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Economy

People's IPO kicks off tomorrow

Kazakhstan residents will be able to submit the applications for participation in the People’s IPO starting from November 6, chairman of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund Umirzak Shukeyev said at a recent meeting of Kazakhstan Government. November 6 2012, 09:56 3 280 views

Ecology

Ecologists check Atyrau Refinery

Atyrau Refinery is facing a complex environmental audit, as reported by Yerbol Kuanov, the head of Atyrau Environment Department.  In an interview to Ak Zhaik reporter Mr Kuanov said environmental audit of the refinery has started a week before the sinister night of October 31, when Atyrau got fully caught in a cloud of intolerable smell of oil products. November 5 2012, 14:57 4 040 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to agree with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan over disputed lands

Kazakhstan will resolve the issue of disputed territory with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, reports a tengrinews.kz reporter citing Kadirkhan Otarov, chairman of Kazakhstan agency for land resources management. November 5 2012, 14:30 5 667 views

World News

US election: Obama and Romney deadlocked for final push

The US presidential candidates are in the thick of the final two days of campaigning, with the outcome still too close to call. November 5 2012, 11:13 2 233 views

World News

Syrian rebels capture oil field

Syrian rebels firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades captured an oilfield in the country's east on Sunday after three days of fierce fighting with government troops protecting the facility, activists said. November 5 2012, 10:59 2 069 views

World News

Billionairess Goga Ashkenazi has fallen into the 'Lapo of Luxury' finding love with Fiat heir

Billionairess Goga Ashkenazi has found love again with Fiat heir Lapo Elkann. Kazakh-born Goga, left, who is a close friend of Prince Andrew, had been in a five-year on-off relationship with oil tycoon Timur Kulibayev, the son-in-law of the president of Kazakhstan. November 5 2012, 10:33 9 899 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s Vinokurov accused of bribing the 2010 cycle race

Alexander Vinokurov is accused of paying for the victory in 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège race, Sovetskii sport Newspaper reports. November 5 2012, 09:31 1 846 views

World News

Russian Nationalists March in Moscow

MOSCOW, November 4, RIA Novosti - Thousands of Russian nationalists and ultra-conservative Orthodox activists marched along a central Moscow embankment on Sunday to protest mass immigration and demand tougher internal travel restrictions on people from the country’s mainly Muslim North Caucasus. November 4 2012, 23:31 4 571 views

Kazakhstan News

What has Mussin agreed with Akorda?

We, the public of Atyrau, well know that Mussin never believed that Kazakh press or public opinion, in general, was worth taking seriously. Mussin’s non-publicity is more than just a chosen tactics of behavior, but a feature of his personality, that fully matches the feature of the closed political system in the country... November 4 2012, 13:11 2 394 views

Kazakhstan News

Aslan Mussin: “I was and will I remain a loyal ally of the Great Man”

The website www.guljan.org published the interview with the former Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, currently the Chair of the Audit Committee for the Republic’s Budget - Aslan MUSSIN: November 4 2012, 01:13 3 835 views

Kazakhstan News

Imangali Tasmagambetov met Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Mayor of Astana, Imangali Tasmagambetov met the Prince of Monaco, Albert the 2nd, today in Astana, reports the official website of astana.kz.   November 3 2012, 21:36 2 444 views

World News

China expects sharp rise in oil and gas output

China's combined oil and gas output will exceed 600 million tones of oil equivalent in 2030, due to substantial increases in geological resources in the country's northeastern region, reported china.org.cnon November 2. November 3 2012, 21:24 2 029 views

Crime

“Bent Cop” in the Rotational Village

Financial Police and Department of Internal Security detained the assistant of duty police station of Zhyloi District in Tengiz Rotational Village. November 3 2012, 20:48 2 698 views

Kazakhstan News

Swindler from Uzbekistan trading in car collision set-ups, was detained by Almaty policemen

The police investigation results showed that 27-year-old swindler from Tashkent arrived to Almaty only ten days ago. But during this short period of time he managed to swindle at least two car owners from Almaty. He intentionally drove his car to get a hit from the expensive imported cars and then under the pretext of repair of the damaged cars he managed to cheat out from their owners 30 thousand Euros and 29 thousand dollars, reported today Izvestiya Kazakhstan. November 2 2012, 19:45 1 945 views

Society

Fire in the College Hostel

On November 1, fire broke out at the hostel building of the College named after K. Dutbaeva located in the city district of Avangard, in micro region 4, block 4B. November 2 2012, 18:45 2 321 views

Other News

National Bank issued Atyrau coins

On November 2, Kazakhstan's National Bank issued a 50 tenge commemorative coin Atyrau as part of Cities of Kazakhstan coin series. November 2 2012, 17:48 2 111 views

Kazakhstan News

Opposition wants Kazakhstan to quit Customs Union

Members of opposition parties and NGOs of Kazakhstan, that promote national referendum to quit Customs Union, have introduced changes and additions to the agenda, according to Mukhtar TAIZHAN, a famous public figure. November 2 2012, 16:19 3 401 views

World News

Kazhegeldin asks magistrate to start investigations on Rakhat Aliyev

Lawyers file police challenger after Commissioner of Police failed to investigate allegations of torture made against Kazakh multi-millionaire exile Rakhat Aliyev. November 2 2012, 17:23 3 797 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan raises 9-month uranium output by 8 pct

Kazakhstan, the world’s biggest uranium miner, increased production of the metal by 8 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2012, its state nuclear company said on Thursday. November 2 2012, 13:07 1 634 views

Kazakhstan News

President's Administration ex-head Mussin: I remain a loyal Nazarbayev ally

Astana. November 1. Interfax-Kazakhstan - Chairman of the Audit Committee, the former head of the Presidential Administration, Aslan Mussin, vows to take any position entrusted by the Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev. November 2 2012, 17:00 3 559 views

Kazakhstan News

UNESCO offers Kazakhstan to develop geoparks

Almaty. November 1. The first Conference of Kazakhstan geographical society "Earth and People's potential" discuss the project offered by UNESCO to create geoparks in Kazakhstan, BNews.kz correspondent reports. November 2 2012, 16:18 3 680 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to pay Blair £16mln

Kazakhstan considers raising the payment to Britain's ex PM up to £16mln. It is expected that discussion of all terms will end within few weeks. November 2 2012, 15:58 2 186 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan wasps to fight NZ codling moths

A species of Kazakhstan wasps has been released into orchards here in an attempt to help control one of the pipfruit industry's biggest predators, the codling moth, reported today 3news.co.nz. November 2 2012, 15:23 1 912 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to reduce government officials

The number of political government officials in Kazakhstan will soon decrease 6.5 fold to become 538 people, said Deputy Head of the Kazakhstan Presidential Administration Baurzhan BAIBEK. November 2 2012, 14:15 2 235 views

World News

Addleshaws demands recusal of Teare J in $6bn Ablyazov dispute

Addleshaw Goddard is in the High Court this afternoon to lodge a recusal application requesting that Mr Justice Teare stands down from the multi-billion dollar dispute between Kazakh JSC BTA Bank and its client Mukhtar Ablyazov. November 2 2012, 12:47 2 065 views