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President of Kazakhstan appointed Ambassadors to the United Kingdom and Norway

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Ambassadors to the United Kingdom and Norway, the press service of Ak Orda reports. September 17 2014, 16:51 2 051 views

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Kazakhstan intends to buy Azerbaijani petroleum products

Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGas National Oil and Gas Company is holding negotiations with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) to purchase fuels and lubricants, Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Energy Minister Uzakbai Karabalin said at a press conference in Astana on Sept.16, trend.az reported. September 17 2014, 16:26 2 311 views

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Kazakhstan to see crude production output decline in 2015

Kazakhstan is expected to see its crude production output decline in 2015, tengrinews reports, citing the country’s Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov. September 17 2014, 12:13 2 400 views

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Cold wind and rains will persist in Kazakhstan today

Cold wind and rains will persist in Kazakhstan today. Northern, Central and Eastern Kazakhstan will have precipitation with possible turning to wet snow. Strong north-west wind gushes up to 25m/s. During night and in the morning foggy weather could be expected. Temperature during the night might drop down to 0-5 °C degrees. During the day the temperature will go up to 5-13 °C degrees. September 17 2014, 11:24 2 662 views

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Fuel deficit in Kazakhstan is there to stay: Vice-Minister

Covering the entire fuel deficit in oil and gas producing Kazakhstan is impossible. This is what First Deputy Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin said at a briefing organized by the Central Communications Service, tengrinews correspondent report September 17 2014, 10:21 2 401 views

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Schoolboy kills classmate with pen

Two schoolboys had a conflict, as a result, one of the boys has been killed, said the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs. September 16 2014, 17:36 2 820 views

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Kazakhstan to develop historical TV series

Kazakhstan is set to develop historical television series, according to Almaty city mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov. September 16 2014, 16:37 5 441 views

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33 oilfield workers food poisoned in Kyzylorda rgn

33 employees of "PetroKazakhstan Kumkol Resources" were admitted to a hospital immediately after having lunch in a canteen, azh.kz reports refering to KTK TV channel.  September 16 2014, 12:26 2 588 views

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Kazakhstan braces for rains, stiff winds

Unsteady weather is expected in Kazakhstan today. Rains with thunderstorms and stiff wind will hit western, southern and eastern parts of the country, inform.kz has learned from Kazhydromet. September 16 2014, 12:03 2 420 views

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Kazakhstan Open-2014 golf tournament celebrates 10th anniversary

The opening of the 10th anniversary of Kazakhstan Open-2014 golf tournament will take place on Sept 18 in Alma-Ata at “Zhailai'” golf resort. The tournament will close on September 21, azh. kz reports. September 16 2014, 10:17 4 313 views

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China, Belarus and Kazakhstan will install GLONASS stations

The GLONASS land stations by the end of this year are scheduled to be installed in China, Belarus and Kazakhstan, said Grigori Stupak, Deputy Director General of “Russian Space Systems” company, azh.kz refers to glonass.ru website. September 15 2014, 16:25 2 678 views

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Tony Blair to contribute to book on Kazakhstan Constitution

Foreign experts and politicians will write a book on the Constitution of Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing a member of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan Anar Zhailganova. September 15 2014, 15:09 2 010 views

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Kazakhstan will celebrate Labor Day for the first time

Last year in November, the Head of State has established a Labor Day celebration, which now will be celebrated every last Sunday of September, azh. kz refers to bnews.kz. September 15 2014, 12:35 2 586 views

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Chinese companies account for 20 percent of oil production in Kazakhstan

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan from Sept.11 to Sept.12, Acorda (Kazakh president's official website) said. September 15 2014, 11:04 3 347 views

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Kazakhstan celebrates the Day of Family

Today Kazakhstan celebrates the Day of Family. Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated all people of Kazakhstan on the Day of Family, azh.kz refers to Akorda's press service. September 13 2014, 11:31 2 325 views

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Kazakhstan looks to ban gay 'propaganda' and identify gays by searching for degeneratism in their DNA

Bolashak, a Kazakhstan national movement known for its calls to extradite Rakhat Aliyev to Kazakhstan, and a group of social activists from Almaty have petitioned to legally ban gay "propaganda" in Kazakhstan, tengrinews.kz reports. September 13 2014, 11:19 4 329 views

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Kazakhstan police to quit using traffic wands by 2017

Kazakh traffic police will phase out the use of traffic wands by 2017. September 11 2014, 16:11 1 617 views

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Rakhat Aliyev forged many documents to prove innocence: expert

Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakhstan's former Ambassador to Austria who turned fugitive tycoon will stand trial in Vienna on September 16, Tengrinews reports citing Forbes. Many of the documents provided by the ex-Ambassador to prove his innocence in court have been found to be forgeries, so even through the Austrian prosecutor has not presented any charges against Aliyev yet, the hearing is unlikely to end well for the Kazakhstani.  September 9 2014, 14:58 2 444 views

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Kazakhstanis travel by train more often

13,6 mln passengers travelled by train for the past 8 months of 2013. 5,9 mln of them travelled for the past three summer months that is 27,000 passengers more as compared to the previous year, KAZINFORM writes. September 9 2014, 11:36 1 377 views

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Kazakh, Iranian leaders holding talks in Astana

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Iranian counterpart President Hassan Rouhani are holding talks in the Akorda presidential residence in Astana, Kazinform has learned from the Akorda's Twitter account. September 9 2014, 11:34 1 449 views

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Devaluation vs revaluation of Tenge: Kazakhstan keeps fingers crossed

Kazakhstan awaits 'a new decision' about the tenge exchange rate, fears a new devaluation and keeps its fingers crossed, Tengrinews.kz writes. September 5 2014, 16:02 2 142 views

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Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister suggests carpooling to save on petrol

Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik urged Kazakhstan’s people to cut down expenses on petrol, more actively relying on public transport and carpooling, Tengrinews.kz reports. September 3 2014, 15:37 1 391 views

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Kazakhstan MP responds to Vladimir Putin's statement on lack of statehood in Kazakhstan

Maulen Ashimbayev, Chairman of the Majilis Committee for International Affairs, Defense and Security, has commented on the much-talked-about statement on Kazakhstan’s statehood made by President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Tengrinews reports. September 2 2014, 17:06 1 805 views

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Russian political party slams ad depicting Russian poet kissing Kazakh composer

The Almaty-based advertising agency that produced a scandalous poster depicting Kazakh composer Kurmangazy and Russian poet Pushkin kissing has drawn a wave of discontent upon itself. The wave started in Kazakhstan and reached Russia. Now, a branch of Rodina (Motherland) political party has officially slammed the poster. August 28 2014, 16:25 1 880 views

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Kazakhstan may share Ukraine’s fate in case of languages prohibition – President

Kazakhstan can share the fate of Ukraine in the case of the ban of all languages​​, except the state one in the country, stated the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev in an interview with the republican television channel "Khabar", Trend reports. August 25 2014, 16:02 1 715 views