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Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on June 30, 2008 KASE index decreased by 62.09 items (2.3 %) - from 2675.85 up to 2613.76, the agency reports.

The Parliament finished the first session. This decision was accepted today at the joint session of the Chambers of the Parliament, the agency reports.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is certain that Kazakhstan will fulfill all the obligations taken on prior to the forthcoming presidency in the organization. The chairman of PA OSCE Joran Lennmarker stated at the press conference on Saturday, the agency reports.

The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev hopes that the countries of the Eurasian continent will create Eurasian union. He stated at the opening ceremony of the 17th annual session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Sunday, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for July 1:

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) does not impel members of nuclear club to reduce their nuclear arsenals. The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev stated during the plenary 17 annual session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Sunday, the agency reports.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) needs to be reformed to increase its role. The chairman of PA OSCE Joran Lennmarker stated during the plenary 17th annual session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the agency reports.

The chairman of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Alexander Stubb will pay official visit to Kazakhstan. The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Ashikbayev said at the briefing on Saturday, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan refused Agip KCO consortium to change final term of development of Kashagan deposit scheduled for 2041. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev informed on Saturday at the government session, the agency reports.

Successes reached in struggle against illegal circulation of drugs are under threat due to sharp increase of cultivation of opium poppy and coca and increase of narcotic addiction in developing countries. Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime Antonio Maria Kosta said on Friday in New York presenting the report on drugs, the agency reports referring to the UN News Center.

The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev during the 17th annual session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (PA OSCE) held a number of bilateral meetings, the agency reports.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on June 30, value of KazPrime indicator did not change and made 7.10 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

On the threshold of the Day of Press and TV Kazakhstan State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev presented a group of journalists the premium and grants of the President of Kazakhstan on Friday, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan government will additionally allocate 160 billion KZT to support small and medium business. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov informed at the government session in Astana on Saturday, the agency reports.

The government of Kazakhstan has agreed to postpone the beginning of commercial extraction in Kashagan deposit by 2013. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev informed at the government session on Saturday, the agency reports

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) did not change on Monday against Friday and totaled KZT 120.75 per dollar.

World market price of chrome has continued to rise. Average spot price of low-carbon ferrochromium in the free European market has risen over the last days.

Quotations of basic grades of oil, following the results of tenders on Wednesday, have gone down, the agency reports referring to the review of oil market of group of companies OMT Consult.

Kazakhstan should create a legal mechanism allowing forming Parliament with not fewer than two parties. The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev stated during the plenary 17th annual session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the agency reports.