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Mr Yelyubayev, you're not right

Mr Yelyubayev, you're not right

The International Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee headquartered in Geneva for the fourth time recognized that its provisions are not observed in Kazakhstan. May 30 2013, 14:14 2 403 просмотрs

Emergency ministry to run North Caspian oil spill response base

Emergency ministry to run North Caspian oil spill response base

Two weeks ago, minister of emergency Vladimir Bozhko stated that North Caspian environmental response base was handed over from TenizService LLP - a KMG subsidiary - to the ministry of emergency situations. May 30 2013, 11:56 2 477 просмотрs

Verdict to Zhanaozen riot participants changed

Verdict to Zhanaozen riot participants changed

Supervisory Board of Kazakhstan's Supreme Court decided to change the sentences issued in relation to some participants of 2011 Zhanaozen events May 28 2013, 14:41 1 910 просмотрs

Arkankergen - year after border massacre

Arkankergen - year after border massacre

A year ago, on the night of May 27-28, independent Kazakhstan saw one of the bloodiest tragedies in its history - the Massacre at Arkankergen Border Post. May 28 2013, 10:45 4 071 просмотрs

Two cops sacked after sheltering brothel - police media service

Two cops sacked after sheltering brothel - police media service

Police officers, who were caught red-handed in sheltering prostitutes and tried to hiddenly escape in women's clothes, have been sacked from police, according to media service of the provincial police. May 27 2013, 15:10 2 161 просмотрs

Cops shield prostitutes, caught red-handed, run in women's clothes (+video)

Cops shield prostitutes, caught red-handed, run in women's clothes (+video)

Two police officers providing protection to prostitutes in Atyrau were caught red-handed by citizens, from whom they escaped in women's clothes. May 27 2013, 09:46 4 799 просмотрs

Atyrau shaken by earthquake (Updated)

Atyrau shaken by earthquake (Updated)

Today, 10.59 local time, many city residents and guests felt sudden swaying of buildings and fluctuations of floor under their feet at top floors of high-rises in Atyrau. People from multistorey offices fled to streets. May 24 2013, 14:32 7 194 просмотрs

Amir Ismagulov - Journalists understand my son is innocent

Amir Ismagulov - Journalists understand my son is innocent

May 22, an Ak Zhaik reporter liaised with Amir Ismagulov, a member of Atyrau city council, whose son Azamat Tazhayakov has been arrested and accused by the United States authorities in trying to obstruct the investigation into Boston Marathon Bombing. May 24 2013, 11:23 2 172 просмотрs

Saraichik: Ural destroying landmark

Saraichik: Ural destroying landmark

A group of tourists from China and Italy went to see Saraichik, a village located to the north of Atyrau on the Ural River, which has an archaeological landmark nearby - the medieval trade center of Golden Horde, a Mongol and later Turkic khanate that was established in the 13th century and formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire. May 23 2013, 17:18 4 141 просмотрs

NCPOC boss meets governor before leaving post

NCPOC boss meets governor before leaving post

As previously reported the NCPOC managing director will be changed on July 1. In place of Hans Bakker, another Shell top manager Arjan van Dijk is coming. May 23 2013, 11:44 4 990 просмотрs

Arrest in Makat: police wounds suspect + Relatives' story

Arrest in Makat: police wounds suspect + Relatives' story

May 20, the village of Makat, officers of law enforcement agencies used service weapons when apprehending a local citizen suspected of committing a serious crime. May 21 2013, 15:41 2 855 просмотрs

KMG Kashagan BV bookkeeper accused of tax evasion

KMG Kashagan BV bookkeeper accused of tax evasion

Atyrau department of financial police has launched a criminal proceeding into evasion of tax and other mandatory corporate payments to budget in relation to the accountant of KMG Kashagan BV. May 21 2013, 10:11 3 073 просмотрs

Atyrau traffic accident kills six people

Atyrau traffic accident kills six people

Six people left dead and five others injured and were taken to hospital after a traffic accident in Atyrau Oblast. May 20 2013, 11:30 1 698 просмотрs

