E-Bulletin
July 7, 2015
The final meeting of the Working Group, which officially announced the completion of negotiations on Kazakhstan’s accession to The World Trade Organization (WTO) was held on June 22, 2015, in Geneva. Kazakhstan submitted its initial application on January 29, 1996, but it took nearly two decades to finalize accession talks […]
June 30, 2015
Iran is the fourth oil-rich country (157 billion barrels of proven oil reserves) and the first natural gas-rich country (33.8 trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas reserves) in the world. Before the implementation of sanctions, Iran was the second largest crude oil exporter among the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) […]
June 23, 2015
Nowadays, the world energy has entered a new phase of technological development. Combining horizontal drilling with multistage hydraulic fracturing and proppant injection made it possible to start the commercial production of such unconventional sources of hydrocarbons as shale gas. Inspired by the case of the US, the countries with large […]
June 16, 2015
On June 10-11, 2015, Astana hosted the 5th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions themed “The Dialogue of Religious Leaders and Politicians in the Name of Peace and Development”. Participants of the two-day congress discussed the responsibility to humanity of religious and political leaders, the influence of religion […]
June 9, 2015
Issues concerning spatial development for many years were on the periphery of the economic policy agenda of Kazakhstan since its existence as an independent state. The launching of the “State Program on the Development of Monocities for 2012-2020” can be considered as the first spatial development program in more practical […]
June 2, 2015
Kazakhstan is an energy rich country, both in fossil fuels and in renewable energy sources, such as hydropower, wind energy, solar radiation, geothermal energy and bio-fuels. However, for today, most of these green energy resources are left untapped. In 2014 renewable energy accounted for 0.6% of electricity generation, not including […]
May 26, 2015
Kazakhstan is one of the most successful transition countries that achieved to move to free market economy from centralized economy. Kazakhstan entered into the period of economic revival after the widespread reforms in mid-1990s. Despite 1998 Asian crisis, the government implemented specific measures including trade protection and foreign exchange rationing. […]
May 19, 2015
The ceremony of signing documents on Kyrgyzstan’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Agreement took place after the EAEU Summit in Moscow on May 8, 2015. Leaders of the EAEU and Kyrgyzstan were in the process of negotiations on accession issue since Presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed […]
May 12, 2015
The problem of the Caspian Sea militarization started to appear at the beginning of the 21st century. Despite the fact that after the fall of the Soviet Union newly independent states, namely, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, opposed to the idea of militarization of the Caspian Sea, nowadays Astana, Baku and Ashgabat […]
May 4, 2015
On April 26, 2015, Kazakhstan held early presidential election which was initiated by the Majilis members of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (APK). The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev won a landslide victory in presidential election against the two other candidates by a large margin. According to the Central […]