Kazakhstan News Court sanctioned two-month arrest for Peter Baruch Today, Feb 10, the Uralsk city court under the chairmanship of the judge Varvara Dmitriyenko satisfied the petition of the investigator of Internal Affairs Department to authorize Baruch Peter’s arrest for a period of 2 months, azh.kz reports citing Moi Gorod portal. February 10 2014, 11:39 3 499 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan was among best dressed Olympic nations in Sochi Opening Ceremony (Photos) The nations of the 2014 Sochi Olympics were introduced on Friday night at the Opening Ceremony, which means the viewing public was introduced to a multitude of new winter couture. Some of it looked fantastic. Some of it was worn by Shaun White. Won’t you join us for the best and worst dressed teams of the 2014 Winter Olympics? February 10 2014, 10:31 6 960 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Pentagon not developing any biological weapons in Kazakhstan The Central Reference Laboratory (CRL), an infectious diseases lab being built in Almaty by the United States, has been criticized on numerous occasions. Kazakhstan public widely suspects that the lab can be used by the Pentagon to develop biological weapons once completed. The Akim (Mayor) of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yesimov has openly disapproved of its construction in his city, tengrinews reports citing interfax-kazakhstan. February 10 2014, 09:38 2 186 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev met with Kazakhstan's national Olympic team “It is the special Winter Olympic Games; we have never had the Olympic Games so close to Kazakhstan. It is only 1,000 km away. Russia hosts the Olympic Games and it's important for us, because they are our neighbors and partners. I am confident that you prepared for the Games; you showed quite good results and took the 16th place in the general rating of 2013. It's not easy, but we need to try and do our best. The fact that you have gained the licenses and came here is a huge achievement for you,” – said the Head of state to the athletes, azh.kz reports citing the press release of the Central Comunications Service under the RoK President. February 8 2014, 19:06 3 570 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan may be renamed to get rid of the 'stan' ending: President Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev believes the possible change of the country’s name should be publicly discussed, according to his statement published at his official website Akorda.kz. February 7 2014, 11:19 2 941 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Expat accused of pedophilia in Uralsk may evade responsibility On February 5 the Uralsk court ruled illegal the evidences of guilt of the British citizen Baruch Peter seized by police officers, who was suspected of corruption of minors, the Uralskaya Nedelya newspaper reports. February 6 2014, 10:25 3 009 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News President Nazarbayev on tensions in Ukraine Social problems are the true cause of the tensions in Ukraine, Kazakhstan’s President beleieves, according to his Press Service, tengrinews reports. February 5 2014, 17:15 1 037 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh Woman Forgets Money Stash in Present for Friend, Sues What would you do if you found a million Kazakh tenge ($6,500) in a pair of boots presented by a friend? For a family in northern Kazakhstan, the answer was: spend it all! February 5 2014, 15:46 1 248 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan will continue to limit alcohol market Kazakhstan will continue to limit the time and places of alcohol sale, inform.kz reports. February 5 2014, 10:02 1 411 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Oil and Gas Minister on Kashagan Uzakbai Karabalin, the country’s Oil and Gas Minister, told about issues related to the giant Kashagan oilfield, tengrinews.kz reports. February 5 2014, 09:21 1 841 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh Court Drops Extremism Charges Against Pastor A court in Astana has dropped extremism charges against a Kazakh Presbyterian pastor, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbaev, rferl.org reports. February 4 2014, 17:39 2 111 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Supreme Court affirms life sentence decision for Chelakh The supervising board on criminal cases of the Kazakhstan Supreme Court affirmed the regional court’s decision about life sentence for Vladislav Chelakh, azh.kz reports, citing newskaz.ru agency. February 4 2014, 16:12 1 192 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan to host weeks of natural resources Kazakhstan will host the weeks of natural resources starting from February 14, 2014, Chairman of the Geology and Subsoil Management Committee under the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies Bazarbai Nurabayev said at the Tuesday press