All news

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 1 552 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 4 225 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 1 248 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 1 976 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 1 530 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 7 559 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 3 300 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 1 470 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 1 762 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 1 572 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 1 493 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 2 123 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 1 750 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 2 055 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 2 733 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 1 621 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 1 237 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 1 418 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 1 526 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 1 785 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 1 522 просмотрs

World News

Iranian president vows to resolve nuclear issue

Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani has stated his determination to resolve the nuclear dispute. Tehran's nuclear program is a source of contention because the West fears Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons. August 7 2013, 10:31 1 506 просмотрs

World News

Syria rebels 'capture key Aleppo air base'

Rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have captured a key airbase in Aleppo province, near the Turkish border, activists say. August 6 2013, 17:28 1 271 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ablyazov faces 13 years in jail in Kazakhstan

The exile banker Mukhtar Ablyazov may face 13-year imprisonment with confiscation of property in Kazakhstan that is currently seeking his extradition from France, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the official representative of Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s Office Nurdaulet Suindikov. August 6 2013, 16:48 1 321 просмотрs

World News

Turkish ex-army boss Basbug sentenced to life for Ergenekon overthrow plot

The former Chief of Staff of Turkey’s military, Ilker Basbug, has been sentenced to life behind bars for his role in a plot to overthrow the government known as the Ergenekon conspiracy. August 6 2013, 16:12 1 275 просмотрs