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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 2 835 views

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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 8 458 views

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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 1 917 views

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Kazakhstan eyeing Ablyazov's property

Mukhtar Ablyazov might loose his property that is under distraint in Kazakhstan. He doesn't even have to be extradited to Kazakhstan for this to happen, tengrinews reports citing the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel as saying today.  January 29 2014, 18:11 1 885 views

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Tengizchevroil LLP hits record high by producing 27 million tons of oil in 2013 (+update)

Tengizchevroil LLP produced 27 million tons of oil in the Atyrau region in 2013, inform.kz reports, citing the company's press service. January 29 2014, 14:59 3 840 views

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Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons wins Grand-Prix at Premiers Plans Festival

Kazakhstan's film Harmony Lessons by director Emir Baigazin has been awarded with the 2014 Grand-Prix of the Festival Premiers Plans in Angers, France, tengrinews reports. The 26th edition of the international film festival was held on January 17-26, 2014. January 29 2014, 16:40 2 668 views

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Natural phenomenon: perfect ice disc in Kazakhstan river

A ice disc of a perfectly round form has been spotted on the Narym River in eastern Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing Altaynews.kz.  January 29 2014, 15:56 2 745 views

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KazMunaiGas purchasing 26.7% in Rompetrol Rafinare

KazMunayGas oil and gas company is purchasing 26.7% in Rompetrol Rafinare (a member company of Rompetrol Group, operates the most modern refinery in Romania) for $200 million, tengrinews reports, citing the Company’s Press Service. January 29 2014, 10:23 2 074 views

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'Smart rubber' to be produced in Kazakhstan

The first recycling plant for used tires has been opened in Kyzylorda city in southern Kazakhstan on January 27, 2014, tengrinews reports citing the press-service of the Oblast Akimat (Regional Authorities). January 29 2014, 10:45 1 796 views

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Iran's Economy Minister, Kazakh Deputy PM Meet In Almaty

Iran's minister of economic affairs and finance, Ali Tayyebnia met the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Asset Issekeshev, fars news agency reported on Jan 27. January 28 2014, 16:25 1 493 views

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Strange Epidemic of Sleep in Akmola region

“Epidemic of Sleep” - is how doctors - perplexed - are calling a strange disease that spread among the villagers of Kalachi and Krasnogorsky - Akmola region, Kazakhstan. The local TV channel - KTK reported that, even now, nothing is known about the cause of the disorder. It was found that the affected people did not have neither close nor fortuitous contact with each other, azh.kz reports. January 28 2014, 15:30 4 585 views

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Human Rights Activists Demand to Review Case of EXPO 2017 Manager's Son

Five pedestrians were hit and one was crushed to death in Almaty by Maksat Ussenov who was driving BMW X6 in a state of intoxication. Maksat Ussenov fled the scene, but was later detained by the police and put into custody, azh.kz reports. January 28 2014, 11:28 2 636 views

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Kazakhstan to launch 13 new air routes and 6 airlines failed certification

According to the press service of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 15 out of 79 international air routes operating in the country were launched in 2013. January 27 2014, 16:48 5 599 views

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10 bn tenge invested in fish reproduction in Kazakhstan

More than 10 billion tenge was invested in the protection and reproduction of fishery resources in Kazakhstan over the last eight years, Minister of Environment and Water Resources Nurlan Kapparov said at a meeting of the staff, inform.kz reports January 27 2014, 12:42 1 952 views

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Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tony Blair discuss Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and ex-Prime-Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair have met in Swiss Davos discussed the Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy, tengrinews reports citing the official presidential website. January 27 2014, 08:59 2 563 views

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Andritz wins EUR75m contract to upgrade Kazakhstan hydropower plant

Austrian plant engineering company Andritz has secured a €75m contract from Shardarinskaya HPP, a subsidiary of Samruk Energy, to upgrade electro-mechanical equipment at the Shardarinskaya hydropower plant in Kazakhstan, hydro.energy-business-review.com reports. January 24 2014, 17:34 2 577 views

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Kazakhstan to modernise law enforcement system

Kazakhstan has started to implement a government programme to further modernise its law enforcement system in 2014-2020, head of the law enforcement system department of the Kazakh president's administration, Alik Shpekbayev said on Friday at a briefing in Astana, trend.az reports. January 24 2014, 16:56 2 044 views

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Nazarbayev calls EU to support Kazakhstan’s accession into WTO

Following his talks with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called the European Union to support Kazakhstan’s talks to enter the WTO, tengrinews reports citing the presidential press-service. January 24 2014, 15:42 2 313 views

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Grace church pastor on trial for extremism in Astana

The first hearing on the case of Grace church pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev has taken place in Astana, tengrinews reports. Kashkumbayev is accused of promoting extremism and managing a union that abused Kazakhstan citizens. January 24 2014, 12:49 3 414 views

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Kazakhstan to export surplus electricity

"Kazakhstan will export electricity only if the country see the power surplus in the single energy system of Kazakhstan," Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Zhaksaliyev said presenting today  the draft law of Kazakhstan "On amendments to some legislative acts on control over electricity generation facilities", inform.kz reports. January 24 2014, 10:45 1 500 views

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Kazakhstan MPs suggest removing death penalty from Criminal Code

Death penalty may be removed from the Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code. Such a suggestion has been made in the country’s Majilis (lower chamber), tengrinews reports. January 23 2014, 18:03 1 752 views

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China sees record crude oil imports from Kazakhstan

China saw a rise in crude oil imports from Kazakhstan last year via a transnational pipeline to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, xinhuanet.com reports. January 23 2014, 14:13 2 398 views

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Kazakhstan attended NATO Military Committee meeting in Brussels

The first deputy Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Saken Zhasuzakov participated in the annual NATO Military Committee meeting held in Brussels on Jan 18-19, reads the press release of nato.int. January 23 2014, 12:47 2 456 views

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Transplantology pushes forward in Kazakhstan, so as organ donorship

There has been some progress in availability of transplantation surgeries to the public, ability of Kazakhstan surgeons to make them and public attitude towards cadaveric donorship, tengrinews reports.  January 22 2014, 10:29 2 191 views

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ENRC explains its delisting from LSE

Kazakhstan's billionaire, co-founder and one of the major shareholders of the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) Aleksandr Mashkevich has explained why the company chose to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange, tengrinews reports. January 22 2014, 10:20 2 305 views