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Land Sold Illegally to Expat Returned Back to Municipality

Pursuant to the Nature Protection Prosecutor’s lawsuit, the court ruled to return a land plot (1 439 sq meters) to the state fund that was sold in 2012 to the citizen of India for the construction of a restaurant and a hotel. February 26 2014, 11:32 2 599 views

World News

Egypt's new PM says to fight militancy, rebuild economy

Egypt's new prime minister said on Tuesday he would seek to eradicate militant violence that has increased since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, hoping improved security will lead to economic recovery, reuters.com reports. February 26 2014, 10:41 1 730 views

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Arsen Avakov signs order to disband Ukraine's Berkut special unit

Arsen Avakov, Verkhovna Rada commissioner for monitoring the activities of Ukraine's Interior Ministry, has signed an order on the disbandment of the Berkut special police unit, itar-tass reports. February 26 2014, 10:24 1 634 views

Kazakhstan News

The British detained in Uralsk for corruption of minors will be tried in Kazakhstan

The parents of 16-17 y.o. girls from Atyrau filed police statements. Police officers of Uralskarecontinuing investigation of the case of the British citizen Peter Baruch who is accused of distribution of child pornography and corruption of minors, zona.kz reports referring to press service statement of West Kazakhstan Oblast Internal Affairs Department. February 26 2014, 10:07 4 770 views

World News

Ukrainian parliament wants Viktor Yanukovych tried at the International Criminal Court

The Ukrainian parliament has voted in favour of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych being tried at the International Criminal Court for serious crimes, rti.ie reports. February 25 2014, 17:54 2 351 views

World News

Ukraine riot police beg for forgiveness after being blamed for deaths in Kiev (+video)

About 100 officers of Berkut special forces in Ukraine fell to their knees to ask for forgiveness in the centre of Lviv on February 24, for their colleagues who shot and beat antigovernment protesters in the recent Kiev massacre, azh.kz reports. February 25 2014, 17:01 2 107 views

Kazakhstan News

There is still uncertainty at Kashagan: KazMunayGas National O&G Company Head

The timing to resume production at the giant Kashagan oilfield in the Caspian offshore has not been defined, Newskaz.ru reports, citing Sauat Mynbayev, KazMunayGas National O&G Company Head, as saying at the extended sitting of the Company, tengrinews reports. February 25 2014, 16:49 2 556 views

Crime

Ex-Governor’s Case. TCO’s Emissions Penalty and Illegal Privatization

On February 24, Deputy Governor of Atyrau Oblast Aigul Azhgalieva was summoned to court as a witness of “Privatization” block. She was appointed to this position in 2010 (since 2005 she worked as the head of economy and budget planning department). February 25 2014, 16:35 3 544 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Foreign Ministry Protests Zhirinovsky Comments

Kazakhstan has protested to the Russian government over statements by the leader of Russia's Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, rferl.org reports.  February 25 2014, 11:52 2 738 views

World News

Russian Pipeline Monopoly Sets Low Transit Fee for Azerbaijan

Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft has agreed to set lower fees for transiting Azerbaijani oil via its Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline in an effort to boost usage and thus revenue, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday, ria.ru reports. February 25 2014, 11:50 2 621 views

World News

Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two

The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and reduce military benefits in order to meet 2015 spending caps, setting up an election-year fight with the Congress over national defense priorities. February 25 2014, 11:39 2 111 views

Kazakhstan News

N. Nazarbayev & V. Putin discussed current situation in Ukraine

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin discussed over the phone the situation in Ukraine and Olympic Games in Sochi, azh. kz reports citing ria-novosti and Kremlin press service. February 25 2014, 10:40 1 705 views

World News

New Italy PM wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change'

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate early Tuesday, AFP reports. February 25 2014, 10:35 2 500 views

World News

Ukraine's Crimeans eye alliance with Russia

Russian flag raised at city hall in Sevastopol, home of Russia's Black Sea fleet, where Viktor Yanukovych may have taken refuge, theguardian.com reports. February 25 2014, 10:17 4 207 views

Kazakhstan News

Hong Kong judge freezes assets 'linked' to alleged Kazakh embezzler Ablyazov

A Hong Kong judge has agreed to a request by a Kazakh state-owned bank to freeze the assets and shares of two Hong Kong companies believed to be linked to an alleged Kazakh embezzler, Mukhtar Kabulovich Ablyazov, connected to a transnational, multibillion-dollar fraud case, scmp.com reports. February 25 2014, 09:35 2 435 views

World News

Some 500 Detained at Unauthorized Rallies in Russia

Police said that about 500 people were detained Monday in Moscow and St Petersburg at unauthorized rallies reportedly in protest at the imprisonment of seven opposition activists, ria.ru reports. February 25 2014, 09:32 2 781 views

Kazakhstan News

Largest Kazakhstan companies to increase salaries from April 2014

KazZinc, ENRC and ArcelorMittal Temirtau will increase their employees' wagas by 10% starting from April 2014 because of the recent 20% tenge devaluation. The increase will cover only the workers involved in the actual production, not the office staff, tengrinews reports citing the press-services of companies. February 24 2014, 18:27 4 302 views

Ecology

Prosecutors to launch website to crack down on poachers

Serik Shalabayev, Deputy prosecutor of Atyrau Oblast, took up the initiative of environmental prosecutor's office for introduction of creative ways for fighting against poaching. February 24 2014, 17:14 2 167 views

World News

Ousted Ukrainian president Yanukovich placed on wanted list

Special envoy for the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Arsen Avakov said on Facebook Monday that ousted president Viktor Yanukovish has been placed on a wanted list, rapsinews.com reports. February 24 2014, 17:06 2 582 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan pulls the plug on Niva off-road vehicles production

Kazakhstan will end production of Niva off-road vehicle in the nearest future, First Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies Mr. Albert Rau announced Monday, inform.kz reports. February 24 2014, 15:04 1 763 views

World News

Yanukovich missing as his office is seized

Whereabouts of Ukraine's president unknown as protesters occupy office and opposition tables motion for his resignation, aljazeera.com reports. February 24 2014, 14:26 1 798 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan has improved its position by six international rankings indicators in 2013

"The activities were improved on six international rankings indicators in 2013. These are 5 indicators of Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum and 1 on World Bank Doing business rating," Minister of Justice Berik Imashev said during the ministry board. February 24 2014, 12:07 2 374 views

Kazakhstan News

Fans meet Denis Ten at the Almaty airport (PHOTO)

This morning fans have met a bronze medalist of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi Denis Ten at the Almaty airport. February 24 2014, 10:47 2 244 views

World News

Ukraine's parliament hopes to choose new government by Feb. 25

Parliament did a lot over the weekend: The lawmakers impeached Viktor Yanukovych as president, fired many of his key ministers, freed Yulia Tymoshenko, set presidential elections for May 25, returned to the 2004 constitution and made newly elected speaker Olesandr Turchynov the nation's interim president, kyivpost.com reports. February 24 2014, 10:40 1 586 views

World News

Ukraine parliament votes to impeach Yanukovych, calls May elections

In the aftermath of deadly protests that swept the nation’s capital in recent days, the Ukrainian parliament voted to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych and called for elections to be held on May 25, rapsinews. com reports. February 24 2014, 09:36 2 394 views