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​ArcelorMittal Temirtau regrets there was no tenge devaluation- source

Top managers of ArcelorMittal Temirtau regret there was no tenge devaluation in Kazakhstan, said an informed source. May 4 2015, 16:59 2 025 просмотрs

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China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Eric Chu in high-level talks

The leader of Taiwan's ruling party and Chinese President Xi Jinping have held the highest level talks between the two sides in six years. May 4 2015, 15:46 1 339 просмотрs

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​Polish president says Victory Day Parade in Moscow 'symbol of unstable world'

Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski has described Sunday the Victory Day Parade due to take place in Moscow on May 9 as "a symbol of instability." May 4 2015, 11:37 1 331 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan should choose - reforms or degradation: Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev said that it was time for the people of Kazakhstan to choose between reforms and degradation, Tengrinews reports. The statement was made after Nazarbayev gave an oath at the presidential inauguration ceremony in Astana. May 4 2015, 11:01 1 256 просмотрs

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Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas

Two gunmen have been shot dead in a shooting incident in Texas. May 4 2015, 10:34 1 268 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazhgaliyev did a lot to promote Kazakhstan's national heritage - Nazarbayev

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of condolences to the family and friends of Kazakhstani conductor and dombrist Shamgon Kazhgaliyev on the occasion of his untimely death, the president's press service reports. May 4 2015, 02:18 1 267 просмотрs

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Legendary Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya dies at 89

Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and virtually the embodiment of the Bolshoi Theater for decades, died on Saturday in Munich. She was 89, APA reports quoting The New York Times. May 4 2015, 01:39 2 504 просмотрs

Society

​Memory walk along the main avenue with portraits of war heroes

On May 2 the residents of Atyrau marched along the main Satpaev Avenue holding the portraits of war veterans - their grandfathers and great-grandfathers. Our city in such a way expressed its worship for a personal feat of each war soldier who died on battle fields or in post-war time. May 3 2015, 21:26 2 005 просмотрs

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Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft

Russia said Wednesday it had lost control of an unmanned spacecraft taking supplies to the International Space Station and it is plunging back to Earth but is likely to burn up in the atmosphere. April 30 2015, 16:03 1 323 просмотрs

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Visa and MasterCard resume operations in Crimea

Visa and MasterCard payment cards issued by Russian banks are working again in Crimea after transactions have been transferred to the new Russian National Payment Card System. April 30 2015, 15:54 1 212 просмотрs

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A lifetime later, a Korean 'comfort woman' still seeks redress

Kim Bok-dong is 89 now, and is going blind and deaf. She knows her health is fading, and she can no longer walk unassisted. But her eyes burn bright with a passion borne of redressing her suffering of a lifetime ago. April 30 2015, 15:18 1 563 просмотрs

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Baby pulled from Nepal earthquake rubble after 22 hours

A photo of a baby boy being pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake has become the defining image of a disaster that has devastated the country. April 30 2015, 14:51 1 392 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Oil extraction to be resumed at Kashagan field in December 2016

The oil extraction will be resumed at the Kashagan field in December 2016, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Vladimir Shkolnik informed today. April 30 2015, 14:47 1 959 просмотрs

Culture

​Atyraulians grieve the death of a popular Kazakh artist Batyrkhan Shukenov

Commemoration meeting of Batyrkhan Shoukenov, popular Kazakh singer and composer was held in the evening of April 29 at Issatai and Makhambet Square in Atyrau. April 30 2015, 12:53 5 967 просмотрs

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Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador

Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling. April 29 2015, 14:57 1 192 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

President of Kazakhstan nominates acting PM to post of PM

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has nominated Karim Massimov to the post of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan as the government of the country resigned today in connection to Nazarbayev's reelection. April 29 2015, 14:49 1 473 просмотрs

Society

​Two mysteries of the local government-2: "Legalization" action

“Saltanat Saraiy" new wedding palace has a legal manager now, who was officially presented to us by the department of finance. April 29 2015, 11:12 2 744 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nursultan Nazarbayev receives certificate of President of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Kuandyk Turgankulov has presented the certificate of the President of Kazakhstan to Nursultan Nazarbayev. April 29 2015, 11:03 1 594 просмотрs

World News

Police enforce curfew in Baltimore, disperse protesters

Thousands of police in riot gear and National Guard troops patrolled Baltimore to enforce a curfew on Tuesday night, dispersing protesters with pepper spray a day after the city was shaken by the worst rioting in the United States in years. April 29 2015, 10:55 1 118 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev dispels rumours of tenge devaluation

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has dispelled the rumours about a forthcoming devaluation of the tenge, Tengrinews reports. April 29 2015, 10:21 1 475 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Barack Obama congratulates Nursultan Nazarbayev on election win

U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated Nursultan Nazarbayev on his victory in the elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the press service of the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan inform April 29 2015, 10:20 1 226 просмотрs

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​U.S. Sends Destroyer After Iran Detains Ship

The United States Navy sent a destroyer toward the Persian Gulf on Tuesday after Iran took control of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship it accused of trespassing in territorial waters, American military officials said. April 29 2015, 09:50 2 294 просмотрs

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Indonesia drugs prisoners have final moments with family

A group of prisoners due to be executed for drugs offences in Indonesia have spent what are believed to be their final moments with their families. April 28 2015, 19:09 1 280 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Hundreds Of Vendors Protest In Almaty After Fire Destroys Businesses

Hundreds of vendors whose businesses were destroyed by a massive fire in Almay, Kazakhstan's largest city, rallied on April 28. April 28 2015, 19:02 1 574 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Brutal Assault Galvanizes Kazakh Public

Here, Matthew Kupfer, a writer focusing on Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union, looks at the strong reaction of people in Kazakhstan, and further afield, to the brutal beating of a young man in the Kazakh capital:April 26 was Election Day in Kazakhstan, but another event has electrified the Kazakh public and potentially overshadowed the predictable presidential race: the brutal, near-fatal assault on a young man in Astana. April 28 2015, 18:34 2 292 просмотрs