Kazakh students meet Chinese President200 students and professors of the Nazarbayev University have met with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping on June 24, 2014 in Beijing.
Life in once flooded Kokpekty village goes onHouses destroyed in the deadly Kokpekty flood in Karaganda region are being restored, officials responsible for the incident are being criminally prosecuted and a new civil law suit is being readied.
Central Bank Governor advises against borrowingAccording to him, Kazakhstan’s people have been excessively eager to take mortgages and consumer loans (…).However, in more developed nations up to 70% permanently live in rented housing.
23 July 2014
Only one place to swim in AstanaDepartment of Consumer Protection of Astana has conluded that people can swim only in one place in the Ishim (Yesil) River.
Monthly average shopping expenses revealed in KazakhstanAlmaty, the biggest Kazakhstan’s city, is ranked 1st in terms of the average monthly expenses, with the average monthly amount standing at 91 000 tenge ($497), 5 times in excess of the subsistence level set for the region.
22 July 2014
Tazhayakov avoided Tamerlan Tsarnaev: FBIKazakhstani student Azamat Tazhayakov, accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case allegedly avoided Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s brother Tamerlan considering him too religiously devout.
Kazakhstan announces grain exports figureKazakhstan’s 2013 grain harvest (net weight) made up 18.9 million tons. According to the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry, grain exports in the 2013-2014 marketing year were estimated at about 7 million tons.