National Bank forecasing food prices raise
Kazakhstan National Bank is forecasting an increase of prices for fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk and meat products, clothes, shoes and some of public utilities in Q4 2011.
15 August 2011
Kazakhs are better beer drinkers than Kyrgyzs
Kazakhstan residents drink 4 times more beer than Kyrgyzs. Kyrgyzstan residents drank 49.8 million liters of beer in 2010, which is 47 percent of the total volume of alcohol consumption.
Kazakhstan raises grain harvest estimates
According to President Nazarbayev, a total of $1.2 billion was earmarked out of the state budget to support the agriculture sector this year.
Karim Massimov earns $228 a day
The salary of Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov is three times less than that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.