Author: Diana Amireva

The Astana International Forum, a major international conference aiming to tackle global challenges in foreign policy and international security, climate, food scarcity, and energy security, unveiled keynote speakers among distinguished and influential guests, including heads of state and international leaders. The June 8-9 forum, hosted by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will cover relevant issues to identify actionable solutions to pressing global challenges. The event will bring together government leaders, international organizations, CEOs of major multinational companies, and renowned international experts. Among them are Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina…

The cryptocurrency exchange received “in-principle” approval to operate in Kazakhstan at the Astana International Financial Centre. Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit continues the expansion of its operations after receiving “in-principle” approval from regulators in Kazakhstan. On May 29, the exchange announced its pre-approval from Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) to operate as a digital asset trading facility and custody services provider at the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit, said he believes in the “promising potential” of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as a region for growth in the crypto industry. Zhou also stressed…

Astana, Feb 23 (EFE).- Kazakhstan’s national oil transportation operator KazTransOil on Thursday began pumping crude oil to Germany via Russia’s Druzhba pipeline, the head of the company’s press department, Shyngys Ilyasov, said. “The KazTransOil pipeline system started loading Kazakh oil for transportation to Germany,” the spokesman said in a statement. According to KazTransOil, “in correspondence with the schedule of oil supplies approved by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, 20,000 tons of Kazakh oil will be transported by the Druzhba pipeline to the Adamowo-Zastawa terminal in February for further delivery to Germany.” In early February, Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister, Bolat Akchulakov,…

Russia has been so preoccupied with unfriendliness lately, so it’s no surprise that a Kremlin-linked think tank has come up with a way to turn Moscow’s neighbors from best friends into sworn enemies. But is the rating of 14 countries’ friendliness to Russia published in February by the National Research Institute for the Development of Communications (NIIRK) based on reliable data or simply on grievances? The analytical study “Friendly rating of the communication regimes of neighboring countries” is the second of its kind in the two-year history of NIIRK , which, judging by its very modest presence on the Internet, does nothing…

ASTANA – Some 40 agreements on investment, trade, and economic cooperation worth $2.5 billion were signed at the interregional Uzbek-Kazakh business forum on Dec. 21 in Tashkent, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. More than 400 delegates from both sides took part in the forum. Serik Zhumangarin, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Integration, emphasized the role of foreign investment in the economies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. From 2005 to the second quarter of 2022, the gross inflow of foreign direct investment from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan reached $22.7 million. Kazakh investments in the economy of Uzbekistan totaled…

Filipino pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena announced that he will be missing the Asian Indoor Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan next week. “I am truly heartbroken to share this news. I shall be unable to participate in the upcoming Asian Indoor Championships next week in Kazakhstan. I won’t be able to bring glory to my country,” he wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday. While he is not injured, Obiena cited two reasons for his pull-out: The unwillingness of airlines to bring his poles to Astana, as well as financial reasons. Despite efforts from the Philippine Athletics Track and Field…

Government, all segments of Kazakh society stepped up to help earthquake victims, says Turkish Ambassador Ekici Türkiye greatly appreciates the support extended by the people and government of Kazakhstan after the Feb. 6 earthquakes, according to Turkish Ambassador Ufuk Ekici. “We were touched by the support and solidarity in Kazakhstan,” Ekici told Anadolu. He said help for quake victims came from all segments of Kazakh society. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev personally called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and pledged all possible support, he added. “A rescue crew from Kazakhstan headed out on the second day, and began search efforts as soon…

Kazakh authorities for four months banned the export of gasoline, diesel fuel and certain types of petroleum products from the Republic by all modes of transport, the press service of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the republic reported on Wednesday.”In accordance with a joint order of the Ministry of Energy “On some issues of the export of petroleum products from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan” introduces a ban on the export for four months from the Republic of Kazakhstan by all modes of transport: gasoline, diesel fuel and certain types of petroleum products…