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The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Escalating tensions in the Middle East could threaten global trade and transport links, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, speaking at the 13th OTS summit in Ankara. Photo credit: Akorda. Tokayev said the deteriorat…
On October 28 in Ankara, Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks in a narrow format and then with their delegations. They met less than six months after chairing the sixth bilateral High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council in Astana on May 14, suggesting a more…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Air Astana and China Southern Airlines signed a strategic partnership agreement on Oct. 30 to coordinate flight schedules, improve connections and expand travel options between Kazakhstan and China, building on their existing…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Immigration requirements discouraged 43% of surveyed air passengers from visiting a destination, up from 33% in 2025, even as travelers increasingly embrace artificial intelligence and biometric technology to simplify their j…
A collaboration between Wabtec and partners demonstrated Automated Shunting Operations (ASO) at Vienna’s Albern Hafen rail yard earlier this month. ASO should help improve productivity, mitigate staff shortages and improve operational safety. The technology will now proceed to pilot operations before commercial deploy…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for stronger economic integration, expanded transport connectivity and deeper digital cooperation among Turkic states at the 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have discussed expanding bilateral trade, agricultural cooperation and transport connectivity at the 14th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan Intergovernmental Council in Bishkek on Oct. 30, reaffir…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan accounted for nearly 93% of the Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) announced greenfield investment project value in 2025, with projects worth around $24 billion, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade an…
The first trains through the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Denmark and Germany will not run before 2035, three years later than previously expected. This is the assessment of Danish state-owned operator DSB, according to Danish media outlet Ingeniøren, while road traffic could start using the tunnel several years earlier…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding trade, transport links and investment cooperation at the second Forum of Interregional Cooperation in Bishkek, as the two countries seek to increase bila…
The Polish Office for Rail Transport (UTK) warns that joint liability for customs debt could push Polish rail freight operators into insolvency. The regulator’s president will write to the ministers of infrastructure and finance, calling for an urgent analysis of the situation. The problem mainly concerns transports o…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Air Astana operated Kazakhstan’s first flight equipped with high-speed satellite internet on Oct. 29, connecting Almaty and Tashkent, the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development reported. Photo credit: Air…
The cleanup and restoration of the railway near Barking after last Friday’s derailment will continue well into next week. The work to recover a stranded intermodal train and repair damaged infrastructure is proving far more extensive than first hoped. New images released by c2c show the scale of the recovery operation…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev joined leaders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) member states to open the Avenue of the Turkic World in Ankara on Oct. 29, ahead of the organization’s 13th summit. From L to R:…
Turkmen officials and a representative from the International Monetary Fund met in Ashgabat, weeks after the IMF concluded that Turkmenistan breached its obligations as a member country by not providing key data. Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not mention the IMF’s September finding in a statement abou…
Critics say ruling party wants to “formalize one-party dictatorship.”
Two Nordic rail freight operators published mixed third-quarter results. Finnish Nurminen Logistics grew net sales by 10.4% to €26.3 million thanks to its Italian block trains. Still, the operator slipped into loss territory. Swedish operator Green Cargo posted an operating profit of 73 million Swedish crowns (€6.6 mi…
PKP Cargo’s rolling-stock maintenance subsidiary, PKP Cargotabor, has secured a legally binding deal to repay its debts, ending two years of restructuring and bringing some stability to a key part of the Polish freight operator’s business. Its parent company, however, remains locked in a dispute with creditors over it…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan should think like a small, open economy and look to California’s transformation beyond oil, rather than relying on higher commodity prices and government spending to sustain economic growth, former World Bank chief…
The Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group is considering scaling back single wagonload services between Sachsenburg in Carinthia and Sillian in East Tyrol. The service is too labour- and cost-intensive, the ÖBB subsidiary said. Local politicians warn that the move could put 50 to 60 extra trucks on the road …
Government agencies in Tajikistan will remain barred from carrying out most inspections of small and medium-sized businesses until January 1, 2029. The checks are intended to ensure businesses comply with regulations, but entrepreneurs have long complained about repeated and arbitrary inspections, fines, and pressure …
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s plans to raise the minimum wage and expand digital employment should be accompanied by stronger labor protections, safeguards against algorithmic decision-making and fairer access to social assistance, said Dr. M…
Central Asia is attracting growing interest from international investors, but turning that attention into lasting economic growth will require giving the private sector more room to develop, a senior World Bank official has said. Najy Benhassine, the World Bank’s division director for Central Asia, said the region had…
Small and medium-sized businesses accounted for 50.9% of Kyrgyzstan’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, according to preliminary figures from the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. The figures appear in its report, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship in the Kyrgyz Republic, 2021–2025 , published …
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Parliamentarians from five Central Asian countries discussed regional security, economic integration and digital cooperation at the fourth Inter-Parliamentary Forum of Central Asian States in Dushanbe on Oct. 29, Kazinform re…
In schools across Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl region, children told visiting inspectors about beatings, extortion, and threats. Some described incidents involving brass knuckles and stun guns. But reports from those same schools recorded no bullying. The scale of the problem was exposed in October 2025, when Kazakhstan’s com…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan ranked 41st out of 143 countries and jurisdictions in the Order and Security factor of the 2026 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, improving one position from last year, according to the organization’s …
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Ankara on October 28, the day he delivered his annual State of the Nation Address , in which he announced plans to expand transport routes between China and Europe. On October 30, he will attend the 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). Turkey is prep…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Georgia are working to make it easier for financial institutions to access each other’s capital markets, with regulators exploring mutual market recognition mechanisms to support cross-border investment and fin…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi called for stronger political dialogue and closer trade and transport ties among Turkic states at an Oct. 29 meeting ahead of the 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic Stat…