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Legitimization of assets to bring billions: Kelimbetov

Central bank aims to legitimate money and assets to ensure an influx of several billion dollars into the banking sector of Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing the Governor of the central bank Kairat Kelimbetov May 13 2014, 11:16 1 165 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Air Astana to launch more flights to Europe

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana national airline will be performing charter flights from Almaty and Astana to several South European tourist cities, Tengrinews reports citing Air Astana. May 12 2014, 16:29 3 685 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Magazine Editor Fined Over Hitler Issue

The chief editor of a celebrity magazine in Kazakhstan has been fined $1,200 for devoting last month's issue to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. May 12 2014, 16:25 1 490 просмотрs

World News

Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine self-rule vote

Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov accused Russia of working to overthrow legitimate state power in Ukraine on Monday after pro-Russian rebels declared a resounding victory in a rebel referendum on self-rule in eastern regions, reuters reports. May 12 2014, 16:00 2 675 просмотрs

Other News

Losers are liers?

It’s been 6 years now since TINGS LLP tries to get back 30% of shares in authorized capital of the foreign company Caspian Sulfa Company LLP (further – CSC), belonging to TINGS on lawful grounds and on the basis of court rulings that took legal effect. May 6 2014, 14:57 10 686 просмотрs

Economy

3bn for employment program

According to state program ‘Employment road map -2020” it is scheduled to employ 3 800 people till the end of this year. May 12 2014, 11:46 3 392 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

11 killed when SUV collided with passenger bus in Kzyl-Orda

Today the victims of head-on-collision accident, that happened on May 7 on public holiday in Kzyl-Orda, made a loud statement. They blamed the SUV driver in the terrible road accident that took 11 lives, as opposed to the previous version of the police where the bus driver was considered guilty, azh.kz reports. May 12 2014, 10:46 1 488 просмотрs

World News

Early results show landslide support in Donetsk and Lugansk regions for self-rule

Election commissions in Donetsk and Lugansk are still counting the ballots, but preliminary results show the majority of eastern Ukrainians supported self-rule, despite intensified military operation by Kiev which resulted in several deaths, rt.com reports. May 12 2014, 09:57 1 274 просмотрs

World News

400 US mercenaries 'deployed on ground' in Ukraine military op

About 400 elite mercenaries from the notorious US private security firm Academi (formerly Blackwater) are taking part in the Ukrainian military operation against anti-government protesters in southeastern regions of the country, German media reports. May 12 2014, 09:38 2 245 просмотрs

World News

'Noah' banned in Arab world, China

Three Arab countries have banned the Hollywood film Noah on religious grounds even before its worldwide premier and several others are expected to follow suit, a representative of Paramount Pictures told Reuters on Saturday, ewn.co.za reports. May 11 2014, 18:04 1 620 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

British company to help Kazakhstan build solar plant

A four-party memorandum was signed in the akimat (administration) of the Zhambyl region to realize 400 MW renewable energy projects, its press service said to inform.kz.  May 11 2014, 16:48 1 731 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Counting losses from Kashagan suspension

Losses from the forthcoming two-year suspension of the Kashagan oilfield development project in Kazakhstan are estimated at two billion dollars, tengrinews reports citing the findings of a senior Researcher at the Institute of Economics PWS Kazakhstan Oleg Yegorov. May 11 2014, 16:31 4 034 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Iranian investors interested in Kenderli Resort in Western Kazakhstan

Iranian investors have expressed interest in Kazakhstan's Kenderli resort, tengrinews reports citing Marat Igaliev, Chairman of the Tourism and Industry Committee of Kazakhstan. May 11 2014, 16:27 1 644 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Netflix's Marco Polo drama to be filmed in Kazakhstan

Filming for the new Netflix series Marco Polo will take place in Kazakhstan and Italy, as well as in a Malaysian studio, from August this year, according to the Radio Times. May 11 2014, 16:19 3 568 просмотрs

World News

Right Wing British MEP Blames UK Government for Ukraine Crisis

The leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip), Nigel Farage MEP, has told RIA Novosti he believes the EU and British Government have “provoked” the crisis in Ukraine, ria.ru reports. May 11 2014, 16:06 1 604 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev met US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns May 8, tengrinews.kz reports, citing the President’s website. May 11 2014, 11:31 2 370 просмотрs

World News

East Ukraine’s Donetsk republic plans to hold sovereignty referendum jointly with Luhansk

The leadership of the recently self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic plans to hold a referendum simultaneously with east Ukraine’s Luhansk region, co-chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic presidium Denis Pushilin told itar-tass. May 11 2014, 11:09 1 725 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Rakhat Aliyev associate arrested over money laundering investigation

A journalist and former director of Radio Free Europe in Kiev was arrested in connection with criminal investigations that have led to the freezing of assets of Kazakh exile and multi-millionaire Rakhat Aliyev, maltatoday.com reports. May 11 2014, 10:03 4 156 просмотрs

World News

Eurovision 2014: Bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst wins

Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with a score of 290 after a grandiose ballad Rise Like a Phoenix, before a TV audience of around 180 million people in 45 countries, azh.kz reports citing dailymail.com. May 11 2014, 09:20 3 594 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh lieutenant was the first to raise flag over the Reichstag

According to Soviet textbooks, the sergeants Kantariya and Egorov were the first to plant the Soviet flag on the Victory day over the Reichstag on April 30, 1945, but only after a good spell the people of Kazakhstan learned the names of the first soldiers who stormed the Reichstag and put up the Victory Banner. They were Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev from Kazakhstan and Grigory Bulatov from Russia, azh.kz reports citing tengrinews.kz. May 10 2014, 15:07 8 606 просмотрs

World News

Ukraine Kherson region governor called Hitler 'liberator'

Addressing the public on a Victory Day, the governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region trampled on the feelings of many veterans and desecrated the memory of all those who perished during the war against Nazi Germany by calling Hitler a “liberator,” azh.kz reports citing world media. May 10 2014, 14:14 2 276 просмотрs

Society

Automobilists and bikers’ V-Day rally

Automobilists and bikers’ rally dedicated to the Victory Day took place in Atyrau on May 9.  the organizers were local bikers and automobilists’ clubs who submitted the request to the local government well in advance. May 10 2014, 14:00 1 636 просмотрs

World News

Vietnam Squares Off With China in Disputed Seas

Tensions in the South China Sea intensified Wednesday as Vietnamese vessels confronted Chinese ships that were working to place an oil rig off Vietnam’s coast, and Vietnamese officials claimed that their ships had been rammed by the Chinese vessels three days earlier, nytimes.com reports. May 8 2014, 18:11 2 811 просмотрs

World News

Kiev cancels May 9 celebrations

Kyiv will not celebrate may 9 and will replace George ribbon with a red poppy, news2night.com reports. May 8 2014, 17:54 1 669 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Bravery of Kazakhs in World War II

The annual celebrations of the Victory Day will be taking place on the 9th of May. The holiday is dedicated to remembering the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945 in the Great Patriotic War as the WWII is known in the former Soviet states. The surrender documents were signed in the late of night on 8 May 1945. it was already May 9 Moscow time. Celebrating this day has become a tradition in Kazakhstan. May 8 2014, 17:26 5 227 просмотрs