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Movie The Dash by Kanagat Mustafin won third place in Lipetsk film festival
Atlant sport films festival was held in Lipetsk, Russia, on September 27-30.
04 October 2011
Korean and Kazakhstan doctors exchanged experience in Almaty
International experience exchange medical conference attended by Korean and Kazakhstan delegations completed in Almaty.
04 October 2011
Avalanches threaten Almaty because of trees fallen by storms
The risk of avalanches escalated in winter at Shymbulak skiing resort and in Medeu gorge because of the trees fallen by the storms in spring.
04 October 2011
Kazakhstan was late to start modernizing its oil refineries: Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev
According to him, timely expansion of the capacities could neutralize price fluctuations and fuel shortages in the domestic market.
04 October 2011
Kazakhstan to develop nuclear industry: PM Karim Massimov
October 4-5 Astana is hosting KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum, an influential dialogue platform uniting the entire energy industry and bringing together oil and gas companies.
04 October 2011
Almaty apple trees planted in Rennes
Almaty Culture Days kicked off in Rennes September 23.
04 October 2011
Kazakh-Russian project to construct the Baiterek space launch complex 1.5 years behind the schedule
Initially the Baiterek (“poplar tree”) space launch complex was supposed to be constructed at Baikonur in 2013, following the testings of Angara booster rocket.
04 October 2011
Kazakhstan ready for a new wave of financial crisis
However, should the crisis be lingering, we will have to review approaches to the budgeting process: Samruk – Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Vice Chairman of the Board.
04 October 2011
Foreign Minister Erzhan Kazykhanov to pay a working visit to Tehran October 8-9
According to the Foreign Ministry, “the forthcoming visit may facilitate further development of bilateral political dialogue, expansion of trade and economic and humanitarian cooperation”.
03 October 2011
MyPaykz, a new mobile payments service, is launched in Kazakhstan
According to its developers, the most obvious advantage of MyPaykz is that its users can be holders of bank cards issued by any bank.
03 October 2011
Kazakhstan customs personnel and border guards are to learn English and good manners
Hospitality in airports is very important for communication with investors: Vice-PM.
03 October 2011
Almaty needs $1 billion to host Universiade-2017
Kazakhstan will spend $950 million on the World Winter Universiade-2017, should Almaty be selected over Trentino.
03 October 2011
Baiterek is getting a competitor in Astana
A building of a famous Kazakhstan architect Saken Narynov might be included into the list of sights of Astana.
03 October 2011
Duty-free cost of goods raised to 10 thousand Euro in CU
Customs Union Commission (CUC) approved increasing the costs of duty-free goods to 10 thousand Euro for passengers of international flights.
03 October 2011
125 websites blocked in Kazakhstan
Access to 125 websites has been blocked in Kazakhstan because of propaganda of extremism.
03 October 2011
Fin Air to launch Helsinki-Almaty flight
Kazakhstan Transport Minister Berik Kamaliyev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to Kazakhstan Mikko Kinnunen.
03 October 2011
Prices for housing in Kazakhstan grew by 20-25% in the H1 2011
Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund has come with a program to support construction of affordable housing.
03 October 2011
Kazakhstan may offer special tax regime for foreign investors injecting $500 million
Investors are to be exempted from corporate income tax, land and property tax: Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev.
03 October 2011
PHOTO: American Tucson gifted an apple-cactus to Almaty
Residents of Tucson, AZ, gifted to Almaty a sculpture that represents close relationships between the two sister cities.
03 October 2011
Vinokourov had no outstanding physique as a child: his coach
Kazakhstan cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov has marked his thirty eight birthday on September, 16.
03 October 2011