News about Kazakhstan

Astana cyclist arrested in France for speeding while drunk Valentin Iglinskiy speeding at over 200 km/h was arrested by Nice police. His blood test showed excess alcohol content.

28 July 2011

Kazakh blogger works to save fellow countrywomen from sexual slavery Aiken Adamdayev has already saved one girl who found herself a sexual slave in Turkey. He redeemed her from her “master” for $300.

28 July 2011

Expedition to K2 made fireworks International expedition to K2 also called Chogori made it to the Chinese base camp.

28 July 2011

Nurmukhambet Abdibekov appointed Akim of Aktobe Changes in management of Aktobe oblast after the oblast Akim resigned.

28 July 2011

12 Kazakhstan tourists kept in custody in Uzbekistan The tourists might have wandered off the trail and accidentally stepped on the Uzbek soil. The group comprises 9 teens and 3 adults. One of the tourists is diabetic.

28 July 2011

Level of unemployment standing at 5.4% in Q2: Labor Ministry The number of economically active people exceeded 8.6 million in the Q2 2011.

28 July 2011

Kazakhstan banks’ assets total $87 billion as of July 1 Banks’ loan portfolio totaled $64 billion.

28 July 2011

Number of Internet users in Kazakhstan exceeds 5 million Over 58 000 domain names have been registered in the Kazakhstan’s segment of the worldwide web.

28 July 2011

KazMunaiGas EP annual oil production output may fall 6% due to industrial action According to the Company, production output is currently 366 000 tons of oil behind the schedule.

28 July 2011

Kazakhstan sets retail price ceiling for fuel for August July 26 the Ministry had announced a minor price hike as compared to the price level set for July.

28 July 2011

KazKosmos willing to send a Kazakh cosmonaut to the International Space Station According to Talgat Mussabayev, KazKosmos Head, the plan is hampered by the current lack of places aboard Soyuz spaceships.

28 July 2011

Astana cyclist cycled at Tour de France with broken wrist Czech cyclist from Kazakhstan team Astana Roman Kreuziger cycled most of Tour de France with a broken wrist.

27 July 2011

Almaty residents to cycle to eco-ethno festival Second annual eco-ethno festival FourE will be held in Kaskelen gorge (Almaty) on August 5-7.

27 July 2011

Tajikistan president to come to Astana for CSTO summit Emomali Rakhmon will come to Astana to participate in the informal summit of heads of the CSTO member-countries on August 12.

27 July 2011

Kazakhstan residents will be trained to use e-government Kazakhstan Ministry of Communications and Information is launching a program to train Kazakhstan residents to use e-government.

27 July 2011

Nazarbayev and Medvedev to discuss joint response to emergencies in Astrakhan These are traditional meetings on the issues of near-border cooperation: Vladimir Bozhko.

27 July 2011

Karachaganak to settle issues with Kazakh authorities by the end of 2011 I believe that discussions will come to a constructive conclusion and I expect that this will be this year, possibly, by the end of this year: KPO head.

27 July 2011

Karim Massimov held a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Nazarbayev University The meeting covered issues of financial and economic activities of the university, as well as its conversion into an independent organization.

27 July 2011

Yertysbayev told about Nazarbayev's reaction to "the hype around President’s successor" I made no statements. I am not in a position to make statements. I was just giving an interview: Yertysbayev.

27 July 2011

Inflation since the start of the year reaches 5.1%: Minister for Economic Development and Trade According to him, prices for foodstuffs in June were 8% up against December 2010.

27 July 2011

News