Kanat Baigonyrov, Deputy Head of Almaty Urban Mobility Department, spoke about the launch of an electronic driver assessment system in Almaty. He mentioned the need to prevent accidents caused by bus drivers’ fatigue and chronic illnesses. “In this regard, an electronic system for the assessment of drivers’ physical condition will have been launched in Almaty…
The country’s GDP growth reached 4% in January-May, Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin said at a government meeting. He instructed to take measures to increase the pace of economic development. The main drivers of the economy were construction – an increase of 8.8%, trade – 7.5%, transport – 5.3%, processing industry, including mechanical engineering –…
Kazakhstan exported 1.2 million tons of flour in September-March 2018-2019, down by 21% YoY and the lowest volume in three years. Afghanistan is the biggest importer with its market share reaching 67%. Growth in exports is registered to China (+272%) and Tajikistan (+59%). A decrease in shipments is observed to Afghanistan (-20%), Uzbekistan (-33%) and…
65 billion tenge will be allocated additionally for the repair of motor roads in Atyrau region, according to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who said it at the meeting with the population of Atyrau region. “There are more than 2,000 kilometers of roads in the region. However, half of them are in a poor condition. I commission…
At a meeting with the public in Taraz on June 3, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that the government was drafting new amendments to the Tax Code. “The government is now drafting a package of amendments to the Tax Code. As per these amendments, the new enterprises will be issued investment tax credits for…
From June Kazakhstan’s Air Astana will expand its Nur-Sultan-Istanbul service from current five to six flights a week. It will fly A320 aircraft, the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee’s press service reports. Besides, from the beginning of July Turkish Airlines is set to raise its flights from Nur-Sultan to Istanbul from existing five to seven flights…
The information security management system of Air Astana JSC has been certified to be compliant with the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard. The certificate of compliance was presented to Air Astana JSC in April. After several years of ground work on policies, procedures, documents and systems the certification process started in October 2017 having contracted with Kazakhstan…