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China's Xi cancels Clinton meeting: US official
China's likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State, a US official said Wednesday, amid friction between the two global powers.
05 September 2012
French probe seeks West Bank trip to exhume Arafat: widow
French judges investigating suspicions that Yasser Arafat was poisoned are seeking to travel to the West Bank and have the Palestinian leader's body exhumed.
05 September 2012
German left-wing MP visits Assange at Ecuador embassy
German far-left MP Sevim Dagdelen on Sunday visited Julian Asange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London since June, and afterwards expressed her solidarity with the Wikileaks founder.
04 September 2012
Nazarbayev arrives in Kyrgyzstan with state visit for first time in 20 years
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Kyrgyzstan for the first time in the 20-year-old history of Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan relations.
22 August 2012
Nazarbayev to render state visit to Kyrgyzstan on August 21
The trip will include the third meeting of the Supreme Interstate Council at the level of the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
10 August 2012
Iran tops agenda as Pentagon chief visits Israel
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was on Wednesday to hold top-level talks in Israel expected to focus on ways of resolving the international standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear programme.
02 August 2012
Chavez declares lead 'irreversible' ahead of vote
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has an "irreversible" advantage over his rival, Henrique Capriles, in the upcoming October 7 election.
01 August 2012
Kazakhstan’s President arrives in London on a working visit
He is expected to have a number of bilateral talks and attend the London Olympic Games opening ceremony.
25 July 2012
US to award Suu Kyi on first visit in decades
The US will present its highest award to Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in September when she makes her first US trip in more than two decades.
19 July 2012
First visit of UN chief to site of Srebrenica genocide
Ban Ki-moon begins a tour of the Balkans this week which will include the first visit by a UN chief to the site of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and to Kosovo since it declared independence in 2008.
18 July 2012
Putin tours Russia flood scene, berates officials
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the scene of a recent flood that killed 172 people, berating officials for possibly deceiving him about the timeliness of their response.
17 July 2012
Taiwanese academics visit contested Spratlys
A group of Taiwanese academics has visited the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, defence officials said Monday, amid continued tensions over rival claims to the area.
16 July 2012
Cafe owner dies after serving Obama breakfast
An Ohio woman collapsed and died hours after serving US President Barack Obama breakfast at her restaurant on Friday.
07 July 2012
Nazarbayev invited to Macedonia
President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov personally invited his Kazakhstan counterpart to visit Macedonia.
02 July 2012
Vladimir Putin arrived in Astana
The leaders of both countries discussed bilateral cooperation and development of interaction amid the integration and reviewed the international and regional problems.
11 June 2012
Medvedev received a gift at Nazarbayev University
Dmitry Medvedev and Karim Massimov visited Nazarbayev University in Astana, press-service of the university said.
01 June 2012
Medvedev arrived in Kazakhstan
Russia’s Prime-Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived to Kazakhstan with a working visit.
29 May 2012
Medvedev to replace Putin in a trip to Kazakhstan
Russian Prime-Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Kazakhstan instead of president Vladimir Putin.
25 May 2012
Turkish Prime-Minister arrives to Kazakhstan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taking part in the opening of the 5th Astana Economic Forum.
22 May 2012
Nazarbayev to visit Kyrgyzstan in August
Official visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Kyrgyzstan is expected in the middle of August 2012.
12 May 2012