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Two Mongolian boxers win medals in World Cup in Kazakhstan
AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolian boxers have claimed silver and bronze medals at the World Cup held in Astana, Kazakhstan, Montsame reported. International Master of Sport G. Lundaa won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg weight category. He defeated a...

Kazakhstan And Moldova Deepen Diplomatic Bonds Amid New Embassy Opening
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 2. President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, received Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, Mihai Popșoi, where they discussed the prospects for the...

Kazakhstan's Abai, Russia's Omsk Ink Deal On Joint Dev't Of Irtysh River
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 2. A protocol on the joint use and development of the Irtysh River, as well as an Interaction Plan on international and foreign economic relations for 2025-2028, was signed between the...

Kazakhstan’s Labor Migration Market: Balancing Interests Amid Rising Violations
Analysts at Finprom.kz have released a new overview of labor migration trends in Kazakhstan. According to the report, as of May 1, 2025, 14,300 foreign citizens were officially employed in the country, a 4% increase compared to the same period...

Kazakhstan enforces ‘Niqab’ ban in public places
Kazakhstan enforces ‘Niqab’ ban in public places ASTANA – Kazakhstan, a landlocked Central Asian, country has imposed a ban on wearing the ‘niqab’ or face covering in public places. Reports said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a...

Kazakhstan has already exported 9 million tons of grain in the 2024/25 MY
From September 2024 to June 2025, Kazakhstan exported 9 million tons of grain - 60% more than during the same period of the 2023/24 MY. This was reported by the Ministry of Agriculture, citing data from JSC "NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy." The main...

Kazakhstan, Moldova Set To Strengthen Political And Economic Cooperation
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 2 . Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Murat Nurtleu, met with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Mihai...

Azerbaijani boxers secure three bronze medals at World Boxing Cup in Astana
Baku, July 5, AZERTAC The semi-final stage of the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 has concluded with Azerbaijan’s national boxing team achieving notable success. Three Azerbaijani boxers clinched bronze medals in their respective weight...

Kazakhstan Narrates Good Digitalization Co-Op Prospects With Azerbaijan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, July 2. Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have good prospects for cooperation in the field of digitalization, the head of the office of the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan Asan Zhakishev told reporters on...

Azerbaijan Unveils Major Investment In Tobacco Production Facility In Aghdam (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, July 19. A new tobacco manufacturing plant launched in Aghdam district has an investment value exceeding 58 million manat ($34.1 million), Elchin Kazimov, the spokesperson of the Economic Zones...

Kazakhstan Reinforces Migration Efforts Amid Rising Global Instability
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 2 . The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, presided over a regular meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which discussed issues of...

Kazakhstan Highlights Vital Role Of Partnership Development With Azerbaijan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, July 2. Kazakhstan attaches particular importance to the development of partnership relations with Azerbaijan, the head of the office of the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan Asan Zhakishev said...

Tour de PEZ: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Tour!
Ed’s TOUR Look-Back: The world is a different place, thanks to Covid-19 our lives have changed. It’s Tour de France time (yes, it shouldn’t be in September) and Ed Hood should have been ‘Roadside’ in France back in 2020, but was at home in...

Underground drug lab dismantled in Kazakhstan
ALMATY, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have shut down an underground drug laboratory in the Karasay District of Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, the country's Kazinform news agency reported on Monday. The illegal facility, located in a suburban area,...

Russia Ratifies Extension Of Duty-Free Oil Supplies To Kazakhstan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 7 . Russian President Vladimir Putin has put pen to paper on a law that gives the green light to a protocol, breathing new life into the intergovernmental agreement with Kazakhstan, and this...

Kazakhstan to Address Multilateralism, Financial Relations, AI at BRICS Summit
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will address multilateralism, financial relations, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the upcoming BRICS Summit on July 6–7 in Rio de Janeiro, said Aibek Smadiyarov, a spokesperson for the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, during a...

Gulf States in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Pragmatism Redrawing the Map
M A Hossain It is easy to overlook the quiet revolutions in geopolitics, especially when the headlines are dominated by wars in Ukraine and Gaza, tensions in the Indo-Pacific, or the perennial drama of U.S.-China rivalry. Yet, beneath the surface...

Kazakhstan: Inflation climbs to a near two-year high in June
Latest reading: Inflation climbed to 11.8% in June from May’s 11.3%, marking the joint-highest rate since August 2023. The reading remained entrenched above the Central Bank’s medium-term target of 5.0%, likely fanned by a weakening tenge...

Jay Baricuatro settles for silver in World Boxing Cup in Kazakhstan
THE Philippines’ Jay Bryan Baricuatro faltered in his golden attempt and settled for the silver after stumbling to local bet Sanzhar Tashkenbay in the men’s 50kg class of the World Boxing Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday. The proud son of...

Russians who fled to Kazakhstan now face demands to pay Russian taxes for two years
Roubles. Stock photo: Getty Images Russia’s Federal Taxation Service has begun sending notices to Russians who have left the country for Kazakhstan to escape the war, requiring them to pay personal income tax at the full rate for 2022-2023....