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Cold temperature, winds grip northern Kazakhstan

Rain showers, thunderstorms and wind will batter most regions of Kazakhstan today, May 12. Only northern and northwestern Kazakhstan will enjoy weather without precipitation. May 12 2015, 10:53 1 469 views

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​New Astana Bus Stops to Include Heating and Wi-Fi

Astana plans to modernise its old bus stops to better relay accurate transportation information and keep passengers comfortable during the city's harsh winters and hot summers, representatives of the Astana LTR company recently told tengrinews.kz. May 12 2015, 09:50 2 004 views

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​China, Kazakhstan Agree to Align Development Strategies

Chinese President China Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev agreed during Xi's May 7 visit to Kazakhstan to align development strategies, Xinhua News reported. May 12 2015, 09:48 1 620 views

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Kazakh Growth Rate to Bottom Out in 2015

The good news, according to the World Bank's latest Kazakhstan Economic Update, is that in 2015 the country's steeply diving growth rate should bottom out. The bad news is that the recovery won't be quick and depends on Russia and China. May 11 2015, 21:11 1 220 views

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Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee appointed

Kazakhstan's Senate, the upper chamber of Kazakhstan's Parliament, has approved Nurtai Abykayev as Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee, Tengrinews reports. May 8 2015, 16:12 1 735 views

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Kazakhstan’s Astana to host Syrian crisis talks in May's end

Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host talks on the Syrian crisis on May 25-27, Tengrinews reports citing RIA Novosti. The talks have been held for four years already with a sole aim of resolving the Syrian crisis that initially started as a pro-democracy revolt and turned into a multi-sided civil war after the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government responded with violent crackdowns. It has already killed over 200 thousand people, according to the United Nations. May 8 2015, 12:43 1 665 views

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Kazakh president met Shell's Ben van Beurden in Astana

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has received the CEO of Shell Ben van Bearden, Tengrinews reports citing Akorda. May 8 2015, 10:15 2 723 views

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Resumption of production at Kashagan unlikely before 2017, says expert

Resumption of production at the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan is unlikely to happen in 2015 or 2016, according to Oleg Yegorov, the senior fellow at the Institute of Economics of the Kazakh Education and Science Ministry. May 6 2015, 14:52 1 644 views

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​N. Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to processing industry

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to the processing industry at the enlarged sitting of the Government today. May 5 2015, 18:10 1 549 views

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​ArcelorMittal Temirtau regrets there was no tenge devaluation- source

Top managers of ArcelorMittal Temirtau regret there was no tenge devaluation in Kazakhstan, said an informed source. May 4 2015, 16:59 2 252 views

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Kazakhstan should choose - reforms or degradation: Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev said that it was time for the people of Kazakhstan to choose between reforms and degradation, Tengrinews reports. The statement was made after Nazarbayev gave an oath at the presidential inauguration ceremony in Astana. May 4 2015, 11:01 1 431 views

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Kazhgaliyev did a lot to promote Kazakhstan's national heritage - Nazarbayev

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of condolences to the family and friends of Kazakhstani conductor and dombrist Shamgon Kazhgaliyev on the occasion of his untimely death, the president's press service reports. May 4 2015, 02:18 1 536 views

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​Oil extraction to be resumed at Kashagan field in December 2016

The oil extraction will be resumed at the Kashagan field in December 2016, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Vladimir Shkolnik informed today. April 30 2015, 14:47 2 113 views

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President of Kazakhstan nominates acting PM to post of PM

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has nominated Karim Massimov to the post of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan as the government of the country resigned today in connection to Nazarbayev's reelection. April 29 2015, 14:49 1 730 views

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Nursultan Nazarbayev receives certificate of President of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Kuandyk Turgankulov has presented the certificate of the President of Kazakhstan to Nursultan Nazarbayev. April 29 2015, 11:03 1 746 views

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Nazarbayev dispels rumours of tenge devaluation

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has dispelled the rumours about a forthcoming devaluation of the tenge, Tengrinews reports. April 29 2015, 10:21 1 630 views

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​Barack Obama congratulates Nursultan Nazarbayev on election win

U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated Nursultan Nazarbayev on his victory in the elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the press service of the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan inform April 29 2015, 10:20 1 401 views

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Hundreds Of Vendors Protest In Almaty After Fire Destroys Businesses

Hundreds of vendors whose businesses were destroyed by a massive fire in Almay, Kazakhstan's largest city, rallied on April 28. April 28 2015, 19:02 1 716 views

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Brutal Assault Galvanizes Kazakh Public

Here, Matthew Kupfer, a writer focusing on Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union, looks at the strong reaction of people in Kazakhstan, and further afield, to the brutal beating of a young man in the Kazakh capital:April 26 was Election Day in Kazakhstan, but another event has electrified the Kazakh public and potentially overshadowed the predictable presidential race: the brutal, near-fatal assault on a young man in Astana. April 28 2015, 18:34 2 480 views

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Kazakhstan hopes to re-start oil production at Kashagan by 2015 end – Nazarbayev

Kazakhstan expects oil production at the oil giant Kashagan by the end of 2015 or early 2016, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Monday at a press conference in Astana. April 28 2015, 16:27 1 824 views

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US diplomat in Kazakhstan brushes off Bishkek cargo rumors

The US Consulate General in Kazakhstan explained the situation surrounding the delivery of a 152-ton cargo to their Kyrgyz colleagues from Abu Dhabi, Tengrinews reports. April 28 2015, 15:39 1 706 views

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​Inauguration of Kazakh President scheduled for April 29

Inauguration of the President of Kazakhstan is scheduled for April 29, this has been announced today during a sitting of the Central Election Commission (CEC). April 28 2015, 10:24 1 399 views

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President of Turkmenistan to visit Kazakhstan

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing the press service of Akorda. April 27 2015, 15:33 1 689 views

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​V. Putin congratulated N. Nazarbayev on victory at presidential elections

President of Russia Vladimir Putin congratulated Nursultan Nazarbayev on his victory at the early presidential elections of Kazakhstan, the press service of the Kremlin informs. April 27 2015, 14:49 1 354 views

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N. Nazarbayev has 97.7% of votes cast for his candidature - Central Election Commission

In accordance with the preliminary information provided by the Central Election Commission, 0.7% of people voted for Abelgazi Kasainov, 1.6% of people voted for Turgun Syzdykov. April 27 2015, 09:45 1 436 views