Afghanistan – Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerkin Tukumov, paid a working visit to Brussels to participate in the seventh meeting of the European Union and Central Asian Special Representatives and Envoys for Afghanistan.

The event...

At the initiative of the French side, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev held a telephone conversation with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic Jean-Noël Barrot.

During the conversation, the parties exchanged views on issues of bilateral cooperation and emphasized the importance...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev received Ambassador of the Republic of Austria Andrea Bacher.

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the issues of bilateral partnership, stressing the importance of further comprehensive development of Kazakh‑Austrian relations in the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

They...

Kazakhstan citizens move more often from Almaty to the regions. 1.3 million people change their place of residence within the country in January to September 2025. This is 22.8% more than in the same period in 2024.

706.7 thousand Kazakhstan citizens move within their regions (+19.4%). 619.9 thousand people change their province (+27%).

Considering interregional migration, the most frequent destinations...

The Head of the ARDFM expresses doubt about the need to introduce fees for banks for accessing databases. According to Madina Abylkassymova, Chair of the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market (ARDFM), many initiatives are currently coming from the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development that provide...

Kazakhstan has been positioning itself as a regional leader in digital finance and artificial intelligence, as leading policymakers, regulators, and fintech innovators gathered in Almaty for the Central Asia Fintech Summit 2025 on Nov. 13–14 to discuss the innovative vision of the financial sector. 

The mission of the summit is to...

The launch of the state digital asset fund is expected by the end of this year. Timur Suleimenov, Head of the National Bank, says this during the Central Asia Fintech Summit.

He says that the state digital asset fund will operate on the basis of the National Investment Corporation. The launch is expected by...

Halyk Bank's net profit totals 809.9 billion tenge at the end of the nine months of 2025. This is evident from the financial organization's report published on KASE.

The figure grows by 171.1 billion tenge, or 26.8%, year on year. Halyk Bank's net interest income is at the level of 968.3billion tenge , which is 22.3%, or 176.6 billion tenge, more than in...

Sultan Yelemesov, a blogger, qualified accountant, and auditor, shares advice on how to escape debt and be financially literate, even with loans. He encourages not being afraid of instalment plans and mortgages.

Yelemesov admits that he used to have a different attitude towards debt obligations. He believes that a financially literate Kazakhstan citizen...

KMF Bank reports a net profit of 5.7 billion tenge for the nine months of 2025. The figure reduces by 28% year on year , according to the bank's financial report published on KASE.

Thus, the bank earns 8 billion tenge in January to September 2024 , when it is still a microfinance organization —the value reduces by more than 2.2 billion.

At the...

Average weighted       Trend,       Volume,      Trend,     Best     Best

Instrument rate, KZT      KZT      th.units    th.units      bid      ask

USDKZT_TOM    524.11    -0.47    271,654.01  +69,483.96   525.50   522.50

USDCNY_TOM    7.1000        -        564.00           -   7.1050   7.0972

EURKZT_TOM    607.98    +0.93      2,971.40   +2,619.48   609.11   606.91

EURUSD_TOM    1.1617  +0.0046        172.92      +72.92   1.1632   1.1580

RUBKZT_TOM    6.4932  +0.0221  3,906,337.02 +524,769.54   6.5199   6.4700

CNYKZT_TOM   73.7523  +0.0686     46,100.00  +29,291.00  73.8800  73.6010

USDCNY_SPT...

By shares trading results on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on November 13, 2025, the KASE Index decreased by 12.63 points (0.18%) from 7,012.65 to 7,000.02.

The first deal fixed the index at 7,012.63. During the trades the maximum value made up 7,028.55, the minimum 6,976.39.

The volume of deals in shares included...

The Analytical Centre of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan (AFK) presents an overview of the Kazakhstan general insurance market for the nine months of 2025.

The assets of general insurance companies (GICs) grow by 14.1% in January to September 2025 , against a modest growth of 1.1% a year earlier. The main factors are a higher...

The CPC-2 Single Point Mooring (SPM) is commissioned after replacing the hydro compensators of the external and internal floating hoses' piping systems, referencing the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) press service.

"Work on the CPC-2 Single Point Mooring at the CPC marine terminal is completed on 12 November 2025. The hydro compensators of...

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) reduces Kazakhstan oil exports to 5.424 million tons in October 2025 from 6.043 million tons in September. Reuters reports this, citing industry sources.

The drop in Kazakhstan oil pumping in October is due to a 25% reduction in oil extraction at the Tengiz field compared to September because of repairs. Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov...

KazMunayGas is studying the possibility of acquiring Lukoil's Kazakhstani assets, which are subject to Western sanctions, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

Lukoil owns a stake in Karachaganak, one of the world's largest gas condensate fields, along with Eni, Shell, Chevron, and KazMunayGas. The decision on a new partnership is made...

Kalamkas Khazar Operating LLP, which is 50% owned by Lukoil and 50% by KazMunayGas, remains on the sanctions list. "PACE's inquiry regarding Kalamkas Khazar Operating is answered, stating that an official application for the project's exclusion from the sanctions list has not been received at the current moment," the report says.

