News about Kazakhstan

Massimov has 10 thousand followers in Twitter Over 10 thousand users are following the Twitter of Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov.

12 August 2011

30m fountain of hot water damaged 4 cars in Almaty Water pipeline accident happened in Almaty. According to witnesses, hot water blew out of the ground. The fountain reached 30 meters.

12 August 2011

Uzbekistan President will not come to Astana for CSTO summit President of Uzbekistan will not come for the informal summit of heads of the CSTO member-states that will start today, August 12, in Astana.

12 August 2011

Austrian president supported international expedition to K2 over the phone International expedition to Chogori is having a rest in the base camp and deciding on the timing of their final ascent to the peak.

12 August 2011

Lukashenko arrived in Astana for informal summit President of Belarus arrived in Astana to take part in the informal summit of heads of the CSTO member-states.

12 August 2011

Pavel Chukhrai making a movie about first hydrogen bomb test in Kazakhstan Russian filmmaker Pavel Chukhrai started shooting a new movie, a love story that happened in the USSR during tests of the first hydrogen bomb.

11 August 2011

New kindergarten in Almaty ready to welcome 120 children New kindergarten No.171 opened in Kokzhiyek region in Almaty.

11 August 2011

2.5 thousand military men to take part in the military parade on Constitution Day Over 2.5 thousand military men will take part in the military parade on the Constitution Day in Kazakhstan on August 30.

11 August 2011

Kazakhstan CEC accredited 60 international observers for Senate elections Kazakhstan CEC accredited 60 observers from international organization for elections of Senate deputies scheduled for August 19.

11 August 2011

Nazarbayev and Yanukovich discussed trade-economic cooperation of Astana and Kiev August 10 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian peer Viktor Yanukovich.

11 August 2011

South Korea considering swapping a stake in KEPCO for a stake in uranium mine in Kazakhstan According to the South Korea’s Trade Ministry, Seoul plans to exchange a 5% stake in KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co. for a 15% share in the unnamed mine.

11 August 2011

Kazakhstan bartender's champion cocktail Prizewinner of several international bartenders contests Alibek Dzhaibergenov shared a secret of his special cocktail.

11 August 2011

Remains of huge bird of Dinosaurs Age found in Kazakhstan Remains of a huge bird that lived on Earth in Cretaceous geologic period at Dinosaurs Age were found at the territory of Kazakhstan.

11 August 2011

PHOTO: Almaty teenagers tried on armored jackets and helmets “Teenager’s Day-2011” was held at Astana square in Almaty first Saturday of August.

11 August 2011

Government won’t be restricting prices for housing and growing mortgage rates Kazakhstan is a market economy, so any attempts on the part of the government to bridle growing prices for housing or mortgage rates are inadmissible: National Bank.

11 August 2011

PHOTO: Almaty office-manager and her raft-team won on Koksu river Annual water-tourism tournament called Koksu Master-Class-2011 was held on Koksu river in Almaty oblast on August 6 and 7.

11 August 2011

Petrol production 16% down Production figure for January-July made up 1.5 million tons.

11 August 2011

National Bank suspends licenses of three banks for some banking operations Senim bank, TAIB Kazakhstan, Credit Altyn and Al Hilal, first Islamic bank in Kazakhstan had their licenses suspended for three months.

11 August 2011

Chairman of the Agency for Public Service wages war against cronyism Recently appointed to head the Agency, Baimenov told he “hadn’t brought a new team”.

11 August 2011

Kazakhstan’s tourists detained in Uzbekistan for 2 weeks won’t face criminal charges in homeland...or will they? According to one of the tourists, they were told that “initiating a criminal case is still an open issue”.

11 August 2011

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