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Kazakhstan is looking at widening its debt offerings and plans to sell shares in more than 200 companies to cut its role in the economy by half as it seeks to attract foreign investment to stimulate growth hit by falling oil prices and a currency crisis. The government may sell debt in euros and will consider various maturities as guidelines for corporate issuers, Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said in an interview in London. “We will continue to diversify and create a full curve, ” Sultanov said on Wednesday. “We are completing legislation to…
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Bid: 96.20 Offer: 96.25 Volume: 2, 604, 863.0 Prev close: 99.90 Shares issued: 446.677203 52 week high: 269.90 Index: Last Change: 52 week low: 72.70 Market Cap: 340.81 Kazakhstan miner Kazakhmys is the country s largest copper producer and the tenth largest refined copper producer and the tenth largest mined copper producer in the world based on 2004 production. Its main business is the mining, processing, smelting, refining and sale of copper and copper products, including cathodes and rods. It has around 66, employees worldwide, although the…
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Kazakhstan flora and fauna overview Over six thousand kinds of plants are growing in Kazakhstan (from them 515 - only here), on its open spaces it is possible to meet about 500 kinds of birds, 178 kinds of animals, 49 kinds of reptiles, 12 kinds of amphibians, and in the rivers and lakes - 107 kinds of fishes. A variety of invertebrate animals here is even more: not only there are more then thousand kinds of insects. Mollusks, worms, spiders, crustaceous and others living in Kazakhstan are not less than 30 thousand kinds. Kazakhstan flora and fauna…
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Most of the children raised in orphanages in Kazakhstan turn to prostitution or crime, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Majilis deputy Dariga Nazarbayeva as saying at the joint meeting of the Parliament chambers. “8 billion tenge ($53 million) were allocated for maintenance of orphanages in 2012. Around 100 thousand tenge ($667) are allocated monthly per one kid. And yet the orphanages are ineffective. We know that providing food, clothes and accommodation for a child means solving only a half the problem. The children that are raised in orphanages…
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Higher Education in Kazakhstan It is possible to study here and the country even encourages international students to call it home. The country is a wealthy one compared to others in the area. The country s higher education sector has not always been a good one. And, as a result of numerous international exchange programs being set up, it is growing in popularity around the world. About 50, foreign exchange students coming from about 43 countries are present, as of 2013, studying in one of the various universities here. What to Study Those individuals…
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A journalist holds a copy of the Assandi Times, now prohibited in Kazakhstan. © Assandi Times Editorial Office/Redaktsiya Assandi Times (Berlin) – A court on April 21, 2014, ordered the closure of one of Kazakhstan’s few remaining independent newspapers, Human Rights Watch said today. The order compounds other measures in recent weeks to tighten controls over freedom of expression and the media. Kazakh authorities should immediately seek to set aside the court order prohibiting the Assandi Times from publishing. The Almaty court ruled that the Assandi…
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The couple arrived in Kazakhstan on Sept. 9, but actual fieldwork didn’t start until almost two weeks into their stay. First, they had to get all the required paperwork done. “The life of an archaeologist is full of surprises, but it also involves hard work, patience to work through official channels, knowledge of the local language and customs, and the ability to contrast the new Kazakhstan with its ancient cultures, ” Chang writes in her first blog post on Sept. 12. On Oct. 7, they are three weeks into their research. “Our main hypothesis is that…
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Nauryz is a very important holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the spring equinox. Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebrated in the Great Steppes from ancient times. Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wealth, happiness and love and a great friendship day, since this holiday is common for many nations. During Nauryz celebrations, past offences are forgiven and forgotten and everybody makes a wish to leave all badness behind and bring renewal in the New Year…
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Kazakhstan climate is extremely continental and very dry. It has cold winters and hot summers. The hottest month is July (August in mountain regions). In summer the temperatures average more than 30 degrees Celsius (86 °Fahrenheit) and in winter the average is ?20 °C (?4.0 °F). However seasonal temperatures vary depending on which region. The best time to visit Kazakhstan is in spring (April to June) or in autumn (September to October) when temperatures are mild. Interested in the more detailed Weather and Climate of Kazakhstan? Please select a…
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The Ili River is the artery of Semirechye area tourism. The name of the river has been taken from the Mongolian Ilansu , which means flickering, sparkling. It is formed by the confluence of the Kunges and Tekes Rivers flowing from the Central Tien-Shan. It flows along a main valley through Kazakhstan; the valley is wide and flat. The riverbed is frequently branched into channels, divided by islands, and overgrown with brush and reeds. The river valley narrows only in the Kapchagai Gorge region, after which it becomes flat. The Ili River flows into…
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A beauty contest to find a Miss Army pin-up in Kazakhstan has resulted in 12 women being picked as the winner . The country s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it could not decide between the women and announced that a dozen serving ladies would instead create a calendar showing off their looks. Over 255, votes were cast on the MoD s website where pictures of the beauties in uniform, with weapons and in civilian clothes were uploaded. Scroll down for video A beauty contest to find a Miss Army pin-up in Kazakhstan has resulted in 12 women, including…
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WASHINGTON – Bigeldy Gabdullin, president of the PEN Club of Kazakhstan, arrived in the United States recently with a special mission. He says he wants to open the heart and soul of the Kazakh people to the American reader through literature. To achieve that, Kazakhstan’s PEN Club has launched a series called “We the Kazakh People, ” which envisions English translation and publications of works by the most prominent Kazakh writers. The series will include the poems of Mukagali Makatayev, “My Name is Kozha” by Berdibek Sokpakbayev, “A Lonely Yurt”…
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Kazakstan inherited a decaying but still powerful manufacturing and processing capacity from the centrally managed Soviet system. In that system, among Kazakstan s designated products for the general all-union market were phosphate fertilizer, rolled metal, radio cables, aircraft wires, train bearings, tractors, and bulldozers. Kazakstan also had a well-developed network of factories producing military goods that supplied about 11 percent of the total military production of the Soviet Union. In some areas of military production, Kazakstan had a…
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The population of the sovereign state of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the course of formation of the ethnic territory and demographic structure passed a difficult historical way. Population in the Kazakh khanate during folding in the middle of the XV century made about 200 thousand people. For the next 70 years there was forced growth of the population at the expense of collecting of the Kazakh nationality and its territory. At the beginning of the XVI century the number of citizens of khan Kasym made 1 million people. The beginning of formation…
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