Onischenko advised Kazakhstan to ban Georgian wines
Gennadiy Onischenko said that Kazakhstan and Belarus should ban sales of Georgian wines and mineral water.
Q1 2011 inflation rate in Kazakhstan lowest in the CIS
According to the Committee, the average inflation rate across the CIS stood at 9.5%, with the Kazakhstan’s rate standing at 8.5%.
Kazakhstan resident seized in Omsk for smuggling camels
Omsk road police seized a truck with five donkeys and two camels.
KazSat-2 launch put off till July 10
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has not sorted out some minor faults so far: Viktor Lefter, Head of the Kazakhstan’s Center for Space Communications.
Russian diplomat run a 4-year-old girl over with a car in Almaty
An employee of the Consulate General of Russia run a 4-year-old girl over with an electric car in Almaty.
Proved Caspian reserves made 2.95 billion tons of oil
Proved hydrocarbon reserves of the Caspian Sea shelf make 3.1 trillion cubic meters of gas and 2.95 billion tons of oil.
Kazakhstan’s PM Massimov meets Sberbank CEO German Gref
Kazakhstan-based subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank has entered the top ten banks in Kazakhstan in terms of assets recently.
Number of Russian enterprises in Kazakhstan on the rise
The number of enterprises with Russian capital has grown nearly 10% in Kazakhstan for the last year: Finance Ministry Tax Committee.
25 percent raise of fuel prices expected in Kazakhstan
Prices of oil products may increase 25 percent. Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev held a meeting dedicated to this issue.
Kazakhstan writer Serebryanskiy won the Russian Prize
Yuriy Serebryanskiy won in the The Russian Prize literary contest under Short Prose category.
80 percent of books are imported to Kazakhstan from Russia
Kazakhstan National Book Chamber said 40% of the books in Kazakhstan are sold in Almaty. Kazakh book market is estimated at $60 million.
Kazakhstan is spam-leader in Central Asia
Kazakhstan is still the leader among Central Asian countries by the amount of generated spam, according to Kaspersky Laboratory's March report.
Kazakhstan GDP grew 6.5% in Q1 2011
Ministry of Economic Development announced the Q1 2011 economic results. Customs Union yielded noticeable results.
Mussabayev talked about Russia's benefits from Baikonur
Talgat Mussabayev from Kazakh National Space Agency spoke about Russia's profit from Baikonur. Kazakhstan needs ways to continue the cosmodromes operations in case Russia moves away to its own space centers.
UNICEF provided poliomyelitis vaccine to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan completed immunization of children against poliomyelitis. It was done because of the outbreak in Tajikistan and Russia in 2010.
Kazakhstan ahead of Russia by IT development
Kazakhstan was ranked 67th in the Networked Readiness Index-2010-2011 list.