Zhanna Nurmaganbetova

04.04.2011 19:30

Atyrau Oil & Gas 2011 exhibition to start Apr 5

ALMATY. April 4. KAZINFORM The Atyrau Oil & Gas Exhibition -10th North Caspian Regional Atyrau Oil, Gas and Infrastructure Exhibition (held alongside the Oiltech Atyrau 2011 Conference) provides an excellent opportunity for companies to showcase their products and services to the regions oil and gas community. It will start its work tomorrow, April 5.

04.04.2011 19:12

Officials, academics highlight expectations from Kazakh presidency of OIC

ASTANA. April 4. KAZINFORM Astana's upcoming chairmanship of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is set to strengthen mechanisms of potential conflict forecasting and prevention, Kazakhstan's ambassador-at-large Dulat Bakishev said addressing the international conference in Kazakhstan's Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) in Almaty on March 25.

04.04.2011 18:47

Kazakhstan targets to export 60 000 tons of meat by 2014

ASTANA. April 4. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "We paid attention to the grain production, today we deal with livestock husbandry issues and by 2014 we intend to export 60 000 tons of meat abroad," President Nursultan Nazarbayev told today during the press conference at Akorda.

04.04.2011 18:06

Chinese President congratulates Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev on reelection

BEIJING. April 4. KAZINFORM Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday sent a message to Kazakhstan's incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulating him on his reelection.

04.04.2011 17:42

Polling station in Paris saw high voter turnout

PARIS-BRUSSELS. April 4. KAZINFORM /Dimash Syzdykov/ The day of the presidential elections of Kazakhstan at the polling station, opened under the Kazakh Embassy in Paris, was active despite the bad weather. The voter turnout made 77%, the press service of the Kazakh Embassy to France says.

04.04.2011 17:05

Almaty to welcome 1st Int'l Cinema Festival of student and debut films

ASTANA. April 4. KAZINFORM The First International Cinema Festival of student and debut films "Bastau" (Beginning) will be held in Almaty on April 22-26. Prominent artists and heads of major film schools of Russia, Georgia, Poland, Germany, South Korea and Mongolia will attend the event.

04.04.2011 16:36

Import duties on carrots, beets, onions zeroed in Customs Union

MOSCOW. April 4. KAZINFORM The Commission of the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan zeroed import duties on some vegetables. The decision was published on the website of the Commission on 4 April, BelTA has learnt.

04.04.2011 15:58

98.6% voted for Nursultan Nazarbayev in Almaty region

TALDYKORGAN. April 4. KAZINFORM /Sandugash Duissenova/ According to the preliminary data of the oblast election commission as of April, 98.6% (845 792 people) cast their votes for incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

04.04.2011 15:32

Since next elections Kazakhstan to have multiparty parliament , N. Nazarbayev

ASTANA. April 4. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "Staring from the next elections the parliament of Kazakhstan will become multiparty," President Nursultan Nazarbayev told at today's press conference with the reps of the foreign and home journalists.

04.04.2011 14:52

Foreign policy stances of Kazakhstan remain the same, Kazakh President

ASTANA. April 4. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "Foreign policy stances of Kazakhstan remain the same," Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev told today foreign and home journalists.

01.04.2011 20:19

China concludes 5-month Antarctic expedition

SHANGHAI. April 1. KAZINFORM A 190-member research team aboard the icebreaker Snow Dragon arrived in Shanghai on Friday, wrapping up a 142-day expedition to ice-covered Antarctica.

01.04.2011 19:41

Kazakhstan to train highly-professional neurophysiologists and epileptologists

ALMATY. April 1. KAZINFORM An unprecedented campaign on training of neurologists-neurophysiologists has started in Kazakhstan.

01.04.2011 19:01

Kazakh delegation participated in Nowruz celebrations in Tehran

ASTANA. April 1. KAZINFORM The second annual meeting of the leaders of the oriental countries on the occasion of Nowruz, declared by the UN resolution as of February 18, 2010 as international day, convened in Tehran.

01.04.2011 17:42

President received OSCE PA Secretary General and OSCE PA delegation head

ASTANA. April 1. KAZINFORM Today Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has received OSCE PA Secretary General Robert Spencer Oliver and head of the OSCE PA delegation - special coordinator of the OSCE short-term observers Tonino Picula, the President's press service informs.

01.04.2011 16:46

Israeli scientists win int'l award for breakthrough in cancer research

JERUSALEM. April 1. KAZINFORM Two researchers at the Hebrew University (HU) of Jerusalem have been honored with a prestigious award for their study of the connection between several inflammatory diseases, cancer and bacteria.

01.04.2011 16:05

"Food Contract Corporation" names new deputy chief executive

ASTANA. April 1. KAZINFORM By the resolution of the Board of Directors of "National Company "Food Contract Corporation" JSC as of March 31, 2011, Rakhmet Bainakov is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board of "Food Contract Corporation" JSC, the company's press service reports.

01.04.2011 15:44

March 2011 inflation made 0.5%, Kazakh Statistics Agency

ASTANA. April 1. KAZINFORM Inflation in Kazakhstan made 0.5% in March of 2011, the Kazakh Statistics Agency says.

01.04.2011 15:32

Kazakhstan, Malaysia to discuss prospects of bilateral relations and multilateral arrangements

ASTANA. April 1. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov will visit Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia April 4 through 9 to hold talks with senior officials of those countries to discuss prospects of strengthening bilateral relations and multilateral arrangements, the press service of the Kazakh MFA reports.

31.03.2011 13:43

CIS Observation Mission head arrives in Astana

ASTANA. March 31. KAZINFORM Head of the CIS Observation Mission to monitor the early presidential elections of Kazakhstan Sergey Lazarev has arrived in Astana, the headquarters of the CIS Mission reports.

31.03.2011 12:43

Nowruz celebrated in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 31. KAZINFORM To celebrate the Nowruz festival, which marks the arrival of Spring, a gala dinner was hosted by the Nowruz Commission on March 17, 2011, at the Library of Congress.