Zhanna Nurmaganbetova

31.03.2011 10:48

Death toll reaches 11,417 from great quake-tsunami in Japan

TOKYO. March 31. KAZINFORM The National Police Agency said on Thursday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 11,417 people dead and 16,273 others unaccounted for in Japan by 10:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).

31.03.2011 10:27

UN report outlines creative industries’ potential to boost development

NEW YORK. March 31. KAZINFORM Trade in creative goods and services has remained robust despite a decline in global commerce as the result of the world financial crisis, reflecting the potential of the "creative economy" to boost economic growth particularly in the developing countries, according to a new United Nations report unveiled on Wed.

31.03.2011 09:29

Kazakh-Azeri relations making good headway, Ambassador

BAKU. March 31. KAZINFORM /Arnur Mukhametkarim/ Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the Caspian littoral states that are known to have common history of foundation and development in old time and as member states of the former USSR have always maintained amicable and good neighborly relations. The countries embarked on a brand new level of relations since both had gained independence back to 1991.

31.03.2011 08:07

Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors

LONDON. March 31. KAZINFORM Japan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) made the announcement three weeks after failing to bring reactors 1 - 4 under control. Locals would be consulted on reactors 5 and 6, which were shut down safely.

30.03.2011 20:07

Int'l CIS postal operators' forum to take place in Almaty

ALMATY. March 30. KAZINFORM On April 1 Almaty will host the international forum of CIS postal services - a joint session of the 32nd commission of the regional commonwealth in the filed of communications (RCC) and 21st council of the RCC postal operators, press service of KazPost JSC reports.

30.03.2011 19:12

Kazakhstan to report on climate change

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM A new joint project of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the RK, UNDP Kazakhstan and Global Environmental Fund "Assistance to the Republic of Kazakhstan in preparation of the Third National Communication in accordance with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC)" was presented today in Astana.

30.03.2011 18:37

KazMunayGas and Statoil signed HOA on Abay block in the Kazakhstani sector of the Caspian Sea

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM JSC NC "KazMunayGas" and Statoil have signed the Heads of Agreement (HOA) on the Abay block located in the Kazakhstani sector of the Caspian Sea on 16 March this year.

30.03.2011 18:14

Astana akimat, development companies and banks reported on state housing construction policy

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM On Wednesday President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has surveyed Zhagalau-3 residential complex. The apartments of this residential estate will be sold through the new housing construction programme for 2011-2014, the Presidential press service informs.

30.03.2011 17:50

Haj Ministry to curb beggars in the guise of pilgrims

JEDDAH. March 30. KAZINFORM The Haj Ministry has urged all licensed Umrah companies to ask their agents worldwide not to accept visa applications from people who intend to come to Saudi Arabia with the sole purpose of begging.

30.03.2011 17:00

Four days left until presidential elections of Kazakhstan, CEC readies for voting process

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ There are only four days left until the main event of 2011, the snap presidential elections of Kazakhstan, member of the Kazakhstan Central Election Committee Tatiana Okhlopkova told Kazinform agency.

30.03.2011 16:08

Roundtable on performance assessment of state bodies held in Astana

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM Several government officials and more than 40 representatives of nongovernmental organizations from Almaty and Astana cities, as well as Karaganda and Pavlodar oblasts gathered at the roundtable in Astana on March 25. The meeting initiated the launch of a new joint project of UNDP Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade "Strengthening responsive governance for acceleration Millennium Development Goals in Kazakhstan."

30.03.2011 16:00

Kazakh President surveyed Zhagalau-3 residential estate

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ On Wednesday President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has surveyed Zhagalau-3 residential complex. The apartments of this residential estate will be sold through the new housing construction programme for 2011-2014.

30.03.2011 15:58

Asia Auto to produce four new models of KIA

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan's Car Assembly Plant "Asia Auto" has received official permission to produce four new models of KIA. "The first crossovers Sportage and Soul, Optima sedans and Cadenza have already gone off the assembly line of the enterprise," the Asia-Auto informed in a press release on March 18.

30.03.2011 15:08

Abai Centre to open in Azerbaijan

BAKU. March 30. KAZINFORM /Arnur Mukhametkarim/ "The Abai Centre under the Baku State University is expected to open its door in April in Baku," Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov told today during the press conference at Trend agency.

30.03.2011 14:54

Kazakhstan limits annual biofuels output to 2.9 billion liters

ASTANA. March 30. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan, the third-biggest grain producer in the former Soviet Union, will limit production of ethanol and other biofuels to 2.87 billion liters (757 million gallons) this year.

29.03.2011 19:53

TurkPA to observe snap presidential elections in Kazakhstan

BAKU. March 29. KAZINFORM The International Observation Mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TurkPA) will visit Kazakhstan on April 1-5 to observe the snap presidential elections in this country, TurkPA said today.

29.03.2011 19:16

Agr’t signed to successfully fulfill Salamatty Kazakhstan program

ASTANA. March 29. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/Today Health Minister of Kazakhstan Salidat Kairbekova has signed an agreement with seven ministries which will let efficiently realize the guidelines of "Salamatty Kazakhstan" state-run program for 2011-2015.

29.03.2011 18:49

Almaty to put ultramodern perinatal centre into service

ALMATY. March 29. KAZINFORM Today Almaty Mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov has got familiarized with the construction process and preparations for putting the city perinatal centre into operation, the Mayor's press service reports.

29.03.2011 18:04

EU hopes Kazakhstan will take part in Chernobyl NPP sarcophagus project, Norbert Jousten

ASTANA. March 29. KAZINFORM /Murat Zhakeyev/ "The European Union (EU) hopes that Kazakhstan will take an active part in completion of the project at the Chernobyl NPP on erection of a sarcophagus at the reactor suffered following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986," Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan Norbert Jousten told journalists in Astana.

29.03.2011 16:19

Kazakh Ambassador: Kazakhstan may pump oil to Belarus

MINSK. March 29. KAZINFORM Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Anatoly Smirnov does not rule out a possibility to pump oil from Kazakhstan to Belarus within the framework of the Single Economic Space (SES). He made this statement at a press conference in Minsk on 29 March, BelTA has learnt.