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The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.
ALMATY – Kazakhstan exported 730,000 tons of oil to Germany in the first quarter of 2026 before transit via the Druzhba pipeline was suspended on May 1 due to technical limitations on Russian territory, according to the national pipeline operator KazTransOil.
Oil drilling and pipelines. Photo credit: Gary Kavanagh / Getty Images
The halt disrupted supplies to the PCK Refinery, one of Germany’s key oil processing facilities, reported the Kazinform news agency on May 4. 
According to the KazTransOil’s statement, shipments to Germany increased compared to the previous year. In total, Kazakhstan supplied 2.146 million tons...
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В рамках 59-го заседания АБР, проходящего в Самарканде, генеральный директор Департамента операций с частным сектором Изабель Чаттертон, выступила на брифинге для иностранных и местных журналистов. Потребности в развитии особенно в инфраструктуре, энергетике, транспортной связности и образовании, продолжают расти. В этом контексте сотрудничество с частным сектором является необходимым....
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Angren shahar Obodonlashtirish boshqarmasi noyabr oyida qurilish materiallarini yetkazib berish bo‘yicha 214 mln so‘mlik tender o‘tkazdi. Bizdagi ma’lumotlarga ko‘ra, g‘olib rasman e’lon qilinishidan ikki kun oldin ushbu tenderda ishtirok etgan kompaniyadan kafolat xati talab qilingan. Kafolat xatining yo‘qligi ishtirokchini tenderdan chetlatishning to‘g‘ridan-to‘g‘ri sababi sifatida ko‘rsatildi.
Kompaniyaga tender natijasi boshqa ishtirokchi foydasiga hal qilib bo‘linganiga ishora qilinib, o‘z arizasida minimal narxni ko‘rsatish taklif etildi.
Tenderdagi “qizil bayroqlar”
Narxga 100% og‘irlik / texnik qismga 0% — g‘olibni faqat narx asosida aniqlash qarori til...
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O‘zbekiston milliy terma jamoasi 2026-yilgi Jahon chempionatiga tayyorgarlik ko‘rish yo‘lida navbatdagi muhim bosqichga qadam qo‘ymoqda. Bosh murabbiy Fabio Kannavaro boshchiligidagi jamoa 6-maydan 26-mayga qadar Toshkent shahrida o‘quv-mashg‘ulot yig‘inlarini o‘tkazadi. Mazkur mashg‘ulotlar Milliy futbol markazida tashkil etilib, unda asosiy e’tibor futbolchilarning holatini tekshirish va taktik sxemalarni shakllantirishga qaratilishi kutilmoqda.
Ushbu yig‘in uchun e’lon qilingan kengaytirilgan tarkibdan quyidagi futbolchilar o‘rin oldi: Ro‘yxatning eng e’tiborli jihatlaridan biri — “Xorazm” professional futbol klubi a’zosi Diyor Ortiqboyevning milliy terma jamoaga...
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Qarshi shahri va Qashqadaryo viloyatida ta’lim, suv xo‘jaligi, kommunal infratuzilma hamda sog‘liqni saqlash sohalarida amalga oshirilayotgan davlat-xususiy sheriklikning (DXSH) to‘rtta loyihasi tahlil qilindi. Tadqiqot 15 nafar ekspert va jamoatchilik vakilidan iborat sayyor guruh tomonidan o‘tkazilib, unda obyektlarning amaldagi holati, xizmatlar sifati, moliyaviy mexanizmlar hamda loyihalarning ijtimoiy samarasi baholandi.
Natijalar shuni ko‘rsatadiki, DXSh mexanizmi umuman olganda sezilarli ijobiy natijalar bermoqda. Xususan, ilgari faoliyat ko‘rsatmagan obyektlarni qayta tiklash, yangi ish o‘rinlari yaratish va aholining xizmatlardan foydalanish imkoniyatlarini kengaytirishga erishildi....
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The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.
