tradition reimagined | visa fashion week tashkent

In a region so rich in artisanal history, it’s always exciting to see what the creative minds of Uzbekistan and beyond are bringing to the fashion calendar. From 20 – 22 May, Visa Fashion Week Tashkent gathered some of Central Asia’s brightest designers at InterContinental hotel Tashkent for the Pre-Fall 2026 season. Visa Fashion Week CEO Bauyrzhan Shadibekov has an eye for creatives who capture…

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Rosatom Wins Lead Role in $16.5B Kazakhstan Balkhash Plant

Russia and Kazakhstan inked a $16.5 billion agreement Thursday to build Central Asia’s first nuclear power plant, handing state nuclear giant Rosatom a construction mandate that has been two decades in the making. The deal was signed in Astana during Vladimir Putin’s official visit, where the Russian and Kazakhstani presidents also formalised a separate accord […]

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Crude calculations

Kazakhstan’s economy is growing at a decent rate, but its workforce is not. Schools, vocational training, and adult skills must be improved. In January 2025, Chevron announced first oil from the Future Growth Project at the Tengiz field in western Kazakhstan. The 48 billion US dollars expansion, nearly a decade in construction, lifted Kazakh oil […]

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Race Across the World star reveals the ‘hidden gem’ she’s desperate to go back to

Race Across the World star Margot has been on a whirlwind adventure with her brother-in-law, Mark (Picture:BBC/Studio Lambert)

Race Across The World welcomed its most unlikely contestants to date this series: in-laws Margot and Mark, who travelled from the streets of Palermo in Sicily to the shores of Lake Hövsgöl in northern Mongolia — without credit cards, phones or Wi-Fi, or use of a…

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OPEC+ Boosts June Output by 188,000 bpd in First Meeting After UAE Exit

The OPEC+ has agreed to increase oil production by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June, marking its first coordinated adjustment following the exit of the United Arab Emirates from the alliance, according to an official statement issued by OPEC. The increase will be distributed among key producers including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, […]

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Kremlin puts pressure on Germany

As Berlin grapples with the energy shock caused by the Iran war, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is trying to use it to put more pressure on the Germans with oil supplies, writes Politico. Moscow plans to stop the transit of oil from Kazakhstan through one of the branches of the Druzhba pipeline on the 1st […]

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Russia to block flow of Kazakh oil to German refinery, Berlin says

Germany has learned that Russia plans to halt the flow of Kazakh oil through the Druzhba pipeline to a refinery in eastern Germany starting May 1, the energy ministry in Berlin told AFP on Wednesday. The German subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft told German regulators that the Russian energy ministry had ordered the […]

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Subsidising the past

Europe and Central Asia’s governments are spending more than ever on steering their economies. They are mostly pointing in the wrong direction. The World Bank rarely minces its words. Its spring economic update for Europe and Central Asia (ECA), published on April 8, delivered a bleak macroeconomic picture alongside a pointed verdict on industrial policy […]

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Extractivisme crépusculaire au Kazakhstan

Les « monovilles », ces cités industrielles aux réserves géologiques exceptionnelles, produisent l'essentiel des exportations kazakhes. Érigées au temps de l'Union soviétique autour de grandes usines pourvoyeuses de services à la population, elles dépérissent, pillées par des investisseurs (…) / Travail, Kazakhstan, Industrie, Énergie, Capitalisme

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Kazakhstan must choose: be Eurasia’s tech broker or become a pawn in the new global space race

Kazakhstan is approaching a moment of strategic truth. It can either become Eurasia’s indispensable broker of space, AI and advanced technology solutions or risk being used as a pawn in a geopolitical power competition it does not control. To be sure, Kazakhstan’s position has complex dependencies: Its historical ties with Russia’s cultural, education and science […]

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La piste de la tombe cachée de Gengis Khan retrouvée au Kazakhstan

Depuis 800 ans, le mystère demeurait, mais il est en passe d’être percé. Dans une étude publiée à la fin du mois de février dans PNAS, et relayée par Géo,...

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