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Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to deal with extremists Further measures to enhance religious stability was discussed at the meeting of the Security Council of Kazakhstan.

22 июля 2011

Export duty on crude brought $1.67 billion for the state budget in H1 2011 Starting from January 1, exports duty on crude stands at $ 40 per ton.

22 июля 2011

Astana puzzled over inclusion into the US Homeland Security Department’s list of “specially designated countries” The situation contradicts with the spirit of strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and the USA. We are expecting our US partners to take urgent measures to rectify the situation: Foreign Ministry.

22 июля 2011

2.7 million square meters of floor area of housing commissioned in H1 2011: PM Massimov According to the PM, the recently launched state program to renovate the housing and public utilities infrastructure in 2011-2020 is to bring tangible results in 2012.

22 июля 2011

Only 26% of population are aware of the People’s IPO initiative: PM Massimov According to him, before the end of 2011 the Government should focus on raising people’s awareness of the Program and run the actual Program early next year.

22 июля 2011

Small and middle-sized businesses grew 8% in H1 2011: PM Massimov According to the PM, 2.5 million are employed in the sector, over 1/3 of the economically active population.

22 июля 2011

Massimov reported to Nazarbayev about Kazakhstan's development in H1 Massimov told Nazarbayev about the results of Kazakhstan's development in the first 6 months of the year.

21 июля 2011

A couple from France arrived in Kazakhstan on a tandem A married couple came to Kazakhstan from France. The couple wants to cross Eurasia on a tandem.

21 июля 2011

Hundreds of Russian enterprises move to Kazakhstan: Chairman of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia According to him, businesses are moving to where they can make a greater profit.

21 июля 2011

Kazakhstan seeking to abolish visas for OECD member states According to Foreign Minister Erzhan Kazykhanov, following respective instructions of President Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan is working to simplify visa procedures for 34 OECD member states.

21 июля 2011

Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund decides on running IPOs of its subsidiaries According to the Program, IPOs will be stagedly run starting from 2012.

21 июля 2011

Kazakhstan’s sovereign debt standing at $26.6 billion: Vice Finance Minister According to him, external debt of the Government stands at $3.74 billion.

21 июля 2011

Interrior Ministry: Religious people arrested in Astana are not related to extremism Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal Affairs said that 66 religious people registered in Astana are not suspected in crimes related to extremism.

20 июля 2011

It will take 100 years to provide Kazakhstan mosques with educated imams Executive Director of the Islamic Culture and Education Support Fund Balgabek Myrzayev talked about problems of Kazakhstan mosques.

20 июля 2011

Youngest daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev gave birth to a daughter A newborn is the fifth grand-daughter of Kazakhstan President.

20 июля 2011

Kazakhstan invites PM of the UK to pay first ever official visit to Kazakhstan UK's Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed that the UK would be attending the Forum for Nuclear-Free World to be held in Astana in October.

20 июля 2011

Massimov met with heads of space agencies of Russia and Kazakhstan Karim Massimov met with Head of Russian Federal Space Agency and Chairman of Kazakhstan National Space Agency.

19 июля 2011

Investments into creation of KazSat-2 to be recouped in 4 years Consequently, in summer 2015 it will start filling the state coffers: Meirbek Moldabekov, Vice Chairman of the Kazakhstan Space Agency.

19 июля 2011

Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) to visit Kazakhstan Miroslav Jenca is to discuss prospects of cooperation between the UN Organization and Kazakhstan and a raft of issues of international significance: Foreign Ministry.

19 июля 2011

Removal of borders in CU to increase flow of heroin to Russia through Kazakhstan Russian Federal Drug Control Service is concerned that flow of heroin to Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus might intensify in the nearest time.

18 июля 2011

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