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American activist wants cooperation with Kazakh government on fatal police shooting cases
American activist Michael Mohammed seeks contacts with the Kazakh government in order to "bring to justice" the police officer who killed a Kazakhstani citizen four years ago and a black man last month.
14 May 2015
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia to launch direct flight
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia plan to launch a direct flight.
14 May 2015
Kazakhstan ranks 58th in broadband Internet speed ranking
Kazakhstan has been ranked 58th in Net Index, which compares and ranks the broadband Internet speed and mobile download speeds around the globe.
14 May 2015
American cop who shot dead Kazakhstani man fatally shoots black man four years later
Four years ago an unarmed man from Kazakhstan was shot dead with 11 bullets by Stephen Rankin. Now, a black man is shot dead on Walmart parking lot. By the same police officer.
14 May 2015
Samruk Kazyna may waive services of foreign experts
Chief Human Resources Officer at Sovereign Wealth Fund of Kazakhstan Samruk Kazyna says that the fund may reduce the number of its foreign experts in the near future.
14 May 2015
Kazakhstan mulls limiting cash transactions for sole proprietors
Kazakhstan mulls limiting cash transactions between sole proprietors to 1,000 MCI or 1,982,000 tenge ($10,667).
14 May 2015
Kazakh students work on virtual reality education system
Students in Kazakhstan are developing an education system based on virtual reality.
13 May 2015
Movement of meltwater around Astana as observed from two satellites
A lot of efforts were made to preserve Astana from flooding. Technology were one way to do that as daily photographs of areas around the Kazakh capital were made to control the situation.
13 May 2015
Trilingualism is mandatory: Nursultan Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited his homeland in Kaskelen district of Almaty oblast in Kazakhstan’s south, where he met with compatriots.
13 May 2015
We will be bound by special relations with EEU: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan will step up efforts to help settle conflicts in the Islamic World and the post-Soviet space.
13 May 2015
Attempts to distort history of World War II are unacceptable: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev criticized attempts of certain politicians and countries to rewrite the history of the World War II and emphasized the necessity to preserve the truth about those years.
11 May 2015
Nazarbayev congratulates Conservatives leader David Cameron on his party's election victory
Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram to the leader of the Conservatives Party David Cameron congratulating him on the win of his party in the UK parliamentary elections.
11 May 2015
Nazarbayev meets with UN Secretary General and leaders of seven countries in Moscow
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, has met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the leaders of Azerbaijan, Cuba, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Serbia, South Africa, Venezuela during his official two-day visit to Moscow, Russia.
11 May 2015
Together we will overcome everything: Nazarbayev tells Putin
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
10 May 2015
American billionaire Jim Rogers advises to invest in emerging markets like Kazakhstan
A famous American investor and businessman Jim Rogers advised to invest in the emerging markets like Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea and a number of African countries.
09 May 2015
Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan
China's General Secretary Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan to negotiate issues of vital importance for bilateral cooperation.
08 May 2015
More than 80 Kazakhstani companies supply construction materials for EXPO-2017
Astana EXPO-2017 designates usage of local content in the construction of exhibition facilities as priority issue.
08 May 2015
Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Italy speaks of trade turnover between the countries, Kazakhstanis in Italy
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Italy Andrian Yelemessov spoke about the relations between the two countries and primary interests of Kazakhstani citizens in Italy.
08 May 2015
Tour packages and tickets for EXPO-2017 to go on sale in 2016
Tickets for the EXPO-2017 and tour packages for the exhibition's guests will go on sale in Kazakhstan starting from 2016.
08 May 2015
Kazakhstan woman survives Nepal earthquake
A woman from Kazakhstan was in the capital of Nepal, when the earthquake hit the country. She survived.
08 May 2015