Kazakhstan News No plans to introduce visa-free entry for Chinese: Foreign Ministry There are no plans of introducing a visa-free entry for the Chinese, Vice Foreign Minister Kairat Sarybai says. August 13 2013, 09:50 1 281 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Situation around Ablyazov to have no impact on Kazakh-EU relations - Foreign Ministry The situation around Mr. Mukhtar Ablyazov, an ex-chairman of Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank, will have no impact on Kazakhstan’s relations with the European Union August 13 2013, 09:47 1 329 просмотрs
World News Snowden's father to visit him in Russia 'soon' Lon Snowden, father of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, has got a Russian visa and will visit his son "very soon", his lawyer says. August 12 2013, 15:50 1 321 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev to attend G-20 summit The Kazakh President Nazarbayev on September 5-6 will participate in the G-20 summit in Russia's St. Petersburg Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Sarybai announced at a briefing in the Central Communications Service. August 12 2013, 15:46 1 187 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan students may be deported to Kazakhstan only after they serve sentence: official Two 19-year-old Kazakhstan students Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev accused in the United States of conspiring to destroy evidences in the Boston bombings case may be deported to Kazakhstan only after they serve their sentence August 12 2013, 15:43 1 520 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan representatives at Miss World and Miss Universe unveiled Ainur Toleulova, 18, will represent Kazakhstan at the most prestigious beauty pageant Miss World, that to be held on September 28 in Indonesia, August 12 2013, 15:28 3 993 просмотрs
World News Families are 'economic enemy' - British politician The traditional family in which one parent stays at home to look after children is treated by ministers as their “economic enemy”, Nigel Farage has claimed. August 12 2013, 11:20 1 211 просмотрs
World News Higher cigarette taxes make people drink less A rise in cigarette taxes can obviously lead to lower tobacco consumption, but a recent research suggested that higher cigarette taxes are also connected with the reduction of alcohol consumption among male and young adult smokers. August 12 2013, 11:15 1 932 просмотрs
World News Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed. August 12 2013, 10:53 1 497 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News President's grandson ranks up to senior lieutenant The grandson of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev Aisultan Nazarbayev has been promoted to Senior Lieutenant, reports KazTAG citing a source in Astana. August 12 2013, 10:33 7 516 просмотрs
Other News Atyrau-Karabatan road to close next month Weeks after the closure of a flyover on the route to Karabatan, road constructors have announced a plan for September to close traffic at the Atyrau-Karabatan highway during daytime. August 9 2013, 17:11 3 261 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Russian watchdog asks Kazakhs to ban Ukrainian confections Russia's consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has asked Kazakhstan to ban the import of products from Ukraine's Roshen confectionery company. August 9 2013, 15:36 1 447 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News US Ambassador Fairfax to leave post The United States Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan will go a month without an administrator August 9 2013, 14:25 1 737 просмотрs
World News NSA to cut system administrators by 90% to limit data access The National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, says it intends to eliminate about 90 per cent of its system administrators to reduce the number of people with access to secret information. August 9 2013, 10:16 1 532 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Boston Bombings suspect's friends face 20 years in jail The extended jury in Boston has confirmed the legality of the accusation of impeding justice during the investigation into the Boston Marathon Bombings, laid down against two Kazakh students Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, reports AFP. August 9 2013, 09:33 1 468 просмотрs
World News Ties Fraying, Obama Drops Putin Meeting President Obama on Wednesday canceled next month’s Moscow summit meeting, ending for now his signature effort to transform Russian-American relations and potentially dooming his aspirations for further nuclear arms cuts before leaving office. August 8 2013, 11:57 2 100 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Oil reserves at new Kazakhstan's field estimated at 880 million barrels Based on preliminary results of geological exploration, the total anticipated reserves of the new oil field in Kazakhstan make around 120 million tons (880 million barrels) August 8 2013, 11:51 1 724 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev congratulates country on Eid al-Fitr Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the country's people on Eid al-Fitr, an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan August 8 2013, 11:24 2 023 просмотрs
Society Be good to orphans Childhood is the happiest part of the life, they say. Indeed what a wonderful time it was when we had no concern and grieve, playing, jumping and laughing days long. At the same time, some others have different destinies having lost both parents in young age. Though government is doing everything to support orphans, it will never do it as good as parents would. August 7 2013, 17:35 2 703 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News National Bank set to change 2000KZT notes Kazakhstan's central bank has established a two-year deadline for the circulation of both the old and new 2,000 tenge notes that is now in use. August 7 2013, 16:57 1 597 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Finpol to hunt officials using service cars off duty Kazakhstan's financial police together with the Nur Otan party and drivers' association has unfolded a hunt on officials using service cars in non-working hours August 7 2013, 15:45 1 206 просмотрs
World News Tunisia crisis: Tens of thousands join protest Tens of thousands of protesters have marched in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, to demand the resignation of the Islamist-led government. August 7 2013, 15:38 1 383 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Almaty saw another train accident August 6, a manned electric locomotive hit an Almaty-Karaganda train when the latter was loading passengers at Almaty-1 station. August 7 2013, 11:31 1 474 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Ex-Ambassador of Kazakhstan to China concerned over China’s classified documents During his tenure, Jiāng Zémín of China gave a secret instruction to use the waters of transborder rivers [shared by China with Kazakhstan] exclusively to the benefit of China says Murat Auezov, former Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to China. August 7 2013, 11:17 1 761 просмотрs
World News Chevron to pay nearly $2 mln for refinery fire Chevron Corp. agreed to pay nearly $2 million in fines and restitution stemming from an August 2012 fire at a San Francisco-area fuel refinery, which sent hundreds of nearby residents to emergency rooms with breathing problems. August 7 2013, 10:56 1 499 просмотрs