Bakytzhan Sagintayev

Electric trains may appear in Almaty

Electric trains may appear in Almaty

Mayor of Almaty Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the meeting on social and economic development of the city addressed the internal migration and a transport issues. According to him, a major flow of migrants comes from the …

Kazakhstan to be renamed

Kazakhstan to be renamed

The rebranding idea is built on hammering ideology on people’s heads and searching for national identity

Samruk-Kazyna to be headed by Akhmetzhan Yesimov

Samruk-Kazyna to be headed by Akhmetzhan Yesimov

As the government of Kazakhstan reported today, the former head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic and the former akim of Almaty, Akhmetzhan Yesimov, was appointed today as the head of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna. In …

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway officially launched

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway officially launched

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway has been officially opened in Baku today. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan …

Eurasian Week in Astana: EEU vector of movement

Eurasian Week in Astana: EEU vector of movement

The Eurasian Week annual international exhibition forum, organized by the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), opened in Astana today. It is being attended by representatives of 42 …

Wind storm kills three people in Kazakhstan

Wind storm kills three people in Kazakhstan

Three people were killed and another three injured in a wind storm that hit Taraz, the administrative center of the Zhambyl region, on Monday, the regional governor Karim Kokrekbayev said. Kazakh Prime …

Kazakh Prime Minister: no time to relax about GDP growth

Kazakh Prime Minister: no time to relax about GDP growth

Kazakhstan's GDP growth of 3.7% in the first four months of 2017 doesn't mean it's time to relax, Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev said. "The results are quite promising, however, there is no …

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov resigns

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov resigns

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has decreed to relieve Prime Minister Karim Massimov of his post and appoint him as Chairman of the National Security Committee, Kazinform reported citing …

Kazakhstan creates reserve fund of 623 million dollars

Kazakhstan creates reserve fund of 623 million dollars

The reserve fund, formed by the Kazakh government for financing the anti-crisis measures in the coming year will reach 225.5 billion tenges (623 million dollars), the first Deputy Prime Minister of the country Bakytzhan …

Kazakhstan releases prices for AI-92 to float freely

Kazakhstan releases prices for AI-92 to float freely

The government of Kazakhstan has decided to abandon state regulation of prices for AI-92 gasoline, First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev reported. He explained this is due to the increase in the exchange rate …

Tenge drops by more than a third

Tenge drops by more than a third

During today's morning trading on the Kazakhstan Currency Stock Exchange, the tenge dropped by 35.5%. Its rate against the dollar fell from 188.38 to 255.26 tenge. The trading volume during this drop amounted to 115.55 million …

Kyrgyzstan becomes full member of EEU

Kyrgyzstan becomes full member of EEU

The customs border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan was officially opened today within the framework of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). "From this day, Kyrgyzstan will be able, along with …