BAE Systems may sell part of its stake in Air Astana within People’s IPO
No final decision has been taken yet. However, it is clear that Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund will retain its majority stake: Peter Foster, Air Astana President.
KazAtomProm, BRGM and CEIS sign agreement on strategic partnership
Among other things, the three entities will be working on rare and rare earth metals extraction technology development.
Kazakhstan capable of maintaining stability of the national currency: Central Bank Head
According to him, Kazakhstan’s exporters are in a better position than their Russian counterparts.
Mussabayev of KazKosmos Space Agency against declaring October 2 the Day of Cosmonautics in Kazakhstan
The whole world celebrates the Cosmonautics day [renamed by the UN to the International Day of Human Space Flight] April 12 to commemorate the first flight of Yuri Gagrin to space in 1961: Mussabayev.
Kazakhstan’s 2010 GDP exceeded combined GDP of 4 Central Asia states twofold
In 2010 the national GDP figure exceeded $148 billion.
Nazarbayev calls for international legal framework for the global information space
Information space is a realm equal to natural resources, water or air, or outer space in terms of its importance to the humankind: President Nazarbayev.
Unprecedented grain harvest since 1950
According to Agriculture Minister, 75% of grain has been already harvested.
Kazakhstan to introduce annual re-registration for foreign religious missionaries
According to Lama Sharif, as of today there are over 300 foreign missionaries registered in Kazakhstan.
External debt of the Kazakhstan’s banking sector shrank by $30 billion
In December 2007 the figure stood at $46 billion.