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KazMunayGas President on petrol market By 2016 we plan to meet the domestic demand and start exports: Kairgeldy Kabyldin, President of KazMunayGas.

05 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan expects a baby-boom in near years According to Makash Tatimov, a prominent scientist and demographer, Kazakhstan could expect a baby-boom in the nearest future.

02 сентября 2011

Kazakhstanis steadily shifting from cash to cards Most Kazakhstanis (86.4%) believe cashless payments have the future, according to a recent survey carried out by ISAS Agency on behalf of Visa.

02 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan sends $500 000 to help Somalia tackle famine Some 12.4 million people in the Horn of Africa, including parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda, are affected by the worst drought in decades in the region and are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN.

02 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan mulls becoming a tax haven We do not introduce any new taxes, nor do we raise tax rates. Why can’t this be used to attract international companies to get registered in Kazakhstan to the benefit of Kazakhstan: Head of the Finance Ministry’s Tax Committee.

02 сентября 2011

Public servants allowed to purchase shares of national companies within People’s IPO Earlier public servants were prohibited from buying securities. But the ban has been lifted recently to stimulate the dormant securities market.

02 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan will not tolerate politicization of religion: Kairat Lama Sharif He announced that September 29-30 Astana will be hosting the first ever forum of scholars of religion studies.

01 сентября 2011

President Nazarbayev calls for energy-saving measures According to him, Kazakhstan’s citizens haven’t been taught to save electric power, water and other resources.

01 сентября 2011

International medical forum to be held in Astana on September 8-9 International medical business forum called Hospital of the Future will be held in Astana on September 8-9.

01 сентября 2011

Banks have become concentration of fraudsters: President Nazarbayev President Nazarbayev urges Parliament to pass law on banks and banking operations.

01 сентября 2011

President Nazarbayev speeding up People’s IPO According to him, this is a real opportunity to raise wellbeing of common citizens.

01 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan President warns of a threat of new surge of international terrorism Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev reminded of the latest global events at the joint meeting of the Parliament Chambers on September 1.

01 сентября 2011

It is important that Kazakhstan remains a secular state: Advisor to President Nazarbayev At the joint sitting of the two Parliament chambers September 1 President Nazarbayev urged the Parliament to pass a legislation to fence the nation off religious extremism.

01 сентября 2011

President Nazarbayev urges to exempt newly established small and middle-sized businesses from checks and audits Tengrinews.kz reported earlier that in the H1 2011 the number of S&MBs; grew by 8%, exceeding 600 000.

01 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan to adopt a legislation to fence itself off religious extremism: President Nazarbayev According to the President, during the current session the Parliament is to consider draft legislation regulating operations of religious institutions.

01 сентября 2011

Russia has no plans of leaving Baikonur It is more viable to accomplish some tasks from Baikonur [rather from the Vostochnyi cosmodrome to be launched in Russia]: Vice Head of the Federal Space Agency of Russian Federation.

31 августа 2011

KazSat-2 to be operable starting from late 2011 According to Vice Chairman of the National Space Agency KazKosmos, following the flight testing, the onboard transmitting equipment will be tested in collaboration with on-land communications carriers.

31 августа 2011

Oil and Gas Minister voices underlying reasons behind fuel shortages According to the Minister, Kazakhstan-based refineries shifted towards greater production output of heavy petroleum products.

31 августа 2011

PM Azarov of Ukraine to come to Kazakhstan on an official visit According to Kazakhstan’s Vice Foreign Minister Zhumabayev, Kazakhstan is interested in transporting its oil across Ukraine to third countries as well as in using Ukrainian sea ports.

31 августа 2011

$6.5 billion to finance agriculture in 2012-2014 August 26 the Government considered draft 2012-2014 state budget.

29 августа 2011

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