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18.02.2011 11:16

Chinese artists perform ethnic dances, songs in Almaty

ALMATY. February 18. KAZINFORM. Chinese artists on Thursday staged a spectacular show featuring ethnic dances and songs in Kazakhstan 's biggest city, Almaty.

18.02.2011 10:54

Indian Embassy hosts film festival, Kazakhstan represented by "Birzhan-Sal"

RIYADH. February 18. KAZINFORM A festival of films from different parts of the world "International Film Festival-Riyadh: The Ambassadors' Choice" will open at the Indian Embassy Auditorium on Friday, with an Indian movie.

18.02.2011 10:40

EBRD strong profit growth to bolster robust investments in 2011

LONDON. February 18. KAZINFORM. The EBRD significantly increased profits in 2010 as emerging Europe started to pull out of the worst recession in a generation and most countries in the region started to see economic growth again.

18.02.2011 10:00

Almaty airport back to normal

ALMATY. February 18. KAZINFORM /Yekaterina Ionova/ Despite unfavorable weather conditions - drizzle precipitation and glazed frost, the Almaty airport returns to normal, deputy director of the Almaty airport Bakhytzhan Abdarssilov told Kazinform agency.

18.02.2011 09:33

Snow avalanche descended in Almaty region

ASTANA. February 18. KAZINFORM On Thursday Feb. 17 a spontaneous snow avalanche up to 84 c m descended at the 24th km of Turgen -Batan highway, the Emergencies Ministry's press service reports.

17.02.2011 20:00

Study: zinc helps treat cold

BEIJING. February 17. KAZINFORM. A new study shows that taking zinc supplements may shorten the length of a cold, media reports said Thursday.

17.02.2011 19:42

Climate risks: impact on Kazakhstan

ALMATY. February 17. KAZINFORM Presentation of a new regional project on climate risk management in Kazakhstan will be held in Almaty on Feb 22. The workshop will allow discussing the issues of climate change and climate-related risks, as well as the impact on key economic sectors. UNDP experts will present an assessment of a vulnerability of different regions of Kazakhstan to climate-related risks and outline the strategies to manage climate-risks at the national level.

17.02.2011 19:26

Information Minister tours West Kazakhstan

ASTANA. February 17. KAZINFORM Today an information group, led by Minister of Communications and Information of Kazakhstan Askar Zhumagaliyev, visited the West Kazakhstan region to raise public awareness of the tasks Nursultan Nazarbayev set in his State-of-the-Nation Address.

17.02.2011 19:11

Business Breakfast - Uncovering oil and gas opportunities in Kazakhstan

ALMATY. February 17. KAZINFORM. ITE Group Plc together with HSBC will co-host a Business Breakfast that aims to provide UK companies with the opportunity to learn the best routes into the market and how to do business in the Kazakhstani oil and gas industry.

17.02.2011 18:59

Qatar keen to participate in Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway

TEHRAN. February 17. KAZINFORM. Qatar is highly eager to partner with Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in the implementation of a major railway project which will connect the Central Asia to the Persian Gulf and is considered as the Silk Road of the 21st Century.

17.02.2011 15:47

2011 EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum to convene in Astana

ASTANA. February 17. KAZINFORM. The Annual Meeting brings together the EBRD's Board of Governors, namely the government ministers and other senior officials who represent the Bank's shareholder countries and organisations. The event will take place on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 May in Astana, Kazakhstan.

16.02.2011 14:05

KZT 19.6 bln alloted for Astana residential housing, social objects' construction

ASTANA. February 16. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "KZT 19.6 bln will be allocated this year to solve regional problems in the city of Astana," Finance Minister Bolat Zhamishev told at today's Cabinet meeting on revised budget for 2011-2013.

16.02.2011 13:29

Uranium development set for growth on back of good results in 2010

ASTANA. February 16. KAZINFORM. The establishment of a national industrial complex, competitive in both domestic and overseas markets, is the top goal of the Kazakhstan's national atomic company, Kazatomprom, the country's operator for production, import and export of uranium, rare metals, nuclear fuel, power plants, special equipment and dual-purpose materials.

16.02.2011 12:50

Kazakh Government approved housing construction support program

ASTANA. February 16. KAZINFORM. /Damir Baimanov/ At today's session the Government of Kazakhstan has approved a program "On measures to support housing construction".

15.02.2011 14:28

New Zealand's oldest woman dies at 109

WELLINGTON. February 15. KAZINFORM. New Zealand's oldest woman has died at the age of 109.

15.02.2011 13:27

Results of child abuse study debated, Kazakh Ombudsman's Office

ASTANA. February 15. KAZINFORM. Today in Astana Human Rights Commissioner of Kazakhstan Askar Shakirov has met with UNICEF Country Representative Hanaa Singer to review the results of the study of the violence against children at the child care centres. The research is a part of the memo of cooperation in sphere of protection and promotion of rights of children in Kazakhstan, signed in 2010, the press service of the Ombudsman's Office reports.

15.02.2011 12:49

WHO to host int'l conference on environmental and occupational determinants of cancer

ASTURIAS. February 15. KAZINFORM. The first International Conference on the primary prevention of cancer through environmental and occupational interventions aims to strengthen the ability of countries to address the determinants of cancers. It will take place on March 17-18 in Spain.

15.02.2011 12:16

New project on energy efficient design and construction of residential buildings to be launched in Kazakhstan

ASTANA. February 15. KAZINFORM A presentation of a new project on energy efficient design and construction of residential buildings will be held in Astana on Feb 16. The joint project aimed at energy efficiency in residential sector of Kazakhstan has been initiated by the United Nations Development Programme in collaboration with Agency for Construction and Housing Utilities of the RK with financial support of Global Environment Facility.

15.02.2011 11:58

Caspian Sea states to formulate security cooperation protocol

TBILISI. February 15. KAZINFORM. The Caspian Sea littoral states on Wednesday Feb 9 agreed to formulate a regional working protocol on security cooperation.

15.02.2011 11:37

Openness, publicity and transparency - basic principles for organization, preparation and conduct of elections, CEC

ASTANA. February 15. KAZINFORM. Early in February Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev rejected the idea of a nationwide referendum to prolong his term in office until 2020 proposed by the public and upheld by the Parliament.