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The assets of JSC Company NurBank in I quarter have grown by 2.8 % from 298 340 233 thousand KZT up to 306 630 370 thousand KZT, the agency reports citing financial statement of the bank published at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).

The Boundary Service of Kyrgyzstan called off strengthening of border security of the border with Uzbekistan, the agency reports citing the press service of Boundary Service of Kyrgyzstan.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for May 29:

Possibilities of the national companies allow them serving external debts in due time. The chairman of the Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna, Kayrat Kelimbetov, informed during the press conference today, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan ranks among the countries with the most bureaucratic system of export-import transactions. The chairman of National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan Soyuz Atameken, Azat Peruashev, informed during the conference 'Reduction of Administrative Barriers in Commerce: Electronic Single Window', the agency reports.

The Accounts Committee of Kazakhstan during the round table devoted to the questions of cooperation of the supreme institutions of financial control with the supervising bodies within realization of the anticorruption state policy has brought a number of proposals on increase of the level of cooperation between Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan, the agency reports.

JSC Company BTA Bank continues work on return of its assets in Russia, Ukraine and Georgia. The chairman of the Fund of National Welfare, Kayrat Kelimbetov, informed journalists during the press conference, the agency reports.

The government of Kazakhstan discussed the question of transfer of Socially-Enterprise Corporation to the management of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The chairman of the Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna, Kayrat Kelimbetov, informed during the press conference, the agency reports.

JSC National Company KazMunaiGas in 2009 plans to direct for realization of environmental protection measures more than 12 billion KZT that is by 1.5 times more than in 2008, the agency reports citing the press service of the National Company KazMunaiGas.

Debt of any bank, even with the state participation, is not sovereign. The creditors of BTA Bank were explained at the recent negotiations in London regarding re-structuring of an external debt of the bank. The chairman of the Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna, Kayrat Kelimbetov, informed during the press conference.

JSC Company Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna plans to transfer to the structure of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce such institutes of development, as JSC Company Corporation for Export Development and Promotion (Kaznex), JSC Company Kazinvest, the Center of Engineering and Technology Transfer, as well as National Innovation Fund. The chairman of the board of state holding, Kayrat Kelimbetov, said at the press conference, the agency reports.

The chairman of the Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna, Kayrat Kelimbetov, informed during today's press conference that the management of Alliance Bank will hold negotiations with creditors regarding re-structuring of external debt today and next Monday in London, the agency reports.

The Agency of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (AFS) accepted the order of May 26th, 2009, №102 on amendments and additions to the order of the board of Agency of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations of November, 28th, 2008, №200 concerning approval of the rules of application of the measures of early response and the technique for defining of the factors influencing deterioration of the financial situation of the bank of the second level, saving pension fund and (or) the organization carrying out investment management of pension funds and insurance (reinsurance) organizations," the agency reports citing the message of AFS press service.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan issued on May, 23rd, 2009, coin Olympic Games 2010, the agency reports citing the message of the press service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.

Financing of JSC Company Khabar agency next year will be increased up to 6 billion KZT. The Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan Muhtar Kul-Muhamed informed during the meeting with Khabar collective, the agency reports citing the official mass media.

Kazakhstan can offer much to OSCE in the field of strengthening of interethnic relations. The OSCE Supreme Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebek, said during the meeting with the State Secretary of Kazakhstan, Kanat Saudabayev, on Wednesday, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, Ali Al-Naimi, said the participants of the next session of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which will be held on May, 28th in Vienna, do not plan to consider reduction of oil extraction, the agency reports citing Russian mass media.

The Minister of Industry and Commerce of Kazakhstan, Aset Isekeshev, has been elected as the chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Company Development Bank of Kazakhstan, the agency reports citing the press service of the bank published by the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).