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World Bank's Jacques Bure accused of human rights violation in Kazakhstan Activists accuse head of the World Bank's engineering department of deferring resolution of conflicts between South Kazakhstan residents and local authorities.

22 апреля 2011

90 percent in Kazakhstan trust Nazarbayev Sociologists published results of the survey held in the mid April in 16 major cities of Kazakhstan. 88.8% trust President Nursultan Nazarbayev, 65.5% trust Prime-Minister Karim Massimov, 61.1% trust the Government.

22 апреля 2011

Khrunichev Space Center pays full compensation for delay of KazSat-2 launch I won’t disclose any further details. Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (…) has already paid the compensation in full: Talgat Mussabayev, Head of KazKosmos.

22 апреля 2011

28 rocket boosters to be launched from Baikonur in 2011 Last year a total of 20 rocket boosters were launched (…) 28 are planned for this year. Three of them have already been launched: Talgat Mussabayev, Head of KazKosmos.

22 апреля 2011

Russian companies seeking registration in Kazakhstan Not only is Kazakhstan more business-friendly in terms of social taxes, but also in terms of property protection: Alexander Shokhin, Chairman of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

22 апреля 2011

Nazarbayev laid wreath in Tallinn Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, laid a wreath to the Monument of Victory at the Freedom Square in Tallin during his official visit to Estonia.

22 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan to mitigate punishments for economic crimes related to S & MBs Government’s sitting presided over by PM Karim Massimov focused on humanization of the country’s penal legislation with regards to S & MBs

21 апреля 2011

People's Unity Day will be celebrated on May 1 Kazakhstan will be celebrating the People's Unity Day on May 1, Nazarbayev announced in the Pyramid of Peace.

21 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan’s share in profits from Karachaganak stands at 20% Now the Kazakh side enjoys 20% in the profits, after taxation: Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev.

21 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan hoping to come to terms over Karachaganak in H1 2011 Our next meeting is scheduled for May 10. Now the talks have been intensified. Hopefully, we will reach some agreement in the first half of the year: Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev.

21 апреля 2011

Kazakh exporters may now use ILAC-MRA-NCA mark Kazakhstani exporters may now use ILAC-MRA-NCA compination certification mark that means correspondence to the international technical regulations.

21 апреля 2011

EBRD to assist in finding consultants on People’s IPOs The consultants will be advising the Kazkahstan’s Government on choice of companies [shares of which will be offered to the public] and on timing of the IPOs: Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev.

21 апреля 2011

Kazkahstan to work on its space industry with EADS Astrium I’ve met with François AUQUE, EADS Astrium President. We will be working to develop Kazkahstan’s space industry: PM Karim Massimov.

21 апреля 2011

Turan tiger population to be restored The Ussuri tigers are going to be brought to Kazakhstan in a step to restore the Turan tiger population in 2014-2015.

21 апреля 2011

UNICEF provided poliomyelitis vaccine to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan completed immunization of children against poliomyelitis. It was done because of the outbreak in Tajikistan and Russia in 2010.

21 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan to introduce railway ticket machines in Q3 2011 The project to launch sales of railway tickets through a network of ticket machines will be implemented as a public-private partnership. The investor undertakes to create a network of 3 000 ticket machines across the country.

21 апреля 2011

Estonian ports to help Kazakhstan access global markets Estonian ports are ready to facilitate Kazakhstan’s access to the global trade: Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

20 апреля 2011

Seven Nobel Prize winners to speak at IV Astana Economic Forum As of April 20, a total of 3 580 people have been accredited, including 843 attendees from 72 countries. Among those in attendance there will be 7 Nobel Prize winners.

20 апреля 2011

Majilis passes draft law on e-money in third reading According to Mr. Tadjiyakov, Vice Chairman of the National Bank, non-banking organizations will be able to sell and buy e-money issued by banks and deal with operations related to use of e-money.

20 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan and Estonia sign agreement to facilitate investments In 2010, the turnover between Kazakhstan and Estonia stood at $ 74.5 million, nearly 1.5 times up against 2009 ($ 54.3 million).

20 апреля 2011

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