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Kazakhstan News Roundup: Nuclear Plant, STEM Olympiad, and New Electric Train
Times News Global
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July 20, 2025
Astana, Kazakhstan – This week, Kazinform News Agency highlights key developments that have occurred in Kazakhstan. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov announced that Kazakh companies will play a significant role in the construction of the country’s...
Kazakhstan continues talks with Russia on financing three thermal power plants
AzerNews
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July 19, 2025
Kazakhstan is continuing negotiations with Russia over the financing of three thermal power plants (TPPs) to be built in the northern part of the country, according to the Ministry of Energy, Azernews reports, citing TASS. The agreement on the...
From near-extinction to a nationwide problem: The story of saiga antelope in Kazakhstan
Global Voices
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July 19, 2025
On July 3, the Kazakhstani authorities launched a campaign to regulate the population of the Saiga antelope, also known locally as saigak, whose number reached 3.9 million in 2025. The plan is to shoot around 20 percent of the country's saigak...
Kazakhstan Advances AI Ecosystem Development
The Astana Times
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July 18, 2025
ASTANA — Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, who chaired a meeting of the Commission on Digitalization on July 18, emphasized that the development of national AI infrastructure, including the new Supercomputer, opens up significant...
Kazakh central bank denies it is adding crypto to reserves
Central Banking
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July 18, 2025
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has said it is not adding bitcoin to its reserves yet. In a statement to Central Banking, the acting director of the bank’s payment systems and financial technologies department, Zhanar Malaisarova, says a...
Kazakhstan CPC Blend oil heads to Asia as European demand eases, sources say
Zawya
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SINGAPORE - Asian refiners are buying more Kazakhstan CPC Blend crude loading in August than July after falling European demand depressed prices, traders said, likely capping Asia demand for similar light-sour grades such as Abu Dhabi's Murban....
Kazakhstan’s food industry grows 10% in 1H25, reaches $3.4bn
Daryo
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July 18, 2025
Kazakhstan’s food production rose by 10% in the first half of 2025, reaching KZT 1.8 trillion ($3.4bn), outpacing official growth targets and highlighting the sector’s rising contribution to the national economy. The food and beverage industry now...
Chevron Completes Acquisition of Hess Corporation
Offshore Source - Florida
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Chevron Corporation has completed its acquisition of Hess Corporation following the satisfaction of all necessary closing conditions, including a favorable arbitration outcome regarding Hess’ offshore Guyana asset. The combined company has one of...
Gas flaring continues to rise, finds World Bank
Oil Review Middle East
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Global gas flaring at upstream oil and gas facilities has risen for a second year in a row, according to the World Bank’s annual Global Gas Flaring Tracker Flaring rose by 2% to 151 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2024, the highest level in almost...
Chevron entry to Guyana oilfields solves company's top challenge
Yahoo Finance
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By Sheila Dang HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron’s imminent entry into Guyana’s rich offshore oilfields solves one of the biggest problems dogging the U.S. major: where its growth will come from beyond the next few years. On Friday, the U.S. oil producer...
Green Hydrogen Production Boosted by $3.1B YPP-Kazakhstan Agreement
Hydrogen Fuel News
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July 18, 2025
South Korea’s YPP Corporation has just inked a major deal—worth a whopping $3.1 billion—with Kazakh Invest. The plan? To build a cutting-edge Green Energy Complex right in Kazakhstan. Once up and running, this facility will tap into as much as 2...
Italian University Opens Branch in Kazakhstan to Train Agricultural Specialists
Times of Central Asia
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July 18, 2025
Marche Polytechnic University of Ancona, Italy, has officially opened a branch campus at Zhetysu University named after Ilyas Zhansugurov in Taldykorgan, the administrative center of Kazakhstan’s southeastern Zhetysu region. The inauguration...
Kazakhstan, China Prioritize Trade And Political Dialogue Ahead Of SCO Summit
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 16. Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu met with Wang Yi, the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, during his visit to China for the upcoming meeting of the Council of...
World Bank Report: Central Asia Faces Rising Risks from Extreme Heat
Times of Central Asia
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July 18, 2025
Cities across Central Asia are becoming increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat, posing significant risks to public health, economic productivity, and infrastructure, according to a new report by the World Bank. The study, which covers 70 urban...
Astana to Host Running Event in August to Support Patients Awaiting Organ Transplants
The Astana Times
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July 17, 2025
ASTANA – Thousands of people will gather in Astana on Aug. 10 to take part in a special running event in support of patients awaiting life-saving organ transplants, including kidneys, livers, hearts, and lungs, announced the Heart Center...
Kazakhstan Criminalizes Stalking and Forced Marriage in New Law
The Astana Times
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July 17, 2025
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a new law on July 16 introducing criminal liability for stalking and forced marriage, as part of amendments aimed at optimizing Kazakhstan’s criminal legislation, reported Akorda. Photo credit:...
Company issues nationwide fish recall due to botulism poisoning risk
FOX Business
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Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. New York-based Krasniy Oktyabr Inc. USA is recalling a fish product due to the potential risk of botulism poisoning. The company's Aral Silver Vobla brand Aral "was found to be uneviscerated,"...
Customer deposits in depository organizations of Kazakhstan increased by T731 billion in June
KazTAG
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Astana. July 18. KazTAG – Customer deposits in depository organizations of Kazakhstan increased by T731 billion in June 2025, reports the National Bank of Kazakhstan. “Customer deposits in depository organizations of Kazakhstan increased by T731...
More than 6 tons of drugs seized in Kazakhstan within six months
KazTAG
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Astana. July 18. KazTAG – More than 6 tons of drugs, including 570 kg of synthetic substances, have been seized from illegal circulation in Kazakhstan within six months – almost twice as much as in the same period last year, reports the Ministry...
Central Asia’s Evolving Censorship: From Physical Threats To Algorithmic Purges
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 19, 2025
Astana-based investigative journalist Luqpan Akhmediyarov was shocked when he opened his laptop and found that his widely followed YouTube channel, Prosto Zhurnalistika (Just Journalism), had been abruptly blocked. Meanwhile, in Almaty -- on the...