New Minister of Transport and Communications appointed
Kazakhstan has appointed a new Minister of Transport and Communications.
Kazakhstan Government fails to force businessmen to embrace non-cash transactions
Kazakhstan Government has failed to force businessmen to start relying on non-cash transactions.
Saudi jails Islamist for 8 years for Twitter protest call
A Saudi court Sunday jailed an Islamist for eight years on charges of inciting protests, mocking the monarch and criticising the security services on Twitter.
Former guerrilla favorite in El Salvador run-off vote
Voters in El Salvador cast ballots Sunday in a presidential runoff expected to crown the current vice president, a former guerrilla commander, as the country's new leader.
N. Korean leader enjoys 100% 'poll' win
North Korea's state media confirmed Monday what was never in doubt -- a 100 percent, no-abstention poll victory for leader Kim Jong-Un in the country's stage-managed parliamentary election.
Kazakhstan Defence Ministry selects 20 officers to participate in UN peacekeeping missions
Kazakhstan Defence Ministry has reported that 20 Kazakhstan military men are ready to participate in UN peacekeeping missions as observers.
Nazarbayev to visit China
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to pay an official visit to China.
Israeli Embassy in Kazakhstan on strike
The Israel Embassy in Kazakhstan has suspended its work from March 5, 2014 because of the strike that resulted from a lengthly labor dispute with the Israeli Ministry of Finance.
Kazakhstan postpones introduction of greenhouse gas emission fines
GHG emission fines mounted so high in 2013 that Kazakhstan decided to postpone introduction of the fines and cut the fine in two.