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Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tony Blair discuss Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and ex-Prime-Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair have met in Swiss Davos discussed the Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy, tengrinews reports citing the official presidential website. January 27 2014, 08:59 2 310 views

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Andritz wins EUR75m contract to upgrade Kazakhstan hydropower plant

Austrian plant engineering company Andritz has secured a €75m contract from Shardarinskaya HPP, a subsidiary of Samruk Energy, to upgrade electro-mechanical equipment at the Shardarinskaya hydropower plant in Kazakhstan, hydro.energy-business-review.com reports. January 24 2014, 17:34 2 382 views

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Kazakhstan to modernise law enforcement system

Kazakhstan has started to implement a government programme to further modernise its law enforcement system in 2014-2020, head of the law enforcement system department of the Kazakh president's administration, Alik Shpekbayev said on Friday at a briefing in Astana, trend.az reports. January 24 2014, 16:56 1 846 views

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Nazarbayev calls EU to support Kazakhstan’s accession into WTO

Following his talks with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called the European Union to support Kazakhstan’s talks to enter the WTO, tengrinews reports citing the presidential press-service. January 24 2014, 15:42 2 027 views

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Grace church pastor on trial for extremism in Astana

The first hearing on the case of Grace church pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev has taken place in Astana, tengrinews reports. Kashkumbayev is accused of promoting extremism and managing a union that abused Kazakhstan citizens. January 24 2014, 12:49 3 193 views

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Kazakhstan to export surplus electricity

"Kazakhstan will export electricity only if the country see the power surplus in the single energy system of Kazakhstan," Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Zhaksaliyev said presenting today  the draft law of Kazakhstan "On amendments to some legislative acts on control over electricity generation facilities", inform.kz reports. January 24 2014, 10:45 1 332 views

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Kazakhstan MPs suggest removing death penalty from Criminal Code

Death penalty may be removed from the Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code. Such a suggestion has been made in the country’s Majilis (lower chamber), tengrinews reports. January 23 2014, 18:03 1 602 views

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China sees record crude oil imports from Kazakhstan

China saw a rise in crude oil imports from Kazakhstan last year via a transnational pipeline to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, xinhuanet.com reports. January 23 2014, 14:13 2 125 views

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Kazakhstan attended NATO Military Committee meeting in Brussels

The first deputy Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Saken Zhasuzakov participated in the annual NATO Military Committee meeting held in Brussels on Jan 18-19, reads the press release of nato.int. January 23 2014, 12:47 2 142 views

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Transplantology pushes forward in Kazakhstan, so as organ donorship

There has been some progress in availability of transplantation surgeries to the public, ability of Kazakhstan surgeons to make them and public attitude towards cadaveric donorship, tengrinews reports.  January 22 2014, 10:29 2 004 views

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ENRC explains its delisting from LSE

Kazakhstan's billionaire, co-founder and one of the major shareholders of the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) Aleksandr Mashkevich has explained why the company chose to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange, tengrinews reports. January 22 2014, 10:20 1 970 views

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Marat Tazhin, RoK Secretary of State, relieved of his duties

By the decree of the Head of the State Marat Tazhin is dismissed from the position of the Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan in connection with transfer to another work, Akorda press service reports. January 21 2014, 15:12 2 116 views

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Kazakhstan to tender out several onshore oil and gas blocks

Kazakhstanis planning to tender out several onshore oil and gas blocks, tengrinews reports. January 21 2014, 12:51 1 877 views

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Kazakhstan developed SALT effective deposit insurance system

The State Kazakhstan Deposit Insurance Fund has developed a cutting edge software system named SALT. Over its history, the fund has successfully returned deposits to customers of three liquidated banks such as, Komirbank, Nauryzbank, and Valyut-Tranzit Bank. According to the chairperson of the Fund Bakhyt Mazhenova, bankruptcy of the Valyut-Tranzit Bank caused major problems, because the number of its depositors exceeded more than 265,000. January 21 2014, 12:23 2 134 views

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Kazakhstan reduced quota for attraction of foreign labor

January 20 2014, 17:36 3 334 views

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A Kazakh teen girl fled British public school together with her boyfriend to fly to Caribbean

Two sixth-form lovers have jetted off to the Caribbean after sneaking out of their public school in the middle of the night dailymail.co.uk reports. January 20 2014, 16:46 3 407 views

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Kazakh Defence Minister on official visit to Israel

Today Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has arrived with official visit to the state of Israel, bnews.kz rerports citing the ministry's press service. January 20 2014, 14:13 2 460 views

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83yo Kazakh man crushes rocks with his bare hands (video)

83yo Seken Tolebekov lives in Almaty Oblast, Kazakhstan. It spite of his age, his hands possess an unusual strength: he crushes rocks with his bear hands, STV channel reports.  January 20 2014, 11:02 2 660 views

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UAE-Kazakhstan ink deal to protect Houbara

Representatives of the governments of Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan on Sunday signed an agreement of co-operation concerning the preservation of the Houbara bustard, gulftoday.ae reports. January 20 2014, 10:24 5 031 views

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Kazakhstan, Qatar ink bilateral documents in Astana

Kazakhstan and Qatar signed a number of bilateral documents on Jan 19 during the official visit of Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to Astana, kazinform correspondent reports. January 20 2014, 09:51 2 131 views

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Expat accused of corruption of minors in Uralsk

The press service of Internal Affairs Department of West Kazakhstan Oblast reported the details of detention of the citizen of Great Britain who recorded naked girls on video, azh.kz reports. January 17 2014, 20:11 4 511 views

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Key Points of the Presidental Address to the People of Kazakhstan

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed today the Presidential Administration, Government, People's Assembly of Kazakhstan jointly with the nationwide Kazakhstan 2050 movement to issue the Mangilik Yel (Eternal Nation) patriotic document. January 17 2014, 16:55 2 167 views

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Kazakhstan and Brazil agree to cancel visas

Kazakhstan and Brazil have agreed to mutually cancel visas, tengrinews reports citing the press-service of the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry. January 17 2014, 15:16 1 855 views

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Judge sets June trial date for accused marathon bomber’s friends

The federal judge overseeing the case of three college friends of accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev took a tough line with lawyers looking for more time to prepare for trial before setting a June 23 date, bostonherald.com reports. January 17 2014, 13:21 1 797 views

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Nursultan Nazarbayev delivers his Presidential Address to the people of Kazakhstan

Today Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev started delivering his annual state of the nation address in Astana, azh.kz reports.   January 17 2014, 13:02 2 086 views