Ecology Waste disposal leaves Kashagan first oil deadline under question Kashagan project, which CNN Money recognized as the most expensive energy project in the past 40 years [$116bn], has grown heavier by another $65mln. NCOC, the consortium, will have to spend this much on construction of liquid process waste cleaning units, previously ‘forgotten’ in the design. 75% of the wastes are formation waters containing poisonous substances. May 10 2013, 08:45 2 462 просмотрs
World News Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 800 The army in Bangladesh say 804 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the capital Dhaka. May 9 2013, 18:03 1 232 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan citizens with Victory Day Today the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated veterans and all Kazakhstan citizens with the Victory Day. May 9 2013, 17:57 2 918 просмотрs
Society Die Hard Soldier It wasn’t easy for me to get hold of the Grandad for taking an interview. He was “hardly accessible”. His schedule was very tight: 90-year old veteran of war and oil industry and, since recently, newlywed Kourmanbai Dosymbetuly (or Kurmanbai-ata) is either staying out or, on the contrary, giving party in his house. I arrived to Akzhar village on Friday afternoon. I opened the door of the small tidy house and was immediately enveiled with clouds of “beshbarmak” - meat a la Kazakh. Just as I thought, Grandad again was entertaining guests in his house! May 9 2013, 06:18 2 902 просмотрs
Culture On the steep banks walked Katyusha… In Atyrau on the Victory Day eve in eleven points of the city at one and the same time the famous wartime song “Katyusha” composed by Matvei Blanter with lyrics from Mikhail Isakovsky was sung. Such a peculiar flashmob initiative belongs to the public association “Zheruyik Cultural Fund”. May 8 2013, 18:03 2 214 просмотрs
Other News Egg throwing contest held in Saraichik May 7, the village of Saraichik, to the north of Atyrau, hosted an egg throwing competition for the Cup of Andrei Tsukanov, a public activist famous for egging Labor Minister Serik Abdenov during a press conference in Almaty on April 26. The minister fell under public displeasure for promoting unpopular retirement system reform in Kazakhstan. May 8 2013, 12:26 2 543 просмотрs
World News Father of UMass Dartmouth student arrested after Marathon bombings visits memorial site The father of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings and accused of helping to destroy evidence appeared at the memorial site in Copley Square Tuesday morning. May 8 2013, 12:06 1 538 просмотрs
World News Study: US immigration reform would cost $6.3 trillion A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3 trillion, AFP reports. May 8 2013, 11:44 1 226 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Astana Media Center caught fire, 800 evacuated Media Center caught fire this weekend in Astana, Tengrinews.kz reports. May 8 2013, 11:30 2 203 просмотрs
World News North Korea removes missiles from launch sites In a sudden de-escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang has removed two of its ballistic missile units from their launching positions, US officials confirmed. May 7 2013, 15:37 1 480 просмотрs
Society Two women freed from slavery, make peace with "slave-drivers" Two women, who spent six months in slavery, reconciled with the family of exploiters in the West Kazakhstan Oblast. May 7 2013, 13:28 1 889 просмотрs
Other News Structural changes possible at Kashagan: an informed source The giant Kashagan oilfield may face structural changes, KazTAG reports, citing an informed source in Astana. May 7 2013, 13:06 2 428 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan proud of its army and does best to enhance it President of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has stated at the first military parade on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day today. May 7 2013, 12:54 3 285 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News First Kazakh Woman Promoted To General A woman has been promoted to the rank of general within the Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office for the first time ever. May 6 2013, 16:43 1 730 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Azamat Tazhayakov meets with father in U.S. jail Kazakhstan student Azamat Tazhayakov accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case met with his father, CNN reports. May 6 2013, 14:12 1 465 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News MP proposed stricter immigration rules The case of Kazakh students Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov suspected of involvement in the Boston Marathon explosions, pushed Kazakh politicians to think about stricter migration control in the country. May 6 2013, 12:37 1 383 просмотрs
World News Working gun made with 3D printer The world's first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US. May 6 2013, 12:23 1 402 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News First oil at Kashagan to flow in early July First oil at Kashagan will be produced in early July 2013, an informed source in oil and gas sector in Astana told KazTAG. May 6 2013, 11:27 2 645 просмотрs
Society Minister Abdenov given bag of eggs in Uralsk Serik Abdenov, the RoK Minister of Labour and Social Protection, said that in the city of Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Oblast, people are against the pension reform. May 6 2013, 10:23 2 296 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh Prime Minister speaks about unpopular pension reform The pension reform proposed by the government is aimed at decent life of Kazakhstan people after retirement, stated Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov. May 6 2013, 10:18 1 788 просмотрs
World News Cemeteries refuse to bury Boston maraton suspect A funeral home owner in Worcester, Mass. is struggling to find a burial plot for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. Four cemeteries in three states have refused to accept Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body, according to the New York Daily News. May 6 2013, 09:43 1 462 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan Kun-Do actors to perform stunts in Indian movie A team of professional stunt actors of Kazakhstan’s Kun-Do stunt fighting school led by Igor Tsai has been invited to cooperate with an Indian filmmaker, Tengrinews.kz reports. May 6 2013, 09:34 1 692 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Astana joined EC initiative on rational use of energy resources Astana joined the initiative of the European Commission “Agreement of Mayors”, reports the national chamber of housing-communal economy and construction. May 4 2013, 16:42 1 154 просмотрs
World News Think tank: U.S. must not make efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations The South Caucasus countries and the world power centers have their own views on the region. But this does not mean that the South Caucasus countries must blindly fulfill the will of big and powerful countries. In any case, Azerbaijan and Georgia intend to form the ways of development in accordance with its national interests, director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President Farhad Mammadov said today. May 4 2013, 15:02 1 314 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Supreme Mufti of RoK congratulated orthodox Kazakhstan citizens on Easter The Supreme Mufti of RoK Yerzhan hadji Mayamerov congratulated orthodox believers on Easter and wished them health, happiness and joy and also wished help in religious service to Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan. May 4 2013, 14:41 1 473 просмотрs