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Kazakhstan intending to boost trade turnover with Bahrain
It’s the first official visit of Sheikh Ḥamad ibn ʿIsā Āl Khalīfah to Kazakhstan.
14 April 2014
President Nazarbayev suggests decreasing headcount of public bodies inspecting small businesses
According to him, there is a moratorium on inspecting small businesses and the officers have no job to do.
12 April 2014
Kazakhstan’s President on tax amnesty before introducing reporting expenses
This measure will help us bring a big share of business out of shadow, bringing us closer to the transparency level reached in developed economies: President Nazarbayev.
12 April 2014
President Nazarbayev instructs to develop strategy to invest assets of Single Pension Fund
President also stressed that the National Bank should develop extra incentives to reduce dollarization of the banking sector.
11 April 2014
Government should teach Kazakhstan’s citizens to pay off loans: President Nazarbayev
President is confident that excessive support to businesses on the part of the Government hampers businesses from developing.
11 April 2014
Solis elected as Costa Rica's new president: official
Political centrist Luis Guillermo Solis was elected president of Costa Rica in a runoff vote Sunday, becoming the first third-party candidate to win in decades.
07 April 2014
Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House
The controversy over a "selfie" photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday.
07 April 2014
Malta gets new female president
Malta's Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was on Friday sworn in as the island state's ninth president after being named by the prime minister and approved by parliament.
05 April 2014
Two female Western journalists shot in Afghanistan, one dead: police
A female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, on the eve of the country's presidential election, police said.
04 April 2014
Nazarbayev meets with new Presidential Administration
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with ranking officials of the Presidential Administration.
03 April 2014
President Nazarbayev comments on new Defense Minister
I believe he is the most appropriate candidate to fill in the position. We have deliberately chosen a civilian for the position: President Nazarbayev.
03 April 2014
President Nazarbayev on languages in Kazakhstan
Measures should be taken to calm down the excessively ardent public servants discriminating against candidates seeking public service on the basis of the language the latter speak: President Nazarbayev.
02 April 2014
President Nazarbayev on stability and unity of the nation
The new leadership of Ukraine is threatening to deprive part of its people of the Ukrainian citizenship and prohibit them from speaking their mother tongue (…) it is unthinkable here in Kazakhstan: President Nazarbayev.
02 April 2014
Kirchner to be godmother of lesbian couple's daughter
Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has agreed to be godmother to the baby daughter of a lesbian couple, one of the mothers told AFP.
02 April 2014
'Letters to father' deepen Uzbek first daughter mystery
The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan's once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state.
02 April 2014
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry puzzled over Ukraine’s diplomatic note sent to Kazakhstan
Obviously, sending the diplomatic note was driven by overt emotions, rather than common sense: Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister.
28 March 2014
Egypt's Sisi announces run for presidency
Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled its elected leader.
27 March 2014
Kazakhstan’s President meets his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev
As compared to 2011, the annual trade turnover has grown by 41%, exceeding $1 billion: Nazarbayev.
26 March 2014
Kazakhstan’s President comments on the situation in Ukraine
In the recent years the country’s leadership has been hesitating trying to choose between closer ties with the EU and ties with Russia, between participating in the CIS and staying away from the integration: Nazarbayev.
26 March 2014
Nazarbayev calls to form strong economic ties with Netherlands
Nursultan Nazarbayev has participated in the meeting with members of the Kazakh-Dutch Friends of Kazakhstan in the Netherlands club.
25 March 2014