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Chinese writer insulted Kazakh women

A piece insulting Kazakh young women has appeared on sina.com.cn, Megapolis writes. The article speaks of “unbelievable hospitality of Kazakhs who are ready to offer their daughter to a guest spending a night in their house”. It calls single Chinese men to “go to Kazakhs, as a woman will be found for any of them there”. October 24 2012, 12:17 3 955 views

World News

Nigeria arrests 15 Russian sailors carrying arms

Nigerian authorities seized a ship and arrested its 15 Russian crew members on suspicion of arms smuggling, after they found several guns and about 8,500 rounds of ammunition on the boat, the Navy said on Tuesday. October 24 2012, 12:08 2 086 views

Kazakhstan News

KZ ranking in “Doing Business” increased by 7 points

The World Bank ranked business climate in 185 counties on 10 indicators of “Doing Business” rating. Kazakhstan has ranked 49th (versus 56th in 2011) in the "Doing Business 2013" ratings, improving its position in the rankings by seven points, the Kazakh Economic Development and Trade Ministry said on Tuesday. October 24 2012, 11:09 3 494 views

World News

Nazarbayev paying first visit to Czech Republic over the years of independence

President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus met in his residence President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. October 24 2012, 10:54 2 241 views

World News

Clintons open Haiti industry park

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has attended the launch of a $300m (£187m) industrial park in the Haitian town of Caracol.   October 23 2012, 18:14 1 981 views

World News

Italy disaster head Luciano Maiani quits over L'Aquila

The head of Italy's disaster body, Luciano Maiani, has stepped down after seven colleagues were sentenced for their roles before the L'Aquila quake. October 23 2012, 17:59 2 322 views

Kazakhstan News

Air Astana Looks East To Expand Network

Air Astana, the national carrier, is looking deep into Asia to expand its network. Its inclusion on the European Union blacklist, which frustrates its ambitions to expand West, lies at the heart of its strategy. Air Astana’s discussions over a code-share partnership with Royal Jordanian, which follows an analogous strategy, is no coincidence. Royal Jordanian has developed Amman into a hub for the Levant region, straddling western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and northeast Africa. October 23 2012, 17:01 2 829 views

Kazakhstan News

Muslims in Kazakhstan to celebrate Qurban Ayt

Muslims in Kazakhstan and around the world will celebrate the holy festival of Qurban Ayt (Eid al-Adha) on October 26, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage. October 23 2012, 16:09 4 751 views

Kazakhstan News

Tajik gold miners look to buy sodium cyanide from new Kazakh plant

Kazakhstan's national export and investment promotion agency said Monday a Kazakh firm has signed several agreements to sell sodium cyanide to two of Tajikistan’s largest gold miners. October 23 2012, 16:42 2 674 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan may join WTO in 6 months

Kazakhstan is now at a crucial stage of negotiations to join the World Trade Organization, and is likely to become the Organisation's member-state in the next six months.  October 23 2012, 15:33 2 988 views

Other News

Prosecutors suggest to toughen punishment for violations in hiring foreign workforce

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's Office recommends taking effective measures to severe employers' responsibility for violations in intake of expats, reported the agency's media service after its latest board meeting. October 23 2012, 14:25 3 936 views

World News

Pope names first Native American saint

Sunday was a big day for Catholics in North America. Thousands of miles away in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI named 17th century Mohawk Kateri Tekakwitha the first Native American saint. Another newly named saint is Marianne Cope, a German-born woman who emigrated to the United States as a child, became a nun and went on to devote 30 years of her life helping lepers in Hawaii. October 23 2012, 12:25 2 483 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev told Austrians about democracy and Zhanaozen

“In the issues of democracy Kazakhstan is not like Europe that came to it for hundreds of years, however, the country reached great success in this field in the post soviet space,” Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev told a briefing following the meeting with President of Austria Heinz Fischer. October 23 2012, 11:55 3 808 views

Ecology

NCOC imitating environmental activities

On October 19, at a meeting with subsoil user companies of Atyrau, Chairman of Environmental Regulation and Control Committee Daniyar YERENCHINOV told about his visit to D Island and ministerial plans to severe environmental laws. October 23 2012, 10:56 2 346 views

Crime

Criminal case launched against ex-deputy governor

On October 22, the press service of the Agency on Combat against Economic and Corruption Crimes (Financial Police) reported about initiation of two criminal cases: against Bolat DAUKENOV, the former first deputy akim of Atyrau Oblast and Rustem AL’BAKASOV, the director of KAZCASPIAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICE LLP (the son-in-law of ex-akim of Atyrau Oblast, Bergei Ryskaliyev). October 23 2012, 11:01 4 080 views

Economy

Atyrau Refinery resumes gasoline production

Atyrau refinery in 11 days fixed the defects in the kiln of catalytic reforming LG unit and renewed gasoline production. October 22 2012, 18:22 2 913 views

Crime

4 killed after two boats collided on the Ural River

On the night of 21 October, 4 people, including a river police officer, drowned in the result of a night incident on the Ural: two boats collided near the fish farms of Kurmangazy and Kyzyl Balyk. October 22 2012, 17:05 2 787 views

Economy

Expert: Extension of production sharing agreement on Kazakh project of Kashagan unlikely

The extension of a production sharing agreement (PSA) on Kashagan Kazakh oil and gas project is unlikely, the Department Director of Due Diligence "2K Audit - Business Consulting / Morison International" Alexander Shtok stated. October 22 2012, 17:23 3 490 views

Ecology

Is Ministry of Environmental Protection closing Atyrau landfill?

Every summer the Atyraulians suffer from the city landfill when it catches fire every week and one may rarely open windows because of a suffocating smoke and a landfill gas smell. October 22 2012, 17:13 3 672 views

World News

Job Vacancy: HRH Queen Elizabeth seeks new butler

It may not command the highest salary and the hours might be long and arduous – but jobseekers who want to work for a well-known boss need look no further, reports Telegraph. October 22 2012, 16:22 2 213 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh observers to watch US President elections

Three observers from Kazakhstan and one from Kyrgyzstan will be monitoring presidential election in the U.S. on Tuesday, November 6, as members of the OSCE international observers’ team sent to the U.S. by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), reported Silk Road Newsline. October 22 2012, 15:25 3 159 views

Economy

Farmers promise to keep sheep prices low by Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice

Demand for mutton has sharply risen on the eve of Eid al-Adha-2012 in Kazakhstan. Mojazarplata.kz compared sheep prices in countries that celebrate the holiday. October 22 2012, 14:30 2 972 views

World News

BP strikes landmark Kremlin deal

DIRECTORS at BP have approved a radical $27 billion (£17 billion) plan to sell its troublesome Russian operation and forge a deep new alliance with the Kremlin, thesundaytimes.co.uk. reports on Sunday. October 22 2012, 12:00 2 250 views

Society

How much is it to promote a singer in Kazakhstan?

Capital business web portal has calculated the cost of promoting a beginning singer in Kazakhstan. October 22 2012, 11:58 2 739 views

Kazakhstan News

Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Austria

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev starts his two-day official visit to Austria. October 22 2012, 11:32 1 917 views