#Yurt is a traditional Kazakh house.Interesting fact:UNESCO has recognized it as “a symbol of family and hospitality” pic.twitter.com/AuAJuBGXny Sourced through Scoop.it from: twitter.com

In #Almaty visit impressive Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments, located in a striking 1908 wooden building. pic.twitter.com/j2b9QgODhJ Sourced through Scoop.it from: twitter.com

Nuclear non-proliferation has become Astana’s international calling card. Sourced through Scoop.it from: thediplomat.com

TengrinewsKazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome celebrates its 60th anniversaryTengrinewsFirst Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev congratulated the local people on the landmark event. Sourced through Scoop.it from: news.google.com

Though the anti-Israel boycott movement seems to be spreading at an alarming rate, it appears Kazakhstan has little interest in such politics, as the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced a joint initiative to develop the Central Asian nation’s… Sourced through Scoop.it…

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 5 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan willnot be able to switch to inflation targeting within the next oneto two years, Kazakhstan’s deputy central bank chairman, OlegSmolyakov, said Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.reuters.com

Well-known Kazakh musician Yedil Khussainov will perform at The Spirit of Tengri with a choir, an international contemporary ethnic music festival in Almaty Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

ASTANA, June 4 (Reuters) – The European Bank forReconstruction and Development said on Thursday its lending onprojects in Kazakhstan was set to hit a record high of around $1billion this year as the Sourced through Scoop.it from: in.reuters.com

Beijing and Astana’s agreement to establish a free trade zone in all major cities along the railway network, running from China to Europe via Kazakhstan is an important achievement towards the realization of the grand multibillion-dollar Silk Road… Sourced through…

The FINANCIAL — The World Bank’s “Agricultural Risks Study on Kazakhstan and Central Asia” was discussed on June 3 in Astana. The study finds that ag… Sourced through Scoop.it from: finchannel.com