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Nazarbayev to meet South Korean President and Italian PM
Nursultan Nazarbayev will have meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi.
10 June 2014
S.Africa president Zuma discharged from hospital
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma left hospital late Sunday, the day after he was admitted for routine tests following a bout of exhaustion, this office said.
09 June 2014
Kazakhstan is not getting low-cost airlines any time soon: Ministry of Transport
Low-cost airlines are not likely to emerge in Kazakhstan until there is intense competition between airports of nearby cities.
07 June 2014
Obama to meet Poroshenko ahead of Putin encounter
President Barack Obama meets president-elect Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, in a show of US support for Ukraine's right to chart its own future, before an encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
04 June 2014
Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to Iran
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled monarchies in the Gulf.
02 June 2014
Leader of Georgia rebel region Abkhazia resigns
The leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, said on Sunday he was resigning following days of political upheaval on Russia's southern flank.
02 June 2014
Bolivia launches world's highest cable railway
Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated Friday the first segment of the world's highest cable railway line, carrying passengers from city to city at up to 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level.
31 May 2014
Ecuador sentences ex-president to 12 years in absentia
An Ecuadoran court on Thursday sentenced exiled ex-president Jamil Mahuad to 12 years in jail for corruption.
30 May 2014
New governor of Akmola Oblast appointed
Sergey Kulagin has been appointed the new Akim (Governor) of Akmola Oblast in northern Kazakhstan. He replaced Kosman Aitmukhametov.
30 May 2014
Eurasian Economic Union Agreement takes into account interests of all member states: President Nazarbayev
According to him, the launch of the Union will be a great incentive to develop and modernize our economies and to bring the member states up to leading positions in the world.
29 May 2014
Kazakhstan to greatly benefit from the Eurasian Economic Union: President Nazarbayev
According to him, our nation is a land-locked one; the member states will provide us with boss an access to seas and their respective transport infrastructure.
29 May 2014
Nazarbayev ratifies Joint Air Defense treaty with Russia
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty establishing a joint air defense system in Kazakhstan and Russia.
28 May 2014
New governor of North Kazakhstan Oblast appointed
Yerik Sultanov has been appointed the new Akim (Mayor) of North Kazakhstan Oblast.
28 May 2014
Kazakhstan is interested in broadening its ties with Albania: Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama.
27 May 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev meets Malaysian PM
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Tun Razak.
27 May 2014
New homes for Mexican village after landslide
Mexico's government presented on Monday 125 new homes to residents of a southwestern mountain village that was buried by a massive landslide that killed 71 people last year.
27 May 2014
Airport in east Ukraine's Donetsk shut after rebel raid
The main airport in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk shut down on Monday after being raided by dozens of armed separatists who vowed to keep up their resistance a day after presidential polls.
26 May 2014
Chocolate king claims victory in Ukraine presidential vote
Chocolate baron Petro Poroshenko claimed a resounding victory on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election and immediately vowed to end a bloody pro-Russian uprising that thwarted voting across swathes of the separatist east.
26 May 2014
Kazakhstan and Mexico to exchange Embassies
Kazakhstan and Mexico are going to exchange embassies in the coming two years.
24 May 2014
Kazakhstan should be ready for global economic slowdown: President Nazarbayev
We should be ready to face a substantial weakening of the global economy growth (…) the situation seems to be worsening, rather than getting better: President Nazarbayev.
23 May 2014