Kazakhstan to complete grain sowing campaign before the end of the week
According to the Government’s web-site, grain harvest in 2010 totaled 12.2 million tons (net weight).
Kazakhstan Ambassador to Afghanistan transferred to Tajikistan
Agybai Smagulov was appointed Kazakhstan Ambassador to Tajikistan.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister to attend the 7th World Islamic Economic Forum in Astana
Kazakhstan will be the first nation of Central Asia to host a World Islamic Economic Forum.
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Dmitry Medvedev to discuss preparations for a major SCO event
Astana will be hosting the 10th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization June 15.
Kazakhstan launches a new Islamic finance vehicle
Zakyat Fund will be collecting zakyat tax and redistributing the money among the poor.
Marchenko estimated his chances to lead IMF as "not very high"
As per Marchenko, the chances are not very high, as major developing countries have not decided on a joint candidate for the position yet.
Russia’s Sberbank outlines conditions to purchase BTA
“Should Kazakhstan accept the conditions, the deal will be closed”, Sberbank Chief Executive German Gref.
Ordway does not consider Afghanistan a threat to Kazakhstan
US temporary Charge D'affaires in Kazakhstan John Ordway does not think that Taliban can be a big threat to Kazakhstan.
Karim Massimov speaks about advantages of the Customs Union
Ideally, when other countries see opportunities and advantages of the member-states, they will want to join it: Karim Massimov.