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Kashagan ©REUTERS Kashagan project cost may rise again The cost of Kashagan project is estimated to rise by another $4 billion, Financial Times reports.
13 октября 2014
©RIA Novosti Advocacy group urges Kazakhstan to abolish death penalty Penal Reform International believes Kazakhstan should abolish the death penalty completely, even though there is a moratorium on capital punishment in the country.
13 октября 2014
Photo courtesy of booknetik.ru Leonardo DiCaprio to be invited to Kazakhstan's EXPO-2017 There are plans to invite "green" celebrities, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, for EXPO-2017 in Astana.
11 октября 2014
Meruert Karmenova. Photo from personal archives Kazakh star violinist with no violin What is the price of art? Who is to support this promising Kazakh violinist?
11 октября 2014
©Tengrinews illustration Famous people to advertise Kazakhstan abroad Vice Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan said that famous personalities and influential businessment will help advertise Kazakhstan abroad.
11 октября 2014
© youtube.com/YKnews Kz Jellyfish in Kazakhstan? A resident of Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan has made a video purporting to show jellyfish in a local water pond.
10 октября 2014
Photo courtesy of oilnews.kz Kazakh Ministry of Energy proposes installing metering devices on oil and gas wells The Minister of Energy says there is a need for monitoring devices on Kazakhstan's oil and gas wells.
09 октября 2014
Marijuana ©Vesti.kz Cannabis valley in Kazakhstan to be destroyed with herbicides Kazakhstan is considering ways to address the problem of cannabis growing in the Chu Valley.
09 октября 2014
Photo courtesy of wgts.org National payment system in Kazakhstan unfeasible: experts Amidst sanctions standoff between the West and Russia, Kazakhstan is concerned with the lack of its own payment system. Experts comment on possibilities and limitations in introducing such a system.
09 октября 2014
Photo courtesy of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan Chairman of Kazakh Senate receives first US ambassador Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has had a meeting with the first ambassador of the USA to Kazakhstan William Courtney.
09 октября 2014
Hi-tech exhibition in Almaty takes viewers on 'time-traveling' experience of greatest inventions A new multimedia exhibition in Kazakhstan's Almaty aims to chronicle the history of greatest inventions of humankind with the use of a latest technology.
08 октября 2014
©Turar Kazangapov Samruk Kazyna total assets should reach $200bln: Nazarbayev President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that tranformation of Samruk Kazyna National Welfare Fund had to involve doubling of its total assets.
08 октября 2014
Gulzhana Karagusova. Photo ©Yaroslav Radlovsky Kazakh MP points to ineffectiveness of healthcare projects Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Budget in Parliament’s Lower Chamber Karagusova pointed to the discrepancy between the costs and payoff of state-sponsored healthcare projects.
08 октября 2014
©Yaroslav Radlovsky French court denies bail to Ablyazov The Court of Appeal in Lyon has denied bail to fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov.
08 октября 2014
Mikhail Gorbachev. Photo courtesy of  zn.ua Nazarbayev speaks of Perestroika and Chinese reforms During Samruk Kazyna Transformation Forum president of Kazakhstan has spoken about the defficiencies of Gorbachev's Perestroika and the successes of Chinese reforms.
07 октября 2014
Kazakhstan team that participated in  11th ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2012 in Hong Kong among Asia Pacific countries ©Vladimir Prokopenko Futuristic future demands reforms in Kazakhstan education: Astana Mayor Kazakh Minister of Eduation and Science and the mayor of Astana said education in Kazakhstan required deep reforms due to increasing penetration of technological innovation into every aspect of the modern life.
07 октября 2014
©Turar Kazangapov Nazarbayev says Kazakhstani companies should compete globally The President of Kazakhstan said some Kazakhstani companies achieved high regional standards and needed to aim higher.
06 октября 2014
©Tengrinews Nazarbayev speaks of Samruk Kazyna transformation President of Kazakhstan stressed the importance of transforming the country's welfare fund.
06 октября 2014
©Tengrinews illustration Methadone should be banned: Kazakh MP A Member of the Kazakhstan Parliament demanded to urgently ban methadone from being used in Kazakhstan.
06 октября 2014
Photo courtesy of novosti-n.org Controversial methadone therapy may become nationwide in Kazakhstan by 2016 According to the head of the National Scientific and Practical Center on Medical and Social Problems of Drug Abuse, methadone therapy also known as opioid substitution therapy (OST) may become nationwide in Kazakhstan in 2016.
06 октября 2014

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