Kazakhstan’s currently stagnant oil production is forecast to rise from 2017 after the Central Asian nation’s huge Kashagan oilfield restarts output and the Source: caspianbarrel.org

Key Points Shipyard to launch fifth Project 0300 Bars-class patrol vessel for the coastguard in April 2016. Build work to start on a new navy Project 250 missile patrol boat in 2015. Source: http://www.janes.com

Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan Zhambyl Akhmetbekov says that his party supports the idea of holding presidential election in Kazakhstan early. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

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On March 2, Kazakhstan will celebrate the 23rd anniversary of its acceptance as a full member of the United Nations. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

The Senate has requested the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan to provide an official interpretation of the Article 41 of the Constitution on early presidential elections. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

Few Kazakhstanis were surprised when a top organizer of the 2011 Asian Winter Games, the biggest sporting spectacle the country has ever held, was jailed last October. Aidar Musin was found guilty of Source: http://www.eurasianet.org

Japan and Kazakhstan have been designated by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization to lead the international efforts to implement the agreement. Source: http://www.scoop.it

This beautiful wooden pen in vivid colors from Kazakhstan makes a great adoption gift, especially combined with our adoption journal. These pens write in blue ink and measure approximately 5.5 Source: http://www.adoptedwithlove.com

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday set early elections for April 26 in a move that will almost certainly see the septuagenarian leader re-elected for another term in the energy-rich state. Source: news.yahoo.com