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Kazakhstan opts for floating exchange rate for its currency
The National Bank will not be directly defining the exchange rate, but will retain the right to rely on currency interventions if the financial system faces threats of destabilization.
20 August 2015
Causes of tenge-dollar exchange rate spike unclear
People in Kazakhstan wonder about the meaning of August 19 spike in tenge-dollar exchange rate, while the National Bank keeps silent.
20 August 2015
Newly appointed Chairman Yessimov lays off top management of Astana EXPO-2017
Akhmetzhan Yessimov, the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company, has started restructuring the company.
19 August 2015
From US beauty pageant to promotion of cultural diversity on TV: Kazakhstani native Zhanna Stinson
Kazakhstani born Zhanna Stinson celebrates cultural diversity in her TV Program “On the Planet of Culture with Shanna May”.
19 August 2015
New devaluation in Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstani banks raise dollar-tenge exchange rate. People fear another devaluation of the currency. The Kazakh National Bank is silent.
19 August 2015
Iran's excess uranium may be stored in Kazakhstan
Excess stockpiles of enriched uranium of Iran may be stored at the international nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan.
17 August 2015
Khan Qoryk Festival to open in Ulytau in celebration of 550 anniversary of Kazakh Khaganate
First youth festival Khan Qoryk dedicated to the 550th anniversary of Kazakh Khaganate opens in Kazakhstan.
17 August 2015
Horrible road accident in Almaty, water carrier crushes pedestrians
In a fatal road traffic accident in Kazakhstan's Almaty, a water carrier truck killed 2 and injured 7.
17 August 2015
Mayor of Almaty replaced with fresh face: analysis
Experts discuss the replacement of Akim of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov with a young career official Baurzhan Baibek.
17 August 2015
Kazakhstan-born model Alena Subbotina makes project about Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan-born model Alena Subbotina, who currently resides in New York, has been preparing a project about Kazakhstan.
14 August 2015
Paulina Vega tells about her trip to Kazakhstan in June
Miss Universe-2014 Paulina Vega from Columbia has devoted a video in her blog to Kazakhstan.
14 August 2015
Why we need to dispel myths about suicide in Kazakhstan?
Teenage suicide remains a pressing problem in Kazakhstan that is not addressed with due seriousness.
14 August 2015
Nazarbayev and Poroshenko discuss cooperation
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
14 August 2015
New Chairman of Nurbank appointed
Chairman of the Management Board of Nurbank Kantar Orynbayev has voluntarily resigned, Deputy Chairman Saken Akhmetov replaced him.
14 August 2015
ArcelorMittal Temirtau and local labor authorites locked in battle over wages cuts
Kazakhstan Labor Inspection has prohibited ArcelorMittal Temirtau to cut wages and the company plans to file a protest.
14 August 2015
Mother from Almaty gives birth to fantastic four
A mother from Almaty has given birth to quadruplets.
14 August 2015
Three days for Constitution Day in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstanis will be resting for three days on the Constitution Day this year.
14 August 2015
Advantages and disadvantages of Kyrgyzstan's accession into EEU
Kazakhstani political analysts discuss advantages and disadvantages of Kyrgyzstan's accession into the Eurasian Economic Union.
14 August 2015
IS will start recruiting members from Central Asia, Caucasus and Indonesia: experts from Egypt
According to the report of the Ministry of Islamic Endowments (Awqaf) of Egypt, the Islamic State group will start recruiting new members from Central Asia, where Kazakhstan is located, Caucasus region and Indonesia.
14 August 2015
Kazakh-Kyrgyz boarders opened with Kyrgyzstan's accession to EEU
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan, have opened the customs border between the two countries.
14 August 2015