What is a Kazakh investor like: profileKazakhstanis who venture into financial markets are mostly males aged 30 to 40+ from Almaty wielding a capital of 100,000 to 5000,000 euro.
Romania's Senate speaker charged with lying in fraud probePopescu-Tariceanu is accused of making "declarations not in line with reality" concerning his links with several Romanian and Israeli businessmen who have already been charged, thus "hindering the course of justice".
25 May 2016
Pipe dreams: Kazakhstan's hopes of sports empire hit by oil crashA quartet of state-of-the art, government-built stadia rise out of former marshland in energy-rich Kazakhstan's futuristic capital Astana, but the Central Asian state's soaring sporting ambitions have been shot down by the global oil slump.
18 May 2016
Kazakhstan boosts compliance with global aviation standardsA Significant Safety Concern (SSC) in Kazakhstan has been finally resolved through joint efforts in early May. This leaves no crucial concerns indicated by ICAO for Kazakhstan unresolved.
Saxo Bank makes Kazakh tenge and oil forecastsMerely a relatively stable exchange rate is highly rewarding for holders of KZT because of the very high interest rate in Kazakhstan relative to the US dollar: John Hardy.
05 April 2016
Central Asia looks to boost fledgling ski industryThe season may be drawing to a close at Central Asian Kazakhstan's Chimbulak winter sports resort, but skiiers and snowboarders are still carving their way down.
Kazakhstan bans smartphones for police, civil servantsKazakhstan is set to enforce a ban on smartphones in the workplace for police and government workers in an effort to prevent information leaks, according to a document that was itself leaked,