Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Masimov arrived in Beijing this morning, kicking off his four-day official visit to China. via English.eastday.com

“The president was very forthright on the energy and food production areas and mentioned that a lot of groundwork still needs to be done”

Kazakhstan Tuesday offered to assist in India' efforts to ensure its energy security even as it hoped for greater cooperation in the food production and education spheres. via Uzbekistan News.net

Ashgabat, Apr 6 : After his successful visit to Turkmenistan, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday left for Kazakhstan. via Newkerala.com

From correspondents in Asia Pacific, 10:30 PM IST Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari arrived here Sunday on the second and concluding leg of his week-long visit to the Central Asian republics of ... via India eNews

China on Thursday urged related French officials not to encourage disturbing actions against the upcoming Olympic torch relay in Paris. via People's Daily Online

New Delhi, Apr 4: Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will begin his week-long tour to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan from today. via Daily India

“I think now is the time to look at Kazakh equity”

Most Kazakh companies have traditionally relied on bank borrowing and bonds for their funding needs, unwilling to share control and disclose more information about themselves. via The Moscow Times

The Olympic torch has arrived in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev carried it a short distance through Almaty, the commercial capital, on Wednesday.

Security has been tight, with thousands of policemen watching out for potential protests by Tibetan activists or those from Kazakhstan's Uighur community.

The Uighurs have a sizable population in western China, particularly in Xinjiang, an autonomous region that borders Tibet.

Radio Free Asia has reported that several hundred Uighurs have been taken into custody since demonstrating in Xinjiang on March 23. Read more

Central Asia News.Net Tuesday 1st April, 2008 Colombo, April 1 Almaty: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will participate in Wednesday's torch relay in Almaty, the mayor of Almaty has said. via Central Asia News.Net

“Overall, on the positive side, an increase of the state role could underpin greater stability and certainty for all the players in the Kazakh oil and gas sector”

Fitch Ratings has said that an increased state role in the Kazakh oil and gas industry announced recently by the Kazakh prime minister looks unlikely to have implications for the credit ratings of companies ... via Interfax

“First of all, Kazakhstan has no desire to nationalize any assets like in Latin America”

Business Nazarbayev Shuns 'Latin American' Example ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said in an interview Friday that he had no intention of following an example set by some Latin ... via The Moscow Times

March 25. KAZINFORM. At a ceremony held on Sunday night, the Iranian ambassador to Kazakhstan, Ramin Mehman-Parast, offered congratulations on the occasion of Norouz, expressing his hope that Iran and ... via Kazinform

March 26. KAZINFORM On behalf of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Amangeldy Zhumabayev, Kazakhstan's Consul in Moldova Kaisar Amirzhanov held a reception on the occasion of ... via Kazinform

“For my parents and grandparents he (Khrushchev) is a very important person”

Muslims pray at the monument to the victims of repressions under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Grozny in this February 23, 2008 file photo. via The Boston Globe

Mechel [RTS: MTLR], a leading Russian mining and metals company, has made a $1.498 billion purchase offer to the U.K.-based Oriel Resources Plc, the British company said on Wednesday. via RIA Novosti

World-renowned architect Sir Norman Foster seems to be making a lot of friends in the former Soviet Union, with news of new Foster design proposals in Russia and Central Asia being approved almost every month. via Inhabitat

Thousands of people were left without fresh water in Kazakhstan on Monday after a major flood disrupted water supplies in the southwest of the Central Asian state, the Emergencies Ministry said. via AlertNet

March 19. KAZINFORM /Lyudmila Malko/ Regions of Kazakhstan and Russia have established close partnership relations by signing a memorandum of cooperation. via Kazinform

KAZINFORM Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has met today with Majid at Turki, political scientist, author of the book Light of Power in Kazakhstan , dedicated to the first President of Kazakhstan, ... via Kazinform

“Growth of welfare of Kazakhstan's citizens is the primary goal of state policy”

March 19. KAZINFORM /Nadezhda Ryabchunova/ Within the frame of a two-day working visit to Mangystau oblast, Secretary of State of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev visited Munaily district, the Aktau regional ... via Kazinform