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Kazakhstan to tender out several onshore oil and gas blocks

Kazakhstanis planning to tender out several onshore oil and gas blocks, tengrinews reports. January 21 2014, 12:51 1 878 views

World News

Islamic group claims Volgograd attacks and threatens Sochi visitors

An Islamic militant group in Russia's North Caucasus has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgogradlast month and posted a video threatening to strike the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, theguardian reports. January 21 2014, 12:39 2 090 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan developed SALT effective deposit insurance system

The State Kazakhstan Deposit Insurance Fund has developed a cutting edge software system named SALT. Over its history, the fund has successfully returned deposits to customers of three liquidated banks such as, Komirbank, Nauryzbank, and Valyut-Tranzit Bank. According to the chairperson of the Fund Bakhyt Mazhenova, bankruptcy of the Valyut-Tranzit Bank caused major problems, because the number of its depositors exceeded more than 265,000. January 21 2014, 12:23 2 136 views

World News

EU suspends some sanctions as Iran halts high-level uranium enrichment

The European Union has agreed to suspend some economic sanctions against Iran as part of a ground-breaking nuclear agreement. Under the deal, Tehran has scaled back its nuclear work and ceased enriching uranium above five percent, euronews reports. January 21 2014, 12:15 1 528 views

Crime

In Atyrau Hyundai SUV run into the private house

In Atyrau Hyundai SUV run into the private house, azh.kz reports. January 21 2014, 11:54 3 098 views

Crime

Tracing British Child Molestor

The police of Atyrau has no claims against the citizen of Great Britain who was suspected by the Uralsk police officers in corruption of minors. January 21 2014, 10:49 3 716 views

World News

President Bashar al-Assad’s interview with Agence France Presse

In an exclusive interview with AFP, President Bashar Al-Assad said that the forthcoming Geneva Conference should produce clear results with regard to the fight against terrorism in Syria, because no political process can be successful with terrorism having been spread not only in Syria but in the neighboring countries too. January 20 2014, 18:17 1 326 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan reduced quota for attraction of foreign labor

January 20 2014, 17:36 3 336 views

Kazakhstan News

A Kazakh teen girl fled British public school together with her boyfriend to fly to Caribbean

Two sixth-form lovers have jetted off to the Caribbean after sneaking out of their public school in the middle of the night dailymail.co.uk reports. January 20 2014, 16:46 3 408 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Defence Minister on official visit to Israel

Today Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has arrived with official visit to the state of Israel, bnews.kz rerports citing the ministry's press service. January 20 2014, 14:13 2 461 views

Politics

Rakhat Aliyev revealed Bergey Ryskaliyev’s whereabouts

At the end of last week Rakhat Aliyev stated that RYSKALIEV brothers - Bergey and Amanzhan are killed on the order of N. Nazarbayev and their bodies are buried on the territory of his residence in Borovoye. President’s former son-in-law wrote about this in his Facebook. It was Aliyev’s reaction one day after the news about the dismissal of Aslan Mussin, the chairman of RoK Accounts Commission “in connection with transference to another job”. January 20 2014, 12:31 15 657 views

World News

After mass riots Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych agrees to hold talk with opposition

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to hold talks with the opposition leaders after protests turned violent in Kiev, azh.kz reports.  January 20 2014, 11:15 2 323 views

Kazakhstan News

83yo Kazakh man crushes rocks with his bare hands (video)

83yo Seken Tolebekov lives in Almaty Oblast, Kazakhstan. It spite of his age, his hands possess an unusual strength: he crushes rocks with his bear hands, STV channel reports.  January 20 2014, 11:02 2 661 views

Kazakhstan News

UAE-Kazakhstan ink deal to protect Houbara

Representatives of the governments of Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan on Sunday signed an agreement of co-operation concerning the preservation of the Houbara bustard, gulftoday.ae reports. January 20 2014, 10:24 5 032 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan, Qatar ink bilateral documents in Astana

Kazakhstan and Qatar signed a number of bilateral documents on Jan 19 during the official visit of Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to Astana, kazinform correspondent reports. January 20 2014, 09:51 2 132 views

World News

Protestors Clash With Police in Kiev

An anti-government rally turned violent in Ukraine’s capital Kiev on Sunday as protestors attacked riot police with smoke pellets and officers used truncheons and tear gas against the crowd, ria.ru reports. January 20 2014, 09:33 2 290 views

Society

Epiphany Bathing 2014 in Atyrau

On the eve of the holiday, the local priest, believers and those who just follow healthy life-style headed to frozen Ural River where a hole was made. The priest blesses water. After this the water is considered to be holy and people can take it home in jars and bottles. It is believed that this water gives health and possesses healing properties. January 20 2014, 09:08 2 533 views

Kazakhstan News

Expat accused of corruption of minors in Uralsk

The press service of Internal Affairs Department of West Kazakhstan Oblast reported the details of detention of the citizen of Great Britain who recorded naked girls on video, azh.kz reports. January 17 2014, 20:11 4 513 views

World News

Dirty protest as huge pile of manure dumped at France’s National Assembly

It’s a fresh French take on a dirty protest – a truck today dumped a huge pile of manure outside a government building in Paris, euronews.com reports. January 17 2014, 17:31 1 521 views

World News

Cologne furniture fair: ‘The trend is that there is no trend’

It’s heaven for furniture and interior design lovers, euronews.com reports. The International Furnishing Show in the German city of Cologne brings together more than a thousand exhibitors offering everything your home could desire. January 17 2014, 17:18 1 959 views

World News

Branson’s space plane hits new heights (video)

Virgin Galactic’s re-usable spacecraft SpaceShipTwo has broken its own personal record for altitude in a third supersonic test flight over the Mojave Desert in the western USA. The craft was released from its carrier and soared up to an altitude of 21,641 metres and a speed of Mach 1.4, or 1224 km/h, euronews.com reports. January 17 2014, 17:12 1 495 views

Kazakhstan News

Key Points of the Presidental Address to the People of Kazakhstan

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed today the Presidential Administration, Government, People's Assembly of Kazakhstan jointly with the nationwide Kazakhstan 2050 movement to issue the Mangilik Yel (Eternal Nation) patriotic document. January 17 2014, 16:55 2 168 views

World News

Final surrender for soldier who fought on in isolation – three decades after WWII

Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who hid out in the jungle refusing to believe that World War II had ended, has died at 91, euronews reports. January 17 2014, 15:56 2 606 views

World News

USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying

In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, members of Congress have proposed a litany of bills to put an end to domestic spying. Rather than creating bills that support each other, Congressional members' multiple bills now have to compete against each other, and have clouded the debate, truth-out.org reports. January 17 2014, 15:29 1 577 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan and Brazil agree to cancel visas

Kazakhstan and Brazil have agreed to mutually cancel visas, tengrinews reports citing the press-service of the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry. January 17 2014, 15:16 1 857 views