Kazakhstan News Archives

What it is : Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus special campaign for its summer tour to Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic.

Kazakhstan has ratified a treaty with Azerbaijan allowing Kazakh crude to be pumped through a pipeline linking Azerbaijan's Caspian coast to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, the presidential administration said.

May 27. KAZINFORM Senate Speaker Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev has received today Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan Yeshaya Cohen, Kazinform refers to the Upper House's press service.

May 27. KAZINFORM /Kadyrzhan Smagulov/ RG Brands JSC - one of the leading companies on food and beverages market of Kazakhstan and Central Asia - has signed a loan agreement worth USD 50 mln with the European ...

SUBJECT: The changing attitude of Kazakh authorities to foreign direct investment.

Britain's Prince Andrew has sold his former home to a business associate from Kazakhstan for more than its listed value, a spokesman for the prince said.

Iran, subject to U.S.-imposed sanctions since 1996, is developing its Bandar-e Anzali Caspian port in a bid to attract Central Asian trade.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due to arrive in China on Friday for a two-day mission to persuade the world's fastest-growing major economy to buy more than just energy from his country.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan : Kazakhstan's Economics Minister said Wednesday the government has lowered this year's oil output forecast to 67.6 million tons.

Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Kazakhstan on today during his first trip abroad as Russia's new president, reaffirming Moscow's push to control the flow of energy from the Central Asian region.

Reuters Wednesday, May 21, 2008; 1:18 AM ALMATY - Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has accused Kazakhstan of blocking access to its website which it said was deliberate interference in its news ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan : The Interfax news agency has reported a senior Kazakh official as saying his government's ban on the export of oil products will last until Sept.

First they banned wheat exports... Quote: Kazakhstan on Monday banned the export of all refined oil products, news agencies reported, as the energy-rich Central Asian nation grapples with soaring fuel costs.

“We have a common historic past and long borders”

Testimonials "Congratulations to The Moscow Times from KPMG on your fifteenth anniversary. via The Moscow Times

May 15. KAZINFORM. President Nursultan A. Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan received in Astana yesterday General HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE ... via Kazinform

“The participation of foreign companies is possible”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin invited Kazakhstan to take part in the construction of the BPS-2 . Putin said Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev had expressed interest in this project. via Tass

“I saw a large stain and bruises on the left side of his chest. ... His feet were swollen”

Testimonials Reuters ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- An Uzbek prisoner who died while serving a 15-year sentence on charges of religious extremism had marks on his body indicating injuries from torture, his father said. via The Moscow Times

“If he's sent back, he'll face a serious risk of torture or other ill treatment”

Testimonials "15 years since we started The Moscow Times and I cannot imagine starting my day without the newspaper. via The Moscow Times

The European Union starts a new project to provide technologies and methodologies for reducing gas losses in Central Asia. via UzReport

May 14. KAZINFORM /Dina Yermaganbetova/ Lithuania is interested in Kazakhstan's energy resources. via Kazinform

“The current trade volume between Turkey and Kazakhstan has exceeded $2.3 billion”

By JOHN C.K. DALY UPI International Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Besides Russia, the former Soviet republics that have hit the energy jackpot are all clustered around the Caspian Sea. via UPI

Prime Minister of South Korea Han Seung-soo began a trip to Central Asian nations Sunday, 11 May, in a bid to secure energy and natural resources. via UzReport

May 11. KAZINFORM /Dina Yermaganbetova/ Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived today in Kyzylorda oblast with a two-day visit, Kazinform reports. via Kazinform

May 8. KAZINFORM. On 1 May 2008, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC, the holding company of a leading diversified natural resources group with integrated mining, processing, energy and logistical ... via Kazinform

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC , owner of Central Asia ' s largest producer of paper, corrugated board and packaging products and one of the leading industrial real estate development companies in ... via Earth Times

“The draft Law is now with a working group, which has not yet begun to discuss it”

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one's belief or religion The right to join together and express one's belief ... via Groong Armenian News Network

“What he is doing is typical of any new leader trying to remove the legacy of a predecessor and consolidate his hold on power.”

ALMATY, Kazakhstan : A decision by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov of Turkmenistan to remove a 75-meter-tall monument to his late predecessor from the center of the capital was his latest step in ... via International Herald Tribune

“The Industry and Energy Ministry has yet to give us permission to ship oil to China by the end of 2008, but we are now working on solving this issue. Hopefully, the solution will be found in the near future”

Gazpromneft hopes to secure permission to ship oil to China in 2008 using the Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline, Alexander Dyukov, the company's CEO, told journalists. via Interfax

Britain's leading shares ended flat on Thursday as British Airways soared on consolidation hopes, while Smith & Nephew weighed after an internal probe into its sales practices. via Reuters UK