Kazakhstan NewsNews on Kazakhstan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Emirates' Alnair to buy 25 percent of Kazkommertsbank's shares Silk Road Intelligencer- June 24, 2008 Alnair Capital Holding has bought an 8 percent stake in Kazkommertsbank and expects the Financial Supervision Agency to approve its plan to bring its holdings to 25 percent.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/emirates-alnair-to-buy-25-percent-of-kazkomm... ENRC's lays out plans for life after Kazakhmys Silk Road Intelligencer- June 24, 2008 Just three months after listing on the London Stock Exchange and buoyed by declining global metal production, which has caused demand and consequently prices for its products to soar, Kazakhstan's largest listed company ENRC shot into the FTSE 100 index.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/enrcs-lays-out-plans-for-life-after-kazakhmy... Baksy: The New Kazakhstan Film- June 24, 2008 An aged femme shaman, gangsters and assorted innocents are thrown together in Kazakhstan-set drama "Baksy," helmer Guka Omarova's fluent sophomore outing. Although slightly less resonant than her similarly noir-inflected debut, "Schizo," the latest pic pulls off the same trick of making well-worn crime plotting look entirely natural within its Central Asian setting. Pic will definitely enjoy fest play, but the chances of "Baksy" securing wide distribution don't look any better than they did for.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/baksy-the-new-kazakhstan-film?fromrss=1 Dam Helps Increase Fish in Northern Aral Sea- June 23, 2008 A dam project helped raise water levels and increase fish stocks in the northern part of the depleted Aral Sea, offering hope of some revival in areas of one of the world's worst ecological disasters. The people of the Northern Aral Sea region in Kazakhstan may soon see their economy revitalized and the return of large-scale fishing and farming, said President Robert Zoellick.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/dam-helps-increase-fish-in-northern-aral-sea... Russia to Launch Cruise Line Along the Caspian Sea- June 20, 2008 BAKU. June 18. KAZINFORM. Russian side intends to launch a cruise line along the Caspian Sea for the first time in the history in spring of 2009, said Gennady Pilipenko, chief of department for development of internal tourism projects of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency. The cruise liner will include visits to Kazakhstan.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/russia-to-launch-cruise-line-along-the-caspi... Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Speaks Formally with Saudi King- June 19, 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Saudi Arabian King have been speaking on formal terms this month. Accomplishing the contract of some mutual business terms, the Russian Federation is pondering making the connection with Saudi Arabia by inviting them into a Shipbuilding Reform Strategy. The two countries have been establishing ties in favorable terms over the past several weeks.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/prime-minister-vladimir-putin-speaks-formall... Vice Minister of Agriculture Appointed: Marat Orazayev- June 18, 2008 Kazakhstan has so much potential in the agricultural sector, as does Ukraine and Georgia. Kazakhstan is known for their agricultural outputs in areas of wheat, cotton, orchard fruits, vineyard wine fruits, barley, rice, millet, and buckwheat. Interacting with CIS partners, crops from varying states, such as Ukraine and Georgia are readily available. Ukraine is known for their rich black soils and crops, such as tomato, watermelon, apple, pear, humus, sugar beet, and carrot. Other regions of the.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/vice-minister-of-agriculture-appointed-marat... PetroKazakhstan oil production down in Q1 2008 Silk Road Intelligencer- June 17, 2008 PetroKazakhstan produced 1.597 million tons of oil in the first quarter of 2008, down 53 thousand tons from the fist quarter of 2007, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported on July 13.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/petrokazakhstan-oil-production-down-in-q1-20... International companies get stuck into Kazakh cement Silk Road Intelligencer- June 17, 2008 Cement mixers are standing idle at abandoned residential projects in Almaty, but in Shymkent, Astana, Karaganda and other Kazakh cities, construction of new cement plants is racing ahead in anticipation of future demand.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/international-companies-get-stuck-into-kazak... Kazakh President Invites Fellow CIS Leaders to Celebration- June 16, 2008 SAINT PETERSBURG. June 7. KAZINFORM Dina Yermaganbetova President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev invited leaders of the CIS members states to participate in the celebration of Astana's 10th anniversary. The celebration is to take place July 1st to July 6th. All guests received shall be received as "distinguished" members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.http://www.topix.net/world/kazakhstan/2008/06/kazakh-president-invites-fellow-cis-leaders-... |