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Kazakhstan announces visa-free entry for investors from 10 nations

President Nazarbayev emphasized that “removal of visa barriers is of great importance to expand business contacts and international operations”.

12 June 2014

Kazakhstan is the best gate to enter Eurasian Economic Union markets: President Nazarbayev

According to him, “the economies of the member states [Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus] stand at $2.3 trillion. The combined market of 170 million people (…) is offering conditions for free movement of goods, workforce, services, and capital”.

12 June 2014

Kazakhstan divides its cities into 3 categories

Kazakhstan's cities will be divided into three categories for development purposes.

12 June 2014

Israel elects hawk Rivlin as 10th president

Israel's parliament on Tuesday elected Reuven Rivlin, a far-right member of the ruling Likud party, to be the nation's 10th president when Shimon Peres steps down next month.

11 June 2014

Nazarbayev meets President of Azerbaijan in Turkey

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Bodrum, Turkey.

10 June 2014

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