Kazakhstan and Russia agreed to enact the Customs Code on bilateral basis. Russian Head of the Government Vladimir Putin made it public at the press conference upon the results of the session of the Customs Union supreme body.

Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky stayed away from the meeting in St. Petersburg. However, the Heads of Government of Kazakhstan and Russia discussed readiness for launching the second phase of the Customs Union beginning from July 1 this year and reaffirmed...

"Astana can take a decent place on the innovative map of the country", Astana Mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov said at the first Astana Innovative Forum held under the initiative of the President. According to the Mayor, the main wealth of the city is intellectual potential. "In this context Astana has to become a platform for breakthrough projects that don't destroy the industrialization of the economy as a whole", he said. "Eight new innovative productions were launched du...

Today Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev participated in launch of the gold recovery plant at the Vasilkovsky Mining and Processing Complex. The production capacity of the plant is to make 8 mln tones of ore including 13-14,5 tones of gold per annum. As the experts say, the plant has no analogue in the CIS. The working program of the quarry development covers 17 years. By 2025 the total amount of the ore is expected to make over 122 mln tones.

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The Head of the State signed the Law "On amendments to the Law of Kazakhstan "On Culture", Kazinform refers to the Presidential press service.

The Law is aimed at support and development of the domestic cinema, library services, formation and preservation of cultural values.

The text of the Law is published in press.



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Kazakh delegation headed by Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has held number of meeting during the International armament and military-technical equipment exhibition "KADEX-2010" today; Kazinform refers to the Defense Ministry's press service.

The delegation met with South Korea Deputy Minister of National Defense Jung, IMI President and CEO Avi Felder, Vice President of Elbit Systems Ltd. Jacob Gadot, reps of Finmeccanica SpA (Italy) and Institute of Higher National Defens...

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Turkish President Abdullah Gül have visited the city of Turkestan.

The heads of friendly state visited the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Akhmet Yassawi. The University was created by Kazakhstan and Turkey for strengthening friendly brotherly relationships between the countries and it is one of the leading educational establishments of the country. The presidents surveyed the Clinical Diagnostic Center under the Uni...

Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkey Nursultan Nazarbayev and Abdullah Gul have visited State Historical and Cultural Reserve Museum "Azret Sultan" today.

The basis of the complex is the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi - unique monument of the medieval architecture and the place of pilgrimage of Muslims from all over the world. The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is one of the first historic monuments included into the list of the World Heritage List (June, 2003). Today the Reser...

Within the visit to South Kazakhstan oblast Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev participated in an inauguration of a new 3, 000-seat school in Kazygurt micro-district of Shymkent.

"Provision of all Kazakhstani children with modern and good education is one of the major goals of the state to date. Our country faces serious objectives on forced industrialization which will require many qualified specialists possessing good knowledge and technologies", N. Nazarbayev said address...

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has visited the Memorial of Glory in Shymkent within his working trip to South Kazakhstan oblast. The Memorial was constructed in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.



"The main idea of the Memorial is to perpetuate the names of all soldiers who were mobilized to the front from the South Kazakhstan region, that is more than 140,000 people", Governor os the oblast Askar Myrzakhmetov said. "20 percent o...

The slogan "Purity is a guarantee of health!" cant be named as original under all desire. Perhaps, that's why we unwillingly bottom in its sense,  it is first that comes to our mind at acquaintance with the document of the department of the energy and public facilities (DEPF) of the SKR, prepared to the selector counsel on improvement of the populated areas, which passed under chairmanship of the first deputy akim of the region B. Ospanov.

The rubbish on the streets of Ary...

The deputy akim of the region, A.Bektaev, has held a meeting on preparation to CNT, on which there were the persons responsible for its organization and carrying out. The chief of the regional department of education, B.Komekbaeva, has given the full information about the state of affairs on this question. 20 632 graduates (76,3 percent) will participate this year in CNT. They should provide from June, 4 till June, 10th a maximum of comfort for work with test tasks. In 16 points of delivery of...

Creation of the Customs Union will beneficial for the economies of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, said during the session of the supreme body of the Customs Union at the level of prime ministers in St. Petersburg, the agency reports citing official mass media.

"I am convinced and the head of our state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, repeatedly told us that, finally, the Customs Union will be beneficial for the economies, diligent businessmen o...

High technologies need to be introduced in the sphere of waste management of the Kazakhstan oil and gas industry. Vice President of Ecological Regulation Committee of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan, Suyundik Turekeldiev, said at the third forum of suppliers Recycling and Waste Management, the agency reports.



"According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan, more than 3 million tons of industrial waste have been registered in Kazakhs...

The results of the first quarter give strong reasons to believe that this year will be a quite successful for social and economic development of the SKR. How such optimism is justified? With this question we have addressed to the chief of the regional department of economy and budgetary planning, to E.Sadyr.

- it is necessary  to consider as a distinctive feature of the first three months of this year the huge step forward made by the industry of region. Its share in a total regiona...

