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Imanbek Roses Remix Wins Grammy Award

Remix of Imanbek Zeykenov (Imanbek), Kazakhstani, for the song Roses SAINt JHN won the Grammy award. The 63rd Grammy Awards Ceremony is taking place online.  Imanbek, who became the first Kazakhstani to be nominated for a Grammy, won the award. "Thanks to my mom, my dad, thanks to my team, thanks to manager Kirill. Thanks to the Grammy," said Imanbek Zeykenov after the announcement of the winner in the Best Remix 2021 nomination. Note that in Imanbek’s remix became a hit and spent more than 20 weeks in a row in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

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Monthly payments from the unified national pension fund will be calculated in a new way in Kazakhstan

From April 1, 2021, Kazakhstan will use a new method for calculating the amount of pension payments. The size of the monthly pension payment from the UNPF is determined as 1/12 of the annual amount of pension payments, calculated in accordance with the methodology.  From January 1, 2021, the monthly pension payment from the UNPF must be at least 70% of the subsistence minimum (previously, at least 54% of the subsistence minimum).  Thus, in 2021, the size of the monthly pension payment from the UNPF in 2021 is at least 24,011.

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Luca Attanasio, Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was killed in an armed attack by unknown assailants

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed the death of the diplomat.  Luca Attanasio was reportedly killed during a visit to the eastern part of the country while traveling in a convoy of World Food Program (WFP) vehicles. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms with deep pain the death of Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, and a soldier of the Carabinieri corps in Goma today," the statement said. The diplomat died in hospital from his wounds.

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Fines for businesses for non-compliance with eco-norms increased

Media publications about environmental pollution will be the basis for an unscheduled inspection According to the new Ecocode, from 2022, local executive bodies will finance environmental activities from incoming environmental payments in 100% of the volume, the Kapital.kz business information center reports, citing the press service of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. “Atyrau is one of the 10 cities with the highest level of air pollution.

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Tenders today

Opportunities and prospects. We are glad to share information on the available tenders. "KAZAKHSTAN - CHINESE PIPELINE" Limited Liability Partnership Works on installation / implementation of automated management / control / monitoring / accounting / dispatching systems Budget: 674 105 972 tenge excluding VAT Requirements: tender documents page 2-3, technical specification. Deadline: February 8, 2021, 10:00 Details.

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Fiscal benefits in Italy for foreign investors and workers

The Italian government is encouraging foreigners to move to Italy through several legislative measures. Since 2015, different governments and different majorities have passed several laws in order to grant fiscal and administrative benefits for foreign investors and workers, who want to live, work, and do business in Italy. In this article we will explain briefly the most important measures that are in force in order to attract new workers and investors in Italy. 1. Advantageous taxation for newly domiciled subjects (flat-rate tax on earnings generated abroad).

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Fiscal benefits in Italy for foreign investors and workers

Quarantine measures tightened in Nur-Sultan

According to a new decree by the city's chief sanitary doctor: shopping centers will be closed on weekends. Working hours on weekdays will be reduced to 20:00. This rule does not apply to pharmacies and grocery stores. At the same time, the occupancy rate of each object should not exceed 30%. Ice and roller skating rinks, attractions, and playgrounds will be closed. In addition, the opening hours of catering points will be reduced.  Cafes and restaurants will receive guests from 7:00 to 20:00.

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The second wave of coronavirus began in Kazakhstan

Yerlan Kiyasov, Vice-Minister of Health, Chief State Sanitary Doctor, announced the second wave of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan, at a briefing at the CCS: "We already understand that it’s the second wave, although we do not divide it into the first, second wave. In fact, there is a certain increase in the incidence. We can presumably say that we are observing the development of the situation, not pessimistic, but real, where, observing the growth, we can say  that we are in the stage of development of the second wave, because the increase in the incidence is wave-like.

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The second wave of coronavirus began in Kazakhstan

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