Kazakhstan continues making international agreements to expand its flight destinations and their frequency. Some 567 foreign flights from Kazakhstan are operated weekly on 121 routes to 28 different countries. Photo credit: tengritravel.kz According to the Transport Ministry’s Civil Aviation Committee, on May 7, aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and Egypt agreed to increase the total number…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a telephone conversation with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, explained the reasons for the actions of Russian services, which also affected citizens of Tajikistan. A message about the conversation appeared on the department’s website. According to him, thorough checks of foreigners arriving in Russia are related to the prevention…
According to the document, if a summons is sent to the addressee by mail, and he does not live in the apartment, the citizen will still be considered notified of receipt of the document. If the person liable for military service refuses the paper, he will also be considered notified. It is noteworthy that now…
The U.S. coal industry, already in decline, is poised for even steeper challenges. The U.S. coal industry faces a confluence of headwinds. New environmental regulations from the Biden administration will increase operating costs for coal-fired power plants. Additionally, the industry is losing two key political allies in Congress with the retirements of Senators McConnell and…
Nearly four decades ago today, the Soviet Union witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history when the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded. In the present-day Russian capital, another potential radioactive threat lies dormant beneath Muscovites’ feet. In Moscow’s northwestern Shchukino district, city authorities are planning new developments atop underground…
The Kazakh-German Intergovernmental Commission for the Affairs of Ethnic Germans in Kazakhstan convened on May 21 for its 20th-anniversary meeting, aiming to enhance cultural and humanitarian cooperation and discuss the German ethnic group’s affairs, reported the Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s press service. 20th Meeting of Intergovernmental Commission for Ethnic Germans in Kazakhstan. Photo credit: gov.kz According…
Fitch credit rating agency affirmed Kazakhstan’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, according to the Fitch ratings released on May 17, reported the agency. The key rating factors include strong sovereign external and fiscal balance sheets that have been resilient to shocks, and financing flexibility underpinned by accumulated…
Two traffic police officers have been killed and one seriously wounded in an armed attack in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia, law enforcement authorities said Monday. “The gunman fired several shots at the police officers, then stole their service weapons and ammunition,” the regional branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in…
The reason is a significant shortage of electricity in the system due to shelling and an increase in consumption due to the cold weather. Ukrenergo introduces emergency power outages across Ukraine due to shortages in the energy system. This was reported by the company’s press service on Tuesday, May 14.”Today, May 14, from 21:00 to…
The curtain is falling on Australia’s coal industry faster than anticipated. Coal power stations are now expected to shut down entirely by 2038, a five-year acceleration from earlier predictions. To fill the energy gap, renewable sources with variable output will need to grow rapidly, tripling by 2030 and reaching a staggering seven times their current…