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The upcoming conference at the annual Astana International Forum is titled: “Middle Powers in a Changing Global Order.” When the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) published a report on “middle powers” on January 23, the ...
The government moved on August 2 to dismiss a petition to reverse the decision to unite Kazakhstan’s time zones. The ministries of trade, energy, health, economy, and labor all gave negative opinions towards the public proposal to restore Kazakhstan’s two ...
Once the 50,000 threshold was reached, the government had to conduct, by law, a public discussion to see if it should consider making legislative amendments and adopt the motion. The last public discussion took place in Astana at the government-run ...
Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and China grew by 6.6% in the first five months of 2024, according to the office of the Prime Minister. The press release from July 26 also noted that China’s share in Kazakhstan's total trade turnover is stable at around ...
A Limited Role in Foreign Policy The European Parliament and its elections are less influential on foreign policy than national elections, said Samuel Doveri Vesterbye, Managing Director of the European Neighbourhood Council. In fact, this is a role ...
Musabayev was offended by everything in the music video: The fact that the main character is a guy (for whom the deputy used a derogatory term) and the fact that the action takes place inside a yurt. The performance used a song by Kairat Baekenov and the ...
On July 3, Mongolian fashion label Michel&Amazonka unveiled ceremonial Olympic uniforms, which will be worn by Mongolian athletes at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. There are four sets of uniforms, two for men and ...
The National Fund’s assets remained practically unchanged in the first six months of the year, the ministry of finance reported on July 18. The government’s goal is to increase the value of National Fund assets from the current value of about $62 billion ...
The shortage of electricity in Kazakhstan is mostly compensated by supplies from Russia. Monopolist Inter RAO sells electricity to Kazakhstan at an inflated price, almost twice as high as the locally generated power. Between July-December 2023, Kazakhstan ...
The ministry of energy said on July 8 that it plans to “compensate” for breaking the quota limit for oil production set up by the OPEC+ group. The ministry did not clarify whether the compensation will be monetary and did not provide a timeline. OPEC+, a ...
The CSD sent a letter to holders of securities marked with Russia’s RU code, notifying them that they must conclude transactions involving RU securities by the end of the month, Russia’s RBC reported. Kazakhstan’s Central Bank confirmed the media reports ...
What Are These Laws? In April, Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov signed what many called a “foreign agent” law (echoing the restrictive legislation against media and NGOs passed in Russia in 2012). The law requires any organization receiving funding ...
Impact on European Politics The European Parliament, directly elected by its citizens, now comprises seven coalitions formed by various parties from European Union (EU) member states. Voters showed their support for local national parties that had pre- ...
Mi You Can you define the role of the curator amid today’s overlapping crises, from political to ecological? The role of the curator goes beyond the confines of contemporary art. It sits in a wider societal context. You could say it's quite exceptional ...
Ahead of the SCO summit, China’s President Xi Jinping visited his counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana and focused on a stronger diplomatic and commercial cooperation between the two countries. During the bilateral meetings, China proposed ...
At its annual summit, this year in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan joined together to reaffirm the bloc’s support for a multipolar world order. Indian Prime ...
An accident at the Buzachi Neft-operated Karaturun gas field on June 9 last year led to a massive fire that burned for months, fueled by the field’s underground hydrocarbon reserves. Kazakhstan government officials still deny that there was a massive ...
On June 26, Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov issued a public apology for the lavish engagement ceremony involving his niece Lazzat Nurkojoeva and her fiancé, which drew a lot of criticism from the public. On June 24, Nurkojoeva posted a video and ...
A group of wealthy people from Kazakhstan were aboard a superyacht that is under investigation for potentially starting a fire on the Greek island of Hydra on June 22. Greek authorities said that fireworks launched from a yacht could have been the spark ...
Da Group 22 was registered in March 2022 in Astana. It later changed its founders. According to an investigation by Vlast, IStories, OCCRP, and Der Spiegel last year, the company was involved in a scheme to supply microchips from Germany to Russia. In ...