Search Results for 2014/12/21

EU launches human rights, civil society development programmes in Kazakhstan

…“Since Kazakhstan has achieved the status of a middle-income country, starting in 2014 bilateral activities within the cooperation instrument for development are not being carried out anymore, but the country…

Strong Potential for Non-Oil Economic Cooperation between Germany and Kazakhstan, Top Official Says

…€1,246.5 million. In 2014, that number was €1,722.3 million, representing a year-on-year reduction of 27.6 percent. The trade turnover amounted to €4,069.7 million, down 34.0 percent compared with the 2014

Debutantes Take Floor for Seventh Opera Ball in Almaty

…nomination for young local vocalists in 2014, naming Maria Mudryak as the most promising opera singer in the country. Beginning this year, the award is also open to foreign performers….

Global Shapers Astana Hub empowers youth, provides channels for action

2014. “I wanted to join a group of young people who wanted to do something positive in society. The year 2014 was when Astana hosted the Shape Eurasia event and…

Farming to Play Key Role in Kazakhstan’s Economic Anti-Crisis Programme

…and other stimulus. According to World Bank statistics, the annual GDP percentage growth rate at Kazakh market prices was 4.1 percent in 2014, whereas for 2015 and 2016 the forecast…

Challenges Pressure Kazakhstan Economy, but Reforms Will Continue, Former Official Says

…summer of 2015, the ruble continued to depreciate under pressure from falling oil prices. While the average ruble/dollar exchange rate in June 2014 was 34.39, by June 2015 it was…

Economic News in Brief

…in 2014-2020. Of those, 64 companies are planned for sale in 2014, one of which will enter the people’s IPO; the other companies should be sold through a bidding process,”…

A shrinking world, social media diplomacy and Kanysh Satpaev

On New Year’s Eve, as we look back on the year of 2013 quickly rushing by and think of what lies ahead of us in 2014, I think the past…

Kazakhstan Automobile Market Sees Big Changes with EAEU in Place, Cheaper Ruble

…the board of AllurGroup, a local car producer, indicated Kazakhstan automobile producers ended 2014 with good results. “First of all, 37,157 passenger cars and 2,567 lorries were produced in 2014,…

Investors See Risk, but Stay Put in Wake of Tenge Devaluation

…2009, the Almaty-based National Bank devalued the currency by 21 percent in an attempt to support the Kazakh economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. However, despite the…