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Shymkent Oil Refinery to receive additional $400 million for modernization
Additional money will be allocated to modernize the Shymkent Oil Refinery on southern Kazakhstan. This will help increase the production capacity of the refinery and make it more environmentally friendly.
08 November 2014
Ukraine shuts down consulate in Kazakhstan
Ukraine has shut down nine of its consulates throughout the world, including the one in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
08 November 2014
World-renowned economist Nouriel Roubini predicts bright future to Kazakhstan
World-renowned economist Nouriel Roubini has predicted a bright future to Kazakhstan.
08 November 2014
Dropping oil prices cast a shadow of unprofitability over Kashagan
The falling oil prices put the entire Kashagan project in question. Kashagan is a huge oil field located in Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea.
07 November 2014
Oil production may steadily decline in Kazakhstan over the next decade: KazMunaiGas Vice Chairman
KazMunaiGas Vice Chairman Tiyesov has spoken in the Mazhilis informing the deputies that Kazakhstan will face a decline in oil production should no new fields be discovered in the upcoming decade.
07 November 2014
Communists in Kazakhstan slam decision to abandon construction of oil refinery
The People's Communist Party has tagged the decision to abandon construction of the 4th oil refinery in Kazakhstan ill judged and said problems had to be solved by the government not shifted to the shoulders of the citizens.
07 November 2014
Nazarbayev addresses Council of Leaders of CIS Security and Special Services
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with the participants of the 37th meeting of the Council of Leaders of CIS Security and Special Services.
07 November 2014
Democracy cannot be imposed: Kazakh Senate Speaker Tokayev
Senate Speaker Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has expressed his view that democratization is a dynamic process, and therefore democracy cannot be artificially accelerated or imposed.
07 November 2014
Following overhaul at three oil refineries Kazakhstan may face excessive supply of petroleum products
The only potential market available for our petroleum products is that of other Central Asia states with a growing population and a shortage of oil processing capabilities of their own. And Afghanistan as well: Vice Chairman of the Board at KazMunaiGas.
06 November 2014
Great Britain and Kazakhstan to expand economic ties
FDI from Great Britain to Kazakhstan from 2005 to the Q1 2014 totaled $10.5 billion.
06 November 2014
Explosion in Karaganda mine: one killed, one injured
An explosion in a mine in Satpayev town of Karaganda Oblast in central Kazakhstan has claimed one life.
06 November 2014
Foreign borrowers responsible for 40% of NPLs in Kazakhstan
A significant bulk of the NPLs were provided back in 2006-2008, a time of heavy borrowing and high appetite for risky investments.
05 November 2014
New pipelines to be delivered to Kashagan early 2015
According to the Energy Minister, of today the project subcontractors have purchased around 45 kilometers of pipelines.
05 November 2014
Murray toughest opponent for Golovkin: Loeffler
WBA, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will face WBC Silver titleholder Martin Murray from the UK on February 21, 2015.
05 November 2014
Promising Kazakh startups to be presented in Singapore
Five Kazakh startups have been chosen to participate in an ICT startup accelerator program in Singapore.
05 November 2014
Progress seen in Kazakhstan-EU extradition settlements: Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan
First Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel has declared that Kazakhstan was moving forward in the realm of extradition to and from Europe.
05 November 2014
Zeffirelli to present Aida in Astana Opera on November 19-22
Franco Zeffirelli will direct Aida opera in the Astana Opera.
05 November 2014
Kazakhstan introduces arrest for misdemeanors with no detention homes in place
Kazakhstan has changed its legislature to huminize the justice system by differentiating between crimincal misdemeanor and criminal offence. The first is supposed to be punished by arrest but there are no detention homes in Kazakhstan. Even more, the courts will gain the right to order arrest for misdemeanors only starting January 1, 2017. That is, two years from now.
05 November 2014
Kazakhstan's Majilis ratifies Charter of Islamic Organization for Food Security
Majilis, the lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament, has ratified the Charter of Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), a subsidiary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (IOC).
04 November 2014
Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast to double agricultural production by 2020
Zhambyl Oblast in southern Kazakhstan plans a massive increase in its agricultural production, the Governor of the Oblast said.
04 November 2014
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