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Today Kazakhstan celebrates Day of State Symbols, the agency reports.

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed the amendments to Document Processing Acts, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for June 5:

Kazakhstan expects growth of economy in 2009 and does not plan to decrease tax load. The Minister of Economy and Budgetary Planning of Kazakhstan, Bahyt Sultanov, informed in the interview to Reuters, the agency reports citing press service of the Economy Ministry.

JSC Nurbank signed cooperation agreements with Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investments and Export Credits (ICIEC), the agency reports citing Nurbank press service.

Akim of Mangistau region, Krymbek Kusherbaev, informed of opening in Aktau of Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran and introduced the new Consul General, Seyed Amirez Mortazavi, the agency reports.

The deputies of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary session in the second reading passed the Law on Amendments and Additions to the Ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning regulation of import of ecologically hazardous technologies and equipment, the agency reports.

Uzbekistan and Armenia hinder creation of the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Forces (CRRF). The CSTO Secretary General, Nikolay Bordyuzha, said on Wednesday after the session of the Council of Defense Ministers of the organization, the agency reports citing NEWSru.

The chairman of the board of JSC KEGOK, Kanat Bozumbaev, and the chairman of Energotechprofsoyuz, Vyacheslav Strebkov, informed that the assignment of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, regarding realization of the infrastructural project will be executed on time, the agency reports citing the official mass media.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in 2009 intends to keep volume of oil transportation at the level of 2008. CPC General Director, Vladimir Razduhov, informed at the summit 'Oil and Gas of the CIS' in Paris last week, the agency reports citing the CPC press centre.

Aktau will host the meeting of the Emergency Ministers of the SCO member states and participants of the command-staff exercises Munai-2009 on June 5-6th, the agency reports.

Control-tracking zones will not be created along the CIS borders. The chairman of coordination service of the Council of Commanders-in-Chief of Frontier Troops, Colonel General, Alexander Manilov, informed at the press conference, following the results of session of the Council of Commanders-in-Chief of Frontier Troops of the CIS countries, the agency reports citing ITAR-TASS.

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has assigned to render the immediate help to the people left homeless as a result of the flooding in Alatau area of Almaty, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

Deficit of the republican budget in 2008 amounted to 327.5 billion KZT. The Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan, Bolat Zhamishev, informed, presenting in the Senate the governmental report on execution of the republican budget for 2008, the agency reports citing the press service of the Senate of Parliament.

The deputies of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary session approved the candidature of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan judge and resignation from the posts of two judges of the Supreme Court, the agency reports.

National Fund assets, as of June 1st, 2009 have been 3 trillion 525 billion KZT. The Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan, Bolat Zhamishev, informed at the plenary session in Majilis of Parliament on Wednesday, the agency reports.

Arrears of the republican budget, as of June 1, has increased by more than 34 billion KZT. The Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan, Bolat Zhamishev, informed at the plenary Majilis session on Wednesday, the agency reports.

The world prices for oil, following the results of the auctions on Wednesday, have considerably decreased, the agency reports referring to RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).