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Isolated Belarus elects parliament amid boycott
Belarus will on Sunday elect a new parliament in polls largely boycotted by the opposition, almost two years after protests against President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election sparked a mass crackdown.
19 September 2012
Belarus leader fires foreign minister after Sweden row
Belarus strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko on Monday fired his foreign minister as part of a sweeping reshuffle that follows a diplomatic crisis in ties with Sweden after a pro-democracy stunt.
21 August 2012
Kazakhstan will award its Olympic winners with biggest money prizes
Kazakhstan and Malaysia promise the most generous money prizes to their Olympic winners.
30 July 2012
Alisher, 10, from Almaty won Slavianski Bazaar 2012
Alisher Zhaksybai from Almaty had become the First Prize Winner of the X International Children Contest Slavianski Bazaar 2012 in Vitebsk.
24 July 2012
Kazakhstan and Belarus to agree on crude and petroleum products exports
According to Belarus Ambassador to Kazakhstan, “the document is rather complicated: it has to be approved by the Russian side as oil will be shipped across Russia”.
11 July 2012
Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russian railroads signed agreement
Kazakhstan, Russian and Belarus railroads have signed an agreement on delineation of responsibilities for nonobservance of periods of temporary import of international transportation vehicles.
05 June 2012
EU has to support Kazakhstan and Belarus' ascent into WTO: Putin
Vladimir Putin has stated that the EU has to consider the decision of Kazakhstan and Belarus to adopt the conditions of Russia’s entrance into WTO when deciding on these countries’ membership in the organization.
05 June 2012
Nazarbayev complimented clean villages and remarkable roads in Belarus
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev insists on building-up the commodities turnover with Belarus to over $1 billion.
16 May 2012
Lukashenko thanked Nazarbayev for keeping promises
Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko talked about matching positions with Kazakhstan on integration processes at the post-Soviet territory.
15 May 2012
Nazarbayev to render official visit to Belarus
Special attention will be given to practical steps in enhancement of interaction between Kazakhstan and Belarus: Foreign Ministry.
07 May 2012
France and Belarus are Kazakhstan's main rivals in World Hockey Championship
France and Belarus will be the main rivals for Kazakhstan in the World Hockey Championship.
09 April 2012
Putin discussed integration under CES with Nazarbayev and Massimov
Russian Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Belarus and Nursultan Nazarbayev.
06 April 2012
Customs Union as catalyst for economy growth: Russia’s Economy Minister
Kazakhstan’s foreign trade between Kazakhstan and the Customs Union in 2011 grew by 40.8% to reach $24.526 billion.
03 April 2012
Kazakhstan beat Russia in petrol prices
2011 petrol prices trends in European and CIS countries analyzed by the Center for Economic Research RIA-Analitika.
13 February 2012
Customs Union sings free trade zone treaty with New Zealand by year end
Free trade zone treaty could be signed between the Customs Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus) and New Zealand by the end of 2012.
30 January 2012
8-year-old Kazakh hokkey players won bronze in Belarus
Eight-year-old Kazakhstani hokkey players won bronze at a competition in Belarus.
18 January 2012
Common Economic Space kicked off
Common Economic Space has started functioning on January 1.
04 January 2012
First liver transplantation perfomed in Kazakhstan
Liver transplantation is one of the most difficult surgeries. The operation performed was twice as difficult as the usual one.
03 January 2012
Nazarbayev met with Medvedev and Lukashenko
The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan gathered for a summit on Monday.
20 December 2011
Eurasian Economic Union to opt for single currency: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan President thinks that the Eurasian Economic Union will need a completely new single currency, different from the Rusian Ruble.
22 November 2011