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Belarus is planning to alter its national emblem so as to align the imagery with «the peaceful purport» of the state, Interfax says.

«We’ve prepared a bill which adjusts the law on national symbols. This is due to questions arising over the imagery of the national emblem,» Belarussian Minister of Justice Oleg Slizhevsky said at a press conference in Minsk.

He said that the Presidential Heraldry Council re-evaluated the current symbols of state and concluded that the emblem design needs «to be perfected.» As an example, he cited the depiction of the star on the emblem, which has sharp edges...

According to the GSAdigital Telegram channel, popular Apple Pay payment service is now available in Uzbekistan through terminals of the Humo local payment system. 

As Shukhrat Kurbanov, director of the National Interbank Processing Center (Humo payment system emitter) told Kursiv in an interview, the service will be available only for cards that were issued in the countries where Apply Pay already works. There is no opportunity to connect Uzbek cards to the international payment system right now because Apple has not included Uzbekistan in the list of states where an application is officially supported.

«We have talked to Apple...

According to Kazakhstani Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov, American Tyson Foods Corp. might start building the first of three meat processing factories in April or May next year with $1.25 billion in investments.

«Tyson Foods plans to build here in Kazakhstan three factories in stages. Two plants will be beef processing factories and another one will process chicken. Construction of the beef processing factory will start next year.

The expected output of the new plant might amount to 2000 bovine per day. That’s 100 to120 thousand tons of meat per year if I am not wrong. The amount of investments...

As expected, more than five million passengers will have used the services of Air Astana and the low-cost Fly Arystan this year. This growth is more than 17% from 2018.

«This year was crucial for our company due to new company Fly Arystan launching its operations on May 1, 2019. From that time, the low-coster has shown good results and perspectives of growth. We believe that together these two companies might show much stronger results by offering people a choice when traveling domestic routes. For example, they can still choose full service with Air Astana or lower-cost options with...

Next season’s team will consist of 28 riders from eight countries. A major part of the Astana team are local athletes, eight in total, including leader Alexei Lutsenko. There are also six Spaniards, including Luis Leon Sanchez and the Isagirre brothers, four Colombian bicycle professionals headed by team captain Miguel Angel Lopez, two Danes led by Jacob Fuglsang, as well as legionnaires from Canada, Belgium, Eritrea, and Russia.

The bet is made on Miguel Angel Lopez and Jacob Fuglsang, who both have a strong chance to be among the main contenders for victory in the Grand Tours — super-day races...

The Kazakhstani telecom market is going through an interesting period. For the first time since the GSM operators appeared in the country in 1999, the industry is experiencing a serious change in the balance of power.
 
When state-owned Kazakhtelecom purchased the mobile operator Kcell, the transaction was accompanied by vivid public debates between operators, public organizations and observers discussing the appropriateness of that deal. However, the deal took place. Beeline, Kcell, and Tele2 are the current leading mobile operators, but there is no absolute leader on the market. At the same time, the deal means a completely new paradigm...

Announced on November 20, Chocofamily Holding has become full owner of the merged travel company of Aviata and Chocotravel. The holding previously owned a 53% share of the business.

The details of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but the parties have described it as being unique for Kazakhstan.

«This is a precedent-setting deal, to make a multimillion exit five to six years after the start,» Ramil Mukhoryapov, CEO of Chocofamily Holding, wrote on his Facebook page.

Aviata.kz and Chocotravel.com merged in February 2018. Both companies had been dominating the market of online ticket sales. By the time of...