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Devaluation vs revaluation of Tenge: Kazakhstan keeps fingers crossed
Kazakhstan awaits 'a new decision' about the tenge exchange rate, fears a new devaluation and keeps its fingers crossed.
05 September 2014
Kazakhstan selects 20 people to join UN peacekeeping missions
The country’s Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations confirming readiness to send Kazakhstan’s peacekeepers.
05 September 2014
Dolphin entangled in fishing line asks diver for help
A video capturing a dolphin entangled in a fishing line who approaches a group of divers for help has once again proved the animal’s high intelligence.
04 September 2014
‘Putin Plan’ for settling conflict in Ukraine
In order to stop the bloodshed and stabilise the situation in southeast Ukraine, I believe that the parties to the conflict should immediately agree on and coordinate the following steps: Vladimir Putin.
04 September 2014
Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on national currency appreciation
The Governor doesn’t rule out the USD exchange rate could further go down to 170 tenge per $1 as compared to the current 183 tenge per $1.
04 September 2014
Breakthrough year for Zarina Diyas
Kazakhstani tennis player Zarina Diyas has earned over $500 thousand this year.
04 September 2014
Japanese Autumn Art Festival to be held in Almaty
The 4th International Art Festival Japanese Autumn will be held in Almaty on September 8-9, 2014.
04 September 2014
Descendant of Kazakh composer demands 1mln in damages from gay smooch poster creators
The poster advertising a gay bar in Kazakhstan depicting a Kazakh composer and a Russian poet kissing has mostly angered the public in Kazakhstan. Now the Kazakh descendant of the composer claims 1mln tenge in damages from the poster creators.
04 September 2014
Kazakhstani invents device to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases
Damel Mektepbayeva, junior researcher at Nazarbayev University, has developed a device that rapidly diagnoses sexually transmitted diseases.
04 September 2014
Nazarbayev on decentralization of powers in Kazakhstan
President of Kazakhstan spoke to the Parliament about the necessity to transfer some powers to local authorities.
03 September 2014
Kazakhstan taekwondo team signs up foreign athletes
Taekwondo athletes from South Korea and Turkey may soon join Kazakhstan's taekwondo national team.
03 September 2014
Rubio can fight Golovkin as equal
WBC interim middleweight champion from Mexico Marco Antonio Rubio talked about his upcoming fight against Gennady Golovkin, WBC (Super) and IBO titles holder.
03 September 2014
Nazarbayev appoints ambassadors to Germany, Romania, Cambodia and Laos
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed a number of new ambassadors of Kazakhstan.
03 September 2014
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Kazakhstan's right to exit Customs Union
Last week Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev made a statement on the country's right to leave the Eurasian Economic Union should the interests of the country be jeopardized.
02 September 2014
Kazakhstan ready for various geopolitical risks: Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan said the country was facing quite a few problems but was prepared to address various scenarios.
02 September 2014
Kazakh researcher develops super large-capacity battery
Dr Zhumabay Bakenov, a professor at Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev University, has developed a lithium-sulfur battery with 10-fold regular capacity.
02 September 2014
Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister suggests carpooling to save on petrol
If there is a possibility, you’d better not commute to work driving a gas-guzzling SUV: Vladimir Shkolnik.
02 September 2014
Nazarbayev University unveils technological park
Kazakhstan's Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov has unveiled the Technological Park (Technopark) in Nazarbayev University.
02 September 2014
Video of Kazakhstanis in Syria is a manipulation: political expert
Kazakh political analyst Yerlan Karin called the video purporting to show Kazakhstani citizens fighting in Syria an information manipulation.
02 September 2014