Obama lines up Jack Lew for Treasury
President Barack Obama was expected to name Washington veteran Jack Lew as his next Treasury chief as early as Thursday, stocking his team for the next tense budget showdown with Republicans.
Kazakhstan ratified agreement with Azerbaijan on provision of land
Azerbaijan will lease out a 0.5-hectare land lot in Khatinsk region of Baku to Kazakhstan for 49 years at the cost of 1 manat a year.
Nazarbayev signed law on countering terrorism
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Law On amendments to several legislative acts of Kazakhstan on countering terrorism.
Kazakhstan will reform its agrarian science
Chairman of KazAgroInnovation Sergey Mogilnyi told about a new program of reforming Kazakhstan agrarian science.
China paper: regulation must 'keep pace with the times'
A Chinese newspaper at the centre of a dispute over censorship said Thursday that Communist regulation of the media must "keep pace with the times", in its first edition since the row began.
Kazakhstan will withdraw from interstate organizations threatening its independence: Nazarbayev
Our economy needs new markets, that’s why we strive for economic integration, not a political one: Kazakhstan President.
We will continue supporting KazakhFilm: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev promised to support KazakhFilm, Kazakhstan national movie-making studios.
President Nazarbayev suggests restricting car assess to Almaty downtown
According to him, those travelling from the suburbs should leave their private cars on the out-skirts and rely on public transport to reach the city center.
Kazakh language transiting to the Latin alphabet has nothing to do with the nation’s political preferences
Some people groundlessly regard the decision as a sign of Kazakhstan’s political preferences changing: President Nazarbayev.