A London university on Monday announced it was launching legal action over the government's decision to revoke its right to sponsor visas, a move that threatens thousands of students with deportation.
Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard agreed Friday to pay more than $6 billion to millions of merchants which had sued them for allegedly fixing card-use fees.
Starting from 2012 Kazakhstan is planning to introduce visa free regime with the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
According to Foreign Minister Erzhan Kazykhanov, following respective instructions of President Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan is working to simplify visa procedures for 34 OECD member states.
Joint visa center under Consulate General of Hungary in Almaty will start accepting applications and issuing Schengen visas starting from July 1, 2011.