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Astana, Almaty and Aktau tagged best CIS cities
International Assembly of Capitals and Large Cities awarded three Kazakhstan cities with the Best CIS and EurAsEC City titles in 2011.
27 January 2012
Russian super heavyweight to return to Kazakhstan boxing ring
Denis Bakhtov, a Kazakhstan-born Russian super heavyweight boxer plans to return to squared ring in Kazakhstan.
17 January 2012
Experts forecast tensions in Central Asia in 2012
Possibility of further increase in conflicts and tensions in 2012 remains high in three Central Asian states: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
05 January 2012
Common Economic Space kicked off
Common Economic Space has started functioning on January 1.
04 January 2012
Terrorist threat remains in Central Asia
The situation in the CIS countries and outside the CIS borders remains unstable.
29 December 2011
Shymkent artist won Prince Claus Award
Said Atabekov, an artist from the southern city of Shymkent, won the international Prince Claus Award.
27 December 2011
Kazakhstan is third in CIS by inventions
Kazakhstan holds the third place by the amount of inventions among CIS countries, yielding the first and second places to Russia and Ukraine.
26 December 2011
Russian Kseniya Pervak will be capped for Kazakhstan
Russian tennis professional Kseniya Pervak will be capped for Kazakhstan next season.
25 December 2011
Kazakhstan's Astana and Turkmenistan’s Mary to become CIS Culture Capitals of 2012
The capital of Kazakhstan Astana and Turkmenistan city Mary will become Capitals of Culture of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2012.
24 December 2011
Nazarbayev met with Medvedev and Lukashenko
The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan gathered for a summit on Monday.
20 December 2011
Kazakh grain could knock down Russian flour
Export of Kazakhstan's bumper grain harvest could cause sharp dive of grain and flour prices in Siberia, Russia, in the beginning of 2012.
14 December 2011
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry disclosed name of terrorist apprehended in Ukraine
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry announced the name of the person apprehended in Ukraine in suspicion of terrorism.
14 December 2011
U.S. Embassy car knocked down and killed a girl in Bishkek
Chevrolet Suburban with the U.S. diplomatic number plates knocked down and killed a 21-year-old girl on the way to Manas airport in Bishkek.
13 December 2011
U.S. forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan will flood Central Asia with weapons
Russian authorities are concerned over a possibility of a massive flow of weapons into Central Asia after NATO forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2014.
05 December 2011
Kazakhstan obtains full title to KazSat-2 communications satellite
Khalyk Kazakhinstrakh has been designated as the insurance company.
28 November 2011
Kazakhstan and Ukraine to jointly produce AN-140-100 aircrafts
The agreement on joint production was made during Kazakh-Ukrainian business-forum held is Astana on November 24.
26 November 2011
Dmitry Malikov to give a concert of classical music in Astana
Russian singer Dmitry Malikov will give a PIANOMANIA classical music concert in Astana.
26 November 2011
CSTO Secretary General said extremists are raging in post-Soviet space
Secretary General of CSTO Nikolai Bordyuzha pointed out that extremist organizations has stepped up their activities at the post-Soviet space, including Russia.
25 November 2011
Kazakhstan and Ukraine agreed on joint armor overhaul
Kazakhstan and Ukraine agreed to create a joint depot for heavy armor overhaul.
24 November 2011
CIS countries decided to create CIS geographic atlas
CIS Interstate Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Land Registry and Earth Remote Sensing decided to create a CIS atlas.
22 November 2011