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Kazakhstan monitoring fallout of anti-Russian sanctions: Nazarbayev
Kazakh President Nazarbayev says anti-Russian sanctions do not directly affect Kazakhstan's economy, but all the additional developments are closely monitored.
22 December 2014
Nazarbayev speaks of Kazakh statehood, national unity
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about the importance of passing the knowledge of history to younger generations, making the celebration of the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh statehood next year especially significant.
22 December 2014
Kazakhstan, Netherlands to cooperate in solar energy development
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs has arrived in Kazakhstan to discuss cooperation with the Kazakh side in developing solar energy.
22 December 2014
Kazakhstan must find new oil and gas fields: Senator
Senator Lyazzat Kiinov said Kazakhstan had to invest into oil and gas exploration since the remaning natural reserves would soon be depleted.
19 December 2014
Kazakhstan PM Massimov calls energy security one of greatest challenges of modern time
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov said that energy security was one of the major challenges faced by the global community and that Kazakhstan was working hard to contribute to overcoming of this global issue.
19 December 2014
Unpaid fines in Kazakhstan comparable to EXPO costs
Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Askhat Daulbayev has compared the unpaid fines to the cost of hosting EXPO-2017 in Astana.
19 December 2014
Artificial blood from petroleum products to be produced in Kazakhstan
Scientists from Kazakhstan have developed a new method of production of artificial blood from petroleum products.
18 December 2014
Medical tourism - growing sector in Kazakhstan
Medical tourism is a growing sector in Kazakhstan with more than 800 foreign nationals coming to the country to be treated, including from the US, Japan and Italy.
18 December 2014
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan - primary interests for US in Central Asia
Prominent Kazakh political scientist Dosym Satpayev speaks of the interests the United States has in Central Asia.
18 December 2014
Kazakh railways head holds talks with his Chinese counterpart
President of Kazakhstan's national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Askar Mamin held bilateral talks with Director General of Chinese Railways Sheng Guangji. Two cooperation documents were signed.
17 December 2014
Kazakhstan celebrates Independence Day
Kazakhstan is celebrating its Independence Day on December 16.
16 December 2014
US increases FDI into Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan and US increase cooperation in trade and economic cooperation. Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov's visit to Washington aimed at strengthening this cooperation.
16 December 2014
Kazakhstan hosts SCO heads of governments meeting
Kazakhstan hosted the meeting of the heads of governments of SCO member states in Astana yesterday.
16 December 2014
Kazakh Vice Prime Minister visits Berezovka village after mass poisoning of children
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Berdybek Saparbayev has visited Berezovka village located just several kilometers away from the major oil and gas field Karachaganak, where emissions of hydrogen sulfide took place shortly before the incident.
16 December 2014
Viennese prosecutors talk Aliyev's motives in alleged murder of two bankers
The Viennese prosecutors have been given a permission by a special commission of the Ministry of Justice to present charges against the former ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria Rakhat Aliyev.
15 December 2014
Road to Eurasian Economic Union bumpier than it seems
With Belarus restoring customs posts weeks before the Eurasian Economic Union comes into force, what are the parties' roles in the new integration project?
15 December 2014
Kazakhstan needs asteroid observation stations: astrophysicist
Many space objects remain undiscovered and some of them pose a threat to the Earth. Astrophysicist Victor Teifel says it is time to build a special station for detection of asteroids in Kazakhstan.
15 December 2014
Most promising young Kazakh athletes
Kazakhstan's sport is on the rise with many promising young athletes already winning serious international competitions.
13 December 2014
Austrian prosecutors may present charges against Aliyev this December
Charges against the fugitive Kazakh tycoon Rakhat Aliyev may be brought in Austria as early as this month.
12 December 2014
Kazakh scientists transplant cow skin on human
Kazakh scientists have demonstrated their new method of healing wounds, burns and other skin defects using cow skin transplants.
12 December 2014