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Kazakhstani airline SCAT increases ticket prices by 20%
Following suit of the Kazakhstan national airline Air Astana, another Kazakh airline SCAT has announced a ticket price rise.
24 August 2015
Russia sends Kazakhstan five air defence missile systems for free
Kazakhstan’s Air Defence Forces have received five air defence missile systems from Russia.
24 August 2015
Canadian WestJet flight attendant acts out safety demonstration
Canadian WestJet flight attendant acts out safety demonstration
24 August 2015
Young singer from Kazakhstan wins people's choice award at Junior New Wave singing contest
9-year-old Daneliya Tuleshova has been awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Junior New Wave-2015 contest in Crimea, Russia.
24 August 2015
Armed attack on currency exchange office in Astana
An unknown man assaulted a currency exchange office in Astana on August 17. Police made an arrest the same day.
24 August 2015
Rakhim Oshakbayev appointed new Vice Minister of Investments and Development
Rakhim Oshakbayev has been appointed Vice Minister of Investments and Development of Kazakhstan.
24 August 2015
Nazarbayev explains reasons for switching to floating exchange rate
Nazarbayev has elaborated on the reasons behind Kazakhstan's decision to send its tenge floating.
24 August 2015
Nazarbayev urges exporters to sell dollars at home
After the devaluation of the Kazakh national currency tenge, Kazakhstan president asked exporters to sell dollars at the domestic market.
24 August 2015
Experts comment on Kazakhstan's decision to abandon control of tenge
Kazakh and foreign experts have commented on the recent decision of Kazakhstan to stop defending its tenge and send it floating.
24 August 2015
Air Astana raises airline ticket price
Kazakhstan’s national airline Air Astana has raised ticket prices on international flights after Kazakhstan floated the tenge.
24 August 2015
SCAT eyes 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100s
Kazakhstani SCAT is to contract 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100 (SSJ-100) aircraft.
21 August 2015
Making sense of Kazakhstan's decision to float tenge
Kazakhstan tenge plunged to its record low after the country floated it, renouncing the set corridor and adopting inflation targeting.
21 August 2015
Threat of default in Kazakhstan assessed by analysts
Kazakhstani experts comment on Bank of American Merrill Lynch placing the Central Asian country among ten countries most vulnerable to a sovereign default.
21 August 2015
Golovkin-Lemieux press conference
WBA Super, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and IBF champion David Lemieux have conducted a press conference in Montreal, Canada
21 August 2015
Nazarbayev instructs National Bank to compensate tenge deposits
President of Kazakhstan instructed the National Bank to initiate a mechanism of compensation for private fixed-term deposits in tenge.
21 August 2015
Russia’s LUKOIL sells 50% in Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. to China’s Sinoptec
Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. is developing five oil field in Kazakhstan, notably Alibekmola, Kozhassai in Aktyubinsk oblast, Karakuduk, Severny Buzachi and Arman in Mangistau oblast.
21 August 2015
Analysts on fair market exchange rate of USD to tenge
August 20 the country’s Central Bank renounced its policy of the set currency band, letting the national currency float freely.
21 August 2015
Month of food, music, and treasure hunting in Almaty
To celebrate the Day of Almaty, locals and guests of the city are invited to 50 events, from musical performances to quests.
20 August 2015
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