Charge d'Affaires of Kazakhstan Temirtai Izbastin held a meeting with head of Customs Agency of the Ministry of Finance of Bulgaria Gen. Vanyo Tanov where the sides discussed development of cooperation between the customs bodies of two states, Kazinform refers to the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.



The Kazakh Diplomat informed the interlocutor of the main provisions of the President's Address to the nation in 2010, Strategic Development Plan of the country till 2020, priorities of Kazakh...

A crumb in a bed is so little that he even does not feel how a laboratory assistant takes blood from his fingers for analysis. It is not an usual blood test but a determination of the possible development of child’s fenylketonury. It is one of the hereditary genetic diseases.

Gulshan Zadina, a head physician of the RPC:

The breach of aminoacid metabolism, development of feeble-mindedness appears in the 12th form. The only method of determination of existence of gene of a c

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The dangerous work for life is being done not by rock-climbers but by usual workers, too. They work without any insurance       on a dome with the height of several ten metres. The roof of the palace of wedding has not only an unusual form but it will also be planked by a special       material.

Erzhan Seitmetov, a worker: We try to finish everything quickly. We do everything that depends on us. The construction started in Aug

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Today President Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Special Representative for International Trade and Investment of the British Government Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward Windsor, Duke of York.



As the President's press service informs, the prospects of expansion of the Kazakh-British trade-economic and investment cooperation were discussed at the meeting.

Source: KAZINFORM

 Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed the Ministry of Defense to reward the pilots who took Kurmanbek Bakiyev from Kyrgyzstan. The Kazakh leader said at a press conference in Akorda.



"Our pilots took a risk. I am grateful to them and ordered the Minister of Defense to put them forward for decoration", N. Nazarbayev noted.



As reported earlier, yesterday at 6.30 p.m. the plane took off from Almaty to Jalal-Abad and at 8.15 p.m. it lande...

"The Global Nuclear Summit in Washington was a great success", President N.Nazarbayev has said today at the briefing in Akorda.



"The Summit ended successfully by the unanimous declaration of Heads of State. The discussions were mostly held behind closed doors. My report on our positions beginning from closing the Semipalatinsk Test Site that is an analogue of the Nevada Test Site in the USA and our renounce of nuclear weapons were highly appraised by the world commu...

The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, held a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, the agency reports citing the official site of the President of the Russian Federation.



According to the press service of the President of the Russian Federation, the officials discussed the situation in Kyrgyzstan during the telephone conversation.



N. Nazarbayev informed D. Medvedev on the efforts undertaken to settle the situation...

Leading U.S. mass media paid special attention to the initiatives of Kazakhstan on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and reduction of nuclear threat, expressed by the Kazakh President at the Global Nuclear Summit held in Washington on April 12-13. Kazinform offers its readers short version of the interview of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to The Washington Times titled "Kazakhstan - key player in nuclear, Afghan security" by Claude Salhani - political analyst specializing in the Mi...

Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Akhylbek Kurishbayev has met with Co-Chairman of the Kazakh-Israeli Intergovernmental Commission on trade and economic cooperation, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Benjamin Ben-Eliezer today, Kazinform refers to the press service of the Ministry.



Prospect of development of the bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture, in particular, poultry breeding, livestock breeding, technologies of sustainable use of water resources and drop irriga...

In the New York Times article "Kazakhstan - Global Leader in Nuclear Security" Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev was quoted as saying: "Kazakhstan, where 1.5 million people suffered from the effects of 500 nuclear explosions, knows the human cost of the nuclear threat better than anyone. That's why we got rid of the world's fourth largest nuclear arsenal. And that is why we call on the world to follow our example that has not alternative."



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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of the USA Barack Obama discussed the issues of strengthening of strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and America at the meeting held in Washington on April 11, Kazinform refers to the press service of the Head of the State.



N.Nazarbayev invited Barack Obama to visit Kazakhstan at a convenient time. The invitation was accepted with gratitude.  

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President Nursultan Nazarbayev will deliver a speech at the first session of the Nuclear Security Summit entitled "National measures on reducing threat of nuclear terrorism and ensuring security of nuclear materials" in Washington today.

Source: KAZINFORM

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is staying on a working visit in the Kingdom of Belgium.



Today he will meet with President of the European Investment Bank Philippe Maystadt. Upon the talks a framework agreement between Kazakhstan and the EIB regulating the Bank's activity in Kazakhstan is planned to be signed. It will be signed By Secretary of State - Foreign Minister Kanata Saudabayev from the Kazakh side and Philippe Maystadt from the foreign side.

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Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has left for Brussels with an official visit today.



The program of the visit includes a meeting with President of the European Investment Bank Philippe Maystadt scheduled for Saturday, April 10. After then the President is expected to have a breakfast with First President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy. 

Source: KAZINFORM

Heads of Government of Kazakhstan and Georgia Karim Massimov and Nikoloz Gilauri hhave discussed the issue of establishment of storages for Kazakh grain at the territory of Georgia today.



