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Kazakhstan on the verge of dissolving Parliament
Kazakh MPs' proposal to dissolve the Majilis (Lower Chamber) and call for snap elections awaits approval of President Nazarbayev.
20 January 2016
Kazakhstan to beef up doping control ahead of Rio Olympics
The head of Kazakhstan's national anti-doping centre has pledged to crack down on drug cheats ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
18 January 2016
Kazakhstan condemns North Korea's nuclear test
Kazakhstan denounced North Korea’s test of hydrogen bomb and violation of UN Security Council’s nonproliferation resolutions.
06 January 2016
Inflation in Kazakhstan makes 13.6% in 2015
Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan released official inflation rate data: 13.6% in 2015 in Kazakhstan.
05 January 2016
Blizzard in Astana: flights and train delayed, Christmas trees and cars damaged
Warm weather and rains have given way to winds and blizzards in Astana.
29 December 2015
Nazarbayev advises Kazakh army to 'keep powder dry'
Wars are no longer the same they used to be. Now they are hybrids of economic, political, informational, internal and other wars, and the army has to adjust to the new specifics: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
29 December 2015
Iran ships uranium to Russia under nuclear deal
Iran sent a major shipment of low-enriched uranium materials to Russia to implement nuclear accord with world powers.
29 December 2015
Kazakhstan National Bank explains tenge depreciation and equilibrium rate
Kazakh National Bank Governor Akishev talks about mechanisms behind depreciation of the tenge and central bank’s role in shaping Kazakhstan
28 December 2015
Inflation in Kazakhstan nears 13%, central bank admits
Inflation in Kazakhstan reached 12.8% in the end of November. National Bank's Akishev names tenge depreciation the main driver.
28 December 2015
Kazakhstan should enhance protection of nuclear facilities from ISIS: expert
According to Senior Research Fellow at the Kazakhstani Institute of Strategic Studies Dauren Aben, Kazakhstan needs to increase security at its nuclear facilities to safeguard them from the ISIS.
25 December 2015
Kazakhstan to introduce visa free entry for developed countries
Kazakhstan plans to simplify visa procedures for 34 OECD countries, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore and Monaco.
25 December 2015
American billionaire Jim Rogers considers investing in Kazakhstan
American billionaire Jim Rogers is thinking about investing in Kazakhstan, a country he visited in October.
27 November 2015
Use of GMOs debated in Kazakh Senate
Senator Ahan Bizhanov has called Kazakhstan to forgo the use of genetically modified products.
27 November 2015
Kazakhstani peacekeeping corps expands training
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defense plans developing a new program for training of peacekeepers to expand its peacekeeping worky.
27 November 2015
This is a point of no return in Syrian crisis: Yerlan Karin about Russian warplane shot down by Turkey
According to Kazakhstan’s political scientist and Director of Kazakhstani Institute of Strategic Studies Yerlan Karin, Russian plane shot down by Turkey is a point of no return in the Syrian crisis.
25 November 2015
Kazakhstan's national companies face major restructuring
Kazakhstani national companies will soon be facing a major restructuring.
25 November 2015
Russia moves forward with common currency for EEU despite Kazakhstan's opposition
Russia is considering a common unit of account and currency for the EEU, while Kazakhstan is not eager to move forward with this project.
25 November 2015
Kazakhstani crew about Bekmambetov's new movie
Igor Tsay and his "Kun-Do" school of stage combat participated in shooting of Timur Bekmambetov's new He is Dragon movie.
25 November 2015
Pegging or no pegging: tenge in new monetary policy
Experts believe, the financial sector of Kazakhstan has not reached a complete freedom from pegging to the US dollar.
24 November 2015
Spectre dubbed in Kazakh in one week
Spectre, the 23th James Bond film has been translated and dubbed into the Kazakh language in a week's time.
24 November 2015