Development Bank of Kazakhstan will take part in financing the modernization of the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (PPCP) Source: en.trend.az

Crude oil and refined oil product shipments from Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi fell 22.7 percent in 2014 from a year earlier, a senior official at the terminal said on Monday. Bad weather in Kazakhstan, … Source: uk.finance.yahoo.com

Kazakhstan is planning to develop a new offshore field in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea. Source: http://www.azernews.az

. European Union. France. Russia. Ukraine. Hollande. Strategic Culture Foundation Source: http://www.strategic-culture.org

The consumer price index in Kazakhstan has reached 100.5 percent in December 2014 compared to the previous month, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry said. Source: http://www.azernews.az

French President François Hollande discussed the options for lifting sanctions on Russia, ruled out unilateral military action in Libya and addressed Greece’s looming snap election in a wide-ranging interview Monday on France Inter radio. Source: http://www.france24.com

The European Union is interested in boosting ties with former Soviet states in Central Asia. That’s according to comments made by Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn during an interview… Source: http://www.youtube.com

In the face of ongoing ceasefire talks in Berlin and a summit next week in Kazakhstan, Ukraine is arming its military for war. European leaders are becoming less optimistic about the Kazakhstan plan. Source: http://www.dw.de

Kazakh Alliance Bank will be changing its name to ForteBank. Source: en.trend.az

Various actors have their own reasons for seeing a phantom that isn’t there. From openDemocracy Source: http://www.tol.org