Kazakhstan News » West Kasakhstan News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan warns West-led operator over deadline for fine payment
Authorities in Astana insist Kashagan operator has to pay a multibillion-dollar fine by 20 July or it will start proceedings for forced recovery ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan govt resigns amid mass protests over gas price hike
President Tokayev accepts government's resignation after unprecedented protests that began over a regional energy price hike engulfed other parts of the vast Central Asian country.
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Power Conundrum
Since the 1990s, Kazakhstan’s government made several attempts to introduce nuclear power to its energy mix, but each effort failed, primarily because of robust public opposition. Unlike previous ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan rejects West-led operator's efforts to halt payment of $4.8 billion fine
Kazakhstan has rejected new efforts by Kashagan's Western-led operator to contest a 2.3 trillion tenge ($4.8 billion) fine and again insisted that payment is made by 20 July or the government will ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Tokayev Announced A Major Restructuring Of The Government In Kazakhstan
The modernization of public administration will begin on July 1. A large-scale reform of the government system will begin in Kazakhstan on July 1, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced at a joint ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan: Unjustified ‘Financing Terrorism’ Restrictions
Authorities in Kazakhstan are misusing extremism and terrorism legislation to target peaceful government critics and others, in violation of international human rights law. People convicted on ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan’s New Draft Constitution: A State-Building Blueprint With External Consequences
Last week, Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Commission published the full draft of a proposed new constitution and its overview of the document. The commission framed the next step as a nationwide ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Government: Kazakhstan Government Amends Rules for Investment Project Qualification for Granting Rights to Land Plots from the State
The Kazakhstan government recently amended the list of requirements that must be met by investors when applying for local authorities’ consent to allocate land plots for investment project ...