Archive for February 2nd, 2010
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - February 2, 2010
HEADLINES:
Kazakh oil fund to reach $90 billion in 2020
(SRI) - Kazakhstan plans to increase the assets in its sovereign fund to $90 billion by 2020 from current $24.4 billion while allocating $8 billion a year from it on industrial development, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Friday.
Kazakhstan wants stake in Karachaganak field to get more profit
(Bloomberg) - Kazakhstan wants a stake in the BG Group Plc-led Karachaganak field to increase the country’s profit from the venture, the state oil company said.
Drying of Lake Balkhash threatens southeast Kazakhstan
(bne) - Kazakhstan is already the site of one of the world’s worst environmental catastrophes, the drying of the Aral Sea. Now there are fears of a similar disaster at Lake Balkhash in the southeast of the country.
ENERGY:
Fugitive Kazakh businessman urges China to investigate oil deal (RFE/RL)
Uranium One reports increase in reserves, shares up (Reuters)
Kazakhstan mulls supplies to Belarus refineries (New Europe)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Kazakhstan consumer prices rise 1.4 percent in month, most in two years (Bloomberg)
Number of internet users in Kazakhstan grew 30 percent in 2009 – survey (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates February 2, 2010 (Kazakhstan Today)
Indicators - February 1, 2010 (Reuters)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
Kazakhstan to double metals output within five years
(Bloomberg) - Kazakhstan, the largest oil producer in Central Asia, must double metals production and exports within five years, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said.
POLITICS:
Nazarbayev sets ambitious development agenda for Astana (EurasiaNet)
Kazakh official warns against quitting Afghanistan (Washington Times)
SOCIETY:
Kazakh leader Nazarbayev wants loyalty ‘test’ for all citizens (Bloomberg)
Kazakhs protest against China’s growing influence (Reuters)
Kazakhstan’s Uzbek refugees wait in limbo (BBC News)
Nazarbayev named most trusted person in Kazakhstan in 2009 (Interfax)
REGIONAL:
Gazprom, Hungarian bank sign South Stream deal (AP)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - February 2, 2010
Nazarbayev sets ambitious development agenda for Astana (EurasiaNet)
Kazakh official warns against quitting Afghanistan (Washington Times)
Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - February 2, 2010
Kazakhstan to double metals output within five years (Bloomberg)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - February 2, 2010
Drying of Lake Balkhash threatens southeast Kazakhstan (bne)
Kazakh leader Nazarbayev wants loyalty ‘test’ for all citizens (Bloomberg)
Kazakhs protest against China’s growing influence (Reuters)
Kazakhstan’s Uzbek refugees wait in limbo (BBC News)
Nazarbayev named most trusted person in Kazakhstan in 2009 (Interfax)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - February 2, 2010
Kazakhstan consumer prices rise 1.4 percent in month, most in two years (Bloomberg)
Number of internet users in Kazakhstan grew 30 percent in 2009 – survey (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates February 2, 2010 (Kazakhstan Today)
Indicators - February 1, 2010 (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - February 2, 2010
Kazakh oil fund to reach $90 billion in 2020 (SRI)
Kazakhstan wants stake in Karachaganak field to get more profit (Bloomberg)
Fugitive Kazakh businessman urges China to investigate oil deal (RFE/RL)
Uranium One reports increase in reserves, shares up (Reuters)
Kazakhstan mulls supplies to Belarus refineries (New Europe)
Kazakh oil fund to reach $90 billion in 2020
(SRI) - Kazakhstan plans to increase the assets in its sovereign fund to $90 billion by 2020 from current $24.4 billion while allocating $8 billion a year from it on industrial development, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Friday.
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - February 2, 2010
Gazprom, Hungarian bank sign South Stream deal (AP)
Six dead in shooting at Azeri military base
(Reuters) - Two soldiers in Azerbaijan shot dead four fellow servicemen and then killed themselves at a military base near the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the defense ministry said on Friday.
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Saakashvili offers US a supply route
(AP) - Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili says he has proposed to the United States that his country become a logistics hub for the expanding U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
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