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Foreign Ministry concern over adoption of orphans by homosexuals

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges adoption agencies to more diligently check foreign citizens wishing to adopt orphans in Kazakhstan in order to prevent children from living in same-sex families, reports Kazinform. March 1 2013, 10:45 6 719 views

Kazakhstan News

More Russian businessmen move to Kazakhstan

According to Kazakh Statistics Agency, the number of companies with Russian participation has grown 80% to be over 9,000. March 1 2013, 10:33 1 691 views

Kazakhstan News

28th of February - Day of Nevada-Semipalatinsk anti-nuclear movement

On the 28th of February Kazakhstan celebrates the birthday of the International Anti-Nuclear Movement Nevada-Semipalatinsk that was formed back in 1989. February 28 2013, 17:57 5 073 views

World News

Van Cliburn, American classical pianist and Cold War hero, dies at 78

American pianist Van Cliburn, who awed Russian audiences with his exquisite Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos and won fame and fortune back home, died on Wednesday at the age of 78. February 28 2013, 16:54 2 045 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan, Latvia eye cooperation with NATO

On February 27, Defense Minister of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia Juris Maklakovs to the country. February 28 2013, 10:51 1 880 views

World News

Hopeful exchange: Talks on Iran's nuclear program take a new tone

Two days of talks in Kazakhstan between Iran and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany produced no concrete results on the Iran nuclear issue, but did permit both sides to put potentially useful proposals on the table which neither side pushed back.   February 28 2013, 10:48 1 796 views

Society

Why Kazakh youth join extremists?

Recent arrests of religious extremists in the district of Kurmangazy demonstrated that Atyrau Oblast is still an unquiet area. February 28 2013, 10:40 6 288 views

World News

Iran Says It Won’t Halt Uranium Work

Iran’s nuclear talks are over, the official rep of the Iran delegation said to RIA Novosti. Two-day negotiations of “G-6” international intermediaries (the USA, Great Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany) with Tehran on the Iranian nuclear program in Almaty “were very useful”, said Sergey Ryabkov, the deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to RIA Novosti news agency, following the results of the Almaty meeting. February 27 2013, 15:04 1 487 views

Society

Chinese caught with fake diplomas

In the branch of the Intenational Oil Servicing Company SINOPEC Kazakhstan LLP and Sinopec Kazakhstan LLP the public prosecutor's audit revealed 10 facts of counterfeit education diplomas used by citizens of the People's Republic of China. This was voiced by the department head of regional prosecutor's office Kairat Uteuliev at the prosecutor's office coordination council meeting on illegal migration. February 27 2013, 14:23 2 257 views

Economy

Keppel strikers win 30% salary increase

The workers that went on strike on Feb 19 informed the journalists that they won 30% salary increase. But the company management still doesn't comment on this rather unstable situation at the enterprise. February 27 2013, 12:14 2 542 views

Economy

ArcelorMittal to pay 2.5mln tenge to family of Aktau fire victim

After explosion a fire broke out at Arselor Mittal Aktau pipe plant Friday, 22 Feb, lada.kz reports.  One of three victims of the fire died in a hospital on Saturday, tengrinews.kz reports. February 27 2013, 11:43 3 139 views

Kazakhstan News

Almaty ex-mayor Khrapunov: Nazarbayev twice offered me PM post

As said by the ex-mayor of Almaty, Viktor Khrapunov, now hiding in Switzerland, he was a number of times promised the post of Kazakhstan's prime-minister. February 27 2013, 11:42 1 922 views

World News

First Day of Iran Nuclear Talks Ends With No Breakthrough

Participants of the first day of closed talks between Iran and a group of six nations held on Tuesday in the Kazakh city of Almaty were cautious in evaluating the results of the meeting. February 27 2013, 11:01 1 659 views

Kazakhstan News

Iran nuclear talks started in Almaty

World powers began their 4th round of high-level talks with Iranian officials in Almaty on Tuesday as negotiators from both sides pledged to offer new ways to break a years-long impasse over Tehran's nuclear program and its feared ability to make atomic weapons in the future. February 26 2013, 17:36 2 054 views

Kazakhstan News

Khrapunov does not preclude coming back to Kazakhstan

Former Akim (Mayor) of Almaty Viktor Khrapunov gave a hint that he could consider coming back to Kazakhstan in an interview to UralskWeek.kz saying that he had never detached himself from the motherland. "This is the country that has brought me up and this connection is very strong," the disgraced politician said. February 26 2013, 12:17 2 146 views

Kazakhstan News

Amanzhan Ryskali is not bad man - poet

Poet Maraltai Rayyimbek-uly is the author of Centaur book of poems, of which English version will be published in London. Before presentation of his work he gave an interview to Khalyk Sozi. February 26 2013, 12:09 3 375 views

Kazakhstan News

Famous film director claims to leave Kazakhstan

I will not stay in this country when I reach retirement age, because I do not respect this state for the way it treats older generation. As a whole, I want to have as less common business with this state as possible, he said in an interview to Megapolis on the matter of his future pension. February 26 2013, 11:16 2 912 views

World News

Trial begins for 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill

The long-awaited trial for the worst oil spill in U.S. history began Monday, with U.S. federal prosecutors, businesses and individuals mostly blaming BP for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. February 26 2013, 10:57 1 642 views

World News

Germany presses Turkey for progress in lifting embargo on Cyprus

Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday pressed Ankara to open its ports and airports to ships and planes from Cyprus, while expressing her support for reviving the stalled accession talks between Turkey and the EU. February 26 2013, 10:49 1 643 views

Kazakhstan News

Astana to host Oil & Gas career fair for Bolashak graduates

An 'oil & gas only' career fair for graduates of the Bolashak Program kicks off in Astana today. February 26 2013, 10:25 1 731 views

World News

Gerard Depardieu Visits Chechnya Leader

French actor Gerard Depardieu has taken to the dancefloor to celebrate his new Russian citizenship with Chechnya's strongman president Ramzan Kadyrov. February 26 2013, 10:17 2 604 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan: Is a Breakthrough Conceivable at Iran Nuclear Talks?

As diplomats from major world powers prepare to sit down with Iranian officials on February 26 in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital, Almaty, Tehran is sending conflicting signals about its nuclear intentions. February 26 2013, 09:42 1 770 views

World News

Castro to stand down in 2018

Rising star named as Raul's likely successor as president. Cuban President Raul Castro announced he will step down after his second term ends in 2018,with the new parliament naming a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice-president andmost visible successor. February 26 2013, 09:34 1 614 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan skiers Alexey Poltoranin, Nikolay Chebotko win bronze at World Championship

Kazakhstan duo Alexey Poltoranin and Nikolay Chebotko won bronze at the men's team sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championship in Val di Fiemme, Italy on Sunday, Kazinform refers to Vesti.kz. February 25 2013, 20:55 1 862 views

Economy

Govt established foreign workforce quota for 2013

The government established a quota of attraction of foreign labor to the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2013, the relevant government resolution has been published on Saturday in the official mass media sources. February 25 2013, 14:50 2 493 views