Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's defence ministry announced on January 22 that is has sought Israeli expertise to modernise its ageing military, as well as seeking help to produce NATO compliant weapons.... 2009-01-29

Ahead of Astana's tenure chairing the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2010, Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marat Tazhin, unveiled new laws... 2008-11-19

BMI View: Kazakhstan's stock of foreign currency reserves reached US$19.9bn in September, expanding by 17.7% y-o-y and marking the fastest rate of growth since November 2007.... 2008-11-19

The Kazakh economy continued to slow through the third quarter, with real GDP expanding by 3.9% y-o-y over January-September, having posted a 5.4% outturn during H1 and a stellar... 2008-11-17

Kazakh inflation tapered off sharply in October, coming in at 13.9% y-o-y from 18.2% in September, and taking out BMI 's previous end-year inflation target of 15.5%. Moreover, the... 2008-11-10

Despite appearing to stall in July, Kazakh inflation edged higher again in August, with the latest data release from the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) reporting consumer price... 2008-09-25

According to an industry source, Kazakhstan has abandoned plans to construct an oil refinery at the Kazakh-controlled port of Batumi in Georgia. Construction of the refinery was scheduled... 2008-09-25

Russia's August 7 invasion of Georgia will continue to cause tensions in its bilateral relationships with the EU, US and several of its neighbour states through the medium term. This... 2008-09-24

Kazakh officials have recorded a death in Kyzylorda Province related to the anthrax outbreak which has also affected parts of Kyrgyzstan. The outbreak is believed to have resulted... 2008-07-25

Despite widening to 6.9% of GDP in 2007 (a multiyear high), we expect Kazakhstan's current account deficit to narrow substantially this year. Indeed, as a result of soaring global... 2008-07-25