News About Kazakhstan / UK:
Kazakhstan:
On 11 May, Chairwoman of the Agency for Regulation and Development of Financial Market Madina Abylkasymova announced that Sberbank Kazakhstan and VTB Kazakhstan are looking for new investors. Both banks are subsidiaries of major Russian banks, Sber and VTB (click here).
On 11 May, the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development announced that Kazakhstan will produce Turkish military drones ANKA. Kazakhstan is the first country to produce ANKA military drones outside Turkey (click here).
On 12 May, Executive Director of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations Michael Harms said that many German companies are planning to move their businesses from Russia to Kazakhstan (click here).
On 16 May, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Moscow to participate in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) summit. Tokayev pointed out that the main goals of the CSTO are regional and world stability, peace, protection of each country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. He suggested that CSTO peacekeeping forces join UN peacekeeping forces (click here).
According to official statistics, as of 16 May, 1,305,649 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Kazakhstan, 1,291,819 people recovered and 13,661 died.
United Kingdom:
The UK Government has announced that the new Bill will finalise the set up of the UK Infrastructure Bank. This Bill will complete the Bank’s set up as an operationally independent institution, which will provide it with the power to lend directly to local authorities and the Northern Ireland Executive (click here).
The UK Government has announced the 'Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill' that will level up the nation by transforming the struggling towns/cities, supporting local leaders to take back control of regeneration, ending the blight of empty shops on the high streets, and delivering the quality homes needed by the communities (click here).
The UK and Welsh governments have reached an agreement on the establishment of a new Freeport in Wales (click here).
According to the official statistics, as of 16 May, 22,159,805 people have been infected with COVID19 in the UK, 21,703,057 people recovered and 176,708 died.
