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Cooperation agreement on joint control of state border between Kazakhstan and Russia will be signed in September. The chairman of customs control committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan, Kozy-Korpesh Karbuzov, informed at the meeting in customs control committee, the agency reports.

The date of elections of deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan has been defined. The press service of Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan informed the agency.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, familiarized with the work of Legal Statistical and Special Accounts Committee of the State Office of Public Prosecutor, the agency reports.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, considers the question of increase of wages of employees of Tax and Customs Committees can be discussed only after improvement of quality of their work and decrease of level of corruption in these bodies. He stated his opinion today during the meeting in customs committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

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

Expenditures of the state budget of Kazakhstan for the first half of 2008 have reached 1.7 trillion KZT. The press service of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan informed at the meeting of the department, the agency reports.

Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on July 31, 2008 KASE index decreased by 0.21 items (0.01 %) - from 2335.89 up to 2335.68, the agency reports.

The resources of the National fund of Kazakhstan made $26 billion. The press service of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan informed today at the meeting of the department, the agency reports.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold antiterrorist exercises in the near future near Volgograd, the agency reports referring to RIA Novosti.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, has charged the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to develop commercial policy of Kazakhstan today during the meeting in customs committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

The selector video meeting with the chairmen of services of the Internal Ministry and chairmen of the regional departments of internal affairs on the work of law-enforcement bodies on revealing and suppression of infringements of the nature protection legislation took place in the Ministry of Internal Affairs under presidency of Vice Minister, General Major of police, Kalmuhanbet Kasymov, the agency reports referring to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, charged the Ministry of Economics and Budgetary Planning to satisfy all financial KNB requests on frontier equipment today during the meeting in customs committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

Statistics of world trade demonstrates growth of opportunities of developing countries. The data obtained from the last edition of the statistical directory of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) state, the agency reports referring to the UN news center.

Erlan Turaliyev has been appointed deputy akim of Kyzylorda city by the decree of the akim of Kyzylorda, Murat Ergeshbayev, the agency reports referring to the press service of Kyzylorda akim.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on July 31, value of KazPrime indicator increased by 3 items and made 6.88 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) increased by 0.01 KZT on Thursday against Wednesday and totaled KZT 120.18 per dollar.

30 % of all available housing of Almaty requires thorough repairs of roof and basement engineering communications. The chairman of Department of Energy and Municipal Services of akimat, Serik Kusainov, informed at the session on housing-and-municipal sphere with participation of Almaty akim, Ahmetzhan Esimov, the agency reports.

38-year-old Kuanysh Bektemirov has been appointed new chairman of Regional Energy and Municipal Services Department in the South Kazakhstan oblast, the agency reports referring to the press service of oblast akim.

Following the results of I half of 2008 insurance premium receipts in the Kazakhstan insurance market has made 90.013 billion KZT that is by 16 % higher than within a similar period last year, the agency reports referring to PR and Advertising Department of JSC Company Insurance Company Eurasia.

Presidential elections campaign began in Azerbaijan on Wednesday, the agency reports.