US sanctions against Lukoil and...

The American oil and gas company Chevron will receive $28 billion in free cash flow (the amount of money the company generates after deducting all operating expenses and capital expenditures) from Tengiz, Kazakhstan's largest field, in 2025−2030. Rystad Energy forecasts this. This field is the most significant in terms of revenue for Chevron and the...

Oil extraction in Kazakhstan totals 90 million tons in 2026. Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov announces this forecast.

"We have not finalized it [the oil extraction forecast for Kazakhstan for next year] yet, but it will be about 90 million [tons]," the minister is quoted as saying.

The Republic's Ministry of Energy previously forecasts extraction at 96.2 million tons...

Russia and Kazakhstan agree to strengthen cooperation in oil and petroleum products, and discuss in detail gas supplies to Kazakhstan and gas transit to third countries, President of Kazakhstan Kassym Jomart Tokayev announces following talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

"We agree to strengthen the partnership in the extraction, transportation,...

Although Kazakhstan and its fellow OPEC+ adherents participating in the agreement to reduce oil production decreased their average daily oil production by 400,000 barrels in October 2025, taking into account voluntary restrictions and compensation volumes, they exceeded the plan by approximately 470,000 barrels, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

According to...

Kazakhstan's uranium reserves are sufficient to meet the needs of nuclear power plants for decades to come. Gumar Sergazin, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Atomic Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, states this at a Senate briefing.

Natural uranium reserves in Kazakhstan are about 1 million tons now.

"The uranium reserve we have...

East Star Resources Plc, a Kazakhstan-focused gold and base metals explorer, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding Earn-In and Joint Venture Agreement with Endeavour Exploration Limited, a subsidiary of Endeavour Mining Plc, one of the world's leading gold producers.

The Agreement establishes a joint venture between East...

A new smoke stack is launched at Petropavl CHPP-2, the Ministry of Energy reports. It is constructed by SEVKAZENERGO, which belongs to businessmen Alexander Klebanov and Sergey Kan. The old smoke stack collapses at the facility three years ago, killing an employee.

SEVKAZENERGO owns Petropavl CHPP-2. In addition to installing a new smoke stack,...

Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gabidulla Ospankulov held a meeting with representatives of QazCement Industries and the Chinese corporation Sinoma Cement Co., Ltd., part of China National Building Material Group (CNBM).

The parties discussed the progress of the investment project...

An investment project for the construction of eight new brick factories is implemented in the Akmola region. Five of them are planned to launch this year, Marat Akhmetzhanov, the region's mayor, reports at a press conference at the CCS.

The Akmola region remains one of the country's manufacturing centres: 40% of all construction brick production...

Kazakhstan approves the rules for the industrial processing of hemp (cannabis). According to the government resolution, the rules regulate which sectors can use cannabis. Enterprises that process hemp will receive the plant's stems in batches.

"A batch is considered any amount of cannabis stems of one variety of the hemp plant, permitted for...

BI Development holding company's net profit totals 81.9 billion tenge at the end of the nine months of 2025. This is reported in the company's unaudited report published on KASE.

The indicator is 80.1%, or 36.4 billion tenge, higher than the value at the end of January to September 2024.

In addition, BI Development's revenue grows by 35%, or 123.4 billion...

The trade sector shows the maximum growth rate this year at the end of October 2025. This is mainly provided by wholesale trade , where non food products and industrial goods dominate. Retail trade also shows an acceleration in growth rates , despite a reduction in real household incomes and a slowdown in consumer...

The climate in Kazakhstan continues to change rapidly as 2024 ranks as the sixth warmest year for the entire observation period since 1941. According to the annual climate bulletin of Kazhydromet, the average temperature across the country is +1.72°C above normal.

The average annual temperature is +1.72°C above the climatic norm, and extreme deviations of...

Seven socially significant food products reduce in price in Kazakhstan over the week. Overall, the prices for socially significant food products (SZFPs) increase by 0.1% in the period from 4 to 11 November.

This includes chicken increasing in price by 0.6%, sunflower oil by 0.4%, buckwheat, kefir, and eggs by 0.3%, and milk and potatoes by 0.2%.

However, data...

Kazakhstan citizens are 79% self sufficient in poultry meat now. The indicator increases by 21% in five years. Kazakhstan poultry farms produce 307 thousand tons of poultry meat in the ten months of this year, which is 3.5% more than in the same period last year, citing the Ministry of Agriculture press service.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 37 egg laying poultry...

Farmers in the Akmola region have harvested over 7.6 million tons of grain this year. The harvested area grew by 300,000 ha, reaching a total of 5.5 million ha, Marat Akhmetzhanov, governor of the region, reported.

The official emphasized the region’s key role in ensuring Kazakhstan’s food security.

“Moreover, the region holds...

Motorists make over 62 million trips on toll roads in Kazakhstan since the beginning of 2025, QazAvtoJol reports. The national company believes that these figures indicate a growing demand for modern transport arteries and confirm that roads in Kazakhstan are becoming an important factor in regional economic development.

