Economy Dutch didn't know about "peculiarities of Atyrau land use" (+comments of the prosecutor's office) In Atyrau a new "land" scandal is escalating. This time because of illegal allocation of land plots by the former governors of "oil capital" not only local businessmen, but also foreign investors may suffer. April 1 2015, 10:00 4 312 просмотрs
World News MH17 crash: Video appeal launched for BUK rocket witnesses A video appeal has been launched for witnesses who may have seen the transport or firing of a Russian-made rocket at Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. March 31 2015, 16:22 2 078 просмотрs
World News Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Live Blog The trial continues for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev faces 30 counts related to deadly April 2013 bombing that killed three -- including an eight-year-old boy -- and injured some 260 others after dual explosions ripped through the crowds near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. March 31 2015, 15:55 2 413 просмотрs
World News Girl born with ‘elephant trunk’ in India worshipped as Hindu god A baby girl in India is being worshipped as a Hindu god, after she was born with a trunk. March 31 2015, 15:39 1 305 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Iranian Foreign Minister to visit Kazakhstan on April 13 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit Astana on April 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrisov said. March 31 2015, 14:59 3 531 просмотрs
Ecology Storm warning Emergency department of Atyrau Oblast circulated information about storm warning on March 31. March 31 2015, 12:06 4 157 просмотрs
World News Russia sacks theatre chief in 'blasphemous' opera scandal Russia's culture ministry said Monday it fired a theatre director for offending Orthodox believers with a radical staging of a Wagner opera, whose posters showed a crucifixion scene between a naked woman's legs, AFP reports. March 31 2015, 11:28 2 826 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Interim Chairman of Kazatomprom named Aidar Arifkhanov has been appointed as the interim chairman of the Board of Directors of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, reports azh.kz. A. Arifkhanov previously served as Vice Chairman of the company on economy and finance. March 31 2015, 10:16 2 632 просмотрs
Crime Police target prostitutes in raid During "STOP Traffic" police operative-preventive raid in Atyrau that took place on March 26-28, 19 prostitutes have been kept in a file. March 30 2015, 16:35 5 777 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for early presidential election in Kazakhstan The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally opened last week an election observation mission (EOM) for the 26 April early presidential election in Kazakhstan. March 30 2015, 15:43 2 752 просмотрs
World News Soros ready to pour $1 bn into Ukraine US financier George Soros said Monday he was ready to invest $1 billion in Ukraine if the West promised to help the embattled country. March 30 2015, 15:39 1 735 просмотрs
Society Man who "robbed" himself Last week 35-y.o. citizen of Atyrau who lives in the 5th micro region of Privokzalny (rail way station) city district filed a petition with the Department of Internal Affairs that he was robbed by unknown persons. March 30 2015, 14:58 3 220 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News China, Kazakhstan sign $23.6 bln in deals China and Kazakhstan have signed 33 deals worth $23.6 billion covering areas from hydropower to steel, state news agency Xinhua said. March 30 2015, 11:27 2 772 просмотрs
World News Canada: Accident involving Airbus A320 hospitalises at least 25 At least 25 people have been hospitalised in Canada following an accident involving an Airbus A320. March 30 2015, 10:14 2 061 просмотрs
World News Arab League agrees to form coalition to counter militant threat in region The second and final day of the Arab League Summit has come to a close in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. March 30 2015, 09:58 2 086 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Winter returns to East Kazakhstan Winter has returned to East Kazakhstan region. The rain turned into sleet last night. According to Kazhydromet, the snowfall, blizzard and increase of wind to 20 meters per second will continue through March 29, kazinform.kz reports. March 30 2015, 09:54 2 169 просмотрs
World News Uzbekistan set to re-elect president Islam Karimov Uzbekistan has voted in a presidential election all but certain to be won by long-term incumbent Islam Karimov, who has led the country for over 25 years, Kazinform refers to BBC.com. March 30 2015, 09:51 2 909 просмотрs
Culture Toni Turi sang legendary Kazakh song "Balkadisha" at San Remo The Italian engineer Tony Turi (former Agip employee) about whom we wrote several times in our newspaper ("The Ambassador of the Neapolitan song in Atyrau", etc.) who decided to change his career of the oil engineer to the singing career, started his rising to musical stardom here, in Atyrau, and he stepped onto the international stage with the Kazakh folk song "Balkadisha" that he sang at San Remo.doc last month. Tony participated in a selection round where he sang our "Balkadisha". It would be interesting to track Tony's evolution as a singer …. March 27 2015, 17:45 9 049 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nine contenders for presidency of Kazakhstan withdraw from election race The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kazakhstan refused to register six self-nominated contenders for the presidency of Kazakhstan, while three more contenders submitted applications for their withdrawal from the election race. March 27 2015, 17:21 2 415 просмотрs
World News German aviation association wants two-person cockpit rule The German aviation association BDL has said that it wants to introduce a two-person cockpit rule similar to the one implemented by many airlines, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair. March 27 2015, 16:57 3 396 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan victims of Airbus A320 crash Three Kazakhs who perished in the Germanwings flight were on a European vacation when they made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to Spain to watch one of soccer's most popular matches. March 27 2015, 16:48 4 309 просмотрs
Society Earth Hour tomorrow Kazakhstan people including citizens in Atyrau will join the symbolic action of turning lights out for an hour in an expression of concern for the environment. The action will take place in over 6,000 cities across 134 countries in the world in observing the Earth Hour on March 28. People will turn off lights and all electrical appliances for an hour from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm to show their solidarity to the cause of climate change. March 27 2015, 15:17 2 323 просмотрs
World News Argentine court dismisses Cristina Fernandez case An Argentine appeals court has upheld a decision to dismiss a controversial case against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. March 27 2015, 12:38 3 044 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News National Fund to channel 686 bln tenge for Nurly Zhol program implementation In the framework of Nurly Zhol program the National Fund in 2015 provided 686 billion tenge, this has been announced at today's briefing by Deputy Finance Minister Ruslan Dalenov. March 27 2015, 12:22 2 610 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Austrian man extradited to Germany to face fraud charges General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan has satisfied the request of the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany on extradition of Austrian citizen to face fraud charges, according to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. March 27 2015, 11:08 2 322 просмотрs