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Kazakhstan starts building new railroad to China: cargo turnover to increase by another 20 mln tons

The construction of a new railway line Bakhty - Ayagoz with a length of 272 km started in Abay region. Alikhan Smailov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, gave an official start to the works in the mode of teleconference.

Tamara Duisenova meets with Kazakhstan Chess Federation President

Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Tamara Duisenova met with the President of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation Timur Turlov. The head of the association spoke about the results of activities for 2023 and shared plans for the next year.

Payments to special waste management companies to resume from 2024 – Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources 

As of December 15 of this year, 4388 out of 5543 identified illegal dumps were eliminated, the indicator improved from 50% to 80%. However, some akimats have not done their work at the proper level. Such data was announced by Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Yerlan Nysanbayev at the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov. 

Capacity of Almaty, Kyzylorda and Shymkent airports to increase by several times

On the modernization of aviation infrastructure of Kazakhstan at the Government session reported the Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev. The issues of domestic and international air transportation network development, aircraft fleet replenishment and personnel situation in the industry were also considered.

Kazakhstan to double fines for throwing garbage out of designated places

A number of new measures to combat spontaneous dumps and improve the efficiency of waste management will be adopted in Kazakhstan. Relevant issues discussed at the regular Government session of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

Air passenger traffic grew by 23% in Kazakhstan

Issues of further development of the aviation industry were considered at the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov.

Kazakhstan welcomes announcement of 2024 as Year of Voluntary Movement in CIS — Alikhan Smailov

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov took part in the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, held in Moscow (Russian Federation). 

Duisenova: ensuring children safety on roads should be kept under constant control

Issues of safety of road infrastructure around educational facilities were discussed at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tamara Duisenova. It was attended by Deputy Ministers of Internal Affairs, Education, Culture and Information. 

Work on attracting investment in green technologies is to be intensified in Kazakhstan

Issues of support for new projects in the field of renewable energy were discussed at the meeting of the Council on the transition to a green economy under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov. 

Alikhan Smailov: Expansion of European companies presence confirms growth of investment attractiveness of Kazakhstan

In Astana, chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov held the 13th meeting of the dialog platform "Kazakhstan-European Union". The event was held with the participation of the first heads of central government agencies, representatives of the diplomatic corps and business.