Kazakhstan’s Senate, the upper chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament, has approved Nurtai Abykayev as Сhairman of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee.
Nazarbayev received Jose Manuel Barroso in Astana and thanked him for his contribution into strengthening of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union.
President of Kazakhstan says that wages should be paid to civil servants based on performance and that the country provides ample opportunities to hard-working people.
Two of Aliyev's accomplices in the trial into the double-murder of Kazakh bankers back in 2007, have been released in the courtroom over contradicting evidence.