A trip that marks how much the interest of the Germans and the entire European Union in the region has increased, especially on the issue of an alternative trade corridor to Moscow. But many companies are extremely cautious about investments, frightened by the economic damage done by the war in Ukraine and by a local context in which corruption dominates.
The Montaigne Institute in Paris ranks Kazakhstan - the ninth largest country in the world - among the emerging regional powers. With activism today ranging from energy issues to the green economy.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Kazikastan has presented a draft law on the promotion of restricted funds, an instrument used worldwide to promote the activities of educational and cultural institutions but still little used in Central Asia. The intention is to promote the growth of ‘social charity’ at all levels.
Today's news: 2.3 billion deal between Emirates and Jordan for a railway line. Beijing ‘warns’ students with access to sensitive data about national security risks. Over 100,000 people at the torchlight procession in Kolkata a month after the rape and murder of a female doctor. One thousand civilians ‘trapped’ in a Buddhist monastery by fighting in the Sagaing region of Myanmar.
Today's news: Defying CPI arrest warrant, Putin visiting Mongolia to strengthen economic and industrial relations; 1School bus crashes into a group of parents and children outside a school in Shandong, 11 dead; Explosion on the south-western outskirts of Kabul, six dead and 13 injured; Flooding and mudslides caused by Typhoon Yagi killed 13 people in the Philippines.
In Kazakhstan, the topic of developing new nuclear power plants to meet energy needs is a hot topic with public debates and discussions. Gas reserves are not enough and Uzbekistan prefers trade with China. Ties with Moscow and the prospect of a public referendum among the population.
