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Russian Railways cancels trains to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine for 1 year

The JSC Federal Passenger Company, which is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways, cancels its train communication with Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan for a year, TASS reports. December 9 2014, 12:53 3 620 просмотрs

World News

Indian PM Modi Wins Reader Poll for TIME Person of the Year

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who entered office this year on the promise of reviving the country’s economy, is the winner of this year’s reader poll for TIME Person of the Year, time.com reports. December 9 2014, 12:41 1 937 просмотрs

World News

French politician to Merkel: 'Shut your trap'

A French politician has launched a verbal assault on Angela Merkel after the German leader called for more budget tightening in France and Italy. German finance minister Schäuble attempted to strike a conciliatory tone. December 9 2014, 10:32 1 353 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Wind fans massive flames in house fire in Aktau

A residential house (block 21 in microregion 13) caught fire in Aktau on Monday, December 8, according to azh.kz. December 9 2014, 10:19 1 744 просмотрs

World News

Oil drops $2 to five-year low on oversupply

Brent and U.S. crude oil each fell more than $2 a barrel on Monday to a new five-year low amid a rising number of predictions that oversupply would extend well into 2015. December 9 2014, 10:11 2 200 просмотрs

World News

NATO Formally Ends Afghanistan Mission: US Defense Department

The US Department of Defense has announced that NATO's International Security Assistance Force Joint Command mission in Afghanistan has officially ended. December 9 2014, 10:08 2 277 просмотрs

Society

Put on winter tires before January 1

It is the middle of December already, but very few people know that as of January 1, 2015 the traffic police will fine those who hasn’t “put on winter tires”. December 8 2014, 17:28 2 465 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

No substitution of holidays this year due to celebration of Independence Day

There will be no substitution of holidays this year due to celebration of the Independence Day, azh.kz reported citing the press service of the RoK government. December 8 2014, 15:44 2 671 просмотрs

World News

Mexico Grieves After Remains of 1 of 43 Missing Students are Identified

Three days of mourning have been announced in Mexico as the remains of one of the 43 students who have disappeared in the Mexican state have been identified. December 8 2014, 15:16 1 591 просмотрs

World News

Former KGB agent claims that Anna Chapman was ordered to seduce Edward Snowden

A former KGB agent has said that former Russian spy and celebrity Anna Chapman was ordered by the Russian intelligence service to propose marriage to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to trap him in Russia, British tabloids have revealed. December 8 2014, 15:01 3 472 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan reduces oil production

In 2014, Kazakhstan reduced oil production, the First Vice-Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin said at a briefing in Astana. December 8 2014, 11:32 3 175 просмотрs

World News

Jordan king says war against Islamic State is WWIII

Jordan's king Abdullah II described the fight against Islamic State as akin to a third world war last week. December 8 2014, 11:17 2 759 просмотрs

World News

Syria: Israeli warplanes strike targets in Dimas, Damascus

Planes believed to be Israeli struck inside Syria on Sunday, the Syrian government and an opposition group said, but the two entities differed over whether the targets belonged to the Syrian military. December 8 2014, 11:08 1 924 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Mass poisoning in western Kazakhstan: KPO denies breaching environmental standards

More children from Berezovka village in West Kazakhstan Oblast lying just five kilometers away from major Karachaganak field have been hospitalized, tengrinews reports. December 8 2014, 00:46 2 666 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev, Hollande unveiled Sorbonne Institute Kazakhstan in Almaty

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of France Francois Hollande are set to unveil Sorbonne Institute Kazakhstan in Almaty today, Kazinform has learnt from the Akorda's official Twitter account. December 8 2014, 00:35 2 872 просмотрs

World News

Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley

Peaceful protests over the chokehold death of Eric Garner took a violent turn in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, when several masked protesters smashed store windows and hurled objects atpolice officers who used smoke and teargas to disperse the crowd, reuters.com reports. December 8 2014, 00:27 1 147 просмотрs

Ex-Governor case

Prosecutors challenge“soft sentencing”

Public prosecutors filed a protest appeal on November 14 against the sentence passed by the specialized interdistrict court on criminal cases regarding the case of Bergey Ryskaliev's organized criminal group. Prosecutors consider that the sentence is “illegal” in some parts and demand to toughen the punishment. December 7 2014, 23:23 5 173 просмотрs

Ecology

When the last sturgeon will be caught…

Retired veteran of fish industry Vera Dzhamalova (on a photo) currently lives in Astana, but once or twice a year she comes to Atyrau, the city where she was born and worked all her life in the fishing industry. December 5 2014, 17:55 3 222 просмотрs

World News

Vnukovo airport engineer to remain in pre-trial detention over Total plane crash

The Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the detention of Vnukovo airport engineer Vladimir Ledenev charged in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, RAPSI reports from the courtroom. December 5 2014, 15:54 2 244 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Maria Mudryak to perform in Astana Opera for the first time

Italian opera singer Maria Mudryak will perform for the first time on the stage of Astana Opera in Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing the singer’s Facebook account. December 5 2014, 15:45 2 360 просмотрs

World News

Jehovah’s Witnesses website, books declared “extremist” in Russia

The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that the website of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses is extremist. December 5 2014, 15:02 2 604 просмотрs

World News

Ukraine president announces new ceasefire

The Ukrainian president has announced a new ceasefire to begin on December 9. The so-called ‘day of silence’ in eastern Ukraine aims to secure a previous truce agreed in Minsk in September which only marginally reduced the fighting. December 5 2014, 11:56 1 401 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

China ready to build nuclear fuel plant in Kazakhstan

"China is ready to build a nuclear fuel processing plant in Kazakhstan," Cao Shudong, deputy director general of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), said at the 8th sitting of the Sino-Kazakh subcommittee for energy cooperation held in Beijing, inform.kz reports. December 5 2014, 11:02 2 757 просмотрs

World News

Saipem Notified of Marine Activity Halt Following South Stream Termination

Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni has announced that it had been officially notified of contract termination from South Stream Transport BV. December 5 2014, 09:32 2 348 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

French President Francois Hollande is paying an official visit to Kazakhstan on December 5-6

Francois Hollande is arriving to Kazakhstan on the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. December 5 2014, 09:14 3 390 просмотрs