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APC fined Sinooil 3 million tenge
Agency for Protection of Competition fined Sinooil over 3 million tenge.
19 September 2011
Nokia application to help learn Kazakh language
Kazakhstan residents will be able to learn the Kazakh language by installing a new application on their Nokia mobile phones.
19 September 2011
Minister of Transport and Communications critisized Air Astana for flight delays
Main reasons behind delays are late arrivals of aircrafts (64 percent), aircrafts failures (9 percent) and weather conditions in airports (8 percent): Minister.
19 September 2011
Kukushkin moved five lines up in ATP rating
Kazakhstan tennis professional Mikhail Kukushkin has moved five lines up in Association of Tennis Professionals rating.
19 September 2011
Kazakhstan to designate insurance companies for KazSat-2 late October
Before the satellite is fully transferred to Kazakhstan, the Russian side is fully responsible for insurance-related issues: Talgat Mussabayev, Head of KazKosmos National Space Agency.
19 September 2011
Food prices went up 8.1 percent in Kazakhstan in 2011
The prices on food products moved up by 8.1 percent in Kazakhstan.
19 September 2011
MP Kamal Burkhanov talked against arabisation of Kazakhstan
Kamal Burkhanov shared his views on religion during a discussion of the draft law On religious activities and religious institutions in Majilis.
19 September 2011
Soyuz TMA-21 with 3 astronauts on board successfully landed in Kazakhstan
Soyuz TMA-21 capsule successfully landed in Kazakhstan.
19 September 2011
Kazakhstan’s Government raises export duty on petroleum products
The new export duty rate comes into effect September 27.
19 September 2011
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to create a special Customs Union "ministry"
Draft agreement on the Customs Union (CU) Commission will be discussed in Almaty this week and can be approved at the Interstate Council of EurAsEC on October 18.
19 September 2011
Surgery center for newborns opened in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Ministry of Healthcare opened a new neonatal surgery center to decrease infant mortality.
19 September 2011
No mobile phone talks in Almaty underground
The first stretch of the underground is to be inaugurated in December before celebrating the 20 anniversary of the nation’s independence.
19 September 2011
Google to integrate Kazakh language into its on-line translation service
There are millions of people who need such a translation service. This means that such a service should be made available: Vladimir Dolgov, Google Russia General Director.
19 September 2011
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan
The sides also agreed on extra electricity power and water supplies to south regions Kazakhstan.
19 September 2011
Car sales in Kazakhstan doubled in August
Official Kazakhstan car dealers sold 4,025 light vehicles in August 2011, which is 95.8 percent more than the last year.
18 September 2011
Famous Hollywood director visited Kazakhfilm studio
Famous Hollywood director Chuck Russel visited Kazakhfilm studio during his participation in Eurasia film festival.
18 September 2011
Kazakhstan seeks greater role in freights operations from and to China
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and New Technology Asset Issekeshev: with the new railway to Turkmenistan, an extended sea port and the West China – West Europe motor corridor in place, Mangistau oblast will be a notable transport hub.
17 September 2011
Astana cycling team signed a contract with Slovenian cyclist
Kazakhstan cycling team Astana signed a two-year contract with Slovenian cyclist Borut Bozic.
17 September 2011
President Nazarbayev visits D island at Kashagan giant oilfield
The field was discovered in 2000 and was one of the larger discoveries in that decade, it is estimated that the Kashagan Field has commercial reserves from 10 billion barrels.
17 September 2011