President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has received the copies of credentials from the ambassadors of seven countries.

Those presenting their credentials were Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus Aleksei Bogdanov, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand Piyapin Niyomrerks, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova Stefan Gorda, Ambassador of the Republic of the Union...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan extended congratulations to Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan and all Orthodox Christians on Easter set to be celebrated this Sunday, April 20.

During a meeting on Thursday, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highlighted the key role the Orthodox Church plays in promoting traditional and family values, upbringing the...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Dmitry Ostankovich and Rasul Akhmetov, as they assume the posts of deputy chairmen of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan.

The meeting cast a spotlight to the important role played by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan in the state policy aimed at ensuring public...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree dated April 10, 2025, amending the Consular Charter of Kazakhstan.

The Consular Charter defines the legal basis for the work of the consular service, as well as the duties and powers of consular officials to protect the rights and interests of Kazakhstan, its citizens and...

Kazakhstan is preparing for trade negotiations with the United States. Domestic officials are planning a visit to the United States to discuss duties. This was stated by Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Janel Kushukova on the sidelines of the Senate.

"Given what is happening now on the issues of tariffs...

Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu held meetings with the leadership of leading Turkish companies Orzax and Alarko Holding.

The discussions focused on the implementation of investment projects aimed at the development of Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial and food industries.

Minister Nurtleu emphasized that Kazakhstan...

The National Bank of Kazakhstan warns about the increasing number of cases of fraudsters providing forged documents using an official letterhead.

The attackers send fake letters on behalf of the National Bank, in which they notify citizens of the existence of a credit account or the need to repay the loan...

The leasing subsidiary of the KazAgroFinance Agrarian Credit Corporation announced the fourth bond program with a total amount of 200 billion tenge. It became known from the message on the website of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange that the Baiterek holding company will provide the entire amount.

We are talking about five-year...

The Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market has developed amendments to a number of regulatory legal documents of Kazakhstan related to information security issues.

In particular, it is proposed to make the following changes related to information security:

• determining the customer authentication procedure in the bank's mobile application...

Despite global market uncertainty, Kazakhstan’s stock market remained resilient in January-March, with the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Index rising by 1.4% to reach 5,658.74 points.

The volume of transactions with index shares on the secondary market reached 59.7 billion tenge (US$114 million), an increase of 17.1 billion tenge (US$32.7 million) compared...

The government of Kazakhstan has taken measures to improve the efficiency of public fund utilization at the local budget level, considering the recommendations of the Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC).

According to the official Telegram channel of the SAC, an audit of the effectiveness of state resource use was conducted in the...

According to the results of daily trading, the weighted average dollar exchange rate amounted to 523.20 tenge, having risen by 1.09 tenge. The official exchange rate of the National Bank on April 17 was set at 521.67 tenge.

In Almaty exchange offices, the dollar was bought on average at 521.29 tenge,...

OPEC has received updated oil overproduction compensation plans from seven OPEC+ countries participating in voluntary reductions. These are Kazakhstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman, the organisation said.

In general, these countries will have to compensate for excess oil production in the amount of 4,572 million...

The national company QazaqGaz and KOR Oil Company announced the start of drilling operations at the Shalkar gas site in Aktobe region and Akkuduk in Mangystau region.

Previously, natural gas reserves in the Aktobe region were estimated at over 100 billion cubic metres. Akkuduk is also a promising project with proven...

The modernisation of the Aktau bitumen plant CASPI BITUMEN is ahead of schedule. This is reported by the press service of KazMunayGas.

As of April 17, construction and installation work at the plant has been completed by 98%. Preparations for commissioning are actively underway. The equipment has been tested, the company...

Kazakhstan offers foreign companies from the countries of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf (GCC) to participate in the development of deposits of rare earths and other metals with a total value of $46 trillion, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu....

At the beginning of this year, the installed capacity of renewable energy sources (RES) in Kazakhstan reached 3 thousand. MW is 5.7% more than a year earlier. For comparison, at the end of 2023, this figure was 2.9 thousand MW.

The largest share of installed capacity was accounted for by wind...

This year, Kazakhstan plans to launch nine renewable energy facilities with a combined installed capacity of 455.5 megawatts (MW). One of these projects, a wind power plant with a capacity of 50 megawatts (MW), was commissioned in February in the Karagandy Region.

Deputy Energy Minister Sungat Yessimkhanov announced during an April...

During a trip to the Zhambyl region, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov checked the implementation of the President's instructions using a number of projects as an example.

On the territory of the Jibek Joly special economic zone, the Prime Minister was informed about the progress of investment projects in the chemical, manufacturing,...

Four garbage projects are planned to be implemented in the West Kazakhstan region. The regional administration told what stage they are at.

In response to the editorial's request, it is reported that the construction of a waste sorting complex is planned in the region. The launch is estimated at 18 billion...

Kazakh business enters the Uzbek market with preferences. Domestic companies will be able to actively develop business abroad due to the new agreement between the CIS countries. This was stated by Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Janel Kushukova.

"The document guarantees Kazakh businesses preferential access to the Uzbek services market,...

China has flooded the Kazakh market with potatoes. In January-February of this year, 17.9 thousand tonnes of potatoes were imported into the country from abroad. This is four times more than in the two months of last year.

Tuber shipments from China increased sharply by 595.5 times, from 19 tonnes in...

