Bulgaria simplifies visa requirements for Kazakhstan
Bulgaria has simplified visa requirements for citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan cuts state expenditures by 10 percent
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered to reduce government spending by 700 billion tenge ($3.78 billion).
Nazarbayev urges state companies to support tenge
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged Kazakhstan's state companies to sell dollars and buy the tenge.
Kazakh President calls to look for new markets for domestic products
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has declared it is time for domestic enterprises to search for new markets to sell their products instead of Russia.
Tenge exchange rate adjustment possible if oil prices go below $50: Kazakh central bank governor Kelimbetov
Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Kairat Kelimbetov said that a devaluation of the tenge is possible if oil prices fall below $50 per barrel.
UN Security Council seeks to choke off Islamic State funds
The UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution aimed at choking off millions of dollars in earnings from oil sales.
Australia PM savages study into detention of asylum-seeker children
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott savaged a Human Rights Commission report into the struggles of asylum-seeker children held in detention.
Russia to keep using Kazakhstan's Baikonur despite constructing Vostochny cosmodrome: Russia’s Ambassador
Back in August 2014 the country’s media reported that Russia was intending to stop financing Baikonur starting from 2016.
Kazakhstan to introduce ban on purchase of real estate and vehicles for cash: Central Bank Governor
These transactions should be made through a bank account so that the National Bank and tax authorities could see the payments, he elaborated.