Kazakhstan Appoints a New-Old Government
After the abrupt firing of the Kazakh government last week, a new cabinet was immediately approved
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New Kazakh prime minister appointed
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Askar Mamin as prime minister today after ordering the cabinet to resign last week, the presidential office said on Twitter. Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis, …
Kazakh government receives ‘F’
Nursultan Nazarbayev dismissed the Cabinet of Ministers
What does 2017 bring for Kazakhstan?
EXPO 2017, the transition to the Latin alphabet, participation in the Syrian settlement and stabilization of the domestic political situation are those events of this year that are remembered by Kazakhstan more than everything else, the head of …
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 …
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to settle border conflict
During the talks in Astana, the governments of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan signed a roadmap for the settlement of the situation at the border, the representative of the press service of the Kyrgyz government, Chingiz Esengulov reported. …
Nazarbayev orders transition to Latin-based alphabet
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev inked an executive order telling his government to prepare the Kazakh alphabet for a transition to Latin letters from Cyrillic ones. "The government of Kazakhstan is to set up …
Nazarbayev appoints two Kazakh Deputy PMs
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev named Yerbolat Dosayev and Askar Zhumagaliyev deputy prime ministers, according to documents published on his website. Yerbolat Dosayev has …
Will Kazakhstan become parliamentary republic?
The role of the Kazakh parliament could be considerably strengthened in the near future, the draft law 'On amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan', which was published today and presented for …
Nazarbayev delegates some powers to parliament and government
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will delegate some of his sweeping powers to the Central Asian nation's parliament and cabinet, he said on Wednesday, a move that could facilitate an eventual ...
Kazakh President to transfer economic powers to government
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said at the meeting of the working group on redistribution of powers that he intends to keep defense capabilities, external policy, public administration, protection of the Constitution, …
Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan can change form of government
Those who claim that there is an autocracy in Kazakhstan are saying nonsense, the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said in an interview with the authors of the new documentary. "Yes, we have a presidential …
Kazakh PM: we have no need in sales tax
Kazakh Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev voiced the government's standpoint on replacing VAT with a sales tax. According to him, this issue had been discussed for a long time and the government. It was …
Nazarbayev: all issues with new Cabinet of Ministers will be resolved without any delays
All issues related to the appointment of a new composition of the government of Kazakhstan will be resolved without any delays, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said. "In connection with Karim Massimov's …
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 …
Dmitry Medvedev and Karim Massimov hold telephone conversation on Victory Day
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov held a telephone conversation today, the website of the Russian government reports. "The heads of governments …
Karim Masimov to skip EEU ministerial meeting
Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov will not participate in the EEU ministerial meeting planned for April 8 in Yerevan, the Cabinet of Ministers of Kazakhstan said. "The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov …
Dmitry Medvedev and Karim Masimov discuss economic cooperation
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov have held telephone talks discussing the issues of bilateral economic cooperation, including in the transport and customs areas, the …
