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Main

2025.10.22

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Myanmar military raids notorious cybercrime center on the border with Thailand

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 21, 2025

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Toyota showcases AI-powered system to prevent traffic accidents

Nikolai Marchenko

October 21, 2025

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Retired fire trucks get a ‘second life’ as bus stops in Kazakhstan

Daniil Devyatkin

October 21, 2025

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Central Asia lacks computing power. Kazakhstan’s Akashi may be a solution

Kanat Bapiyev

October 21, 2025

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Pafos FC’s social media draws more fans than the match itself

Daniil Devyatkin

October 21, 2025

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Timur Turlov’s Freedom Bank reports rising consumer trust

Farid Veliyev

October 21, 2025

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Surprise givers: Kazakhstanis ranked more generous than Americans and Japanese

Olga Tonkonog

October 21, 2025

News

2025.10.22

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Timur Turlov’s Freedom Telecom to become national operator in Kazakhstan

Svyatoslav Antonov

October 21, 2025

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Almaty-Tokyo direct flights set for launch in spring 2026

Daniil Devyatkin

October 21, 2025

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U.S. and Australia sign $8.5 billion critical minerals agreement

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 21, 2025

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UN urges Kyrgyzstan to uphold human rights, reject return of death penalty

Aqsaule Abitai

October 21, 2025

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White House East Wing sees demolition for Trump’s planned ballroom

Nikolai Marchenko

October 21, 2025

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Kazakhstan looks at possibility of state-owned companies entering NYSE

Farid Veliyev

October 20, 2025

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Is this Mars? BBC releases stunning video of Kazakhstan’s ‘alien’ wasteland

Olga Znamenskaya

October 20, 2025

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China launches world’s longest mountain escalator

Olga Znamenskaya

October 20, 2025

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L’Oréal acquires Kering’s luxury beauty portfolio in €4 billion deal

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 20, 2025

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Mackinac: US island where cars are banned and horses rule

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 20, 2025

Cars

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Toyota showcases AI-powered system to prevent traffic accidents

Nikolai Marchenko

October 21, 2025

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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

Investments

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L’Oréal acquires Kering’s luxury beauty portfolio in €4 billion deal

Tanat Kozhmanov

October 20, 2025

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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

Banks & Finance

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Surprise givers: Kazakhstanis ranked more generous than Americans and Japanese

Olga Tonkonog

October 21, 2025

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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

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