Kazakh farmers asked to give a deferral on bank loans. According to MP Yulia Kuchinskaya, this year many farmers found themselves in a desperate situation and today are on the verge of bankruptcy.

"This happened as a result of financial planning errors on the part of the Ministry of Agriculture. The...

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Construction of the largest corn processing plant in Central Asia worth 420 billion tenge has begun in the Zhambyl region. The project is being implemented by the Chinese company Shengtai Biotech Co., Ltd. The founder of Shengtai Biotech Co., Ltd is Seres Biotech B.V., a subsidiary of one of the...

Kazakhstan is cancelling export duties on the export of hides and wool of farm animals for three years, the Ministry of Agriculture has announced. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the decision was made due to the low demand for such raw materials on the domestic market.

"The decision of the...

Jordan’s Alhusaini Group has announced plans to invest $85 million in the construction of a state-of-the-art breeding poultry farm in Kazakhstan. With a projected production capacity of up to 100 million hatching eggs per year, the facility will significantly enhance the country’s poultry sector. Construction is scheduled to begin in...

Dear customers, we have prepared an overview of Kcell's financial performance for 2024. The report for the specified period was rather weak, but there are also positive aspects. The company's revenue for 2024 increased by 6% yoy mainly due to increased revenues from mobile communications services, additional services, and sales...

Air carriers will be fined for overbooking, with reference to the Prosecutor General's Office. According to the agency, in Kazakhstan, over the past two years, some airlines have used this practice, especially on popular routes, as well as on holidays and weekends.

As a result, passengers with paid tickets were denied...

The schedule of Air Astana flights at the airport of the capital has changed. This is because preparations are underway in the morning for the military parade, which will begin on April 22 and continue until May 7. This is reported by the airline's press service.

We are talking about flights...

In the first quarter of 2025, the volume of construction works in Kazakhstan increased by 16.9% and amounted to 1,014.8 billion tenge, with reference to the press service of the Bureau of National Statistics.

90% of the total construction work in the republic was carried out by private construction organisations, 8.2%...

Last year, the volume of pharmaceutical production in the country increased by 21.8% and reached 171.6 billion tenge. The volume of investments in the industry doubled and amounted to $91.3 million.

This is stated in the response of the Ministry of Health. According to the Bureau of National Statistics, in 2024,...

Within the framework of the national project on Modernisation of rural healthcare, large-scale construction of medical facilities is underway on behalf of the President. Of the planned 655 facilities, 460 have already been completed, of which 361 were commissioned in 2024. Another 195 medical facilities will be put into operation...

The latest data from quarterly surveys of companies on the investment and personnel situation Reported by the Bank of Russia on April 16 shows notable trends. The slowdown in investment activity continued in the first quarter of 2025, while respondents expect it to stabilize in the second quarter. Capacity utilisation...

After a weak start to the day, the Russian stock market turned positive in the middle of the day. By 14:20 Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange index was growing by 0.2% to 2,867.07 points. The market is supported by the strengthening of oil prices, which today are confidently holding above...

The authorities are reducing the flow of parallel imports to Russia. Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Trade allowed businesses to import entire categories of goods, such as clothing, perfumes or cosmetics, but now only a limited number of brands will be allowed to import. The new order of the...

The consolidated container cargo turnover of Global Ports marine terminals (part of the Delo Group of companies) increased by 2.5% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, to 304 thousand TEU, the company said.

Consolidated sea cargo turnover of non-containerized cargoes decreased by 3.2% to...

Transcontainer (part of Delo Group of Companies) does not see any growth in the container market in 2025.

"In terms of volumes, we currently see near-zero dynamics of the container transportation market, about half a percent plus compared to last year's level, and unfortunately, we do not see such great growth...

The first year of mandatory reporting under the expanded responsibility of manufacturers and importers for goods and packaging that will eventually become waste has shown that market participants are having difficulty fulfilling new responsibilities not only in paying the environmental fee for future disposal of goods, but also in providing...

The Russian Steel Association expects steel exports to increase by 2.5% in 2025, said association President Alexei Sentyurin, speaking at the Scrap Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals forum.

"In 2021, we shipped the maximum export volumes of 31 million tonnes, they had to be reduced last year to 20 million tonnes, which...

In the first quarter of this year, China's investment in water infrastructure facilities increased by 2.9 percent. Year-on-year, it reached 198.81 billion yuan (about 27.58 billion US dollar). This is evidenced by the data published on Thursday.

In January March of this year, 6,034 new projects in the water sector were...

Trading on Chinese stock exchanges ended today with a multidirectional movement of quotations. The Shanghai Composite index, reflecting the situation on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, increased by 0.13 percent compared to the results of the previous trading day, it amounted to 3,280.34 points.

The Shenzhen component indicator, which is an indicator...

In the first quarter of 2025, the number of shipments of trucks under the TIR system (International Road Transport) from the China-SCO Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Demonstration Zone (hereinafter referred to as the China-SCO Demonstration Zone) located in Qingdao (prov. Shandong, East China), increased by 371 percent. up to...

Two environmentally friendly vessels built by a subsidiary of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation for the Mediterranean Shipping Company were handed over to the customer on Wednesday in Guangzhou /prov. Guangdong, South China/.

One of them, a luxury cargo and passenger ferry of the RoPax type, was built by Guangzhou Shipyard...

Date: April 18, 2025; Source: the National Bank of Kazakhstan