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The Parliament creates conciliatory commission on the bill on amendments and additions to tourism acts. The decision was accepted today at the plenary Majilis session, the agency reports.

Today at the plenary session Majilis deputies approved in the second reading the bill on amendments and additions to bankruptcy acts, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for May 1, 2, 3, 4:

Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on April 30, 2008 KASE index decreased by 5.26 items (0.2 %) - from 2588.51 up to 2583.25, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan Senate deputies will hold meetings with local population on May 2 - 11 and will visit enterprises, educational institutions, and objects of social sphere within the traditional ten-day trip to the regions of Kazakhstan, the agency reports referring to the press service of the chamber.

Quotations of the basic grades of oil by the results of tenders on Tuesday have indicated sharp decrease, the agency reports referring to the message of the group of companies OMT Consult.

The United Nations creates working group on struggle against world food crisis. The decision was accepted at the meeting of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon with the leaders of 27 institutions and funds of the organization taken place on April 28-29 in Bern, the agency reports referring to the UN press center.

The diplomat from Slovakia has been appointed the chairman of the UN center for preventive diplomacy in Central Asia (CA), the agency reports referring to the UN press center.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on April 30, value of KazPrime indicator decreased by 4 items and made 8.96 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

The Parliament creates the conciliatory commission on the bill on amendments and additions to the acts concerning traffic safety. The decision was accepted today at the plenary Majilis session, the agency reports.

During the visit of the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to Kazakhstan, the agreement on joining of Kazakhstan the consortium on completion of Rogun hydroelectro station will be signed, the agency reports referring to news agency Asia-plus.

Quotations of the basic grades of oil following the results of the tenders on Monday indicate further increase, the agency reports referring to the message of the group of companies OMT-Consult.

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) increased by 0.01 KZT on Wednesday against Tuesday and totaled KZT 120.38 per dollar.

Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on April 29, 2008 KASE index decreased by 30.22 items (1.2 %) - from 2618.73 up to 2588.51, the agency reports.

CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha will discuss the questions of military cooperation in Tashkent, the agency reports referring to the press service of CSTO secretariat.

The Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) discussed the question of cancellation of sanctions imposed on Uzbekistan after the Andizhan events in May, 2005 in Luxemburg on Tuesday, a source in EU foreign policy department informed the agency.

Ex-Minister of Finance Natalia Korzhova was appointed the Responsible Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan by the decree of the leader of the state Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday, the agency reports referring to the president's press service.