News about Kazakhstan

KazMunaiGas to boost financing of innovation projects 100 times by 2015 Currently we spend about $0.68 million on R&D. We plan to increase the figure almost 100 times by 2015: Company’s Head Kairgeldy Kabyldin.
16 June 2011 14:03
Medvedev called to create a special SCO account Dmitry Medvedev suggested to create a special SCO account to support major projects of the Organization.
16 June 2011 12:25
Nazarbayev suggested "five good deeds of the SCO" Closing the SCO summit, Nazarbayev made five suggestions to SCO member-states.
16 June 2011 11:51
National Bank to make suggestions on deposit insurance scheme for individuals Kazakhstan had reinforced its deposit insurance scheme by increasing the individual retail deposit amount guaranteed by the state to KZT 5 million ($34.2 thousand) from KZT 700 thousand ($4.7 thousand) late 2008.
16 June 2011 02:08
Launching a second Islamic Bank is not yet certain: Development Bank of Kazakhstan In March 2011 the then Chairman of the Board at DBK Gali Isskaliyev had said that the DBK would have a final decision on a second Islamic bank in Kazakhstan not earlier than in May 2011.
16 June 2011 01:40
Kazakhstan to complete negotiations on WTO accession before the end of 2012 Given the Customs Union, however, we are trying to harmonize accession when it comes to customs policy: Kazakhstan’s Minister for Economic Integration Ms. Zhanar Aitzhanova.
16 June 2011 00:34
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has a trilateral meeting with Presidents of Russia and Iran President Nursultan Nazarbayev met Dmitry Medvedev and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following the sitting of the Council of Heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) June 15.
15 June 2011 20:28
Kazakhstan suggested to make Almaty a regional UN center Implementation of Kazakhstan's plans to make Almaty a subregional hub of multilateral diplomacy is a good basis for further interaction: Kazakh Foreign Minister.
15 June 2011 18:36
Massimov met with UN Deputy Secretary-General Kazakhstan Prime-Minister met with UN Deputy Secretary-General Yuriy Fedotov on June 14.
15 June 2011 18:23
Kazakhstan supported Ban Ki Moon's nomination for UN Secretary General Astana supported UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon for his new term.
15 June 2011 18:12
SCO summit completed with signing Astana Declaration Anniversary SCO summit completed with signing of Astana Declaration on June 15, 2011. SCO chairmanship is now officially transferred to China.
15 June 2011 16:20
Medvedev spoke highly of Kazakhstan's chairmanship in SCO Russia's President arrived to Astana for the SCO summit and held talks with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
15 June 2011 15:35
Yertysbayev does not understand the Senate's decision to reject draft law on Afghanistan Yertysbayev thinks that the Senate's decision to dismiss the draft resolution to send troops to Afghanistan does not contradict general directions of Kazakhstan's current policy.
15 June 2011 15:06
Massimov found out the truth about Medvedev's Twitter Met Dmitry Medvedev. Found out that he tweets himself: Karim Massimov.
15 June 2011 13:53
Glencore denies intentions to buy ENRC Glencore denied the information about its intention to buy Kazakhstan metallurgical company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC).
15 June 2011 13:35
Kazakhstan's "Green Belts" are contribution to world ecological security: Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev commented on the green belts of forests around Astana and their global impact.
15 June 2011 12:51
Kazakhstan Senate elections set for August 19 Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Kazakhstan Parliamentary elections for August 19.
15 June 2011 11:48
Google is back in Kazakhstan Google resumed the work of its search engine in Kazakhstan's domain zone.
15 June 2011 11:20
India to discuss energy transit from Central Asia at SCO summit India to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, countering terrorism and transit of freighters and energy carriers between Central Asia and India at the coming SCO summit.
15 June 2011 10:12
6-7 magnitude earthquakes expected in Central Asia Central Asian countries are considered to be a high seismic risk zone and 6-7 magnitude quakes are possible in the area in the coming years.
14 June 2011 18:45
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