The largest number of passages is...

Vehicle traffic resumes on highways in two regions of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reports, citing QazAvtoJol. The renewal becomes possible after improved weather conditions, which previously cause traffic restrictions.

Two sections of the republican road network are open now. Movement is allowed in the Akmola region on the stretch from the Zhibek Zholy checkpoint to...

Preparations are underway for the implementation of a large scale tourism project in Ridder—the Anatau ski cluster. The new complex combines skiing areas, extreme recreation, and year round tourism. The concept is being developed by the Swiss company Bartholet Maschinenbau AG jointly with the mayor and specialized departments of the East Kazakhstan region, Kanibek...

Drivers have reached out with complaints about long delays at the Nur Joly customs checkpoint.

They report that perishable goods are being sent for manual inspection despite cold weather.

Trucks carrying fruit for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have been stuck at the border for several days,drivers said, noting that the delays lead to...

Kcell mobile operator wants to connect to the unified QR system and direct payments without electronic money. Sergey Koptik, Head of Mobile Digital Financial Services at the company, states this at the Central Asia Fintech Summit 2025.

"We, like other mobile operators, have been organically integrating our payment solutions into our telecom products...

VEON Ltd., a global digital operator providing converged communication services and online services, announces unaudited financial and operating results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2025. VEON's revenue grows by 7.5%year on year, and the EBITDA indicator increases by 19.7%. Total revenue for the quarter reaches $1.115 billion. The company says that these figures are driven...

Dmitry, Vice Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, discusses the expansion of the range of services on push button phones within the framework of the draft Digital Code.

Kenzhegul Seitjan, a Member of Parliament, asks whether analog technologies will continue to be adapted within the framework of the code so...

Mortgages always play a key role in providing housing to the population. For example, according to the US National Association of Realtors, 52% of first time home buyers in the US use a conventional bank loan for financing , 29% use a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured mortgage , and 9% use Veterans Affairs (VA) loans. Thus, nine out of...

38 new healthcare facilities – outpatient clinics and paramedical and midwifery stations – have been built in Akmola region under the Rural Healthcare Modernization national project, Governor Marat Akhmetzhanov announced.

According to him, more than 130,000 residents of Akmola region can see doctors at their place of residence, without having to...

A cooperation agreement between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on the development of civilian shipbuilding and production of ship outfitting equipment has gone into effect, the CIS Executive Committee has reported.

The CIS includes Russia along with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Of these,...

The market moderately increases today, recovering losses. The Moscow Exchange index increases by 0.03% to 2,537points by 14:30 and continues consolidation in the 2,500−2,600 points range. "Consolidation above the 2,570 level will signal the continuation of the local upward trend. If the index fails to pass this mark, sideways movement is likely until new drivers emerge," reports Magomed Magomedov, an analyst...

The Russian rouble becomes the most successful currency of 2025. Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation and General Director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), states this in his address following the third day of negotiations in the US. "The rouble, among other things, strengthens...

Russia's revenues from oil and petroleum products export total $13.13 billion in October, which is $380 million less than in September and $2.31 billion less than a year earlier, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) monthly report.

The physical volume of exports reduces by 150 thousand barrels per day (b/d) compared to September—to 7.35 million b/d (down 80 thousand b/d compared to...

The Ministry of Finance places a record volume of OFZ on 12 November—totalling about 1.9 trillion roubles, with a total demand of 3.44 trillion roubles. This is made possible by placing two issues of OFZ with variable yield (floaters), in which large banks show interest. As a result, the Ministry of Finance already overfulfils the borrowing...

The volume of yuan exchange trading totals over 2.5 trillion rouble at the end of October for the first time in 2025. The figure increases by almost 15% compared to September and by more than 40% year on year. Exporters actively sell the currency amid tightening sanctions, while import companies and citizens buy yuan just as actively for...

Trading on China stock exchanges ends today with quotation growth. The Shanghai Composite index, reflecting the situation on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, increases by 0.73% compared to the results of the previous trading day, reaching 4,029.5 points.

The Shenzhen Component index, which is an indicator of business activity on the Shenzhen trading floor, increases by 1.78% to 13,476.52 points.

According to...

China takes further steps to significantly facilitate access to its market for more high quality products and services from a greater number of countries worldwide, the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC reports on Thursday.

He Yadong, the ministry's official representative, says at a regular departmental press conference that China details...

A China Europe freight train, loaded with auto parts, household appliances, and other goods, departs from the Shijiazhuang International Land Port in the Hebei province (North China) to Moscow on Wednesday. This is the 1,033rd such railway composition to depart from the land port since the beginning of 2025.

The Hebei Daily reports...

The Ministry of Commerce of the PRC is currently making efforts to accelerate the internal ratification of the Protocol on Upgrading the China ASEAN Free Trade Area to Version 3.0 to work jointly with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on its early entry into force.

He Yadong, the official representative of...

Date: November 14, 2025; Source: the National Bank of Kazakhstan