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State budget of Kazakhstan disbursed by KZT 7 tln

State budget of Kazakhstan has been disbursed by more than 7 trillion tenge, Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said. December 29 2015, 17:05 2 154 просмотрs

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WESTERN SANCTIONS HINDER WORK ON CASPIAN FIELD

Western sanctions have delayed work on the Tsentralnoye offshore field in the Caspian Sea, The Times of Asia reports the president of Russian oil company Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, as saying. The field is jointly being developed by Russia's Lukoil and Gazprom and Kazakhstan's KazMunayGas. December 29 2015, 16:58 1 774 просмотрs

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Kazakhstani go-go dancers arrested in Thailand for absence of work permits

Police arrested 25 Russian and Kazakhstani go-go dancers in Pattaya City, seaside resort on the Eastern Gulf Coast of Thailand, early on Tuesday morning for not having work permits. December 29 2015, 11:03 1 978 просмотрs

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Ex-PM Akhmetov's lawyer says appealed court's decision

Defense lawyer of the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption, has appealed the court's rule, lawyer Georgiy Matveenkov told Novosti-Kazakhstan. December 29 2015, 11:00 1 929 просмотрs

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Kerry thanked Kazakhstan and Russia for participating in shipping Iranian uranium

Kazakhstan and Russia have played an important role in the withdrawal of Iran's uranium to Russia, said US Secretary of State John Kerry. December 29 2015, 10:09 1 641 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan's Largest Oil Producer TengizChevroil's Expansion To Cost $30B

Kazakhstan's biggest oil producer Tengizchevroil (TCO) would need about $30 billion to complete a massive expansion project in Western Kazakhstan, Economy Minister Yerbolat Dosayev told the parliament Monday. The project is expected to start in the spring of next year, he added. December 28 2015, 16:12 2 311 просмотрs

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The LRT to carry more than 60 thousand passengers per day in Almaty

The LRT will carry more than 60 thousand passengers a day in Almaty. These data were presented in the framework of the signing of the agreement between the Centre of Almaty and consultants Consortium IDOM and Norton Rose to start preparing a concession for the construction of the line light rail (LRT) length of 22.9 km. December 28 2015, 09:58 6 527 просмотрs

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​Snowy weather predicted for Kazakhstan

Blowing snow, fog, ice slick and strong winds up to 23-28 mps are expected in Kazakhstan on 28 December. December 28 2015, 08:58 7 831 просмотрs

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New Business Tax Introduced In Kazakhstan

In 2016, Kazakhstan will enact a law, according to which manufacturers and importers of about 1,500 commodity groups will have to pay for garbage collection, transportation, processing and neutralization, as well as disposal of waste. December 28 2015, 02:04 1 755 просмотрs

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Nephew of Nazarbayev appointed First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee

Samat Abish was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee. The corresponding decree was signed by President of Kazakhstan. December 26 2015, 18:36 3 949 просмотрs

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​Vladimir Zhumakanov appointed the chairman of KNB

The president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced the new chairman of National Security Committee - Vladimir Zhumakanov, Akorda's press service reported. December 26 2015, 18:56 2 806 просмотрs

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World Oil Price Of $40/bl Makes KazMunaiGas Brown-Fields Unprofitable

When the world price of oil fell below $40/bl, the brown-fields owned by KazMunayGas (KMG) ceased to pay off, as reported by Gleb Luxembourg, the KMG deputy chairman for prospective production development. “With oil prices reaching the mark of $40/bl, the brown-fields are no longer profitable. However, no one says that we will close them, because when the price of a barrel goes up to $50, these fields will already reach the level of profitability," he stressed. December 25 2015, 15:43 2 119 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan’s top-65 national companies and holdings to be privatized

Kazakh Government has compiled a list of the country's top-65 national companies and holdings (whose book value is not less than 5 bln tenge) subject to privatization. December 25 2015, 10:28 1 872 просмотрs

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​Kazakhstan introduces new rules for issuing visas

Beginning from the next year Kazakhstan will introduce new rules for issuing visas, said Erlan Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan at press conference in Central Communications Service. December 24 2015, 16:55 1 758 просмотрs

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Kazakhastan FM: Central Asia no pawns in "big game"

Kazakhstan rejects the "big game" concept in the Central Asian region, which is a space for cooperation, Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov told a news conference on Wednesday. December 24 2015, 15:44 1 865 просмотрs

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50yo first-time mom gives birth to twins in Aktobe

December 22 a 50-year old resident of Aktobe gave birth to twin girls. December 24 2015, 14:45 1 705 просмотрs

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Obama invites Nursultan Nazarbayev to partake in Nuclear Security Summit in Washington

President of the United States Barack Obama has invited the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to attend Nuclear Security Summit which is to be held in 2016 in Washington, said Erlan Idrissov, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, at today's press conference in Central Communications Service. December 23 2015, 15:02 2 090 просмотрs

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U.S. expanded sanctions hit Russia's Sberbank, VTB subsidiaries in Kazakhstan

The expanded list of economic sanctions of the United States against Russia included subsidiaries of Sberbank and VTB in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reported. December 23 2015, 11:21 2 655 просмотрs

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Shymkent Oil Refinery Launches Production Of Sulfur

The Shymkent oil refinery put into operation a new production facility – a plant for production of sulfur with an annual capacity of 4,000 tons, as reported by the press service of the company. The process of launching the plant included production of the first experimental batch of liquid sulfur. The project was implemented as part of the program for reconstruction and modernization of the Shymkent refinery. December 23 2015, 11:17 2 169 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan, EU sign expanded partnership agreement

Kazakhstan and the European Union have signed an expanded partnership agreement in Astana, said the website of Kazakh Foreign Ministry. December 22 2015, 19:58 1 817 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan To Preside Over The EEU In 2016

Next year, the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union is moving from Belarus to Kazakhstan, as confirmed during the recent Moscow-based regular enlarged meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and reported by the media. According to Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko, the agenda of the day was very eventful. December 22 2015, 11:03 2 345 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan Improves Legislation On Nuclear Energy

During the recent Astana-based extended meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Innovative Development, Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship, the Senate (the upper house of the Kazakh Parliament) considered a number of draft laws on issues related to the field of nuclear energy. December 22 2015, 10:10 1 757 просмотрs

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Nazarbayev awarded with 1st Degree Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh

In the course of his official trip to Moscow today, Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. During the meeting the Kazakh President was awarded with the 1st Degree Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh. December 21 2015, 15:50 1 898 просмотрs

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​KASE morning session: USDKZT_TOD = 349.12 (+7.18)

The morning trading session in US dollar with T+0 in tenge (USDKZT_TOD), euro with T+0 in tenge (EURKZT_TOD) and US dollars (EURUSD_TOD), Chinese yuan with T+0 in tenge (CNYKZT_TOD) ended on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). For the mentioned instruments this session is the main. 24 members of KASE currencies market traded in the session. December 21 2015, 12:20 1 531 просмотрs

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Russia, Kazakhstan preparing agreement on construction of nuclear plant

Russia and Kazakhstan are preparing an intergovernmental agreement on construction of a nuclear power plant, Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told TASS on Friday. December 21 2015, 10:48 1 723 просмотрs