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Commodity turnover between Kazakhstan and France for the last year made $4.68 billion. The Minister of Industry and Commerce Galym Orazbakov informed today during business-forum with participation of the French and Kazakhstan business circles, the agency reports.

France attaches strategic significance to partnership with Kazakhstan. The Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon said today at the meeting with the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Last year unassimilated budgetary funds reached the sum of more than 26 billion KZT. Bolat Zhamishev said at the session of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan on Thursday, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for February 9, 10, 11:

The President of France Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Kazakhstan in the beginning of 2009. The Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon informed today at the press conference in Astana.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov and France Francois Fillon discussed the questions of bilateral cooperation today in Astana, the agency reports.

The Constitutional Council declared that the decree concerning the activity of the arbitration courts in Kazakhstan, as well as lifting ban on merge of the state and public institutions have been cancelled, the agency reports.

Nur Otan Party created Public Councils for struggle against corruption. The first vice chairman of the party Adilbek Dzhaksybekov informed today during the meeting devoted to councils' work, the agency reports.

The President of the state Nursultan Nazarbayev held a number of working meetings to discuss practical realization of the Address to the people of Kazakhstan in Akorda on Thursday, the agency reports referring to the president's press service.

A number of bilateral agreements have been signed during the official visit of the Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon to Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on February 8, value of KazPrime indicator decreased by 12 items and made 11.28 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev received EurAsEC Secretary General Tair Mansurov in Akorda on Thursday, the agency reports referring to the president's press service.

Eraly Tugzhanov has been appointed vice chairman of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, chairman of the Secretariat of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan of the president's administration of Kazakhstan by the decree of the leader of the state Nursultan Nazarbayev, the agency reports referring to the president's press service.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov charged the Committee of Customs Control of the Ministry of Finance to strengthen work on prevention of illegal export of grain and flour. The Prime Minister entrusted the chairman of Customs Control Committee Kozy Korpesh Karbuzov at the meeting of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday, the agency reports.

By the results of tax inspections for 2005 - 2007 large subsoil users were imposed penalties for the sum of 8 billion KZT. Bolat Zhamishev, Finance Minister, informed during the session of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday.

Tax revenues has increased by 24 %.

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) decreased on Friday against Thursday by 0.11 and totaled KZT 120.35 per dollar.

Size of the governmental debt in relation to GDP has decreased by 5.1 %. The Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev informed today at the session of the board of the ministry on Thursday.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan charged to conduct audit of real estate objects being in state ownership in Almaty, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan stated during the session at the Ministry of Finance on Thursday, the agency reports.

Following the results of the tenders of the actions at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on February 7, 2008 KASE index decreased by 1.14 items (0.04 %) - from 2545.57 up to 2544.43, the agency reports.