112 thousand Kazakhstan residents signed against sending officers to Afghanistan
112 thousand signatures were collected in Kazakhstan against sending Kazakh officers to Afghanistan.
Kyrgyzstan guarantees four Issyk Kul resorts remain in Kazakhstan’s ownership
June 17, 2010 Vice Head of the Kyrgyz Interim Government Azimbek Beknazarov stated that in the nearest future he was to prepare a document to nationalize the four resorts earlier transferred to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan imported 167 863 previously owned cars from July 2010 to July 2011
Customs duties for the cars totaled $308 000.
Kazakhstan ranked 75th by number of entries in Wikipedia
Kazakhstan is ranked 75th by the number of entries in Wikipedia with around 28 thousand entries in Kazakh language in Wikipedia.
Samruk-Kazyna National Sovereign Wealth Fund Chairman Timur Kulibayev elected into Gazprom Board of Directors
In accordance with President Dmitry Medvedev’s instruction, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina were to quit the Gazprom Board of Directors by July 1.
Massimov and Putin discussed removal of customs borders
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister tweeted about a telephone talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimit Putin.
OIC General Secretary advised to reissue 1,000-tenge note
OIC Secretary General of Organization advised Kazakhstan National Bank to reissue a 1,000-tenge note bacuse of changes in OIC name and emblem.
Kazakhstan e-government issued 5 million certificates
Kazakhstan’s electronic government has issued over 5 million certificates.
Joint Schengen visa center to open in Almaty
Joint visa center under Consulate General of Hungary in Almaty will start accepting applications and issuing Schengen visas starting from July 1, 2011.
Kazakhstan’s Parliament closes its 4th session today
In September Kazakhstan’s Parliament will detailedly consider the draft resolution to send military engineers to Afghanistan: Majilis Speaker Ural Mukhamdzhanov.
Kazakhstan considering entry into Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization
KazKosmos representatives met APSCO representatives to study opportunities which could be brought about following Kazakhstan’s accession into the Organization.
Concrete keyboard installed in Kostanai
Kostanai has got a new attraction, a concrete keyboard, made to prevent messy parking.
PACE proposes Kazakhstan to apply for “Partner for Democracy” status
I am confident that Kazakhstan deserves the status. For the 20 years of independence the nation has achieved significant results: PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas sets retail price ceiling for fuels for July
Earlier it was reported that Kazakhstan had extended the ban on exports of fuels to the end of 2011.
PM Massimov meets Foreign Minister of Iraq and Minister of Social Solidarity and Justice of Egypt
According to the PM’s Facebook, during the talks they discussed further expansion of trade-and-economic and investments cooperation.
President Nazarbayev ratifies amendments into Baikonur lease agreement
The protocol had been initially signed in Almaty February 20, 2008.
Nazarbayev visited cardiosurgery center in Astana
The new center is the sixth and final facility of the medical claster. It should become the brand of the country’s cardiosurgery.
Massimov congratulated Lagarde on election to IMF
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov congratulated Christine Lagarde on her election to the International Monetary Fund.
Massimov met with Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister held several meetings with heads of delegations arrived for the 38th session of the OIC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Kazakhstan planning to launch KazSat-3 in 2013
According to KazKosmos, Kazakhstan will have 2 operational satellites by that time.