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New Chairman of Kazakhstan's Communication, IT Penetration and Information Committee appointed
The new Chairman of the Committee for Communication, IT Penetration and Information has been appointed in Kazakhstan.
15 July 2015
Controversy around future hazardous waste recycling plant in Pavlodar
Construction of a hazardous waste recycling plant is planned in Pavlodar.
25 June 2015
Vice Minister of Healthcare and Social Development appointed
Birzhan Nurymbetov has been appointed Vice Minister of Healthcare and Social Development of Kazakhstan staring from June 1, 2015
02 June 2015
Kazakhstan MPs speak about Kazakhstan's Government
Members of the lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament - the Majilis - shared their opinion about the work of the Kazakh Government.
25 May 2015
Askar Zhumagaliev appointed Chairman of KazAtomProm
Askar Zhumagaliev has been appointed the Chairman of the Board of KazAtomProm national nuclear company of Kazakhstan.
08 May 2015
Nigmatulin appointed head of presidential administration
Nurlan Nigmatulin has been appointed chief of the presidential administration of Kazakhstan.
06 May 2015
Kazakh government continues work in same composition
Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a decree leaving the Cabinet of Ministers in the same composition as before the election.
04 May 2015
Mobile phone calls to become cheaper in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Investments and Development plans to continue lowering the mobile phone tariffs in Kazakhstan.
29 April 2015
Producers of milk and butter mislead consumers: Kazakhstan's Agriculture Minister
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov has talked about dairy products, particularly milk and butter, at the Food Security Conference held in Astana on March 13.
09 April 2015
Kazakhstan budget may lose $5 bln in revenues
The budget revenues of Kazakhstan may be $5 bln short of target if the oil prices stay at $50 per barrel in 2015.
06 March 2015
Doctors in Kazakhstan may be forbidden to write on paper
Minister of Health and Social Development of Kazakhstan Tamara Duisenova said that doctors in Kazakhstan would not be allowed to fill out papers while treating patients.
06 March 2015
Greek finance minister says eyeing new debt deal by 'end May'
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he wanted to reach a new agreement with international creditors on his country's debt burden "by the end of May".
02 February 2015
Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister refutes sales of oil refinery by his son
To my best knowledge, he hasn’t been buying or selling anything in the last three years”, the Minister told journalists on the sidelines of the sitting in the country’s Majilis (lower chamber).
26 January 2015
Russia's cheap gas may shut down Kazakhstani oil refineries: Minister of Energy
Cheap gas from Russia can put a stop to the work of Kazakhstan’s oil refineries.
26 January 2015
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to construct underwater segment of TASIM
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have reached an agreement to construct the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) underwater segment.
20 January 2015
Prominent Irish politician becomes first openly gay minister
One of Ireland's most prominent politicians announced he is gay, becoming the first openly homosexual cabinet minister in Irish history.
19 January 2015
Ministers end Ukraine talks without summit date
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France ended a meeting without being able to set a date for a hoped-for peace summit.
13 January 2015
Kazakh Vice-Minister of Finance sums up results of 2014, shares plans for 2015
Vice-Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov speaks about the year 2014 and shares plans for the upcoming year.
06 January 2015
New Vice Minister of Healthcare and Social Development appointed in Kazakhstan
Alexey Tsoy has been appointed the new Vice Minister of Healthcare and Social Development in Kazakhstan.
06 January 2015
Brazil leader names pro-market Levy as finance minister
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff named Joaquim Levy to be her new finance minister as her government looks to steer the economy out of recession.
28 November 2014