Public figure about Bergei Ryskaliyev - I believe my eyes, not ears

Public figure about Bergei Ryskaliyev - I believe my eyes, not ears

"All the noise in our oblast now, in newspaper articles in all media, is about Bergei Ryskaliyev, the former governor of Atyrau Oblast," says Rakhymzhan Otarbayev, writer, playwriter, merited figure of the Republic of Kazakhstan May 20 2013, 09:40 3 967 просмотрs

Managing director to be replaced at Kashagan on June 1

Managing director to be replaced at Kashagan on June 1

North Caspian Production Operations Company (NCPOС) Managing Director is expected to be replaced effective June 1, reports azh.kz, citing KazTAG. May 17 2013, 13:20 3 286 просмотрs

Atyrau people demand dissolution of parliament

Atyrau people demand dissolution of parliament

Activists in the city of Atyrau have put forward a demand to dissolve the government in a letter addressed to the country president Nursultan Nazarbayev. May 17 2013, 12:07 1 993 просмотрs

Help finpol - get bounty

Help finpol - get bounty

Three residents of Atyrau Oblast received monetary reward - 121,170 tenge each - for communicating corruption crimes. May 17 2013, 11:44 1 988 просмотрs

House, food and mobile communication of expats paid illegally in Kazakhstan - labor agency

House, food and mobile communication of expats paid illegally in Kazakhstan - labor agency

During the labor laws compliance audit of some oil producing companies in Aktobe several violations were found May 17 2013, 09:38 2 380 просмотрs

Over 500 illegal workers detected in Atyrau

Over 500 illegal workers detected in Atyrau

On May 13-17 police conducted an operative-preventive action “Illegal Worker” in Atyrau Oblast. May 16 2013, 18:19 2 028 просмотрs

Expert: Kazakh government may buy stake in ConocoPhillips to sell it on more favourable terms

Expert: Kazakh government may buy stake in ConocoPhillips to sell it on more favourable terms

The Kazakh government may buy a stake in ConocoPhillips to sell on later, but on more favourable terms, Kazakh political analyst Daniar Ashymbayev said on Wednesday. May 16 2013, 16:01 2 264 просмотрs

Saiga sanctuary

Saiga sanctuary

Saktapbergen Alipkayyirov, a deputy head of territorial forestry and hunting inspection, says the last time his officers saw saiga tatarica within the borders of Atyrau oblast was October 2012, near the village of Azgir. It was a rare view of the Volga-Ural species, a one-time numerous type of animals [28,000 heads]. May 16 2013, 11:47 2 507 просмотрs

First invalid from gas sector

First invalid from gas sector

Three years ago we wrote about the woman who suffered from an accident at the Tengiz oil and gas field on July 2, 2005 (Ak Zhaik, dd. 15.04.2010, “Tengiz doesn't believe the tears or the history of one poisoning”). Gulbanu Abdullaeva, who was then an employee of one of subcontracting companies of TCO, virtually became an invalid. But it took her eight long years to prove it. May 15 2013, 16:02 2 183 просмотрs

Day that “shook” Selstroi city district

Day that “shook” Selstroi city district

Early Sunday morning on May 12, people residing along Azzatyk avenue near Selstroi city district were woken up by clattering noise of vehicles transporting bulky industrial modules. Later we found out that it was new equipment delivered to Atyrau Refinery, to be more exact, to the Aromatic hydrocarbons production complex (KPA). May 15 2013, 11:49 4 583 просмотрs

Leaflets supporting Tsarnaev brothers appeared in Atyrau

Leaflets supporting Tsarnaev brothers appeared in Atyrau

Leaflets expressing support for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have appeared in Atyrau. May 14 2013, 19:04 2 751 просмотрs

Tender Bids became nearer

Tender Bids became nearer

An insignificant small percent of Kazakhstan content in major oil and gas projects is a sore subject for local businesses. One of the reasons of such state of affairs is that Kazakhstan companies do not have international certificates which can grant them rights to participate in tenders. Recently, with NCOC's asssitance 16 local companies obtained international cetification. May 14 2013, 12:34 1 998 просмотрs