Kazakhstan could complete WTO accession by year’s end, says WTO General Director
KAZAKHSTAN – Comments by World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Director Pascal Lamy may indicate that Kazakhstan’s long-standing bid to join the organisation could finally be accepted before the end of the year. Accession to the WTO has been a top priority for Kazakhstan’s foreign affairs since 1996, the time it began negotiating the accession with…
Kazakhstan could complete WTO accession by year’s end, says WTO General Director
KAZAKHSTAN – Comments by World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Director Pascal Lamy may indicate that Kazakhstan’s long-standing bid to join the organisation could finally be accepted before the end of the year. Accession to the WTO has been a top priority for Kazakhstan’s foreign affairs since 1996, the time it began negotiating the accession with…
President Seeks to Boost Almaty Tourism Infrastructure
ASTANA – President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently tasked Almaty Akim (Mayor) Akhmetzhan Yessimov to continue developing Almaty’s infrastructure and underlined that tourism is to play a key role in the region’s development. “I have instructed (the akim) to extensively work on the development of tourism where skiing plays an important role, (utilizing the) potential of the…
President Calls on Government to Act as Year’s End Looms
ASTANA – At the end of the first year of the Kazakhstan 2050 state programme, President Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the ministers and listened to their reports on developments in the country over the past nine months. The programme is expected to propel the country into the 30 most developed countries by 2050. During the expanded…
International Energy Companies Discuss Kazakh Energy Sector at KIOGE
ALMATY – Representatives of major domestic and international energy companies gathered in Almaty October 1-4 to discuss issues related to the development of Kazakhstan oil fields and shale deposits, resolving oil transportation tax disputes, environmental protection and other key issues related to Kazakhstan’s energy sector. The discussions came during the Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas…
Akorda Makes National History a Priority
ASTANA – Continuing and implementing more studies of Kazakhstan’s national history was encouraged at the third Interdepartmental Working Group session held at Akorda on Sept. 25, chaired by State Secretary Marat Tazhin. It was underlined during the session that a group of scholars had been assembled to develop basic school books on Kazakhstan’s history, beginning…
Nazarbayev University Developing Innovative Form of Advertising
ASTANA – A team of researchers at the Department of Scientific Capacity at Nazarbayev University have been working to develop a new concept in interactive, unconventional advertising that they think could change the way advertising is perceived. “Approaching a poster, showcase or multimedia screen, we see a static image or video and it does not…
