News about Central Asia

Kazakh star violinist with no violin What is the price of art? Who is to support this promising Kazakh violinist?
11 October 2014 12:56
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 October 2014 11:20
Jellyfish in Kazakhstan? A resident of Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan has made a video purporting to show jellyfish in a local water pond.
10 October 2014 18:23
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 October 2014 18:27
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 October 2014 17:03
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 October 2014 16:06
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 October 2014 11:34
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 October 2014 17:15
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 October 2014 15:05
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 October 2014 13:38
French court denies bail to Ablyazov The Court of Appeal in Lyon has denied bail to fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov.
08 October 2014 13:12
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 October 2014 14:51
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 October 2014 14:41
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 October 2014 19:41
Nazarbayev speaks of Samruk Kazyna transformation President of Kazakhstan stressed the importance of transforming the country's welfare fund.
06 October 2014 18:57
Methadone should be banned: Kazakh MP A Member of the Kazakhstan Parliament demanded to urgently ban methadone from being used in Kazakhstan.
06 October 2014 18:30
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 October 2014 18:27
OSCE should investigate war crimes in Ukraine: Kazakhstan Senate Speaker Kazakhstan Senate Speaker Tokayev has arrived in Geneva to speak about Kazakhstan's position on the crisis in Ukraine.
06 October 2014 16:55
Legalization policy in Kazakhstan brings to light seven new millionaires The ongoing campaign of legalization of property and capital in Kazakhstan has already revealed seven new millionaires.
06 October 2014 15:08
Nazarbayev says Mangistau economy rests on oil production, there is need to develop other sectors President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with entrepreneurs and community representatives in Aktau, where he outlined the priority areas of development.
05 October 2014 13:31
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