ALMATY – More than 5,300 visitors explored Kazakh traditions, music and cuisine as the Embassy of Kazakhstan took part in the annual Passport DC Festival on May 2 in Washington DC, the United States, presenting the country’s cultural heritage to the American public.
Photo credit:gov.kz
The event brought together over 70 embassies in the U.S. capital, offering visitors a glimpse into the cultural diversity of Washington’s diplomatic community, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
At the Kazakh embassy, guests were welcomed with a traditional yurt set up according to nomadic architectural principles, creating an...
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В Узбекистане внедрена новая цифровая услуга — оформление медицинской справки формы 086 в онлайн-формате. Об этом сообщили на Едином портале интерактивных государственных услуг. Теперь гражданам не требуется повторно посещать медицинские учреждения и стоять в очередях: готовый документ можно получить дистанционно через портал my.gov.uz в разделе «Здравоохранение». Справка формы 086...
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Назревает очередное повышение тарифов на электроэнергию
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On 22–24 April, Astana hosted the Regional Ecological Summit—a gathering of governments, international organizations, financial institutions, and civil society that marked a new level of ambition in Central Asia’s environmental diplomacy. Fifty-eight sessions were held across three days at a moment when Central Asia’s ecological agenda is becoming inseparable from its political and economic future.
The opening ceremony was attended by the presidents of all five Central Asian states. The summit adopted the Astana Declaration on Ecological Solidarity in Central Asia and brought renewed attention to the need to reform the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS). Taken together, these...
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В Узбекистан доставлены трое граждан, находившихся в международном розыске. Экстрадиция проведена при координации Национального центрального бюро Интерпола, сообщили в МВД. По данным ведомства, двое из задержанных обвиняются в мошенничестве, ещё один — в преступлении, связанном с торговлей людьми. Установлено, что после совершения противоправных действий они скрылись на территории...
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The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.
What does it mean to be in harmony with nature?
The recent Regional Ecological Summit, which took place April 22-24 in Astana,  put ecology in Central Asia at the center of the conversation. The region is at risk of facing a large-scale environmental disaster as it grapples with desertification, plastic pollution, waste management and lowering water levels in lakes, reservoirs and the Caspian and Aral seas. The summit set into motion a framework that will allow further cooperation between the five Central Asian states on matters of the environment, which are becoming increasingly pressing. However, what some may see as an...
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Ijtimoiy tarmoqlarda Olmaliq kon-metallurgiya kombinati hududida ulkan yuk mashinasi alanga ichida qolgani aks etgan videotasvirlar keng tarqaldi. Mazkur holat bo‘yicha OKMK axborot xizmati rasmiy munosabat bildirib, voqea tafsilotlarini ochiqladi.
Holat 5-aprel kuni taxminan soat 06:15 da sodir bo‘lgan. Yong‘in Texnologik transport boshqarmasining 3-sonli transport sexiga biriktirilgan “BelAZ-75131” rusumli avtosamosvalda yuz bergan. Mutaxassislar tomonidan o‘tkazilgan dastlabki o‘rganishlarga ko‘ra, alanganing kelib chiqishiga transport vositasining dvigatel (motor) qismidagi elektr simlarida yuzaga kelgan qisqa tutashuv sabab bo‘lgan.
Yong‘in sodir bo‘lgan vaqtda Texnologik transport...
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Казахстан сокращает зависимость от российской электроэнергии
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The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.
ASTANA – Kazakhstan marks the 130th anniversary of Seraly Kozhamkulov, one of the founders of the Kazakh national theater and a towering figure in the country’s cultural history, on May 5.
Seraly Kozhamkulov, a pioneering actor of the national stage and a People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR. Photo credit: Wikipedia
Kozhamkulov was born in 1896 in a village in the Kostanai Region. From 1913 to 1916, he studied at the Uazifa school in Troitsk, and from 1920 to 1922 at the Tatar Institute of Education in Orenburg. In 1919, he joined a Red partisan unit led by Alibi Zhangeldin, a leader of the 1916 Central Asian uprising and a...