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Nursultan Nazarbayev to attend Caspian Summit in Russia
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will take part in the 4th Caspian Summit in Astrakhan, Russia on September 29.
25 September 2014
Caspian states agree on aquatic bioresources management
The Commission on Aquatic Bioresources of the Caspian Sea has approved the project on preservation and rational use of aquatic bioresources of the Caspian Sea, and sturgeons in particular.
01 September 2014
Nazarbayev to visit Turkmenistan this fall
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Turkmenistan in the Fall.
13 August 2014
Kazakhstan ratifies Caspian security agreement
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has endorsed a law on ratification of the agreement on security cooperation at the Caspian Sea.
07 July 2014
EU moves forward with Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline: Barroso
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso declared that EU will resume the development of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCP).
16 June 2014
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to increase freight volumes
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will increase freight volumes after discussions have taken place between the sides in the Turkish city of Bodrum.
10 June 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev arrives in Turkey
Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived in Bodrum, Turkey to participate in the IV Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States.
03 June 2014
Central Asia step closer to nuclear weapons free zone
Five nuclear powers signed a new Protocol to the existing Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty in New York on Tuesday.
08 May 2014
Caspian Five to limit third party military forces in the region
Five Caspian countries are considering a convention on independence of the Caspian Sea that limits third party troops based in the region.
24 April 2014
EU is slow in implementing its Central Asia assistance plan
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has concluded that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) had developed a good plan of assistance to Central Asia, but was implementing it slowly.
16 January 2014
Commercial catching of sturgeons at Caspian banned
A moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons at the Caspian Sea came into force on January 1, 2014.
06 January 2014
New railway link established between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have launched the direct railway.
14 May 2013
Ancient mysteries revealed in Turkmen desert sands
Over four millennia ago, the fortress town of Gonur-Tepe might have been a rare advanced civilisation before it was buried for centuries under the dust of the Kara Kum desert in remote western Turkmenistan.
06 April 2013
India suggests TAPI gas pipeline from Kazakhstan border
India has suggested to build Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline from Kazakhstan border.
11 March 2013
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev appointed Ambassadors
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev made several appointments of Kazakhstan Ambassadors.
03 December 2012
PHOTO: Almaty Heating and Power Plant №1 switching to gas
It is planned for achieve full coverage of Almaty city with gas supply within 3 years. The project is worth over $67.5 million.
22 October 2012
Kazakhstan to export medicines and cars to Turkmenistan
Dosfarm, Hyundai Auto Truck & Bus Kazakhstan and South-Kazakhstan mechanical engineering plant has singed preliminary agreements on supplies to Turkmenistan.
12 October 2012
First new political party formed in Turkmenistan in 20 years
A new political party was formed for the first time in Turkmenistan since the isolated ex-Soviet state won independence in 1991.
22 August 2012
Turkmenistan to plant huge forest in Aral Sea region
Turkmenistan is allocating tens of millions of dollars to plant trees in a region neighbouring the stricken Aral Sea, state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan said Tuesday.
01 August 2012
Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan border will see new railway crossing
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed an agreement to open a new international railway guarding point, Minister of Transport and Communication of Kazakhstan, Askar Zhumagaliyev twitted.
01 June 2012