Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Kazakhstan as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Kazakhstan: Latest amendments to labour legislation
Law number 321-VI amending certain Labour-Related Legislative Acts came into force on May 16th …
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Kazakhstan: Indian citizens may transit visa-free through six Kazakh airports
Indian citizens may now transit through six Kazakh airports for 72 hours without the need to obtain a visa …
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Kazakhstan: Government to allocate more than $1 billion to support businesses through 2025
The Minister of National Economy, Ruslan Dalenov, has announced plans to provide KZT421 billion (US$1 …
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Kazakhstan: Government is now intercepting all HTTPS traffic
Companies utilising the Internet in Kazakhstan now have to install a digital interception device onto their systems before they may access the worldwide web …
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Kazakhstan: Wages in I quarter of 2019
Over the year to Q1 2019, average gross monthly pay increased by 10 …
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Kazakhstan: Several employment-related amendments to take effect
Several employment-related amendments are soon to take effect in Kazakhstan …
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Kazakhstan: Minimum wage to be increased for 2019
With effect from January the 1st, 2019, the minimum wage in Kazakhstan will be increased by 50% from 28,000 tenge (US$77) to 42,500 tenge (US$115) …
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Kazakhstan: Tax exemption for foreign employees
The special income tax exemption provision for foreign employees sent by a foreign service provider to Clients in Kazakhstan has been removed …
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Kazakhstan: Intra-company transfers
Intra-company transfers can now only take place once a position has been advertised for 15 days …
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Kazakhstan: Encouragement to entrepreneurial activity
The government is searching for new ways to encourage entrepreneurial activity in a risk-aversive and hitherto bureaucratically controlled populace …
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Kyrgyzstan: Electronic visa system
Citizens of all foreign countries may now obtain entry-exit tourist or business visas for the Kyrgyz Republic for up to 90 days via the Internet …
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Kazakhstan: Where wrong means right
A UN agency, the International Labour Organisation, has just issued a report criticising the government of Kazakhstan over its inadequate labour laws and enforced closure of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (KNPRK) earlier this year …
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Kazakhstan: New Labour Code for 2016
A new Labour Code has been signed off by Kazakhstan’s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to become law in January 2016 …
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Kazakhstan: Doubts over proposed new employer pension obligations
Recent debates in the Kazakhstani Parliament have revealed concerns that a new pension supplement may give rise to further growth of the ‘grey economy’ …
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