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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 марта 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 марта 2011

Blood donation centers to be checked

25 марта 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 марта 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 марта 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 марта 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 марта 2011

Kazakhstan choosing investor for gas chemical works The Government is considering two possible partners - LG Chem Ltd. of South Korea and International Petroleum Investment Co. of the UAE.

25 марта 2011

Storm warning for Astana Storm warning issued for Astana city and the surrounding areas.

24 марта 2011

Kazakhstan adoption statistics 2010 Children Rights Protection Committee reveals Kazakhstan adoption statistics for 2010

24 марта 2011

Almaty starts fund-raising for Japan Kazakhstan-Japanese center of Almaty started a fund-raising campaign for victims of the quake and tsunami in Japan

24 марта 2011

Abdrakhmanov appointed Ambassador to Austria Kairat Abdrakhmanov has been appointed Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria

24 марта 2011

President Nazarbayev ratifies EurAsEC court statute EurAsEC court is being established to settle disputes between public bodies of the EurAsEC member states and the Customs Union.

24 марта 2011

Trace portal machines installed at Almaty Airport The machines are capable of detecting 40 specific explosive or narcotic compounds.

24 марта 2011

Annual Kazakhstan-American Bilateral Consultations start in Astana Astana is hosting a two-day meeting of Kazakhstan-American Annual Bilateral Consultations.

24 марта 2011

Kazakhstan to launch 3 IT colleges by 2015 In 2009 Kazakhstan launched the International University of Information Technology in Almaty in partnership with the US Carnegie Mellon University.

24 марта 2011

Kazakhstan has no plans to raise exports duty on crude Starting from January 1, exports duty on crude stands at $ 40 per ton. According to Finance Ministry, in 2011 Kazakhstan expects to get KZT 421.4 billion ($ 2.8 billion).

24 марта 2011

PM Karim Massimov speaks up for free speech online Kazakhstan Government has come with a new program to counteract corruption. The Program assigns a vital role to media.

24 марта 2011

Launch of KazSat-2 delayed Launch of KazSat-2 telecommunications satellite has been postponed to June 9. Instead, Telstar 14R will be launched.

24 марта 2011

Nursultan Nazarbayev ratified Amendment to Nuclear Material Protection Convention President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev ratified Amendment to Nuclear Material Protection Convention.

19 марта 2011

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