Kazakhstan

The newly created Yelim-Ai National Ecotourism Association organiszed a conference to promote natural tourism and protect biodiversity together with national parks, state enterprises and the business community

In the world's largest landlocked country, the volume of goods, luggage and suitcases transported by sea and coastal transport has seen an increase of 3,4% compared to last year

A women's entrepreneurship development centre has been opened in Turkistan; it's the first of 17 centers to be opened in all regions of the country

90 people have died since 2006 at ArcelorMittal Temirtau mines, with accident rates in all divisions rising over the past 10 years; urgent action is needed across the country to overcome the emergency

In an agreement, the first of its kind in Central Asia, obtained after threatening Facebook with blocking the 3,2 million local users, the country gained access to FB's internal content reporting system, thus being able to remove content deemed harmful

From today until 31 October, the Barys Arena in Astana will host the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, the international figure skating event in memory of the unforgettable Kazakh champion

Slovakian non-ferrous metal recycling and smelting company Heneken highlighted major new opportunities for cooperation during a recent meeting in the country, for which it expects "rapid development" in the specific area

The country is ranking first in the latest "World Investment Report" in terms of growth in foreign investments among countries with transition economies and landlocked states

Half a kilo of silver coins from the 10th century was found incidentally by a resident of Taraz; the discovery is so important that will be followed by archaeological excavations on the site

34 agreements have been signed within Kazakh-Korean partnership program, for a total of US$1,7 billion; they include 21 commercial and 13 non-commercial projects in the automotive, housing, metallurgical and agricultural sectors

137 Kazakh schools will continue to work in three shifts: separated groups of pupils will attend lessons in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening, while waiting for the Ministry of Education and Science to open 200 schools across the country

More than US$8 million has been allocated by the government for the purchase of animal feed for the areas most affected by the drought, especially the Mangistau and Kyzylorda regions