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Sports events to be held at Asian Games sites this year
Different sports events will be held at the international sports sites, constructed for the Asian Winter Games-2011 in Kazakhstan.
06 August 2011
H1 2011 Kazakhstan inflation rate lower than CIS average
Inflation rate in Kazakhstan in the H1 2011 stood at 5.1%, lower than the CIS average (6.4%), the CIS Interstate Committee for Statistics reports.
06 August 2011
Net gold and currency reserves grow
Net gold and currency reserves of the Kazakhstan’s National Bank grew by 31.44% from January to July, making up $36.3 billion as of the end of July.
06 August 2011
Kazakhstan in the same group with Germany and Austria for the 2014 Football World Championship qualifications
Football federations of Kazakhstan, Germany, Swiss, Ireland, Austria and Faeroes will gather to discuss the qualification round.
06 August 2011
Michael Madsen substituted with Russian actor in Hunting the Phantom
Hollywood actor Michael Madsen out of Marina Kunariva’s project due to a research leave.
05 August 2011
Reshuffling expected in BTA top management
To improve performance of the bank its current CEO Anvar Saidenov will replace Arman Dunayev as the Chairman of the Board.
05 August 2011
Norwegian cyclists proposed to nominate Nazarbayev for Nobel Peace Prize
Norwegian "Bike for Peace" sent letters to the US Congress, Norwegian Storting (legislative assembly) and to Northern Ireland MP Mairead Corrigan.
05 August 2011
Togyz Kumalak tournament held in Germany
The tournament was organized by Jurij Nold, a formed citizen of Kazakhstan who now lives in Germany. Jurij Nold is the best Togyz Kumalak player in Europe.
05 August 2011
Alpinists of K2 expedition spent a night at 7100 m
Good weather on August 4 allowed the team to ascend 500 meters of Chogori.
05 August 2011
Kazakhstan to have Orthodox women clinics
The key difference of the Orthodox women clinics from regular once is impossibility to schedule an abortion unless the pregnancy poses a threat to the mother’s life.
05 August 2011
Kazakhstan Muay Thai team brought 7 gold medals from European Cup
Kazakh Muay Thai team won 7 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the European Muaythai Cup.
05 August 2011
Kazakhstan only second to Moldova in CIS in terms of H1 2011 freights transportation growth
H1 2011 growth of freights transportation in the entire CIS as compared to the like period of 2010 stands at 11.5%.
05 August 2011
Economy Minister Kairat Kelimbetov doesn’t see the Russian rouble in the capacity of the global reserve currency
If we talk of some reserve currency in our region, it should be a basket of the China’s renminbi, the Russia’s rouble and the Kazakh tenge: Kelimbetov.
05 August 2011
Current presence of China in Kazakhstan’s economy poses no threat: Economy Minister Kelimbetov
According to the Minister, the biggest trade partner of Kazakhstan at the present stage is the European Union, followed by Russia.
05 August 2011
Second Kazakh hockey club plans to join Kontinental Hockey League
In the next three years hockey club Almaty is going to create a team capable of competing in the Kontinental Hockey League.
04 August 2011
Nazarbayev met with Aksu Termal Power Plant workers
President of Kazakhstan thanked the plant’s employees for the successful launch of the second power generation unit of the plant.
04 August 2011
H1 2011 uranium production figures
Uranium production output in Kazakhstan in the H1 2011 made up 9 148 tons, 9% up against the like period of 2010.
04 August 2011
K2 expedition covered a record distance in one day
The team of alpinists ascended 1300 meters in 11 hours. Their trip from the first camp to the second was one of the most difficult and exhausting.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan allowed France military transit to Afghanistan
The coal of the agreement is to strengthen Kazakhstan’s role in the international effort to stabilize and restore Afghanistan.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan among countries with low possibility of terrorist attacks
The list of 20 most dangerous countries of the world in terms of the possibility of terrorist attacks is led by Somali.
04 August 2011