Kazakhstan News Another meeting in front of National bank building in Almaty Unauthorized meeting, the participants of which demanded the revision of mortgage loans’ terms in connection with recent devaluation of national currency tenge, took place on Wednesday in Almaty in front of the National Bank building of Kazakhstan, azh.kz reports citing IA News-KZ. February 19 2014, 12:39 2 409 просмотрs
Economy Kashagan: Getting ready for pipeline replacement In the press release circulated by NCOC it is stated that the results of examination of oil and gas pipeline, as well as laboratory tests results haven’t been obtained yet. They are expecting them in the first quarter of 2014. But it seems that NCOC has already got a general idea about the scales of the job ahead with replacement of pipes. February 19 2014, 12:21 2 781 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Astana to become donor of republican budget, says mayor At the end of last week the official press published the country’s three-year budget until 2016, which was given numerous references in the media. However, budget relationship between the "center" and "regions" for the next three years remained outside the information focus, mintax.kz reports. February 19 2014, 11:23 2 398 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News High-octane gasoline in Kazakhstan could increase in price by more than 200 tenge per liter High-octane gasoline AI-95/98 can cost more than 200 tenge per liter (current price is 184,51/$1) believes Kamilla Manakova, analyst of Agency for Research on ROI (ARROI), interfax-kz reports. February 19 2014, 10:52 3 241 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh activists demand release of detained participants of the Almaty rally A group of Kazakhstan's activists made an open statement demanding a release of the participants of the unauthorized rally arrested in Almaty on Saturday, interfax-kz reports. February 19 2014, 10:55 1 149 просмотрs
World News Police Attack Kiev Protesters (+videos) The anti-government protests in Ukraine are at their most violent point. At least 18 people, including seven policemen, have died so far Tuesday. Hundreds more have been injured, bisinsider reports. February 19 2014, 09:56 5 339 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Central Bank Governor refutes rumors of banks bankruptcies Central Bank Governor Kairat Kelimbetov made a statement over the alleged misleading information campaign, tengrinews reports. February 18 2014, 17:50 1 985 просмотрs
World News Ukraine: Protesters break police cordon around parliament Open warfare broke out on the streets of Kyiv today, with dozens of people injured, as thousands of police and protesters squared off against each other at several locations near Ukraine's parliament building in Kyiv. Police said that at least 37 police officers were injured, while a precise number of protester casualities was not available, kyievpost.com reports. February 18 2014, 17:40 2 100 просмотрs
Culture From Puglia to Atyrau (+video) Toni Turi, an Italian engineer, who is well known to the citizens of our city with his music clip “Amo Te” and Alfonso Zambrano – an internationally known show runner and public figure in Italy with extensive TV production experience are working over a new project in Kazakhstan. The project is very ambitious. They are planning to cover 4 areas such as music, fashion, gastronomy and tourism. February 18 2014, 16:50 4 429 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News ‘Panty Protesters’ Fined amid Anti-Devaluation Demos Three women arrested for wearing panties on their heads were among nearly three dozen protesters hauled through the courts in Almaty this weekend, as last week’s devaluation of the tenge brought demonstrators out onto the streets of Almaty - Kazakhstan’s commercial capital, eurasianet.org reports. February 18 2014, 10:26 4 845 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Head of Baikonur cosmodrome resigns Evgeniy Anissimov, Head of Baikonur cosmodrome, has resigned, according to Kazakhstan's tengrinews.kz. February 18 2014, 10:35 1 630 просмотрs
World News Ukraine opposition leaders meet Merkel in Germany Former boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko and fellow Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk have held talks in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel, euronews.com reports. February 18 2014, 10:11 1 249 просмотрs
Society Protest action in Atyrau (+video) Today, Feb 17, at noon about 30 citizens of Atyrau gathered on Issatai-Makhambet Square protesting against tenge devaluation and increased prices. February 17 2014, 18:00 2 950 просмотрs
World News Iran says Russia could build nuclear reactor in exchange for oil Russia could build a second reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in exchange for Iranian oil, the Iranian ambassador to Moscow said in remarks published on Monday, yahoo.com repots. February 17 2014, 15:38 2 158 просмотрs
World News Ethiopian plane hijacker co-pilot detained in Geneva The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Addis Ababa to Rome has hijacked the aircraft and landed in Geneva, Swiss police say, bbc reports. February 17 2014, 14:44 1 242 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Results of Kazakh athletes at Winter Olympics in Sochi by February 17 Kazakh athletes participated in 3 disciplines at Sochi Olympic Winter Games on February 16, azh.kz reports, citing sports.kz. February 17 2014, 11:43 1 722 просмотрs
World News Sinai attacks: Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus A bomb attack on a tourist bus in the Sinai peninsula has killed three South Koreans and an Egyptian, officials say, bbc reports. February 17 2014, 10:48 1 247 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Mass media published video about dispersal of protests in Almaty On Saturday, in Almaty the police forces dispersed the protesters near the monument to Abai. The authorities declared protest action as illegal, azh.kz reports, citing nur.kz. February 17 2014, 10:23 1 751 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Another anti-devaluation meeting in Almaty: three people detained Another unauthorized meeting was held in Almaty near the Independence Monument. Police detained three people, azh.kz reports, citing IA News-Kazakhstan. February 17 2014, 09:35 2 214 просмотрs
World News Swedes Steal Sochi Olympic Gold in Cross-Country Relay Thriller Sweden snatched the gold medal in a tense sprint finish to the women’s cross-country skiing 4x5km relay at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, ria.ru reports. February 15 2014, 18:05 1 892 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Unauthorized meeting in Almaty: police arrested several dozen protesters (+video) Police forces arrested anti-devaluation protestors of the unauthorized meeting in Almaty, azh.kz reports. February 15 2014, 17:01 3 080 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Denis Ten of Kazakhstan Wins Bronze Medal in Olympics Figure Skating The Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten captured the bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic, thus, bringing the first medal to a national team at Sochi, azh.kz reported on Friday. February 15 2014, 12:04 4 768 просмотрs
World News Ukraine Protests: Court Releases All Arrested Demonstrators In Ukrain all protestors arrested during a violent police dispersal of demonstrators have been released, one of the demands of the opposition, azh.kz reports, citing National Resistance HQ (coordinating body of Euromaidan created in December of last year). February 14 2014, 17:10 1 814 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Further devaluation of tenge not to occur - Nazarbayev Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev assured there will be no further devaluation of tenge in Kazakhstan, azh.kz reports. February 14 2014, 16:39 1 469 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News ArcelorMittal Temirtau announces 10% pay rise for staff All employees of "ArcelorMittal Temirtau" JSC will get a 10% pay rise starting April 1, 2014, Director General Vijay Mahadevan announced Friday, inform.kz reports. February 14 2014, 16:14 1 598 просмотрs