Casting for the next Bruce Lee? A new krav maga/tai chi fusion workout? No, it's part of the opening ceremony of Central Asia's first ever defense exposition, KADEX, being held over the next four days in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Turkey and Kazakhstan will play an important role in the establishment of a new Silk Road, which connects the West and the East, Turkey's President Abdullah Gul told Kazakhstan's parliamentarians on Wednesday.

Toshiba is to invest $100m in one of the world's largest producers of enriched uranium, as the leading participants in the nuclear industry race to secure their supply chain.

Astana hosts the International Kurultai of the Turkic-speaking Countries on Architecture and Urban Planning, and the IX Urban Forum Kazakhstan - 2010.

Turkey will invest over $400 million into Kazakhstan’s economy, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul on Tuesday.

Gul said Turkey would support all educational cooperation with Kazakhstan. Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Monday Turkey would support all educational cooperation with Kazakhstan. Such a cooperation is vital not only for the development of our two countries but also to carry the feelings of friendship and brotherhood to new generations, Gul said.

The risk of the euro area breaking up is minimal even as a lack of political leadership to resolve the region’s debt crisis undermines the currency, says Alessandro Profumo, chief executive officer of UniCredit SpA, Italy’s biggest bank.

China National Petroleum Corp. said Friday that it plans to increase its annual refining capacity in the northwestern region of Xinjiang to 26 million metric tons by 2015, equivalent to about 522,000 barrels per day.

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is leading a policy adjustment that taps China's huge stash of foreign reserves for overseas loans through commercial banks.

General H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces received here today Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov who is currently visiting the country.

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie left here Sunday for an official good-will visit to Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

Russia's planned customs union with neighbouring Belarus and Kazakhstan will not fully come into effect from July as planned, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Mir TV in an interview on Saturday.

On May 20, 2010 about 1200 corpses of antelopes were found in the Western Kazakhstan Oblast, AMI Novosti-Kazakhstan reports with the reference to press-service of Ministry of Agriculture. At the same time, this message has not been posted at the ministry website - perhaps, the press-service prefers the targeted spread of information instead of reaching wider audience.

Parliamentarians, national and local government officials, representatives of international and non-governmental organizations and political parties discussed how local self-government can further advance Kazakhstan's democratic developments during a conference organized today by the OSCE Centre in Astana.

Africa Day, which marks the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the African Union, provides an annual opportunity to reflect on the challenges and achievements of the Governments and peoples of Africa. This year's celebration has particular significance as it marks the 50th anniversary of independence of several Francophone African states and Nigeria, the continent's most populous nation.

Belarus is interested in Kazakhstan’s investment in its oil refinery industry, Economy Minister Mikalay Snapkow said at a joint business forum held in Minsk on Thursday, as quoted by BelaPAN.