Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - June 10, 2009

HEADLINES:

Kazakh central bank cuts refinancing rate
(SRI) - The National Bank of Kazakhstan has slashed the key refinancing rate from 9.0 percent to 8.5 percent as inflation slowed.

Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus to seek WTO membership in regional bloc
(AFP) - Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will seek World Trade Organisation membership as a single customs bloc, and accession talks as single states will now halt, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.

ENERGY:

Iran courts Russia, Kazakhstan for oil (UPI)

Chevron confirms commitment to work and invest in Kazakhstan (Interfax)

MINERAL RESOURCES:

Kazakhmys trims German unit’s loan facility (Reuters)

Everything to play for in Kazakhstan for Frontier Mining (Proactive Investors)

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:

Kazakh Prime Minister meets with Gazprom, Sberbank heads in Moscow (Interfax)

National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates June 10, 2009 (Kazinform)

Indicators - June 9, 2009 (Reuters)

POLITICS:

Kazakh Prime Minister, Russian President discuss prospects for boosting bilateral economic interaction (Interfax)

SOCIETY:

One killed in Kazakhstan munitions depot blast - ministry (AFP - Nasdaq)

REGIONAL:

Uzbekistan accepts Obama’s call for “new beginning” (Reuters)

Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - June 10, 2009

Kazakh central bank cuts refinancing rate (SRI)

Kazakh Prime Minister meets with Gazprom, Sberbank heads in Moscow (Interfax)

National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates June 10, 2009 (Kazinform)

Indicators - June 9, 2009 (Reuters)

Kazakh central bank cuts refinancing rate

(SRI) - The National Bank of Kazakhstan has slashed the key refinancing rate from 9.0 percent to 8.5 percent as inflation slowed.

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Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - June 10, 2009

Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus to seek WTO membership in regional bloc (AFP)

Kazakh Prime Minister, Russian President discuss prospects for boosting bilateral economic interaction (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - June 10, 2009

One killed in Kazakhstan munitions depot blast - ministry (AFP - Nasdaq)

Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - June 10, 2009

Kazakhmys trims German unit’s loan facility (Reuters)

Everything to play for in Kazakhstan for Frontier Mining (Proactive Investors)

Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - June 10, 2009

Iran courts Russia, Kazakhstan for oil (UPI)

Chevron confirms commitment to work and invest in Kazakhstan (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - June 10, 2009

Uzbekistan accepts Obama’s call for “new beginning” (Reuters)

Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus to seek WTO membership in regional bloc

(AFP) - Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will seek World Trade Organisation membership as a single customs bloc, and accession talks as single states will now halt, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
(more…)

Uzbekistan accepts Obama’s call for “new beginning”

(Reuters) - Uzbekistan strongly welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for a “new beginning” in ties between Washington and the Muslim world, signaling a departure from the Central Asian state’s usual anti-Western sentiment.
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