"We discussed establishment of special grain storages at the territory of Georgia that will allow Kazakhstan to diversify this type of goods", N.Gilauri said at the press conference upon the results of the meeting.



The Heads of Government negotiated the issues of energy a...

Koktem-2010 is educational-training measures hold in Turkestan. All services of defence and life-saving: firemen, signalers, medics, engineering and breakdown-saving services, DIA, communal workers  about 631 people, took part in it. 1200 conditionally victim people, who lost their houses in the result of natural calamity, were placed in hostels and sport halls of the educational institutions of the city. Studying was held during three days. S.Smailov, a chief of the Department on emergency...

Budget of our country is a leading link of the Governments financial system without of which an execution of economical, social and political functions is unthinkable. It is oriented to the decision of tasks of the first-order importance. It is necessary to know how to plan them for not to get into debts till the next receipts, if something unforeseen did not happen. It is some kind of art. About peculiarities of the regions budget for 2010 we are talking with the deputy akim of the SKR, with E....

Kazakh Secretary of State-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev welcomed V.Yanukovich at the Astana airport.



The Ukrainian President will go to the residency of the Kazakh Head of State - Akorda. There will be held a meeting of Nursultan Nazarbayev and Viktor Yanukovich. Several agreements will be signed as well.

Source: KAZINFORM

Upon completion of the bilateral meeting in Akorda President Nursultan Nazarbayev has awarded Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon with Dostyk order of the 1st degree.



"Awarding this order shows Kazakhstan's acknowledgement of your contribution to promotion of peace, social just and stable development on the global level", the Kazakh President stressed.



Handing out the award N. Nazarbayev said that Ban Ki-moon had expressed sympathy to Kazakhstanis whil...

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, arrived for a working visit in the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, the agency reports citing the prime minister's press service.



According to the press service, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan will hold meetings with the prime Minister of Jordan, Samir Al-Rifai, and the King of Jordan, Abdullah ІІ. The officials will discuss prospects of development of bilateral Kazakhstan-Jordanian trade an

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Vice Ministers of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan have been appointed, the agency reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan.



According to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, Berik Kamaliev has been appointed Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan, who earlier held the post of the chairman of the board of JSC SPK Saryarka, and Duysenbay Turganov, who earlier held the post of Vice

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The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, during the meeting concerning further development of Astana assigned to exempt from taxes those businessmen who are building new kindergartens, the agency reports citing the official mass media.



"We have not involved small and medium business yet and have not created conditions for them. Those who build kindergartens will be exempted from any taxes," N. Nazarbayev said.



During the meeting, N. Nazarbayev assigne

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The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, held working meeting to discuss the questions of liquidation of consequences of spring floods in the Eastern Kazakhstan area, the agency reports citing the president's press service.



The head of state noted that the akims of all regions of the country and the chairs of state structures, which are responsible for anti-flood measures, need to check the condition of all reservoirs, dams, and other hydroconstructions.



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Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstanis on Easter.



Dear compatriots!



I cordially congratulate you on Easter!



This bright holiday symbolizes the most important human values as love, good, mutual understanding and forgiveness.



The multinational and multi-confessional Kazakhstan is proud of good traditions of mutual respect among the representatives of various religions living

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Kazakhstan's State Republican Children's Library has held an exhibition of Nowruz paintings by Iranian children in the capital city of Almaty.



The month-long event displays 50 paintings created by Iranian kids on different subjects related to the Persian New Year, Nowruz.



The works depict traditions and rituals performed before and during Nowruz such as New Year shopping, setting the Haft Seen and visiting relatives.



Meaning 'new day,' Nowruz coi

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The Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has got acquainted with the construction progress of "Khan Shatyry" shopping mall today in Astana.

The square of the facility is 133 thousand sq m. According to the press service of the akimat of Astana, over one thousand workers are involved in the construction.

The complex will be seven-floored. The lowest sector will be occupied by a car parking, the second and third floors - shop...

Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit a number of projects under construction in Astana today, including "Khan Shatyry" shopping mall, New University of Astana. Besides, he will put the capsule into the foundation of the new Opera and Ballet Theater.

Source:  KAZINFORM

They did not noticed that achieved a jubilee. It always happens when you serve your work. Nevertheless, a work is not a labour duty but intransient love. Moreover, the collective is not a meeting of units, it is a fusion, the second first home. Thats why nobody went out from there during the ten years, contrary they gave grown up for working with soul. It is a dancing school Bi tany. It is a territory of a woman with non-real energy-Kseniya Rakovaya.

If she was there she would be anger

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Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev signed Decree "On initiation of anniversary medal in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945".   

Source: KAZINFORM

About 90 cities and towns in Kazakhstan will join the global Earth Hour campaign by switching off the lights for an hour, the local branch of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Friday, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.



Saturday will be the third annual Earth Hour observance, which is sponsored by the WWF.



In the capital of Astana, some landmark buildings, such as the Astana-Baiterek Monument, the Presidential Palace, the Supreme Court building and the Independence P

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