Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan official claims Trans-Caspian route is not aimed at bypassing Russia Development of a new route to deliver goods from China to Europe via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine (the Trans-Caspian international transport route) is not aimed at bypassing Russia, First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev said on Friday, reports TASS. January 18 2016, 02:12 1 874 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Goldman Sachs predicts oil production decline in Kazakhstan US Goldman Sachs analysts predict a decrease in oil production up to 1.605 million barrels per day (bpd) in Kazakhstan in 2016 and 2017, the bank's report obtained by Trend said. January 18 2016, 01:58 2 265 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Financial Times wants Berik Otemurat to find a job abroad Financial Times warns about the future of Berik Otemurat, ex-chief executive of National Investment Corporation (NIC) of National Bank of Kazakhstan, whowas fired for raising the right question for the country and tend to help to find a job abroad offering his CV. January 18 2016, 00:57 3 927 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan plans oil development in Caspian Sea Kazakhstan starts to develop oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea in this year. The Energy Ministry of Kazakhstan Vladimir Shkolnik told that they need analytical research to the development of Kalamkas-Sea oil field which located in the Caspian Sea. January 17 2016, 00:53 3 000 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News 13 mln tons of oil to be extracted at Kashagan after 2017 The Kashagan oil field to be launched in Kazakhstan this year, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Vladimir Shkolnik told at the CCS press conference. January 15 2016, 17:13 1 866 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan will mine less oil in 2016 Kazakhstan mined 79,4 million tons of oil in 2015, at the plan of oil production for 79 million tons. Slightly our oil industry companies tried to be ahead of schedule. For 2016, we plan to take into account the exhaustion of fields and mine 77 million tons, Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik told in the briefing held in Central Communications. January 15 2016, 16:15 1 909 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Ukraine To Ship Goods To Kazakhstan, Bypassing Russia Ukraine says it will for the first time ship goods to Kazakhstan along a route bypassing Russia, due to the Kremlin's trade embargo on Kyiv. January 15 2016, 16:00 1 905 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh Company Showcases ‘World’s Most Expensive Chocolates’ They're described as “the most expensive chocolates in the world" – and with a price tag of $14,000 for a collection of six, that title may be entirely justified. January 14 2016, 18:14 1 750 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Deputy Speaker of Senate of Kazakhstan elected Sergey Gromov has been elected today at the plenary session of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament as the Deputy Chairman of the upper parliamentary house. January 14 2016, 18:09 1 709 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan Wealth Fund manager fired The chief executive of Kazakhstan's National Investment Corp., which was set up to help manage the country's $64 billion oil fund, has been fired. January 14 2016, 16:39 1 718 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan Facing An Outflow Of Foreign Investments In the third quarter of 2015, Kazakhstan recorded an outflow of foreign investments from a number of fields of economic activities. As announced by the National Bank of the Republic on January 11, the sector of oil and gas faced an outflow of net foreign investments in the amount of $118.8 million. January 14 2016, 16:21 1 612 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan To Receive $88 Million For Stimulating Productive Innovation During the recent Astana-based expanded meeting of the Committee on Science and Socio-Cultural Development under the Senate of Kazakhstan, the deputies considered and approved for further consideration a new draft law “On ratification of the Agreement on the loan for stimulating productive innovation concluded between Kazakhstan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development." January 14 2016, 13:09 1 579 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh company buys Russian operators The Kazakh broadcaster Alma-TV is understood has acquired a number of operators based in Moscow region. January 13 2016, 19:15 1 752 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Lower house of Kazakh Parliament votes for early Parliament elections Members of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan have unanimously approved an appeal to President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on holding of early parliamentary elections during their plenary session on Wednesday. January 13 2016, 10:33 2 496 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan president says any trade discrimination towards Ukraine unacceptable President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday held a telephone talk with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a press service of Ukrainian president reported. January 13 2016, 04:29 1 748 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan May Anchor Export Trading Fees To World Oil Prices According to many experts, the fall in world oil prices will continue in the short term. Worth recalling, last week the price of Brent crude oil fell to $32 per barrel, which is the lowest figure in the last 15 years. Many experts believe that soon the price will drop to the level of $30 per barrel, which will become a new important psychological threshold. January 13 2016, 04:13 1 697 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Tax Code of Kazakhstan Amended On January 1, 2016, the Tax Code of Kazakhstan was amended in relation to administration of indirect taxes within the Customs Union. In accordance with the agreement on establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), if the goods imported from one EEU member state to another are not in the category of excise goods, the taxes for the cargo are collected by the competent specialized services of the country which imports the goods. January 13 2016, 04:11 1 782 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Belgian company to build lime production plant in Kazakhstan Belgian company Carmeuse, a leading global producer of lime, high calcium limestone, and dolomitic stone, will build a lime production plant in Karaganda region. January 12 2016, 10:03 2 577 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Funds of the National Fund of Kazakhstan may exhaust in 6-7 years- mass media The funds of the National Fund of Kazakhstan may exhaust in 6-7 years, reports The Wall Street Journal. January 11 2016, 15:24 1 947 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Large-Scale Military Exercises Started In Kazakhstan In Kazakhstan, upon a practice alert, all kinds of national armed forces were alarmed and placed in operational readiness, as announced by the Ministry of Defense on January 9. According to the report, “Upon the training alert, all kinds of armed forces of the republic, all branches of military and the troops of regional commands were alarmed. They have been placed in the highest operational readiness." As noted further, “The main objective of the ongoing activities is to enhance coordination and coherence of personnel and command staff in implementation of tasks in a timely manner." January 11 2016, 10:38 1 660 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News World Bank forecast growth in Kazakhstan at 1.1% in 2016 The growth of Kazakhstan's GDP is forecast at 1.1% in 2016, according to the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report for January 2016. January 8 2016, 16:45 2 146 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan's Real Estate Market Expecting Another Shock On February 1, the real estate market of Kazakhstan will experience another shock caused by the increase in the difference between buying and selling rates of foreign currencies in the country. Local specialized publications report that exchange offices and commercial banks have obtained the right to introduce new buying and selling rates of currencies. For example, this difference will be 6 tenge for the dollar exchange rate and 7 tenge for the euro. For comparison, today these figures stand at 2 and 3 tenge respectively. January 8 2016, 10:52 1 686 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan to privatise dozens of large companies by 2020 Jan 6 Kazakhstan's government plans to sell stakes in 65 large companies, including state oil firm KazMunayGaz, flagship carrier Air Astana and Kazakhtelecom, within four years, the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.com. January 6 2016, 14:41 1 680 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Gennady Golovkin Captures Boxing.com Fighter of the Year Award Born in Kazakhstan and fighting out of Los Angeles, unbeaten in 34 fights with 31 knockouts, middleweight sensation Gennady Golovkin is our Fighter of the Year for 2015 and by some distance, Boxing.com writes. January 6 2016, 10:07 2 055 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev: We began implementation of National Plan on January 1 On January 1, 2016, the first stage on implementation of the National Plan "100 specific steps on implementation of five institutional reforms" began in Kazakhstan, President N. Nazarbayev informed in his article "National Plan - Road to Kazakhstan's hope", KAZINFORM reports. January 6 2016, 10:05 2 194 просмотрs