Kazakhstan’s MTI introduces minimum prices on wheat, flour, and sunflower oil to prevent importers’ VAT manipulations

The Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan has published a List of certain product types to which minimum prices apply from July 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025. The list includes wheat, wheat flour, and sunflower oil. The minimum price for hard …

Kazakhstan’s Youth Face Barriers to Entrepreneurship

A recent analysis by the analytical portal Ranking.kz reveals a concerning stagnation in youth entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. Despite government rhetoric promoting innovation and small business, the number of young individual entrepreneurs has remained …

Kazakhstan’s Domestic Violence Law Brings Progress Amid Ongoing Challenges

Crimes against women and children have declined over the past year in Kazakhstan, a trend attributed to a sweeping new law on domestic violence. Despite these gains, authorities caution that women and children remain at significant risk from abuse. …

Another Suspected Drone Discovered in Kazakhstan’s Mangistau Region

On June 19, fragments of a suspicious object resembling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) were discovered in the Karakiyan district of Kazakhstan’s Mangistau Region, near the Bolashak border station. According to the Mangistau Region Police Department, the …

Kazakhstan to Grant Amnesty to More Than 15,000 Inmates and Offenders

Kazakhstan’s Senate has passed a bill granting amnesty to more than 15,000 individuals in connection with the 30th anniversary of the country’s Constitution. The draft law, which has been approved by both chambers of parliament, will take effect once it is …

Kazakhstan readies green hydrogen pilot in heart of country's oil territory

Major oil producer and exporter looking to establish itself as a key developer of green hydrogen following a 2021 order from Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Daulet Zhakupov, acting head of the department for alternative energy at Kazakhstan's …

Kazakhstan’s first Chinese shunting locomotives ready for service

CRRC is supplying Kazakhstan State Railways with 100 shunting and 100 mainline locomotives under a 2023 contract. THE first hybrid shunting locomotives from an order for 100 placed by Kazakhstan State Railways (KTZ) with CRRC in October 2023 have recently …

Seed production plant for corn and sunflower launched in southeastern Kazakhstan

A seed production plant has been launched in the Zhetysu region. The facility processes and prepares up to 10 tons per hour of corn and sunflower seeds, 24.kz reports. The seed plant Soreya-Nur was built on the basis of a seed-growing enterprise - the …

Kazakhstan’s first Chinese shunting locomotives ready for service

Kazakhstan, Rosatom agree on roadmap for first nuclear power plant

Rosatom and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Atomic Energy have signed documents on the first nuclear power plant (NPP) in the republic. The documents were signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), News.Az reports, …