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Low visibility may have caused AN-2 plane crash in Zhambyl region

The Kazakh Committee for Emergency Situations is blaming fog and reduced visibility during landing for the crash of AN-2 aircraft in Zhambyl region. January 21 2015, 06:08 3 563 views

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Kazakh budget revised amidst dropping oil prices

The government of Kazakhstan is revising the key parameters of its state budget because of the global oil prices drop. January 20 2015, 05:19 3 229 views

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Fierce Astana Arlans take newcomers Venezuela Caciques by the throat: 5:0

The 5th seasons of the World Series Boxing kicked off the past week. For the Kazakhstani team Astana Arlans the new seasons started with a fight against newcomers - the Venezuela Caciques from Venezuela, tengrinews reports. January 20 2015, 01:22 3 764 views

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Kazakhstan Facing Serious Challenges From Low Oil Prices

In the current volatile energy market, Italy has again bet big on hydrocarbon-rich Kazakhstan, trying to re-cement its cooperation with the Central Asian republic. The bilateral partnership had been strained over the past two years by delays with the large-scale Kashagan oil field development venture, and the fallout from a diplomatic scandal, oilprice.com reports. January 19 2015, 10:08 5 452 views

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Kazakhstan to build two nuclear power plants

Kazakhstan is intending to transport nuclear waste from its future power plants to the Semipalatinsk Test Site for disposal, a tengrinews correspondent reports citing Kazakhstan's Vice-Minister of Energy Bakhytzhan Dzhaksaliyev as saying. January 19 2015, 01:14 3 507 views

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Earthquake registered in Caspian region

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was registered by a group of seismological stations on the territory of Turkmenistan on Saturday (January 17), kazinform has learnt from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center. January 19 2015, 00:15 3 383 views

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Five Kazakhs Jailed For Membership In Banned Islamic Group

A court in Kazakhstan has sentenced five men to prison terms ranging from 18 to 20 months after convicting them for being members of a banned Islamic group. January 16 2015, 14:32 3 451 views

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UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to visit Kazakhstan

Professor Charles Hendry, UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will visit Almaty, Kazakhstan on 16-20 January. January 16 2015, 12:02 3 506 views

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Kazakh Police Arrest Sex Slave Trafficking Gang Suspects

Police in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, announced on January 15 that they have arrested members of a criminal organization that has been forcing women into prostitution and trafficking them abroad. January 16 2015, 11:55 14 306 views

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Kazakhstan hopes to host four-way Ukraine talks this month

Talks on the Ukraine crisis between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany could be held in the Kazakh capital Astana later this month, President Nursultan Nazarbayev's press service said on Thursday. January 16 2015, 09:50 3 314 views

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Kazakhstan citizens ordered 97 more gold smartphones

Five gold Caviar Kazakistan smartphones were sold on the first day, interest to the exclusive device increases promptly therefore Caviar brand made a decision to continue releasing of this model, bnews.kz reports. January 15 2015, 15:34 2 303 views

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Oil wastes burn in an industrial zone in Aktau

Oil wastes were burning in an industrial zone in Aktau, in oil rich western Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports. January 15 2015, 10:56 3 873 views

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Kazakh GDP growth for 2014 hurt by falling oil, metal prices

Growth in Kazakhstan's gross domestic product probably slowed to 4.3 percent last year from 6.0 percent in 2013 as prices fell for its key exports, oil and metals, early official data showed on Wednesday. January 14 2015, 17:50 4 186 views

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Kazakhstan to continue oil exploration in Caspian shelf in 2015

Kazakhstan will continue oil exploration in the Kazakh part of the shelf of the Caspian Sea in 2015, the country’s Energy Ministry told trend.az. January 14 2015, 17:42 5 243 views

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Russian central bank restricts transactions with Kazakhstani suppliers

Central Bank of Russia has limited the outflow of capital to Kazakhstan. The Russian banks now have to check the authenticity of documents on import transactions with Kazakhstan companies on the website of the Federal Tax Service, tengrinews reports citing Izvestia. January 14 2015, 17:15 3 677 views

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Guest eco-houses are planned to be built in Kazakhstan

The Coalition for green economy initiated a number of projects that are supported by UNDP: the construction of solar biovegetariya, eco-labeling of buildings, goods and services, and others. January 14 2015, 16:34 2 619 views

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Staff appointments made in Kazakh KMG EP

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC (KMG EP or the Company) has expanded its Management Board and appointed Dastan Abdulgafarov, the former Managing Director of Business Development, as the Chief Financial Officer (Deputy CEO for Economy and Finance), the press service of the JSC said Jan.13. January 14 2015, 11:00 3 791 views

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Crew from Kazakhstan finishes first among T2 cars at 10th stage of Africa Eco Race-2015

The tenth stage of the Africa Eco Race-2015 has finished on January 9, in Toueila, Mauritania. A crew from Kazakhstan consisting of Marat Abykayev and Andrey Chipenko (#217, Nissan Patrol) from Off Road Kazakhstan team has come first in its T2 group, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz. January 13 2015, 10:55 4 295 views

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Ukraine peace summit scratched after diplomacy fails to break impasse

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine failed to make progress at a meeting in Berlin on Monday night with their counterparts from France and Germany, prompting cancellation of a four-party peace summit that had been planned for Thursday in Kazakhstan. January 13 2015, 09:20 3 465 views

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Father Of Nazarbaev's Former Son-In-Law Aliyev Dead At 82

  The father of President Nursultan Nazarbaev's former son-in-law Rakhat Aliev, who is under arrest in Austria, has died, azh.kz refers to ratel.kz. January 12 2015, 15:45 5 891 views

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Kazakhstan delivers humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Kazakhstan has sent $400,000 worth of aid to Ukraine's southeastern regions to help ease the humanitarian crisis following months of military conflict, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said this weekend, inform.kz reports. January 12 2015, 11:19 3 791 views

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Developing Kazakhstan’s new offshore field in Caspian Sea

Kazakhstan’s energy ministry is working with the national oil and gas company KazMunaiGasto to secure a licence to develop Tsentralnoye (Central) offshore oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea. January 12 2015, 10:29 5 154 views

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Section of Beineu-Aktau highway to be reconstructed this year

Reconstruction of a 100km-long section of the Beineu-Aktau highway is set to be finished in 2015. Another 170km-long section will be reconstructed in 2016. January 9 2015, 12:39 2 718 views

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Merkel: Normandy Format Meeting in Kazakhstan's Capital in Preparation

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that Foreign Ministers of Germany, Russia, France and Ukraine are preparing a so-called Normandy format meeting in Kazakhstan. January 9 2015, 10:33 3 116 views

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Kazakhstan imposes temporary ban on export of petroleum products outside Customs Union

Kazakhstan has imposed a temporary ban on the export of petroleum products outside the Customs Union, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan reported. January 8 2015, 18:18 4 381 views