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Bear and lion cub rescued from snow backlog A truck with animals was rescued from snow in East-Kazakhstan oblast.

28 March 2011

Denis Ten to represent Kazakhstan at 2011 World Figure Skating Championship Denis Ten is the 2011 Asian Winter Games champion and 2006 Kazakhstan national champion.

28 March 2011

Kazakhstan may abolish capital punishment Committee for human rights under the directorship of the President of Kazakhstan recommended the Government to ratify the 2nd faculty protocol to the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights to abolish capital punishment.

28 March 2011

Kazakhstan to bid for 2022 winter Olympic Games Only a bobsleigh track, a speedskating facility and an Olympic village have to be constructed.

28 March 2011

Ust-Kamenogorsk citizen won a case vs. Government Aleksandr Kireyenok from Ust-Kamenogorsk won a case against the Ministry of Finance. He will receive about $38 thousand in damages.

28 March 2011

Kazakhstan’s 2010 tourism statistics The number of hotels in Kazakhstan grew by 8.8%, reaching 1460 (with a total of 34 400. $736 million was invested in the domestic tourism sector.

28 March 2011

PHOTO: International cats exhibition in Almaty International cats exhibition was held in Almaty on March 26-27

28 March 2011

EBRD loan to renew heat networks in Kazakhstan

26 March 2011

Nazarbayev to open the 7th World Islamic Economic Forum The forum will focus on economy. Subjects of politics or religion will not be broached.

26 March 2011

KazSat-2 to be launched in June Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center expects to sort out minor technical faults by June 10.

26 March 2011

Two wind farms to emerge in Zhambyl oblast Central Asia Green Power signed a memorandum on cooperation in development of renewable sources of energy with the regional governor of Zhambyl oblast and KEGOC, national electricity grid operator.

25 March 2011

Private bus companies are stocking up on Euro-4 Private bus fleets of Almaty started buying Euro-4 standard buses. Non eco-friendly public transport will be removed from main streets.

25 March 2011

PM Massimov meets WIEF Chairman Tun Musa Hitam The sides dwelt on Kazakhstan’s forthcoming chairmanship of the OIC.

25 March 2011

Two new road interchanges to be built in Almaty Construction of two new interchanges in Almaty to start in a month. Tender to be held in the end of April.

25 March 2011

Second stage of first Almaty subway underway Construction of the second stage of the first subway line started in Almaty. Akhmetzhan Yessimov personally inspected the process.

25 March 2011

Blood donation centers to be checked

25 March 2011

Kazakh Chairmanship in the OIC to focus on trade Kazakh Chairmanship in the OIC to focus on trade relations, resolving of existing world conflicts and better forecasting of new conflicts.

25 March 2011

US State Department upbeat on partnership with Kazakhstan Today, March 25, Kanat Saudabayev, State Secretary of Kazakhstan, received Robert Blake, US Assistant Secretary of State.

25 March 2011

Almaty to be center of Islamic finance by 2015 Almaty is home to the first Islamic bank in Kazakhstan. A second Islamic bank is to enter the market shortly.

25 March 2011

National network of handicap organizations to be created in Kazkahstan National network of organizations for people with disabilities will be founded for monitoring the of handicap rights in Kazakhstan.

25 March 2011