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23/07/2026
A Swiss company launched a pilot project in the Akmola Region, aiming to reforest an area of 14,500 hectares, said Kazakh Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Yerlan Nyssanbayev at an Oct. 8 government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov. A Swiss company launched a pilot project in the Akmola Region, aiming to reforest
READ MOREThe Nikolay Zharkov motor ship will begin its journey on September 19 from Rostov-on-Don. It will make stops in Volgograd and Makhachkala, and the cruise will end on September 28 in Astrakhan. The ship will stay in the capital of Dagestan for three days. During this time, vacationers will go on excursions and see various
READ MOREFor the first time in five years, Kazakhstan has nearly fulfilled its water delivery target to the Aral Sea during the irrigation season, supplying 977 million cubic meters of water. Aral Sea during the irrigation season, supplying 977 million cubic meters of water. Photo credit: Prime Minister’s press service Click to see the map in
READ MOREKazakhstan is placed seventh on the list of nations most actively expanding their gold reserves. A review of the 10-year period from 2013 to 2023 reveals that Kazakhstan boosted its gold reserves by 151 tons, placing it in seventh place worldwide, reported Pylyp Travkin from Enertus AG on Oct. 9. Photo credit: essential-business.pt Russia claimed
READ MOREQatar will invest $20 billion to implement nine projects in Kazakhstan, according to the agreement on long-term strategic partnership, approved by the Senate, the upper house of the Kazakh Parliament, on Oct. 10. The document provides for the implementation of investment projects in Kazakhstan in telecommunications, energy, transport, petrochemicals, agriculture and finance. The agreement also
READ MOREKazakhstan and Turkmenistan will build the trans-Afghan corridor, according to the documents signed during President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s visit to Turkmenistan on Oct. 10. The route will run through the territory of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, then to Afghanistan with access to Pakistan, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, said Kazakh Transport Minister Marat Karabayev, reported Kazinform.
READ MOREIt will be built on the Caspian coastKazakhstan has decided on investors for the construction of a shipyard. LS was informed about this by the Ministry of Industry. According to the department, the project to create a shipyard* in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea is being developed jointly with the Turkish companies YDA
READ MOREPhoto: Unsplash. The US announced new sanctions against Iran The restrictions were imposed against a large part of the shadow fleet of tankers and illegal operators that transport the Iranian regime’s oil for export. The US Treasury has expanded sanctions against the oil and petrochemical sectors of Iran, sanctions due to Tehran’s massive missile attack
READ MOREKazakhstan’s firefighters have localized steppe fires in the Karagandy and Pavlodar Regions on Oct. 8 Evacuated citizens returned to their homes after almost three days. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, a steppe fire broke out in the Karagandy Region on Oct. 6, subsequently spreading to the territory of the Pavlodar Region. The fire
READ MOREKazakhstan will hold the World Judo Championships in 2027, according to an agreement reached between Kazakh Minister of Tourism and Sports Yerbol Myrzabossynov and President of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Marius Vizer in Budapest. “This is not only a great honor for the country, but also a good opportunity for Kazakh athletes to prove
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