Ecology Atyrau Refinery fined for 24bn tenge for ecological damage On 5 March Atyrau Oblast Ecology Department issued an order about compensation of ecological damage by Atyrau Refinery for environmental pollution caused by flaring sour gas. The fine amounted to nearly 24bn tenge. The refinery administration disagreed with the order and demands a re-inspection. March 7 2014, 12:14 3 572 просмотрs
World News U.S. accuses Russia's Putin of making "false claims" about Ukraine The U.S. State Department dropped its diplomatic niceties on Wednesday and all but accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of lying about events in Ukraine, publishing a list of what it said were 10 of his "false claims," reuters reports. March 7 2014, 11:32 2 327 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan’s President on the national army’s combat efficiency Kazakhstan’s people should be confident in the country’s combat efficiency, tengrinews.kz reports, citing President Nazarbayev as saying when speaking at a sitting in the country’s Defense Ministry. March 7 2014, 11:23 1 178 просмотрs
World News Slutsky: State Duma will decide on Crimea after referendum All factions of the State Duma support the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but understand the right of the people of Crimea to raise issues they see fit, Leonid Slutsky, the head of the State Duma committee on CIS affairs, said. March 6 2014, 18:29 2 420 просмотрs
World News Crimean Tatar Mejlis calling on residents to boycott referendum Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars has urged the residents of the peninsula to boycott the referendum scheduled for March 16, Mejlis Chairman Refat Chubarov said. March 6 2014, 18:18 1 389 просмотрs
World News Ukraine crisis: Crimea parliament asks to join Russia MPs in Crimea have asked Moscow to allow the southern Ukrainian region to become part of the Russian Federation, bbc reports. March 6 2014, 18:03 1 494 просмотрs
World News Armed pro-Russian militiamen force UN envoy to cut Crimea trip short United Nations peace envoy Robert Serry had to cut short his visit to Crimea after a group of armed pro-Russian militiamen blocked him and threatened in his car in Simferopol, capital city of the peninsula on March 5, kyivpost.com reports. March 6 2014, 15:25 1 382 просмотрs
World News Pro-Russian men in Crimea confront women demonstrating for peace in Ukraine (VIDEO) Some 50 pro-Russian men in support of closer ties with Russia confronted a group of women holding signs asking for peace and unity in Ukraine, kyivpost.com reports. March 6 2014, 15:02 2 713 просмотрs
Society Kazakhstan to enjoy 8 days of holidays in March Eight days of holidays fall on March 2014 in Kazakhstan, azh.kz reports citing the e-government website. March 6 2014, 13:01 4 316 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus met to discuss Eurasian Economic Union Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended the sitting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, tengrinews.kz reports, citing the President’s website. March 6 2014, 12:44 2 905 просмотрs
World News Ukraine crisis: bugged call reveals conspiracy theory about Kiev snipers Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet tells EU's Cathy Ashton about claim that provocateurs were behind Maidan killings, theguardian.com reports. March 6 2014, 12:19 6 153 просмотрs
Society Tengizchevroil and NCOC to Raise Salaries of Workers According to TCO press release, the company raised the salaries of its employees by 10% from February 1, 2014. This was announced by Tim Miller, the CEO of the company, at the communication session with the employees. Mr. Miller said that as of April 1, 2014 the base salary will be additionally increased by by an average of nine percent and more. March 6 2014, 12:06 4 250 просмотрs
World News EU ready to provide 11 billion euros of financial aid to Ukraine The European Union is ready to provide 11 billion euros ($15 billion) of financial support to Ukraine over the next couple of years via a series of loans and grants, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday, reuters reports. March 5 2014, 17:55 1 811 просмотрs
World News China Backs Russia on Ukraine Despite its principle of non-interference, domestic and international interests have Beijing siding with Moscow, thediplomat.com reports. March 5 2014, 17:36 2 429 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Russia to conduct 3 test launches of missiles targeted at Kazakhstan in March Russia plans to conduct 3 test launches of its missiles targeted at Kazakhstan in March, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan reported on Wednesday, ca-news.org reports. March 5 2014, 17:31 1 963 просмотрs
Culture Oilfield workers of Atyrau ‘discovered’ 3 000 years old ancient burial Atyrau Oblast oilfield workers made a shocking finding. They found a cumuli of human remains in the desert. The captured video was sent to KTK TV channel office. March 5 2014, 14:42 4 105 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News First in the world positive-energy city to be constructed in Kazakhstan by 2017 The first energy-positive city will be constructed in Kazakhstan by 2017. The Minister of Environment and Water Resources Nurlan Kapparov said about the concept of architectural complex EXPO-2017, bnews.kz correspondent reports. March 5 2014, 13:13 5 808 просмотрs
World News Asteroid 2014 DX110 Will Pass Between Earth, Moon On March 5 (LIVE VIDEO) Earth is in for a close call, huffingtonpost.com reports about asteroid flyby. March 5 2014, 13:04 2 334 просмотрs
World News Obama: Russia 'not fooling anybody' over Ukraine Obama: Russia is not being strategic. A clip from the president's address yesterday, telegraph.com reports. Barack Obama says Vladimir Putin's rationale for his incursion into Crimea was not "fooling anybody" and that Russian "meddling" in Ukraine would isolate Moscow. March 5 2014, 12:22 1 301 просмотрs
World News Kerry honors heroes, pledges cash, scolds Putin during brief Kyiv visit In a gesture of support for Ukraine, US State Secretary John Kerry visited Kyiv on March 4, paying respect to the nation's fallen heroes, threatening Russia with new sanctions, and pledging economic support to the interim government, kyivpost.com reports. March 5 2014, 12:14 2 941 просмотрs
World News EU Plans No Sanctions on Russia for Now – Russian Envoy The European Union has no plans to impose sanctions on Russia over the recent events in Ukraine, Russia’s EU envoy said Tuesday, commenting on a statement a day earlier by European foreign ministers, ria.ru reports. March 5 2014, 11:31 2 461 просмотрs
World News Crimea Rejects Talks with Ukraine Leadership The recently appointed head of the southern Ukrainian republic of Crimea says his government refuses to negotiate with newly installed central authorities in the capital, Kiev, ria.ru reports. March 5 2014, 11:28 3 795 просмотрs
World News Gulnara Karimova was beaten by two SBP officials The Uzbek president’s older daughter has been under house arrest for almost two weeks without any way to communicate with the outside world and without any medical attention after having been beaten, uznews.net reports, citing their source in Tashkent. March 5 2014, 10:20 8 373 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Russia successfully test-fires Topol ICBM to target in Kazakhstan The Russian Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN) test-fired an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from the Kapustin Yar central multi-service range in the Astrakhan region at 10:10 pm Moscow time (6:10 pm GMT) on Tuesday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman for the RVSN Col. Igor Yegorov said to voiceofrussia.com. March 5 2014, 10:00 2 216 просмотрs
World News Putin Calls Ukraine Uprising ‘Unconstitutional’ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday justified his country’s intervention in the Crimea region of neighboring Ukraine as necessary to protect Russian citizens from what he called an “unconstitutional coup” by protesters in Kiev, worldtime.com reports. March 5 2014, 09:43 2 921 просмотрs