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Shukeev, Orynbayev and Issekeshev retain their governmental positions President signed respective decrees April 11.

11 April 2011

Kairat Kelimbetov appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mr. Kelimbetov headed Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund from October 2008.

11 April 2011

Talgat Ermegiyaev appointed Minister of Tourism and Sports He was Vice Minister of Sports since February 2, 2008.

11 April 2011

Additional funds allocated for Astana light rail system Additional five billion tenge allocated for light rail system in Astana.

11 April 2011

Kyrgyz Government decides to access Customs Union Should everything go as planned, we will join the Customs Union January 1: Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz Prime Minister.

11 April 2011

Government resigns According to the Kazakh legislation, the Government has to offer resignation after the President’s inauguration.

08 April 2011

PM Massimov advocates transparency Today, I launched a new section on my website which aims to improve the transparency of the Government’s activities: PM Massimov.

08 April 2011

200 thousand volunteers to clean-up Almaty A city-wise volunteer clean-up will take place in Almaty on April 9; more than 200 thousand people are expected to participate.

07 April 2011

Storm warning for Astana and Atyrau Heavy fog and strong wind are expected in Astana and Atyrau on April 7.

07 April 2011

President advisor Ertysbayev suggests bipartisan parliament Through accelerated efforts, we could form a bipartisan system within 5 years’ time…one like those in the USA or Great Britain: Ertysbayev.

05 April 2011

CPC exports 8 528 million tons of oil in Q1 2011

04 April 2011

Eleusizov intends to launch environmental party I realized the time had come to launch an environmentalist party: Mels Eleusizov.

04 April 2011

Ertysbayev does not rule out parliamentary elections in summer Iif the Parliament unanimously decides to abnegate powers, allowing the President to proceed with the country’s political modernization, the elections will take place in summer: Mr. Ertysbayev.

04 April 2011

OSCE/ODIHR mission to announce preliminary results Monday afternoon On Monday afternoon there will be a press-conference held on preliminary results of monitoring.

03 April 2011

Light rail construction to be launched in Astana in 2014 The light rail system would be 68 km long, with a 23 km leg linking the capital’s railway station to the airport.

02 April 2011

Storm warning for South Kazakhstan Heavy rains and possible floods are expected in South Kazakhstan on April 3-5.

02 April 2011

Khorgos International Centre of Transborder Cooperation to be launched in July 2011 A logistic zone is already in place at the border of Kazakhstan and China. The second stage is creation of a special economic zone Khorgos — Eastern gates, featuring a major production zone with a projected annual output of $ 1 billion.

01 April 2011

Kazakhstani children will travel by train for free Special free train tickets will be issued for children at the age of 5 or younger who are traveling to the CIS or Baltic states.

01 April 2011

Finance Ministry speaks up for greater transparency On its website, the Ministry has launched a new section to regularly update the general public on the National Oil Fund and the state budget parameters.

01 April 2011

2010 Kazakh grain exports to China stand at 50 000 tons To further expand Kazakh grain exports, the sides agreed to instruct interested companies to proceed with constructing of a grain terminal at the Kazakh-Chinese border.

01 April 2011