News about Kazakhstan
Ethnic Kazakh passes blind auditions at Voice of China
35-yo ethnic Kazakh Berik Iklas from Karamai town in XUAR in China has amazed the juries of the Voice of China singing contest.
20 August 2015
'Shooting corrupt officials' in Kazakhstan proves controversial
A humoristic anti-corruption campaign in Kazakhstan's Kostanai turns sour?
20 August 2015
Cotto-Alvarez winner mandated to face Kazakhstan's Golovkin by WBC
Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler said that the winner of the Alvarez-Cotto fight would face undefeated Triple G of Kazakhstan.
20 August 2015
Astana Pro Team cycler Taaramae wins Arctic Race Norway
Astana Pro Team cycler Rein Taaramae won the Arctic Race Norway.
20 August 2015
Kazakhstan listed in Top 10 World's Riskiest Sovereign Debt?
Kazakhstan has been put on the map of the world's riskiest sovereign debt by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Really?
20 August 2015
Kazakhstan’s PM Karim Massimov on further economic prospects
The Government will be rendering support to socially vulnerable groups of population. In the long run (…) it’s impossible to support all troubled industries out of taxpayers’ money: Karim Massimov.
20 August 2015
Almaty among Top 100 liveable cities: Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) rated 140 cities by livability. Kazakhstan's Almaty got the 100th place.
20 August 2015
Kazakh currency falls 23 percent after switch to free-float
Energy-rich Kazakhstan announced it was abandoning its currency band for a free-floating exchange rate, in a move that triggered a 23-percent fall in the value of the tenge against the US dollar.
20 August 2015
PM Massimov on how Kazakhstan avoided default
From August 20 the National Bank and the Government have decided to implement a new monetary policy based on inflation targeting and to renounce the earlier practiced currency corridor.
20 August 2015
Kazakhstan central bank on why fixed currency exchange rate had to be renounced
Inflation targeting is another type of monetary policy that rests on the inflation rate in the mid run, rather than on the currency exchange rate: Kairat Kelimbetov.
20 August 2015
Kazakhstan opts for floating exchange rate for its currency
The National Bank will not be directly defining the exchange rate, but will retain the right to rely on currency interventions if the financial system faces threats of destabilization.
20 August 2015
Causes of tenge-dollar exchange rate spike unclear
People in Kazakhstan wonder about the meaning of August 19 spike in tenge-dollar exchange rate, while the National Bank keeps silent.
20 August 2015
Newly appointed Chairman Yessimov lays off top management of Astana EXPO-2017
Akhmetzhan Yessimov, the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company, has started restructuring the company.
19 August 2015
From US beauty pageant to promotion of cultural diversity on TV: Kazakhstani native Zhanna Stinson
Kazakhstani born Zhanna Stinson celebrates cultural diversity in her TV Program “On the Planet of Culture with Shanna May”.
19 August 2015
New devaluation in Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstani banks raise dollar-tenge exchange rate. People fear another devaluation of the currency. The Kazakh National Bank is silent.
19 August 2015
Iran's excess uranium may be stored in Kazakhstan
Excess stockpiles of enriched uranium of Iran may be stored at the international nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan.
17 August 2015
Khan Qoryk Festival to open in Ulytau in celebration of 550 anniversary of Kazakh Khaganate
First youth festival Khan Qoryk dedicated to the 550th anniversary of Kazakh Khaganate opens in Kazakhstan.
17 August 2015
Horrible road accident in Almaty, water carrier crushes pedestrians
In a fatal road traffic accident in Kazakhstan's Almaty, a water carrier truck killed 2 and injured 7.
17 August 2015
Mayor of Almaty replaced with fresh face: analysis
Experts discuss the replacement of Akim of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov with a young career official Baurzhan Baibek.
17 August 2015
Kazakhstan-born model Alena Subbotina makes project about Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan-born model Alena Subbotina, who currently resides in New York, has been preparing a project about Kazakhstan.
14 August 2015
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