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NEWS: Kazakh journalist attacked 24 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
A Kazakh journalist critical of the authorities was attacked and beaten with a metal bar outside his home in Aktobe on the Caspian Sea coast
NEWS: Kazakh football team edges closer to Champions League place 21 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
Kazakh football team Shakhtar Karagandy beat Scotland's Celtic 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying round
NEWS: Kazakhstan considers ban on gay propaganda 19 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
Following Russia's move, Kazakhstan's parliament is considering legislation banning gay propaganda
NEWS: 30 Celtic fans expected in Kazakhstan for football match 17 Aug 2013 | 01:16 pm
The Glasgow Herald newspaper reports that just 30 fans of Celtic, one of Glasgow's football clubs, are expected to fly to Astana for the Champions League qualifying match against Shakhtar Karagandy
NEWS: Kazakhstan jails six men for plotting assassinations 15 Aug 2013 | 04:32 pm
A court in Kazakhstan sentences six men to jail for plotting to assassinate government officials
NEWS: Halliburton signs deal in Kazakhstan 14 Aug 2013 | 03:40 pm
US oil field services group Halliburton signs a deal in Kazakhstan
FEATURE: Will EXPO-2017 benefit ordinary Kazakhs? 14 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
The Atlantic magazine examines whether the high-profile Expo-2017 event planned for Astana will benefit ordinary Kazakhs
INTERVIEW: FT discusses corporate governance with Samruk Kazyna 9 Aug 2013 | 10:36 am
In the wake of a series of corporate governance scandals involving Kazakh companies, the FT interviews Umirzak Shukeyev, head of Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund
NEWS: US introduces five year visas for Kazakh citizens 2 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
In a move to bolster relations, the United States introduces a five year visa for citizens of Kazakhstan
NEWS: Police in France arrest Ablyazov 1 Aug 2013 | 01:36 pm
Police in France have arrested Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former banker and one of Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev's biggest enemies, reports say