Archive for June 29th, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - June 29, 2009
HEADLINES:
Lack of quality retail space in Kazakhstan helps spur on new development
(SRI) - Despite the economic crisis, the lack of quality retail space in Kazakhstan will lead to the development of new, high-quality shopping centers, analysts believe.
KMG acquires remaining stake in Rompetrol
(SRI) - KazMunaiGas (KMG), Kazakhstan’s national oil company, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Romanian Rompetrol Group for an undisclosed amount, becoming its sole owner, the company said in a statement on Friday.
Cameco CEO positive on Kazakhstan after all - Reuters
(SRI) - The investment environment in Kazakhstan is still positive for Cameco, the mining company’s head told Reuters last week, after saying earlier that the recent Kazatomprom corruption case hurt the country’s business climate.
ENERGY:
Former German Foreign Minister to lobby for Nabucco (SRI)
BP expects to reap about $2 billion from exiting Kazakhstan
(Bloomberg) - BP Plc expects to reap about $2 billion from the sale of its Kazakh assets, which include a stake in the Caspian pipeline that pumps crude to the Black Sea, as it quits the former Soviet republic.
The Kazakhstan Oil Rush (New Europe)
Baku-Batumi pipeline is more attractive for Kazakhstan than Baku-Novorossiysk (TREND)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Grain pool of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to trade on closed markets (AgriMarket.Info)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates June 27 - 29, 2009 (Kazinform)
Indicators - June 26, 2009 (Reuters)
POLITICS:
Israel’s Peres on landmark visit to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan (AFP)
OSCE urges Kazakhstan president to veto bill on mass media (Interfax)
SOCIETY:
Kazakhstan still trying to recover from ‘Borat’ (The Hill)
REGIONAL:
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - June 29, 2009
Gazprom: Deals near with Azerbaijan
(AP) - Gazprom, the world’s largest natural gas producer, said Friday it hoped to sign key deals in Azerbaijan next week, raising the possibility that Russia will secure Azeri gas to feed pipelines to Europe.
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Analysis: Relieved US keeps base key to Afghan war
(AP) - Sometimes, paying three times the price for the same merchandise can be a good deal. That’s the American calculation behind quiet negotiations that will allow the United States to hang onto a Central Asian air base crucial to the expanding war in Afghanistan.
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Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - June 29, 2009
Lack of quality retail space in Kazakhstan helps spur on new development (SRI)
Cameco CEO positive on Kazakhstan after all - Reuters (SRI)
Grain pool of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to trade on closed markets (AgriMarket.Info)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates June 27 - 29, 2009 (Kazinform)
Indicators - June 26, 2009 (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - June 29, 2009
Israel’s Peres on landmark visit to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan (AFP)
OSCE urges Kazakhstan president to veto bill on mass media (Interfax)
Israel’s Peres on landmark visit to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
(AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres met Azerbaijan’s president in Baku on Sunday at the start of a landmark visit to the region that will also include Kazakhstan.
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Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - June 29, 2009
KMG acquires remaining stake in Rompetrol (SRI)
Former German Foreign Minister to lobby for Nabucco (SRI)
BP expects to reap about $2 billion from exiting Kazakhstan (Bloomberg)
The Kazakhstan Oil Rush (New Europe)
Baku-Batumi pipeline is more attractive for Kazakhstan than Baku-Novorossiysk (TREND)
Former German Foreign Minister to lobby for Nabucco
(SRI) - Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has been hired as a lobbyist for the Nabucco pipeline, the German Manager Magazine reported on Friday.
