News about Kazakhstan
Alpinists of K2 expedition fell through a crack
The team managed to promptly get Maksut Zhumayev and Ralf Dujmovits from the crack in the ice. None of the climbers received any serious injuries.
03 August 2011 12:17
Kazakh language and culture course free of distractions of modern civilizations
Those signed up stay in yurts, folding dwellings of the nomad Kazakhs, practice national songs and dance and master national crafts making.
02 August 2011 21:25
Kazakhstan’s subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank expects annual net profit of $27.3 million
The estimated figure has been raised from $20.5 forecast made in May.
02 August 2011 20:33
School of Kazakh Brides to be launched in Kazakhstan
At the threshold of the 20th anniversary of the nation’s independence, abandoned traditions are being rediscovered by the Kazakh people.
02 August 2011 19:47
Norwegians will have a bike tour across Kazakhstan
The tour starts on August 6. A group of cyclists will ride along Semey-Almaty-Astana route.
02 August 2011 18:25
Astana Arlans to start WSB season with fight against Los Angeles Matadors
The fight has been scheduled for June 11 in the US. The Kazakh boxers are also expected to face Dinamo Moscow, Milano Thunder, Pohang Poseidons and Mumbai teams this season.
02 August 2011 18:02
President Nursultan Nazarbayev to take a train ride in the Almaty underground August 2
The first stretch is to be inaugurated in December before celebrating the 20 anniversary of the nation’s independence.
02 August 2011 16:32
Kazakhstan cyclist Andrey Kashechkin back in Astana team
He was part of the team in 2007, but was disqualified for doping for two years.
02 August 2011 16:19
Anti-extremist teams being created in local Interior Ministry’s departments
Head of Interior Ministry Department thinks that theology experts should be made part of anti-extremist teams.
02 August 2011 14:58
Mikhail Kukushkin is nine lines up in ATP ranking
Kazakhstan tennis professional Mikhail Kukushkin moved nine lines up in the Association of Tennis Professionals ranking and is now 60th.
02 August 2011 14:27
Basketball club Astana got a new 5 from US
The club has signed a 1-year contract with Eric Williams, 27.
02 August 2011 13:45
Kazakhstan’s banks see growing demand for consumer loans
According to the National Bank, 47% of the country’s banks saw intensified demand for mortgages.
02 August 2011 13:18
Kazakh Foreign Minister of visit Turkey
According to Foreign Ministry’s press-secretary Ilyas Omarov, the visit will take place on August 3.
02 August 2011 12:27
Shvedova won US Open doubles in Washington
Yaroslava Shvedova coupled with Sania Mirza won the finals of the Washington Open.
02 August 2011 11:07
Foreign Ministry finds it inadmissible for representatives of the European Parliament to intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign Kazakhstan
Nor do we find admissible any actions provoking political instability and public unrest: Foreign Ministry spokesman Ilyas Omarov.
02 August 2011 01:54
New initiatives of the Finance Ministry Tax Committee
Among other things, Tax Committee seeks to launch electronic auction platform to sell distrained property.
02 August 2011 01:16
Share of tourism in Kazakhstan’s GDP equal to that in Germany
In 2010 the figure in Kazakhstan grew to 1.8% from 0.02% in 2000.
02 August 2011 00:40
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have talks over shared national border
Kazakhstan hasn’t received any answer to the diplomatic note sent to Uzbekistan in which Kazakhstan asked for reasons why Kazakhstan’s tourists were detained in Uzbekistan for over a fortnight without due notification of the Kazakh side: Foreign Ministry spokesman.
01 August 2011 23:38
Criminal case against Kazakhstan’s tourists detained in Uzbekistan closed
The tourists were released without any red tape hurdles: Kazakhstan’s consul in Uzbekistan Babur Daurenbek.
01 August 2011 23:13
Four adult Kazakhstan tourists detained in Uzbekistan for half a month are back home
The Kazakh side reminded that in accordance with the Vienna convention in case of foreign citizens detained abroad, a respective notification should have been sent to the country of their origin.
01 August 2011 21:32