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Economy

"Saipem" and "Bonatti" will work on pipeline replacement?

At the recent NCOC public hearings re. replacement of pipelines at Kashagan (see "Kashagan: new expectations, old concerns") NCOC managing director Stephan de Mayo didn't name the companies that will participate in this project. December 23 2014, 16:20 9 237 views

World News

Record numbers attend German anti-Islamization rally

More than 17,000 protesters rallied Monday in Dresden against the "Islamization of the West," the tenth such demonstration in as many weeks. The far-right movement is becoming a problem for politicians. December 23 2014, 15:22 3 185 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to provide $384k humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Kazakhstan will supply Ukraine with food products worth 70 million tenge or $384,000, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan stated on December 22. December 23 2014, 15:04 3 250 views

Economy

Crude to Pavlodar via Samara

KazTransOil employees’ meeting with the first RoK Vice-Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin and the RoK Deputy Minister of Justice Bakytzhan Abdiraim took place in the Western branch office of KazTransOil. December 23 2014, 15:01 3 254 views

World News

Spain's Princess Cristina ordered to stand trial on tax-fraud charges

A Spanish judge has ordered Princess Cristina to stand trial on tax fraud charges. This is the first time that a member of Spain's royal family has been ordered to sit in the dock. December 22 2014, 17:38 2 782 views

World News

US to Fire Russians From its Embassies and Consulates, Swap for Americans

The US has opted to only hire American citizens for supervisory positions in its embassies in Russia, and subject them to a “thorough background check”, which will reduce its reliance on Russian staff. Experts believe the move reflects growing suspicion towards Russian citizens and is aimed at creating an agent network within the embassy. December 22 2014, 17:35 3 274 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan to supply Ekibastuz coal to Ukraine

Kazakhstan will supply energy coal to Ukraine, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said. December 22 2014, 17:01 4 073 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev meets with Poroshenko in Kiev

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev met with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko today in Kiev within his working trip to Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian government said. December 22 2014, 16:39 3 821 views

World News

Sir Elton John and David Furnish marry

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have formally converted their civil partnership to a marriage - with the musician documenting the day on the Instagram website. December 22 2014, 16:11 5 286 views

Society

Police car hit a pedestrian, but road police denies the fact

The visitors of our website sent us the video of the road accident which took place in Atyrau, near the railway station (see the video). The quality of the record is not very good. The fact that the girl was hit by the traffic police car could only be guessed though the conversations in the crowd of witnesses of the accident and people’s remarks. December 22 2014, 16:05 4 336 views

World News

Akhlaq’s Father Wants Son to Be Buried on Russian Soil

The father of the Russian citizen who was executed in Pakistan on Sunday for attempting to assassinate the country’s former president says his son should be buried in his hometown in Russia. December 22 2014, 11:35 3 694 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan sticks to 2014 oil output plan despite Tengiz fall

Kazakhstan still expects to produce 81.8 million tonnes (1.64 million barrels per day) of crude this year, nearly unchanged from 2013, despite less oil from the Chevron -led Tengiz venture, reuters reports. December 22 2014, 10:43 4 007 views

World News

WikiLeaks Releases Classified CIA Agents Tips on Infiltrating EU, Schengen

According to documents published by WikiLeaks the US Central Intelligence Agency has issued advice for its agents on how to infiltrate international passport control systems, including in the European Union and the Schengen area. December 22 2014, 10:40 2 391 views

Society

Atyrau and Houston to sign twinning arrangements

Atyrau and Houston will become twin cities, the regional akimat's press service said. December 22 2014, 10:26 3 042 views

Kazakhstan News

President’s grandson appointed as Deputy Governor of Astana

The grandson of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev Nurali Aliyev has been appointed as the Deputy governorof Astana, reports astana.gov.kz. December 20 2014, 15:04 7 728 views

World News

Stratfor: Ukraine Coup Plotted by US Over Russian Stance on Syria

The United States plotted the coup which took place in Ukraine in February 2014 in response to Russia’s policy in Syria, says George Friedman, the founder and CEO of Stratfor, known as "Shadow CIA". December 19 2014, 18:22 4 563 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev to visit Kyiv on December 22

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is set to pay a working visit to Ukraine next week, azh.kz refers to the president's press service. December 19 2014, 18:11 2 247 views

Society

Atyrau lit Christmas lights

On December 18 at the central square named after Issatai and Makhambet Atyrau city Mayor Nurlybek Ozhaev lit the lights on the main Christmas-tree in the city, thereby, giving the start for the decorations of the city centre for New Year celebrations. December 19 2014, 18:00 4 029 views

Kazakhstan News

Baby boxes for unwanted newborns to appear in Astana

So-called baby-boxes will be installed in Astana for mothers to anonymously drop off unwanted newborns with no questions asked. This will be the new focus of "Ana uyi" Fund. Baby-boxes will help to prevent dozens of deaths of newborn babies abandoned on the streets, azh. kz refers to Express newspaper. December 19 2014, 10:40 2 226 views

World News

Eight children killed in Australia mass stabbing

Eight children have been killed and a woman injured, police said on Friday, during what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing in Australia's tropical northern city of Cairns. December 19 2014, 10:30 2 528 views

Kazakhstan News

KazMunayGas - Processing and Marketing names new managing director

Processing and Marketing JSC, a subsidiary of the Kazakhstan-based oil and gas giant KazMunayGas, has named its new managing director. December 18 2014, 16:49 3 347 views

Society

Mongrel Masha with the rope on its neck now rescued

Children from the society "Help to Homeless Animals of Atyrau" and simply compassionate citizens of our city, at last, managed to catch an unfortunate mongrel with the rope on its neck near the "Sanatorium" city district. December 18 2014, 16:30 3 706 views

Ecology

Kazakh Government and North Caspian Consortium signed confidential agreement

On Saturday, December 13, the Kazakh Government had a meeting with Kashagan project operator - NCOC, as well as with the companies participating in NCPSA venture, where the parties signed a certain agreement. December 18 2014, 14:33 4 244 views

World News

Breakthrough in Cuba-US relations welcomed

The announcement that diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States have been revived has been applauded around the world. But there is also skepticism in the US. December 18 2014, 10:18 3 331 views

Kazakhstan News

Scots firm fined £170,000 for bribery and corruption in Kazakhstan

A Scots firm has been fined £170,000 after admitting bribery and corruption in Kazakhstan. December 18 2014, 10:10 4 332 views