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Kazakhstan short of specialists for Expo-2017

Kazakhstan suffers from deficit of specialists who could handle the Expo-2017 exhibition in Astana October 25 2013, 11:18 1 833 просмотрs

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Nazarbayev says healthy and ready to work to the end of term

Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev has assured his health is ok and he is ready to work until his current presidential term is over in 2016, Astana backed channel Khabar reported Thursday October 25 2013, 11:01 1 619 просмотрs

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Prime time for secondary cities

To be globally competitive, these hubs must learn to carefully manage growth impacts October 25 2013, 10:10 1 222 просмотрs

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Kazakhstanis fighting Jihad abroad, security service says

Kazakhstan’s intelligence service believes that around 100 citizens from Central Asia’s richest state are fighting global jihad in foreign lands, it has revealed. October 25 2013, 10:08 2 060 просмотрs

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Closure of Eurasian Economic Community must be gradual – Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support Thursday for his Kazakh counterpart’s proposal to dissolve the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC), but said such a move should be gradual and well thought over. October 25 2013, 10:03 1 213 просмотрs

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President Nazarbayev in favor of Turkey and Syria as Customs Union member states

Addressing the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the level of the heads of state in Minsk on Thursday, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said other countries should join the Customs Union. October 25 2013, 09:54 2 173 просмотрs

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Kazakh president warns of consumer lending "bomb"

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev warned on October 11 that consumer lending is posing a new threat to the country's banking sector, describing rising retail borrowing as a "bomb". October 25 2013, 09:44 1 282 просмотрs

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Ban Ki-moon thanks Tokayev for work in UN

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thanked Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan’s Senate Speaker, for his fruitful work as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva October 24 2013, 17:11 1 243 просмотрs

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UFO spotted over Almaty

Two young men have managed to make a video of an unidentified flying object that looks amazingly like a classical UFO from American movies hovering over Almaty October 24 2013, 16:30 1 449 просмотрs

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Relatives identify purported Kazakh 'Jihadist' in video

Family members say they have identified one of the men in a recent video of purported Kazakh jihadists preparing to wage war in Syria and are asking authorities to help bring him home. October 24 2013, 16:09 1 751 просмотрs

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Heavy truck crushes bus at Karachaganak field injuring 18

There has been a car accident at the territory of Karachaganak gas condensate field in Kazakhsta October 24 2013, 14:38 1 274 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan's Kashagan field needs some weeks to resume output

A consortium developing Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield said on Thursday it needs a few weeks to resume production cut by an industrial accident on Oct. 9, which means commercial output will not go ahead this month as planned. October 24 2013, 12:37 3 043 просмотрs

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Robbed Temirbank pictures unveiled

Temirbank branch cashiers discovered the loss of over 37 million tenge after they returned to the office from lunch October 24 2013, 11:00 1 196 просмотрs

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Unregistered religious unions to vanish by year end in Kazakhstan

All unregistered religious unions are going to be liquidated in Kazakhstan by the end of this year October 24 2013, 10:40 1 330 просмотрs

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49 Australian cows suffocate during flight to Almaty

49 Australian cows have died during import from Australia to Kazakhstan. They suffocated in the airplane October 23 2013, 17:46 2 425 просмотрs

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Samruk Kazyna to lay off thousands of administrative personnel

Over 2000 administrative employees of companies within the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund will be laid off in 2013 October 23 2013, 17:29 1 247 просмотрs

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Kazakhs blocking India-Russia free trade pact

Kazakhstan is playing spoilsport in India’s plans of forging a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Russia. In its efforts to diversify export markets beyond the US and the EU, given the on going economic crisis in these markets, India has identified Russia as a key country for intensifying its trade engagement October 23 2013, 17:15 1 462 просмотрs

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Almaty saw bank heist in the middle of the day

One of Almaty bank was robbed yesterday, on October 22 October 23 2013, 15:06 1 386 просмотрs

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Woman beaten for photo of Nazarbayev billboard on ground

A village head, 49, beat up a woman after she photographed a billboard with Nazarbayev's picture fallen on the ground. October 23 2013, 14:15 1 792 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan: gay rights debate heats up amid homophobic outbursts

Homophobic rhetoric is on the rise in Kazakhstan, and members of the country’s gay and transsexual community are bracing for a possible legislative assault on their rights. October 23 2013, 14:19 3 675 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan fated to frequent hurricanes, Russian expert says

Kazakhstan's eastern regions will face climate change followed by frequent hurricanes and whirlwinds. Such a forecast was produced by Russian experts from Environment Monitoring Department of Novosibirsk. October 23 2013, 11:10 3 087 просмотрs

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Foreign ministry: Kazakhs infiltrate Syria via Turkey

In an interview to journalists, deputy chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee Nurgali Bilisbekov said he doesn't challenge the information about Kazakh citizens currently being in Syria, BNews reports. October 23 2013, 10:38 3 697 просмотрs

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French diva Patricia Kaas to perform in Astana

French singer Patricia Kaas is expected to give a performance in Astana within the framework of the Year of France in Kazakhstan. October 23 2013, 09:37 4 473 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan No.1 in Central Asia and in world's Top 10 by greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions have brought Kazakhstan into the 1st place among Central Asian countries, Irina Yesserkepova, Deputy Director Zhasyl Damu -- an arm of the Ministry of Environment Protection of Kazakhstan working on preservation and restoration of the environment October 22 2013, 16:37 2 468 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan and Qatar plan to launch direct flights

Kazakhstan and Qatar eye the possibility of launching direct flights between the two countries October 22 2013, 16:21 1 514 просмотрs