Majilis has ratified the draft law “On amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On 2019-2021 National Budget””. According to First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov, the document was compiled based on the country’s socio-economic forecast for 2019. “Budget revenues were increased by 94.9 billion tenge, and budget expenditures…
According to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the nearest future the northern Norwegian port of Narvik may become an important part of the Trans-Eurasian transit-transport corridor. This has been discussed in the city of Narvik during a meeting between Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Norway, governor of the city Rune Edvardsen and Rune Arnoy,…
Passenger transportation by motor and other urban transport has grown by 3% in a year in Kazakhstan. In January-July passenger transportation in Kazakhstan rose from 13.1 billion to 13.5 billion people, which made 103% against the same period of the last year. The volume of cargo transportation increased from 1.8 billion to 1.9 billion tons,…
CEO of JSC Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Akhmetzhan Yessimov has visited construction site of the 820th km of Saryarka main gas pipeline. Akhmetzhan Yessimov positively assessed the course of construction works and stressed the importance of on-time completion of the construction and pre-commissioning activities. The construction of the gas pipeline will be completed as scheduled…
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev promised to continue constriction of new schools. “As of today there are 7,014 secondary schools in Kazakhstan. 128 of them provide three-shift schooling, and 31 are in disrepair. Construction of 35 schools more to eliminate three-shift schooling and shut down 7 dilapidated schools was included into the 2019-2020 republican budget,”…
Cargo transportation in Kazakhstan in January-July made 339.306 billion t-km, up by 1.7% YoY. According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy, road cargo transportation jumped by 8.1%. The volume of commodity transportation made 2.295 billion tons (+3.8%). Passenger transportation in the reporting period reached 167.564 billion p-km (+4.7%). Movement of passengers…
Six schools of Mangystau region provide currently three-shift schooling for above 2,500 pupils. As of today five schools for 3,100 students are under construction. Additional buildings for 320 schoolchildren each will be put into operation this year in two schools in Munaily district. The other three new schools will open their doors next year. In…