Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s award winning national carrier, is offering special fares for travel to this year’s Astana Marathon taking place on September 16 in the Kazakh capital. For the second year in a row, the airline will be the Official Carrier and Gold Sponsor of the prestigious charity run (Astana Marathon 2018) and is offering…
Kazakhstan’s Kaz-Ir AGRO LLP made the first shipment of safflower oil to Japan in the volume of 37.3 tons, Kaz-Ir AGRO said. Kaz-Ir AGRO is the first company in the history of Kazakhstan to supply food products to Japan, specializing in growing safflower, as well as producing unrefined safflower oil of cold pressing. In June…
Aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and Hong Kong met in Astana to discuss air communication between the two countries, the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry for Innovations and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. During the meeting with Talgat Lastayev, Chairman of the Committee, the officials from Hong Kong expressed interest in increasing passenger…
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has suspended the license of Qazaq Banki for accepting deposits and opening bank accounts of individuals until September 28, said a message from the National Bank of the country. “The decision was taken by the National Bank within the framework of the supervisory response to certain violations by the bank…
The first batch of popular brands of Kazakh ice cream “Bomba” (Bomb), “Bakhroma” (Fringe) and “Mishka na polyuse” (Bear at the Pole) has been sent to China. A truck with 10 tons of Kazakh ice cream will go from Almaty to Shanghai. The Shin-Line company is the supplier. The company has its own warehouse in…
The beekeepers of the North Kazakhstan region intend to collect 1,000 tons of honey this year, Head of the Association of Beekeepers Oleg Gavrilov told governor Kumar Aksakalov. “In view of the number of bee packages delivered, this year we can collect 1 thousand tons of honey. Last year we collected approximately 300 tons of…
The passenger traffic at the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport hit 2,045,154 passengers in January-June, up by 17% YoY, the company’s press service reports. In the past six months it also increased internal passenger flow by 12%, the airport served 1,346,578 people at large. During the period under consideration, the international airport received 798,576 of international…
Kazakhstan has started supplying flour to Afghanistan through the new railway route, the press service of Kazakhstan Railways JSC reported. A flour-laden train has been sent from Kostanay station to Afghanistan, and the train will pass through the territory of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, according to the report. The length of the Kostanay-Bolashak-Serhetabad (Turkmenistan) route is…
Finnair air carrier resumes its flights to Astana. The flights will be operated from July till September twice a week on Wednesday and Fridays by comfortable Airbus 319. The flight duration is four hours, the press service of the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport JSC said. Last summer Finnair transported more than 3,000 passengers. (Kazinform/Business World…
Uzbek joint-stock commercial bank Asia Alliance Bank together with Kazakhstan’s export insurance company KazakhExport and “Alfa Bank” JSC have successfully executed a deal for a total of $1.5 million. The main objectives of the bank’s foreign economic activity are to attract resources of the world financial institutions for financing the sectors of the economy of…
The projects being realized in Akmola region will let in years to come to scale up massively development of alternative energy sources, the regional communications service of Akmola region internal policy department reports. Development of green projects will raise the renewables share up to 46.2% by 2021 out of the total energy output in Astana…
Air Astana, the award-winning Kazakh flag carrier, celebrated 16 years of successful operation in the Russian market at a press event with Moscow’s leading journalists and bloggers. During the event, Peter Foster, President and CEO of Air Astana, received a gold award to become a “Honorary Member of the World Community for the Lives of…
The volume of Kazakhstan’s salt exports in January-March grew by 27% YoY. The export turnover reached 39,400 tons in the first quarter, the message reads. In January-May Kazakhstan produced 88,900 tons of salt, up by 6.7% YoY. Kyzylorda region accounts for 99.9% of Kazakhstan’s salt production for the giant plant Araltuz is located there. Araltuz…
Georgian Airways is to resume direct flights from Astana to Batumi, the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Investments and Development of Kazakhstan said in a message. The flights will be carried out once a week on Fridays from June 22 to September 1, according to the message. Batumi is located on the Black…
The prices for exported goods in Kazakhstan in April increased by 0.6% compared to December 2017, and for imported goods – by 1.1%, according to the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh National Economy Ministry. In the reporting period the increase in prices of export supplies was registered for copper – by 7.9%, non-ferrous and ferrous…
Kazakhstan will put into operation a record of 4,500 kilometers of roads in 2018, the Minister for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan Zhenis Kasymbek said at a press conference. “On average, we put 2,500 kilometers of roads into operation per year. This year we could increase this indicator to 4,500 kilometers,” said Kasymbek. The minister…
Although the crop of peas in Kazakhstan increased substantially in 2017, their exports have started sinking. The reasons include both intensifying competition among exporters of this crop and weaker foreign demand. Kazakhstan exported some 20.2 thousand tons of peas in the first seven months of 2017-2018 (September-March), down 4-fold YoY. Turkey, which has been the…
Kazakhstan launched the construction of the Big Almaty Ring Road (BARR). The project envisages construction of a 66-km long bypass road around Almaty with six lanes. Intensity of traffic on the BARR is estimated at more than 38,000 cars per day. Along with the construction of the highway, the project provides for the construction of…
VTB Bank Kazakhstan started to issue MasterCard payment cards, the press service of the bank stated. The Bank’s own emission will open up new opportunities for customers. “MasterCard is one of the most popular payment systems in the world, with cards of which payments can be made in more than 210 countries. We issue MasterCard…
“Today’s situation in the world forces all to strengthen the country’s defense capability,” Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said opening the V International Exhibition Weapons Systems and Military Equipment KADEX-2018 in Astana. “Our country pursues peaceful policy aimed at strengthening good-neighborly relations with near and far-abroad countries. However, today’s situation in the world forces all to…
One more mountain ski resort will be built at the Turgen gorge, Almaty region. “The mountain ski park will include the full range of existing ski resorts. The ski trails will be stretching over 180 km to welcome more than 30,000 guests at a time. Hotels with a capacity to accommodate 24,000 at a time…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is organizing a loan together with the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund the construction of a 50 MW solar power plant in Baikonur in central Kazakhstan, a region known as the base for space exploration and a testing ground, the…
Aktas ski resort project, initiated by Alina Group of Companies, was presented in Almaty. “The project foresees construction of 12 cable railroads, 31 km of ski trails, hotels to accommodate more than 700 guests at once, restaurants, cafes, etc. It is expected to welcome 724,000 people a year, or up to 12,000 guests a day.…
An opening ceremony of the first solar power plant and laying the foundation of the desalination plant took place on the Unity Day, May 1, in Mangistau, the press service of the governor of Mangistau region reads. The new powerhouse has no analogues countrywide. It is built in Munaily district under the Business Road Map…
Kazakhstan’s National Bank has suspended the license of Qazaq Banki JSC for accepting deposits and opening bank accounts for individuals for a period from April 28 till July 27, the press service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan said in a message. “The validity of the license of Qazaq Banki JSC for accepting deposits of…
One of the peasant enterprises of Kyzylorda region plans to sow Iranian Torem Hoshemi rice variety on 500 ha. Last year it sowed a trial of Iranian rice on 70 hectares and got a good harvest, thus, gaining an opportunity to export its products to Iran. The local experts analyzed the mineral content of the…
Kazakh Energy Ministry has found a private investor ready to take part in construction of the fourth refinery in the territory of Kazakhstan, our correspondent reports. “Another key step in the domestic oil and gas industry is construction of a new refinery. A group was set up on the instructions of the president to develop…