Kursiv Media Kazakhstan — the latest news on economy and politics, businesses and finances in Kazakhstan

Main

2025.10.18

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Kazakhstan’s mining sector bounces back, ending two-year slump

Askar Mashaev

October 18, 2025

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Discipline is a muscle: Your step-by-step guide to training willpower

Yerlan Iskakov

October 17, 2025

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Greece approves 13-hour workday

Olga Znamenskaya

October 17, 2025

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China’s Singles’ Day shopping event begins early amid efforts to boost spending

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 17, 2025

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Protests erupt in Peru as new president faces early unrest

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 17, 2025

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Kazakhstan’s trade is slowing amid falling demand

Alisher Karimov

October 17, 2025

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AI board member of Kazakh wealth fund reports to Prime Minister

Farid Veliyev

October 17, 2025

News

2025.10.18

Reading time: ~4 min.

Kazakhstan’s mining sector bounces back, ending two-year slump

Askar Mashaev

October 18, 2025

Reading time: ~7 min.

Discipline is a muscle: Your step-by-step guide to training willpower

Yerlan Iskakov

October 17, 2025

Reading time: ~3 min.

Greece approves 13-hour workday

Olga Znamenskaya

October 17, 2025

Reading time: ~2 min.

China’s Singles’ Day shopping event begins early amid efforts to boost spending

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 17, 2025

Reading time: ~2 min.

Protests erupt in Peru as new president faces early unrest

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 17, 2025

Reading time: ~3 min.

Kazakhstan’s trade is slowing amid falling demand

Alisher Karimov

October 17, 2025

Reading time: ~3 min.

AI board member of Kazakh wealth fund reports to Prime Minister

Farid Veliyev

October 17, 2025

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Taylor Swift fans boost visits to German museum after viral music video

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 17, 2025

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India rejects drugmakers’ plea to delay plant upgrades after cough syrup deaths

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 17, 2025

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Almaty mountains boast new scenic suspension bridge

Aset Smagulov

October 17, 2025

Cars

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Plug-in hybrids emit far more CO2 than official data suggest study shows

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 16, 2025

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Toyota may begin microcar production in the UK

Arman Karimov

Nikolai Marchenko

October 16, 2025

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BMW overtakes Mercedes as the world’s top car brand

Igor Ushakov

October 10, 2025

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Driverless taxis may hit Kazakh roads in 2027

Igor Ushakov

October 10, 2025

Investments

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LVMH returns to growth as Chinese demand strengthens

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 15, 2025

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Google to build $15 billion data center in India

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 14, 2025

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‘Creative Destruction’ pioneers awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

Yerlan Iskakov

October 13, 2025

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Netherlands intervenes in China-owned chipmaker over security concerns

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 13, 2025

Banks & Finance

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Kazakhstan’s market matures with inaugural securitized bond issue

Tatyana Nikolaeva

October 16, 2025

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Kazakhstan’s housing market grinds to a halt as top banks freeze mortgages

Svyatoslav Antonov

October 15, 2025

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Islamic finance booms in Kazakhstan, but a key piece is missing: mortgages

Zhanbolat Mamyshev

October 14, 2025

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Kazakh central bank makes surprise 1.5 point rate hike, first in seven months

Farid Veliyev

October 10, 2025

Opinions

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Why employees in Kazakhstan lack pride and what businesses can do about it

Fatima Kossayeva

Corporate Culture and Internal Communication Expert at SteppeUp

July 29, 2025

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Samruk-Kazyna reports a 7.5% share in the national GDP

Saltanat Satzhan

Managing director for development and privatization at Samruk-Kazyna

June 26, 2025

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Don Quixotes of Kazakh cinema

Karim Kadyrbaev

Film critic

June 26, 2025

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Production technologies create jobs, not eliminate them

Nozimjon Gaybulloev

Entrepreneur, expert in industrial automation

May 21, 2025

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Kazakhstani business digital maturity: Where we stand and what’s next?

Aleksei Belimov

CEO at IT Support Group

May 6, 2025

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Kazakhstanis are desperate looking for employment, reporting high job competition

Saltanat Nam

Director of marketing and PR in Headhunter Kazakhstan

April 24, 2025