An akim of the region Askar Myrzahmetov was handed over “The gold diploma” of the Union of the Kazakhstan architects, for his contribution in the development of architecture of the SKR, for creation of the unique avenue of the Glory, which has no analogue in one of the city of Kazakhstan.

The president of the Union Akmurza Rustembekov, who has arrived to the South Kazakhstan region, has transferred the award according to the order of the Presidium of the Union of the Kazakhst...

Actually Nursultan Nazarbayev became the Leader of the nation in 90th years, when there was a question about the Kazakhstan’s being the strong, independent state or remaining a raw appendage of the developed countries. It was necessary to possess such power of will, of belief as N.Nazarbayev, to pull out the country from an economic collapse in what we were, to install in citizens confidence that all of them can, if they will unite and will direct the efforts to overcoming of difficulties....

Knowledge of school graduates has been estimated with the help of testing in our Republic during the last six years. In 2009 the main examination of the country was passed by more than 80 percent of eleventh-graders. This year it is expected that about 90 percent of graduates will take part in UNT.

Today 154 points holding of United national testing function in the country. 16 of them will be developed in the SKR.

If the PH is situated further than for 50 kilometres from a residenc...

The solemn opening of the 1st  International tournament on art gymnastics for the prizes of the double absolute champion of Asia, the champion of the Asian games, the tenfold champion of Kazakhstan, the gymnast who have taken the 4th place on Olympic games in Athens, the 5th-on the Olympiad in Pekin, of  Aliya Jusupova, will take place tomorrow at the Central stadium named after Kazhimukan.

This day one more sign event in a sports life of the country will take place- it is an op...

The deputy chief of the department of the customs control (DCC) on the SKR, Nurlan Otarov, has informed that in the South Kazakhstan region (SKR), on border with Uzbekistan, the strengthening of the customs control points has begun. “Because of the entrance into the Customs union, the State border with Uzbekistan has got the status of external border of the union. It demands from us the great responsibility and conformity to the international norms”, - he has told.> That’s w...

The  akimat of the district informed that in the Sairam district of the South Kazakhstan region two new enterprises - on release of sausage products and mineral water, are launched at once. Sausage shop - SIC “Alma”- was opened in the village Karasu. Capacity of the enterprise allows to overwork up to 1200 kg. meat a day, by producing products in wide assortment. Now 15 persons work there. Expansion of floor spaces and opening of lethal shop is planned in the near future. Shop o...

 The Kazakh Government will hold regular session today.

The Action Plan on realization of the Doctrine of National Unity of Kazakhstan will be discussed at the session.

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The OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Strengthening the Independence of the Judicial System and Public Access to Justice is to be held in Warsaw on May 17-19.

The Kazakh MFA's Official Spokesman Askar Abdrakhmanov has announced it at a briefing in Astana on May 17.
"Official delegations, representatives of international and non-governmental organizations, mass media of 56 OSCE member states will take part in th...

 The Majilis of the Kazakhstan Parliament will hold a Governmental Hour "On the Program of Forced Industrial Innovative Development of Kazakhstan for 2010-2014" today.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev will present a report to the deputies.

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The Government of Kazakhstan is preparing an appeal to the Head of the State to lift the moratorium on the use of mineral resources in relation to investors, which are ready to take active part in the industrialization program.

Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev has made it public at the Governmental Hour "On the Program of Forced Industrial Innovative Development of Kazakhstan for 2010-2014".
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"The idea of the Head of the State on transcontinental corridor "Western Europe - Western China" comes true", Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications Abelgazy Kussainov has said today visiting the construction site of the road.

The Minister noted that financing, human, technical and material resources are provided for construction of the transport corridor at the territory of Kazakhstan.

To date, the works in three r

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Kazakhstan has enough domestic resources to overcome the consequences of the global crisis. The National Fund holds about USD 52 billion for today. Kazakh Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova has said it at the Trans-Asian Parliamentary Forum in Almaty today.

She noted that the Government's measures on overcoming the world economic crisis yielded positive results. About USD 10 billion from the National Fund were allocated for it

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In light of the tasks outlined in the President's Address to the Nation New Decade - New Economic Growth - New Opportunities of Kazakhstan the Government of the country has set to development of new programs on diversification of economy. One of these programs elaborated on the Presidential instruction is Business Road Map-2020 which aims at boosting entrepreneurship in the regions. As the Head of the State stressed "entrepreneurship must be a core of economic diversification".

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Regular sittings of the control centers on realization of "Western Europe - Western China" Program will be held tomorrow in Kyzylorda and Zhambyl regions.

First Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev, Minister of Transport and Communications Abelgazy Kussainov and heads of local executive bodies will take part in the sittings.

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Today at the plenary session the Upper House of the Kazakh Parliament has considered and approved in the first reading the bill
On amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on improvement of legislation on ensuring activity of the First President of Kazakhstan - Leader of Nation
According to Rozakul Khalmuradov, Deputy of the Majilis, the draft law had been developed for realization of the bill On amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazak...