04/20/2018 14:40 | Bloomberg's Week in Pictures ( Bloomberg ) We sit down with Cyril Ramaphosa, the new president of South Africa, who says he is committed to fighting corruption and fixing troubled state companies. Deep beneath Moscow, newly excavated rail tunnels get seamed with cast iron; the city spends 15 percent of its total budget on transportation ... |
04/18/2018 00:20 | Akmola region reproductive dairy farm to provide jobs ( Astana Times ) ASTANA â A specialised reproductive farm to be established in Burabai area, Akmola region, will provide jobs for local residents and develop the Kazakh ... Kazakh farmers supply 30 percent of the domestic milk market and the Five Social Initiatives roadmap approved March 13 by the government will ... |
04/16/2018 04:35 | SILK ROAD PASSAGES: An Offer Along The Ishim ( Lost Coast Outpost ) In last week's installment, at James' request I updated you on my situation in Astana, glorious capital of Kazakhstan. You'll recall I had to take the train to the southern border city of Taraz to renew my residency. And I was supposed to meet this local guy to discuss transporting some weed back to Astana. |
04/13/2018 19:30 | Kazakhstan: new maritime shipment service launched along Trans-Caspian route ( Times of Central Asia ) ASTANA (TCA) â The first export containers have been transported by a feeder vessel from Kazakhstan's Aktau seaport across the Caspian Sea to the port of Baku in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan's national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said. Containers of JSC KTZ Express (a subsidiary ... |
04/13/2018 18:30 | HeartStitch wins CE Mark for Trans-Apical Access and Closure device ( Mass Device ) The device is revolutionary, allowing interventional procedures to be performed safely and effectively,â Dr. Yuri Pya of Astana, Kazakhstan's National Cardiac Research Center, who performed the first HeartStitch suture-based procedure, said in a prepared statement. Approval of the system was ... |
04/13/2018 03:35 | Nazarbayev extends condolences to president of Algeria over military plane crash ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram of condolences to President of the People's Democratic Republic of ... "Sharing the bitterness of the loss, allow me, on behalf of the people of Kazakhstan and on my own behalf, to express condolences to the families and ... |
04/13/2018 02:35 | HeartStitchÂŽ Inc. has received CE Mark for Its Suture Based Trans-Apical Access and Closure ( Markets Insider ) Dr. Yuri Pya of the National Cardiac Research Center, Astana, Kazakhstan who was the first in the world to perform this procedure using our suture-based solution stated, "I am very excited about this technology and see great potential for our minimally invasive structural heart procedures. The device is ... |
04/12/2018 22:30 | Nazarbayev exĐľtends condolences to president of Algeria over military plane crash ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram of condolences to the President of the People's Democratic ... "Sharing the bitterness of the loss, allow me, on behalf of the people of Kazakhstan and myself, to express condolences to the families and friends of the ... |
04/12/2018 17:30 | A largely dry day ahead for Kazakhstan - Met Office ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) Fog and strong winds up to 15-20 m/s are predicted for Kostanay and North-Kazakhstan regions on Thursday. Drivers and pedestrians here are advised to use caution due to icy road conditions. Patchy fog will blanket parts of Karaganda, East Kazakhstan, as well as Almaty regions. Night temperatures ... |
04/12/2018 09:31 | Air Baltic opens new flight to Astana ( Trend News Agency ) "The aviation authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan issued a certificate on the accreditation of a foreign air carrier to Air Baltic airlines. Thus, in accordance with the approved timetable, Air Baltic plans to start flights on the route Riga-Almaty from April 29 of this year with a frequency of 3 times a week", ... |
04/12/2018 00:45 | No impact on Kazakh sovereign fund from new Russia sanctions ( Nasdaq ) ... or in part, ranging from the very small to behemoths such as energy producer KazMunayGaz (KMG) and flagship carrier Air Astana. "Commodity prices have already started to rebound. We are seeing a lot of interest into Kazakhstan and Central Asia as a whole, especially from markets like China, Asia, ... |
04/12/2018 00:45 | No impact on Kazakh sovereign fund from new Russia sanctions - exec ( Reuters ) SHANGHAI, April 11 (Reuters) - A senior executive at Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna said on Wednesday that there has been no impact ... in whole or in part, ranging from the very small to behemoths such as energy producer KazMunayGaz (KMG) and flagship carrier Air Astana. |
04/11/2018 20:35 | Kazakh government plans to launch 298 projects in 2018 ( http://www.kazakh-tv.kz/ ) This year, the number of countries whose citizens do not require a Kazakh entry visa has reached 61 countries. By the end of 2018, Chinese citizens transiting through the airports of Astana and Almaty will be able to stay on the territory of Kazakhstan for 72 hours without visas. The similar visa ... |
04/09/2018 21:25 | Precipitation to persist in Kazakhstan on Monday ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Precipitation, mainly rain, will persist on April 9 in most regions of Kazakhstan due to the passage of atmospheric fronts. Dry weather is expected in the west and partly in the south of the country. According to Kazhydromet Weather Service, Akmola, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, ... |
04/09/2018 20:20 | New Silk Road ( http://www.kazakh-tv.kz/ ) Kazakhstan's âNurly Zholâ program and China's One Belt, One Road initiative have common goals. Experts expressed this opinion at the âModern Silk Road: More Than Economyâ workshop held in Astana. The participants discussed ways of strengthening trade and economic cooperation with the ... |
04/09/2018 16:20 | Rainy weather to persist in Kazakhstan on Monday ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Precipitation, mainly rain, will persist on April 9 in most regions of Kazakhstan due to the passage of atmospheric fronts. In the meantime, a dry weather is expected in the west and partly in the south of the country only. According to Kazhydromet Weather Service, Akmola, ... |
04/09/2018 04:25 | SILK ROAD PASSAGES: City of the Dead ( Lost Coast Outpost ) There is one other piece of business, I suppose it doesn't hurt to tell. This city is like the weed capital of Kazakhstan. It's dirt-cheap and the quality surprisingly good. Last month in a bar in Astana I met this guy who owns a coffee shop in the city center. Gave me his number and told me to look him up ... |
04/09/2018 00:20 | Rain, hail, and winds strengthening in store for Kazakhstan on Sunday ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) ASTANA. KAZINFORM Frontal passage will bring precipitation to most of Kazakhstan on Sunday, with the exception of its south-western parts, ... Fog, ice, and strong winds up to 15-20 m/s are in store for Akmola, Karaganda, East Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan, Kostanay, and Pavlodar regions on ... |
04/08/2018 18:30 | President extends Easter greetings to Kazakhstan's Orthodox ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) ) Peaceful work, tranquility and harmonious interaction of representatives of all faiths is the main wealth of Kazakhstan, which we need to cherish and multiply, he noted. "Symbolizing a renewal and a belief in the best, this holiday is consonant with the spirit of transformation that is carried out in all spheres ... |
04/08/2018 17:30 | Uzbek, Kazakh bilateral railway traffic increases 44% in first two months of year 2018 ( Dispatch News Desk ) Astana, Kazakhstan: The first quarter of year of 2018 has recorded historic increase of bilateral economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. According to available data, the growth of mutual volumes of cargo transportation was 8% in 2017, amounting to more than 20.5 million tons while ... |