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Qatar's population has reached 2.5 million people, swollen by the huge numbers of foreign workers employed in the tiny Gulf emirate.

Kazakhstan government has revised the decree that made many popular resorts a special border zone requiring special passes. Foreigners will no longer have to obtain permits to visit them.

Kazakh Government has decreed to create wide belts near the county's border and make them off-limits for foreigners unless they acquire a special pass. Several very popular tourist destinations of Kazakhstan are within the limits of the new belts.

Chairman of Kazakhstan Council of Foreign Investors Ulf Wokurka offers recommendations to the Kazakhstan Government on visa regime, taxes, decriminalisation of tax and economic offences, education and attraction of investments.

Kazakhstan is taking an active stance in the world affairs. Nevertheless, its potential is limited by its resources and international status. Therefore, it has to choose a role consistent with both these factors.

The Ambassador of the United States of America to Kazakhstan George Krol has delivered a speech in Kazakh language in Akorda.

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is cutting its spendings on costly trips abroad amid the current global economic crisis.

China is the source of the largest portion of migrant workers in Kazakhstan.

Foreign athletes will be competing for Kazakhstan at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

The number of foreign students studying medicine in Kazakhstan is expected to reach 10 percent in the near future.

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.

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not planning to extend the visa free entrance regime for 10 countries.

Vice Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan said that famous personalities and influential businessment will help advertise Kazakhstan abroad.

Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha has met with Yerlan Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Turkmenistan in the Fall.

Italian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Alberto Pieri has completed his mission in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan's Vice Prime Minister and Minster of Finance Bakhyt Sultanov reported to the Parliament about the measures the government was planning to use to reduce the foreign debt of the country.

In 2014 Kazakhstan is planning to spend $1.7 million on training of its doctors abroad to improve their qualification.

Estonian Embassy in Astana will represent NATO in Kazakhstan starting from January 1, 2015.

Besides, according to him, the country’s Government should accelerate launch of concession contracts in healthcare, education, water supply and some other realms.