Kazakhstan News

The British Burlington company offers Almaty the services in attracting investors in the tourism and sports, Burlington senior partner Deborah Mills said during a meeting with Akim of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yesimov, the mayor's press office said.

Stan.kz director Elina Zhdanova briefs staff on dealing with a state crackdown. Credit:Christopher Pala/IPS. Buy this picture ALMATY, Feb 10, 2012 - President Nursultan Nazarbayev is orchestrating a media crackdown that editors and independent analysts say is the harshest since he began ruling this Central Asian republic in 1989.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.9 / Trend A.Taghiyeva /

Egypt refused to import 3 batches of grain from last crop from Kazakhstan due to discrepancy in types of imported grain, the department of the Main Office on goods supply of Egypt told Trend on Thursday.

Kazakhstan, Astana, Feb. 10 / Trend T.Nurmagambetov / Four people killed in fires, reports the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana continues to expand its Central Asian network as it takes delivery of Embraer E-190 aircraft, enabling the carrier to offer new international services from Astana to Ulan Bator, Mongolia and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and from Almaty to Kazan, Russia.

By Jacob Zenn The terrorist organization Jund al-Khilafah is presenting President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan with one of the most critical tests of his 22-year presidency.

Kazakhstan, Astana, Feb. 9 / Trend T. Nurmagambetov/ 6 passenger trains were delayed at the railway crossing of Zhylyoy area and station Makat of Makat district in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan on February 8 due to strong storm and a snow drift on the main railway line, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan ... (more)

The wave of frost that has rolled over Eastern Europe has carried away hundreds of lives, paralyzed road traffic, and pushed the cost of heating homes and offices sky-high. Some like it hot, especially when it's bitter cold outside.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Germany says Europe is not doing enough to overcome its own debt crisis and that of Greece in particular.

Kazakhstan, Astana. Feb.8 / Trend T.Nurmagambetov /

The U.S. welcomes the initiative of Kazakhstan to deploy a nuclear fuel bank on its territory, the US ambassador to Kazakhstan Kenneth Fairfax told reporters on Wednesday.

Kazakhstan hopes to win over the European Union as another key trade partner alongside Russia and China.

The following is a letter to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically motivated, calling for him to be released and for the evidence leading to his arrest to be made public:Askhat Daulbayev, Prosecutor General of the Republic of... ... Read the ... (more)

Belarus and Kazakhstan are actively cooperating in integration organizations, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Belarus Anatoly Smirnov who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Belarus, BelTA has learnt.

Normal technological mode of heat supply will be restored in the Kazakh city of Kentau today, Feb.7, Akim of South Kazakhstan region Askar Myrzakhmetov said at the cabinet meeting.

During recent three months of 2011, Kazakhstan increased the volume of grain exports to the level of 1.2 mln tonnes per month, informed Asylzhan Mamytbekov, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Members of three parliamentary factions of the Majilis of parliament and the Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan will visit regions of the country from Feb.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 6 / Trend E. Kosolapova/

Arab Spring will not occur in Kazakhstan, U.S. Ambassador to this country Kenneth Fairfax said on the sidelines of the Academy of Public Administration under Kazakh President, Tengrinews.kz reported.

Kazakhstan, Astana, Feb.6/ Trend T.Nurmagambetov /

A pipe broken as a result freezing could cause a fire at furnace in an oil refinery in the Kazakh city of Shymkent, oil refinery technical director Sergei Pilipenko said.

On March 14, 2011, Mukhiddin Khojimuradov suggested to his compatriots Khairulla and Sunatullo Yuldashevs from Chinaz region of Tashkent oblast that they move to Kazakhstan's city of Turkestan, where they could earn decent money.

THE guiding principle of Kazakhstan's autocratic ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has always been "the economy first, then politics." It seemed to serve for years.