Kazakhstan and Italy discuss the possibility of opening direct flights from Almaty to Milan and from Astana to Rome, said the Italian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Pascual D'Avino during a meeting with the mayor of Astana Aset Isekeshev, the Mayor's Office said in a message.

The number of registered cars in Kazakhstan amounted to 332,908 in January-May 2018, which is 67.9 percent more than in the same period of 2017, the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan said in a message.

Kazakhstan has started to supply flour to Afghanistan through the new railway route, the press service of Kazakhstan Railways JSC reported July 18.

Kazakh government will adopt a new simplified taxation regime for the self-employed, whose incomes are less than 12 times the monthly wage, said the Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan Madi Takiyev, according to the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan’s "ArcelorMittal Temirtau" company is suspending the supply of hot rolled products from Iran, Kazakh media reported July 17 referring to the press service of the company.

The production of cars in Kazakhstan has doubled in the first half of this year, the press service of the Association of Kazakhstan’s Automotive Business (Aqaba) reported July 17.

The national road management operator of Kazakhstan "Kazavtozhol" may go under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Investment and Development.

Stocks of oilseeds amounted to 386,200 tons in Kazakhstan as of July 1 this year, the Committee of Statistics of Kazakhstan stated July 16.

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will hold joint military exercises, Kazakh media reported.

Unemployment in Kazakhstan decreased to 4.8 percent in June (4.9 percent in May), according to the website of the Committee on Statistics under the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan.