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Kazakhstan ratifies treaty with Uzbekistan on strategic partnership
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the law ratifying the Strategic Cooperation Treaty between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
16 May 2014
Academic take on baraholka issue in Almaty: American's first-hand experience
Dena Sholk, a graduate student in the School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University came to Almaty to research the role of baraholkas (markets) in Kazakhstan’s economy as a part of her dissertation fieldwork.
16 May 2014
Kazakhstan to supply electric locomotives to Azerbaijan
Alstom Transport has signed a contract to supply 50 KZ8A freight locomotives produced in Astana-based Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauitty to Azerbaijan Railways.
16 May 2014
Kazakhstan to start legalization of property and capitals in September
The government of Kazakhstan has announced the date when it is going to start the legalization of property and capital.
16 May 2014
Legitimization of assets to bring billions: Kelimbetov
Central bank aims to legitimate money and assets to ensure an influx of several billion dollars into the banking sector of Kazakhstan.
12 May 2014
Development Bank of Kazakhstan obtain 500 million euro loan from HSBC
Development Bank of Kazakhstan has signed a 500 mln euro loan agreement with HSBC Bank.
05 May 2014
Kenes Rakishev buys into Magnum Cash & Carry
Businessman Kenes Rakishev has bought a stake in Magnum Cash & Carry retailer network.
05 May 2014
US economy rebounds, adding 288,000 jobs in April
The US economy pumped out 288,000 jobs in April, the highest pace in over two years, in a fresh confirmation that growth has resumed after a harsh winter freeze.
04 May 2014
Nazarbayev discusses cooperation with Asian Development Bank
President Nazarbayev has met with the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao to discuss future cooperation.
02 May 2014
Nazarbayev wants Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus to team up on agriculture and gas
Cooperation in agriculture would boost export of the goods without creating any unwanted competition between our countries: Nazarbayev
30 April 2014
Ukraine benefits from cooperation with Russia and Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev
In his speech at Moscow State University President Nazarbayev said that Ukraine would benefit from cooperation with Russian and Kazakhstan amid any scenario.
29 April 2014
KEGOC might float stock this December
KEGOC might float its shares at the People’s IPO in Kazakhstan in December 2014.
29 April 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev and EDB Chairman meet in Astana
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Igor Finogenov, Chairman at Eurasian Development Bank, discussed the bank's operations in Kazakhstan.
27 April 2014
Spain shows fastest growth in six years: central bank
Spain's economy appears to be growing at the fastest clip since a 2008 property crash tipped the nation into a job-wrecking, double-dip recession, the central bank said.
25 April 2014
Population of Kazakhstan's south to outnumber north four times
The population in Kazakhstan's northern regions may shrink by nearly one million people by 35 years, and become four times smaller than that of the southern areas.
24 April 2014
Non-perfoming loans to go down to 10% by 2016 in Kazakhstan: Kelimbetov
The Governor of the Central Bank Kairat Kelimbetov aims to decrease non-performing loans to 10% by January 1 2016.
18 April 2014
Kazakhstan to cooperate with Bahrain in aluminum production
Kazakhstan and Bahrain have signed a memorandum on cooperation in aluminum production at the Bahrain-Kazakhstan: Strategic Partnership business forum.
16 April 2014
China bank loans surge in March: central bank
China's bank lending surged in March from the previous month, the central bank said Tuesday, but analysts dismissed the possibility of monetary easing.
16 April 2014
$2.7 billion out of Kazakhstan National Oil Fund to stimulate economy in 2014
One of the sources to boost the country’s economy growth will be $5.5 billion out of the National Oil Fund to be allocated in 2014 and 2015: Minister of Economic Affairs.
14 April 2014
German inflation hits three-year low in March
The rate of inflation in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, fell to its lowest level in more than three years in March, official final data showed on Friday.
11 April 2014