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Commodity turnover between CU countries grew 41%
Commodity turnover between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan increased by 41 percent in the first six months of 2011.
24 August 2011
CSTO countries decided to complete armament of CRRF
The Collective Security Treaty Organization countries are planning to complete armament of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces.
16 August 2011
Citizens of CU countries may carry 2 cell phones and 3 liters of alcohol through customs
The federal customs service has issued a memo for passengers following through the border of the Customs Union (CU) by different types of transport.
16 August 2011
Chemist from Petropavlovsk invented birch make-up
Creams, shampoos and even anti-cellulite remedies are made from birch in Petropavlovsk.
13 August 2011
Uzbekistan President will not come to Astana for CSTO summit
President of Uzbekistan will not come for the informal summit of heads of the CSTO member-states that will start today, August 12, in Astana.
12 August 2011
Lukashenko arrived in Astana for informal summit
President of Belarus arrived in Astana to take part in the informal summit of heads of the CSTO member-states.
12 August 2011
Nazarbayev and Yanukovich discussed trade-economic cooperation of Astana and Kiev
August 10 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian peer Viktor Yanukovich.
11 August 2011
Remains of huge bird of Dinosaurs Age found in Kazakhstan
Remains of a huge bird that lived on Earth in Cretaceous geologic period at Dinosaurs Age were found at the territory of Kazakhstan.
11 August 2011
Bekmambetov's Apollo-18 to hit screens in September
A space thriller Apollo-18 will hit Russian screens on September 1.
09 August 2011
H1 2011 Kazakhstan inflation rate lower than CIS average
Inflation rate in Kazakhstan in the H1 2011 stood at 5.1%, lower than the CIS average (6.4%), the CIS Interstate Committee for Statistics reports.
06 August 2011
St. Petersburg’s Penoplex wants to monopolize Kazakh frost protection market
Penoplex holding has launched the second $3.3-million line producing building insulation materials.
05 August 2011
Kazakhstan only second to Moldova in CIS in terms of H1 2011 freights transportation growth
H1 2011 growth of freights transportation in the entire CIS as compared to the like period of 2010 stands at 11.5%.
05 August 2011
Second Kazakh hockey club plans to join Kontinental Hockey League
In the next three years hockey club Almaty is going to create a team capable of competing in the Kontinental Hockey League.
04 August 2011
Two-meter skeleton of Bronze Age chieftain found near Lisakovsk
A Kazakh archaeological expedition has found a burial place aged about three thousand years during excavation of a burial mound near Lisakovsk town in Kostanay oblast.
04 August 2011
15 sportsmen to represent Kazakhstan at Athletics World Championship in Korea
15 sportsmen will represent Kazakhstan at track and field athletics World Championship, which will start on August, 27 in South Korean Daegu.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan Adai horses won the CIS Cup
The competition took place in Spassk-Ryazansky city of Ryazan oblast in Russia. Adai houses Oily came first and Zhiren – third.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan to participate in World Universiade in China
Kazakhstan students will take part in 26th World Universiade, which will start on August, 12 in Chinese Shenzhen.
04 August 2011
Customs Union to freeze import duties till 2012
Starting from August 25 a moratorium on changes in import duties will be in place in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
03 August 2011
Astana to host boxing world championship in 2013
Boxing world championship will be held in Astana in 2013.
03 August 2011