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Kazakh and British defense ministers discuss military-technical cooperation

Kazakh Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov held bilateral talks with his British counterpart Philip Hammond on Thursday as part of his official visit to the UK, the press service of Kazakhstan’s Defense Ministry said in a report. November 1 2013, 13:03 1 871 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan Ministry of Environment transformed into Ministry of Environment and Water Resources

The Ministry of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan transformed into the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, a decree by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev posted on the Akorda's website. November 1 2013, 10:49 2 158 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan Detains 2 Nationals for Taking Part in Syrian War

The arrested Kazakh nationals had illegally left Kazakhstan and visited Syria via Turkey. Kazakhstan's National Security Committee announced that it is interrogating the detainees and it will soon publish new information about them, farsnews.com reports. October 31 2013, 15:50 3 274 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan Could Impose U.S.-Style 'Miranda' Warning

Police officers in Kazakhstan will likely soon be employing a version of the United States' famous "Miranda warning," to inform suspects of their rights when arresting them, rferl.org reports. October 31 2013, 15:40 1 393 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan to toughen punishments for fatal road accidents

Drivers may be arrested for up to 20 years for fatal road accidents, the chairman of the Committee of the Administrative Police of Kazakhstan's Internal Affairs Ministry, Igor Lepekha said at a briefing held at Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan, trend.az reports. October 30 2013, 16:19 1 494 просмотрs

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TengizChevroil to resume oil shipments through Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan

TengizChevroil, a joint venture between Chevron (50% share in the consortium), ExxonMobil (25% share), KazMunayGas (20% share) and LukArco (5% share), will resume oil shipments via the Baku – Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) after a 5-year-long break, Kursiv.kz reports. Analysts tend to believe it is a temporary solution; however, the pipe owners hope for long-term prospects. October 30 2013, 09:47 3 090 просмотрs

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Agip KCO appoints new Managing Director

Umberto Carrara will leave his post of Agip KCO Managing Director, NCOC press service informs. “Umberto Carrara will leave his post of Agip KCO Managing Director from November 1, 2013  after more than 7 years of service at the Kashagan project. He will be replaced by Guido Brusco, who worked at the Kashagan project since September 2009 as the Production Operations Department Director”, - the statement reads. October 29 2013, 16:23 6 517 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan enters top fifty ‘World Economies For Doing Business-2014’

The World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) ranked business climate in 189 counties on 11 indicators of “Doing Business” rating. Kazakhstan has ranked 50th (versus 53d in 2013) taking place between Slovakia and Tunis in the "Doing Business 2014" ratings, improving its position in the rankings by three points, azh.kz reports. October 29 2013, 10:19 2 139 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan to allocate 113,000 square meters of state institutions’ territory for social facilities

113,000 square metersof area of public institutions will be given for social objects, Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev said today during a weekly briefing in the Central Communications Service for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, BNews.kz correspondent reports. October 28 2013, 15:26 1 206 просмотрs

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Marat Bisengaliyev announces violinists contest

The violinists contest has been announced by the symphonic orchestra of Almaty directed by Marat Bisengaliyev. The contest is timed to the premiere of the film Paganini: The Devil's Violinist that will be held in Almaty six days earlier than in other post soviet countries, Tengrinews reports.  October 28 2013, 11:09 1 159 просмотрs

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AIBA World Championships: Yeleussinov leads Kazakhstan Team to an impressive medal haul

In a stunning final day of boxing, we had an incredible array of talent on display. With some nail biting final rounds, sudden reversals and shock finishes, today was THE day on the 2013 boxing calendar. October 28 2013, 10:02 2 962 просмотрs

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Sparks fly at Customs Union summit

The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus sat down on October 24 in Minsk to grapple with the thorny problems facing their free trade zone – from trade barriers to confusion over Customs Union expansion. It was a tense meeting. October 25 2013, 15:42 2 742 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan short of specialists for Expo-2017

Kazakhstan suffers from deficit of specialists who could handle the Expo-2017 exhibition in Astana October 25 2013, 11:18 1 958 просмотрs

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Nazarbayev says healthy and ready to work to the end of term

Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev has assured his health is ok and he is ready to work until his current presidential term is over in 2016, Astana backed channel Khabar reported Thursday October 25 2013, 11:01 1 734 просмотрs

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Prime time for secondary cities

To be globally competitive, these hubs must learn to carefully manage growth impacts October 25 2013, 10:10 1 328 просмотрs

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Kazakhstanis fighting Jihad abroad, security service says

Kazakhstan’s intelligence service believes that around 100 citizens from Central Asia’s richest state are fighting global jihad in foreign lands, it has revealed. October 25 2013, 10:08 2 180 просмотрs

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Closure of Eurasian Economic Community must be gradual – Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support Thursday for his Kazakh counterpart’s proposal to dissolve the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC), but said such a move should be gradual and well thought over. October 25 2013, 10:03 1 326 просмотрs

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President Nazarbayev in favor of Turkey and Syria as Customs Union member states

Addressing the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the level of the heads of state in Minsk on Thursday, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said other countries should join the Customs Union. October 25 2013, 09:54 2 303 просмотрs

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Kazakh president warns of consumer lending "bomb"

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev warned on October 11 that consumer lending is posing a new threat to the country's banking sector, describing rising retail borrowing as a "bomb". October 25 2013, 09:44 1 397 просмотрs

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Ban Ki-moon thanks Tokayev for work in UN

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thanked Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan’s Senate Speaker, for his fruitful work as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva October 24 2013, 17:11 1 380 просмотрs

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UFO spotted over Almaty

Two young men have managed to make a video of an unidentified flying object that looks amazingly like a classical UFO from American movies hovering over Almaty October 24 2013, 16:30 1 569 просмотрs

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Relatives identify purported Kazakh 'Jihadist' in video

Family members say they have identified one of the men in a recent video of purported Kazakh jihadists preparing to wage war in Syria and are asking authorities to help bring him home. October 24 2013, 16:09 1 882 просмотрs

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Heavy truck crushes bus at Karachaganak field injuring 18

There has been a car accident at the territory of Karachaganak gas condensate field in Kazakhsta October 24 2013, 14:38 1 420 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan's Kashagan field needs some weeks to resume output

A consortium developing Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield said on Thursday it needs a few weeks to resume production cut by an industrial accident on Oct. 9, which means commercial output will not go ahead this month as planned. October 24 2013, 12:37 3 199 просмотрs

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Robbed Temirbank pictures unveiled

Temirbank branch cashiers discovered the loss of over 37 million tenge after they returned to the office from lunch October 24 2013, 11:00 1 314 просмотрs