in Atyrau

Ecology

Storm warning

Emergency department of Atyrau Oblast circulated information about storm warning on March 31. March 31 2015, 12:06 5 057 views

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 6 710 views

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 4 099 views

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 11 160 views

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 3 327 views

Economy

A Journey Beyond the Seven Seas

As it became known to Ak Zhaik newspaper the large-scale project of Tengizchevroil LLP  -  Wellhead Pressure Management / Future Growth Project (WPM/FGP) -  considerably rose in cost, and the date of implementation was postponed from 2019 to 2021. According to updated estimates and schedule of works, based on the results of front end engineering design the cost of the project increased from  $23,7 billion to $38,8 billion. March 27 2015, 10:15 6 002 views

Society

Nurlan Kapparov died

Our sources reported that today, on March 26, the head of national company Kazatomprom Nurlan Kapparov died. March 26 2015, 15:19 5 210 views

Culture

Alternative Nauryz celebration in Saraishyk village

On March 23 the residents of the small Saraishyk village celebrated Nauryz- the Coming of Spring or Kazakh New Year not in a usual way, at the cost of the local budget, but this event could be truly called an "alternative" celebration of Nauryz. March 26 2015, 10:32 7 367 views

Society

Nauryz in Atyrau

March 22 2015, 23:55 3 505 views

Culture

Concert dedicated to 90th anniversary of Nurgisa Tlendiev will take place on Makhambet Drama Theatre stage

On March 28, Saturday, at 5 pm, the festive concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of a prominent Kazakh composer and musician Nurgisa Tlendiev will take place at Atyrau Makhambet Drama theater. March 20 2015, 15:56 7 813 views

Society

Nauryz - Celebration of Spring Coming

Nauryz is one of the oldest holidays on Earth. This holiday of spring and the renewed life of the Earth has been celebrated for over five thousand years by many cultures.  March 20 2015, 12:30 7 033 views

Society

Atyrau to witness rare event - solar eclipse on March 20

The first solar eclipse of the year hits on March 20, says L Shestakova, the leading scientist of the RoK Fesenkov’s Institute of Astrophysics. March 20 2015, 09:30 4 063 views

Economy

“We have three foreign companies that are investing in EXPO”

The Chairman of the board of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company Talgat Ermegiyaev confirmed the information that was earlier published in AkZhaik newspaper about allocation of $50 million by the North Caspian project operator - NCOC for holding an exhibition (see “Everything was written off and still remained indebted to all” ). March 19 2015, 15:07 4 696 views

Society

Dear citizens and guests of Atyrau!

Traffic movement in Atyrau will be restricted during celebration of Nauryz. March 19 2015, 01:44 3 967 views

Economy

Businessmen from Atyrau met with Timur Kulibayev

On March 17, an extended meeting of the Atyrau regional council of Chamber of entrepreneurs took place in Atyrau. The chairman of the presidium of the RoK National Chamber of entrepreneurs Timur Kulibayev participated in the meeting. March 18 2015, 15:48 3 279 views

Ex-Governor case

Ex-Governor’s Case. Sentences left without changes

The complaints of the condemned in relation to “ex-governor Bergei Ryskaliev’s case” the appeal judicial board on criminal cases of Atyrau Oblast regional court left without satisfaction. The sentence concerning the condemned was left without change. The announcement of the decision on the this case took place on March 17. March 17 2015, 16:38 13 378 views

Society

Russian citizen rescued from fire

The message about the fire in the apartment of a five-storied residential block in Avanguard was received by the dispatching service on duty in the evening on March 11. March 16 2015, 17:30 3 778 views

Economy

Price of liquefied gas dropped

It was reported on the website of the RoK Committee on regulation of natural monopolies and protection of the competition that the joint order of the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of National Economy has been released about the decrease in the ceiling price of wholesale liquefied oil gas - from 31 536,29 tenge to 11 033, 91 tenge per ton (VAT excluding). March 16 2015, 15:48 3 794 views

Economy

23 companies received international certificates from NCOC

On March 10, NCOC, the operator of the North Caspian Project, handed over international standard certificates to twenty three local companies that passed training and certification at the expense of the operator. March 12 2015, 12:20 4 935 views

Economy

Retired German experts teach Kazakhs how to comply to international standards (+update)

"The Fund of the German economy "The Service of Senior Experts" (SES) can help local firms to bring the work of their companies in line with international standards and to win through into TCO tenders’ participants", - says with confidence the deputy director of regional chamber of businessmen Nurzhan Ganimurat. March 10 2015, 12:59 4 007 views

Economy

FGP slows down

Even less than a month ago TCO denied information about forthcoming down-sizing  in contracting construction companies engaged in Future Growth Project (FGP at Tengiz. However, at the end of February some of activities on contracts signed between TCO and its general contractor KPJV have been stopped. March 6 2015, 17:06 13 172 views

Society

“Good conduct” medal for Women’s Day

In Atyrau regional court the festive event dedicated to the celebration of the International Women's Day took place. March 6 2015, 16:24 3 700 views

Ecology

Russia returns 90% of Taisoigan missile firing range back to Kazakhstan

Last week during his visit to Atyrau Sarsenbai Ensegenov, the Deputy of the Senate of RoK Parliament, informed about reduction of the missile firing range located in Kyzylkoga District of Atyrau Oblast by 80%. The range is used by the Russian military as per the contract. March 5 2015, 17:10 5 764 views

Economy

NCOC plans to produce 450,000 barrels of oil at Kashagan

North Caspian Operating Company B.V. (NCOC), the operator of activities under the North Caspian Project, which is developing the Kashagan oil field, plans to eventually produce at Kashagan up to 450 thousand barrels of oil per day, this has been announced by deputy Managing Director of NCOC Zhakyp Marabayev at "Oil and gas construction and engineering" conference held in Atyrau city. March 5 2015, 15:33 6 109 views

Society

ELECTIONS-2015

TERMS AND PROCEDURES FOR PLACEMENT OF PRINTING MATERIAL AREA IN “AKZHAIK” NEWSPAPER (including “Gorodskoy Park”, "Zhaik Samaly" enclosures and website www.azh.kz) for information support of early elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on April 26, 2015. March 4 2015, 16:49 2 595 views