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Olympics is a celebration of sport, not vanity fair: Kazakh expert Kazakhstani expert Nurlan Nurov talks about the possibility of Kazakhstan hosting the Olympics 2022 and the financial aspect of the endeavour.
13 October 2014
Astana seeks repatriation of Kazakhstani diplomats convicted in Germany Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan has sent a request to Germany asking to send back two Kazakhstani diplomats convicted in the country.
13 October 2014
Nazarbayev suggests drafting new development strategy for CIS President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has suggested creating a new development strategy for the CIS during Kazakhstan’s chairmanship.
13 October 2014
Kashagan project cost may rise again The cost of Kashagan project is estimated to rise by another $4 billion, Financial Times reports.
13 October 2014
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 October 2014
Kazakhstan will seek to unleash the potential of CIS: Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan will seek to further tap into the potential of the Commonwealth of Independent States during its 2015 chairmanship.
13 October 2014
Armenia joins Eurasian Economic Union Armenia has joined the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty. The agreement was signed in Minsk, Belarus at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.
12 October 2014
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 October 2014
Kazakh star violinist with no violin What is the price of art? Who is to support this promising Kazakh violinist?
11 October 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
French court denies bail to Ablyazov The Court of Appeal in Lyon has denied bail to fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov.
08 October 2014
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
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