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Nazarbayev instructed to decrease cellular communication rates Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed Minister of Communications and Information to work out a way to lower the costs of cellular communication.

20 мая 2011

National Bank to issue new 10-thousand note Kazakhstan National Bank will issue a new 10-thousand note to commemorate 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan independence.

16 мая 2011

BTA might sell its foreign assets BTA Bank does not preclude a possibility of selling its foreign assets.

12 мая 2011

IMF increased its expectations of economic growth in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan economic growth in 2011 is expected to reach 5.9 percent: the International Monetary Fund.

06 мая 2011

A detailed plan of “People's IPO” will be prepared in Kazakhstan by June 1 A detailed plan of the People's IPO will be prepared in Kazakhstan by June 1, 2011.

06 мая 2011

Karim Massimov revealed secret of reliable policies Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov has shared a secret of reliable policies in his Twitter.

05 мая 2011

Presence of foreign banks does not pose systematic risks in middle term The architecture of the Kazakhstan’s banking sector will not be changed with foreign players entering the market: Grigory Marchenko, Head of the National Bank.

28 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan GDP grew 6.5% in Q1 2011 Ministry of Economic Development announced the Q1 2011 economic results. Customs Union yielded noticeable results.

27 апреля 2011

Q1 2011 budget surplus standing at $ 2 billion: Troika Dialogue We expect a budget surplus of 5% of the national GDP: experts with Troika Dialogue Investment Company.

25 апреля 2011

Banks assets stand at $84.6 billion as of April 1 Total deposits grew 3.9% in March, making up $49.5 billion, with 67.8% being deposits of legal entities.

25 апреля 2011

76% say investments into Kazakhstan sucessful: Ernst & Young According to Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four auditors, 81% of the investors believe their investments to Kazkahstan were a right decision. 76% of them consider the investments to be successful.

25 апреля 2011

Almaty Akim instructed to simplify tax reporting for business 43 thousand of individual entrepreneurs of Almaty are awaiting simplification of tax reporting.

24 апреля 2011

Mussabayev talked about Russia's benefits from Baikonur Talgat Mussabayev from Kazakh National Space Agency spoke about Russia's profit from Baikonur. Kazakhstan needs ways to continue the cosmodromes operations in case Russia moves away to its own space centers.

23 апреля 2011

Ex-chairman of abrogated agency got a job in Samruk Kazyna Former chairman of the abrogated Financial Supervision Agency Yelena Bakhmutova will work in Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund.

19 апреля 2011

Concerted currency policy for the Customs Union: Marchenko Customs Union member states – Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus – should pursue a concerted currency policy in order to prevent exchange rates steep fluctuations of the countries’ currencies: Gregory Marchenko, Chairman of the National Bank.

19 апреля 2011

Financial Supervision and RFCA Commissions created in National Bank Commissions for the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (RFCA) and Financial Supervision are created in Kazakhstan National Bank.

19 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan’s aggregate gold and currency reserves exceed $ 70 billion Earlier, the National Bank informed that the gold and currency reserves of the National Bank grew 25% for January – March, reaching $ 34.6 billion.

19 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan Q1 2011 GDP growth stands at 6.5% PM Karim Massimov announced GDP growth of 6.5% in Q1 2011 on his Twitter account today.

11 апреля 2011

Debtors will no longer be allowed to travel abroad Kazakhstani Ministry of Justice plans to prohibit the exit from the country for those Kazakhstan citizens, who have tax or alimony arrears.

08 апреля 2011

Clean up of Kazakh banks may start July 1 Introduction of a new mechanism to clean up banks of bad loans needs some amendments into the applicable legislation: Gregory Marchenko, Chairman of the National Bank.

07 апреля 2011

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