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New town to appear near Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov said that construction of the road interchange at Raimbek street will start shortly.

14 April 2011

Senate Speaker to be named April 15 The Senate will be seeing off Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the outgoing Senate Speaker, as he has been named the new Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

14 April 2011

Diabetes exceeds expectations in Kazakhstan President of Kazakhstan Diabetes Association gave official statistics on diabetes in Kazakhstan.

14 April 2011

KazAtomProm to build laboratories with Purolite International In future we plan a JV to produce ion exchange resins for the uranium industry: Mr. Kalilallo Baitassov, KazAtomProm Scientific and Technical Development Department manager.

13 April 2011

Almaty earns $10 thousand a day on Euro-4 buses One Almaty city bus fleet earns 30 thousand tenge (about 200 dollars) a day.

13 April 2011

Average age of new Kazakh Government is 48 The average age of the newly-formed Government members is less than 50 years. This Government is almost 3 years younger than the previous one.

13 April 2011

Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair to be held in Almaty April 20-22 KITF is the leading event for the travel and tourism industry in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. About 500 companies representing 40 nations are expected to attend the event this year.

13 April 2011

Majilis approves allocation of 1.5 hectares to South Korea The land will be used to accommodate the nation’s Embassy in Astana and the residence of the Ambassador.

13 April 2011

Massimov flew 3000 km to introduce Akims Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov flew more than three thousand kilometers on April 12 introducing re-appointed Governors of Kazakhstan's regions.

13 April 2011

Appointments of Mayors and Governors A summary of appointments in Kazakhstan's regions and major cities.

13 April 2011

Nazarbayev abrogates Financial Supervision Agency According to the document as of April 12, the National Bank has been designated as the sole successor of the two abrogated agencies.

13 April 2011

Nazarbayev signed appointment of ten ministers Nursultan Nazarbayev signed decrees on appointment of ten ministers.

12 April 2011

Reshuffles in Kazakh Government A summary of appointments and dismissals in Kazakhstan newly-formed Government.

12 April 2011

Nazarbayev sent condolences to Lukashenko Nazarbayev sent a telegram of condolence to Lukashenko on the occasion of the blast in Minsk subway that killed 12 and wounded many more.

12 April 2011

New Government convenes for sitting I conducted the 1st sitting of the newly-formed Government: Prime Minister Massimov.

12 April 2011

Kalmukhanbet Kasymov to head Internal Affairs Ministry From September 2009 Mr. Kasymov headed the Ministry’s Department for East Kazakhstan.

12 April 2011

Berik Kamaliev appointed new Minister of Transport and Communications In his new capacity, Berik Kamaliev replaces Mr. Abelgazy Kussainov who headed the Ministry from March 4, 2009 to April 8, 2011.

12 April 2011

Timur Kulibayev to head Samruk Kazyna April 11, Kairat Kelimbetov, the previous Chairman of the Fund, was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade.

12 April 2011

Erzhan Kazykhanov appointed Foreign Minister Earlier Mr. Kazykhanov (46) served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to Austria.

11 April 2011

Assylzhan Mamytbekov appointed Minister of Agriculture Earlier he served Chairman of the Board of KazAgro National Company.

11 April 2011