News about Kazakhstan

One more earthquake felt in Almaty Kazakhstan's Almaty has felt yet another earthquake this morning.
04 December 2014 14:20
Kazakh businessmen send generator to Kyrgyz hospital after doctors perform open heart surgery with no electricity Kazakh businessmen have raised money for a generator and sent the equipment to the Kyrgyz hospital, where doctors had to scandalously make a open heart surgery during an blackout.
04 December 2014 13:52
Kazakhstan ready to adopt Eurocodes in 2015 Kazakhstan is ready to adopt the European construction standards or Eurocodes starting 2015.
04 December 2014 13:39
Plastic surgery becomes popular among Kazakh men Today there are more and more Kazakhstani men resorting to plastic surgery.
04 December 2014 13:23
Kazakh 'smart' bus stops project catches attention of Silicon Valley Businessmen from the Silicon Valley have become interested in the project of 'smart' bus stops developed by Kazakhstanis.
04 December 2014 13:08
Ablyazov's company loses $1.5 billion arbitrage case against Kazakhstan The Ad hoc Committee of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has denied the appeal of Netherlands-based company KT Asia Investment Group BV that demanded $1.5 billion in compensation from Kazakhstan for allegedly nationalising the company's minority share in BTA Bank.
04 December 2014 12:15
First Vice Energy Minister refutes anticipated substantial petrol prices hikes Earlier a Senator said that Western oil majors operating in Kazakhstan were willing to supply crude to be processed for domestic consumption at global prices.
03 December 2014 21:45
Victory for Kazakhstani MMA fighters at Battle of Nomads-2 The WMMAA Pro Asia Division Battle of Nomads-2 has been victorious for Kazahstani MMA fighters. On November 30, the International MMA Tournament kicked off in Almaty.
03 December 2014 19:48
Kazakh singer Saltanat Akhmetova wins Big Opera in Russia Kazakhstani opera singer Saltanat Akhmetova has become the winner of the Big Opera television competition for young artists.
03 December 2014 19:40
14 y.o. Kazakh ice skater Tursynbayeva wins German NRW Trophy 2014 Kazakhstani figure skater Elisabeth Tursynbayeva, 14, has won the NRW Trophy 2014 in Dortmund, Germany.
03 December 2014 18:48
Russian official says dollar, euro could be banned in Eurasian Union; Kazakh National Chamber of Entrepreneurs responds Kazakh officials have responded to the remakrs of the chairman of the board of directors of Russia’s National Payment Council, who said that the EEU could see a ban on interstate transactions in dollars and euros.
03 December 2014 18:34
Kazakhstan's 2014 oil production figure expected to be lower than 2013 figure: Energy Vice-Minister Back in 2013 Kazakhstan produced 81.731 million tons of oil, including condensed gas, 3.2% up against 2012.
03 December 2014 18:00
Yerzhanov's The Owners wins Grand Prix at International Film Festival in Lebanon Yerzhanov's The Owners has won the Grand Prix at Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon.
03 December 2014 17:01
Kazakhstan startup seeks investor support in London A robotics educational startup founded by Kazakhstanis in London aims to attract investment for production of children's robo-sets.
03 December 2014 16:48
Railway link from Kazakhstan to Iran across Turkmenistan to be inaugurated today The agreement on construction of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway link was signed by the three leaders back in 2007, the actual construction works commenced in 2009.
03 December 2014 09:37
Kazakhstan’s President meets his Turkmenistan counterpart Owing to the railway link towards the Persian Gulf, the trade turnover this year has grown by 38%. It is an unprecedented growth: President Nazarbayev.
02 December 2014 17:53
Kazakhstan-based Halyk Bank closes deal to purchase HSBC Kazakhstan The newly purchased entity has been renamed to Altyn Bank and is to be a separate legal entity as planned.
02 December 2014 14:28
Kazakhstan to meet domestic demand for cement shortly According to Vice Minister for Investments and Development, Kazakhstan has a vast cement production potential, however in the current year the country has imported over 1 million tons of cement.
02 December 2014 14:05
Denis Ten wins bronze at 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard in France Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten has taken the third place at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard, the fifth event of the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
02 December 2014 13:36
Kazakhstan National Bank’s gold and FX reserves figure announced Gold and FX reserves of the National Bank have grown by 15.8% since the start of the year.
02 December 2014 13:08
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