conference, inform.kz reports. February 4 2014, 11:14 1 091 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Growing gas reinjection may result in gas shortages by 2024: Oil and Gas Minister Growing reinjection of gas may result in gas shortages in Kazakhstan by 2024, Newskaz.ru reports, citing the country’s Oil and Gas Minister Uzakbai Karabalin as saying at a government sitting today, tengrinews reported. February 4 2014, 11:02 1 053 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh Court Slashes Sentence in Opposition Leader's Murder A court in Kazakhstan reduced the prison sentence Monday of a former senior state official from 20 to 13 years after a retrial over the 2006 high-profile killing of an opposition leader, azh.kz reports. February 3 2014, 14:59 2 667 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Cultural learnings for UK: Kazakhstan has more women MPs Britain is languishing behind more than 60 countries including Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in getting women into Parliament, official figures show, standard.co.uk reports. February 3 2014, 12:06 1 217 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Golovkin stops Adama to record tenth title defence Gennady Golovkin maintained his unbeaten career record by beating Osumanu Adama in the seventh round of their WBA title showdown in Monte Carlo, espn.co.uk reports. February 3 2014, 10:18 1 371 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Russia to Give Kazakhstan Air Defense Systems Free-of-Charge Russia is set to supply fellow former Soviet nation Kazakhstan with S-300 air defense systems free-of-charge, a top Russian military official said Friday, ria.ru reports January 31 2014, 18:06 1 383 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Expert: Kazakhstan looks for alternative to Kashagan oil Kazakhstan is trying to compensate for the drop in oil revenue through development of new fields as oil production from the Kashagan field is once again postponed, senior researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science Oleg Yegorov said on Tuesday. "The hope for Kashagan, has not materialised," he told trend over the phone on Tuesday. "Even last year, there was hope of extracting oil from Kashagan. Certain income from the sale of oil extracted there was laid in the budget, but it did not happen." January 31 2014, 13:45 1 897 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan wants Russia to leave some of its testing sites Russia is a long-timer of Kazakhstani testing sites. And now the Central Asian country is looking into the possibility of regaining control of at least some of its territories and putting then back into agricultural use, tengrinews reports. January 31 2014, 13:37 1 100 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan Taekwondo Fed accuses London lawyer of deception A nap in an airplane landed the triple taekwondo champion of Kazakhstan Azamat Tenizbayev, 18, into a half-a-year-long experience of sexual harassment charges, jail, hearings, ankle bracelets and jury trial in London. Upon returning home to Kazakhstan at long last Azamat, his mother and Kazakhstan Taekwondo Federation chief held a press-conference to share the details of the ordeal and celebrate its happy ending, tengrinews reports. January 31 2014, 10:29 1 681 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Abu Dhabi Plaza to be constructed in Astana estimated at $1.6 billion Construction of Abu Dhabi Plaza will cost $1.6 billion, according to the country’s Minister of Industry and New Technology and Vice Prime Minister Asset Issekeshev, tengrinews reports. January 30 2014, 17:56 2 137 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Deputy FMs in Astana to Participate in Caspian Sea Meeting Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour left Tehran for Kazakhstan capital city, Astana, Wednesday to participate in the 35th meeting of the special working group of the Caspian Sea, tasnimnews.com reports. January 30 2014, 14:22 2 454 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan to compete in first World Games of Nomads Kyrgyzstan has presented the “World Games of Nomads” national project aimed to promote traditional ancient games of nomadic Turkic peoples, advantour.com reports. Thus, during an international forum held on 25 January 2014 in Bulan-Sogottu, Issyk-Kul region, the representatives from Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan signed a resolution on the conditions, goals and participants for the World Games of Nomads. January 30 2014, 13:36 7 844 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Soros-Kazakhstan to grant $1.9 million in 2014 Soros-Kazakhstan embarks on a new strategy for 2014-2017 to focus on SFK traditional fields, such as human rights, public finance transparency, development of independent media and support of youth initiatives. interfax.kz reports. January 29 2014, 20:21 1 480 просмотрs