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MEP wants EU to investigate allegations against Kazakh exiled in Malta

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MEP wants EU to investigate allegations against Kazakh exiled in Malta

Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes has called on the European Commission to involve Eurojust and Europol in a Europe-wide investigation into Rakhat Aliyev, a Kazakhstani multi-millionaire residing in Malta, independent.com.mt reports. January 6 2014, 10:40 1 988 views

Wanted Al-Qaeda chief dies in Lebanese custody

Wanted Al-Qaeda chief dies in Lebanese custody

Leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades behind several attacks across Middle East has been found dead after what security sources say was kidney failure, telegraph.co.uk reports. January 5 2014, 15:34 1 608 views

WINTER STORM WARNING: Low temperatures expected in most areas of Kazakhstan

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WINTER STORM WARNING: Low temperatures expected in most areas of Kazakhstan

KazHydroMet has declared a storm warning. on January 4-6 sharp drop of temperature is expected in Kostanai, Aktobe, Akmola, North Kazakhstan, Pavlodar and Karaganda. On January 5-6 simialr severe weather conditions are expected in the East Kazakhstan regions: at night the temperature is expected to drop down to 30-35C, in some areas to -38C, during the day the temperature will drop down to 23-28C, sometimes - 31C. January 5 2014, 14:37 3 726 views

British Thief who posed as Kazakh Oligarch jailed for eight years

British Thief who posed as Kazakh Oligarch jailed for eight years

William Flynn claimed to be a millionaire Kazakh oligarch looking for a house in one of Britain’s most expensive streets, inform.kz reports citing dailymail.co.uk. January 4 2014, 12:35 3 519 views

EBRD: “Green” Buses for Kyzylorda

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EBRD: “Green” Buses for Kyzylorda

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting regional development in Kazakhstan with a new project to improve public transport in a provincial centre, reads EBRD's press release. January 4 2014, 12:20 2 476 views

Department of Ecology: We have powers to suspend operations

Department of Ecology: We have powers to suspend operations

In 2013 according to the audit results of the Ecology Department of Atyrau Oblast 352 violations were identified and 137 improvement notices were issued for the amount of 16.6bn tenge. The vast majority of these fines were not paid yet. January 4 2014, 11:58 3 169 views

Ban on export of oil products from Kazakhstan prolonged until July 2014

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Ban on export of oil products from Kazakhstan prolonged until July 2014

Ban on export of petroleum products from Kazakhstan has been prolonged until the second half of 2014, tengrinews reports. January 2 2014, 16:16 3 074 views

Latvia Reluctantly Joins Euro Zone

Latvia Reluctantly Joins Euro Zone

Despite little support from the population, Latvia officially became the 18th member of the euro zone at midnight on Wednesday, ria.ru reports. January 2 2014, 15:52 1 374 views

Nazarbayev offeres condolences to Russia over two terroristic acts in Volgograd

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Nazarbayev offeres condolences to Russia over two terroristic acts in Volgograd

The head of state Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a condolence telegram to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in connection with acts of terrorism in the city of Volgograd, azh.kz reports. December 31 2013, 11:44 1 395 views

IOC Chief Confident Sochi is Safe Despite 'Cowardly' Volgograd Attacks

IOC Chief Confident Sochi is Safe Despite 'Cowardly' Volgograd Attacks

The head of the International Olympic Committee has written to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to express his confidence that the country can deliver a safe Winter Games in Sochi despite the deadly bombings in the city of Volgograd, ria.ru reports. December 31 2013, 11:28 1 957 views

Fiery oil train collision forces evacuation of North Dakota town

Fiery oil train collision forces evacuation of North Dakota town

Residents of a small town in North Dakota were urged to evacuate after a BNSF train carrying crude oil collided with another train on Monday, setting off a series of explosions and fires, the latest in a string of incidents that have raised alarms over growing oil-by-rail traffic, reuters reports. December 31 2013, 10:58 1 845 views

Former Kazakh Top Security Official Sentenced For Corruption

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Former Kazakh Top Security Official Sentenced For Corruption

A former top official of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee has been sentenced to 13 years in jail, rferl.org reports. December 31 2013, 10:50 1 490 views

Severe air pollution chokes Atyrau - Kuanov, head of ecology department

Severe air pollution chokes Atyrau - Kuanov, head of ecology department

At the end of the year the head of ecology department of Atyrau Oblast Yerbol Kuanov (on a photo) made a sensational public statement. The chief ecologist named all companies that “poison” the air in our city and choke people with a smell of rotten eggs. Kuanov outlined preliminary results of a complex research (called “Impact of Atyrau Refinery and other companies located within the city limits on environment and health of urban population”) in his letter addressed to the Governor of Atyrau Oblast Baktykozha Izmukhambetov. December 30 2013, 15:19 6 869 views

French High Court OKs 75 Percent Tax For Top Earners

French High Court OKs 75 Percent Tax For Top Earners

Employers paying French citizens more than 1 million euros a year ($1.37 million) will have to pay a 75 percent tax for the next two years, France's top constitutional court ruled on Sunday. December 30 2013, 14:33 1 383 views

FEMEN crashes Christmas service, nude woman plays Christ in Church

FEMEN crashes Christmas service, nude woman plays Christ in Church

One of Christendom’s most sacred days… in the main cathedral of Cologne, Germany: the High Cathedral of St. Peter. The setting is Gothic, dating from the 13th century. What can possibly go wrong? December 30 2013, 13:04 4 762 views

Russia and Kazakhstan create joint air defense system

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Russia and Kazakhstan create joint air defense system

The agreement authorizes, among other crossing by military pilots of border between the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan without special decisions, reports bnews.kz with reference to ITAR-TASS. The law on ratification of the relevant agreement was published today. December 30 2013, 12:34 2 909 views

Fatal Bomb Blast Shatters Volgograd Trolleybus

Fatal Bomb Blast Shatters Volgograd Trolleybus

A fatal bomb explosion ripped apart a trolleybus in Russia’s southern city of Volgograd on Monday morning, in what the authorities say is the second terrorist attack in the city in the last two days, ria.ru reports. December 30 2013, 12:24 1 860 views

Second blast in Volgograd: trolleybus exploded, at least 10 killed

Second blast in Volgograd: trolleybus exploded, at least 10 killed

Monday morning, Dec 30, an explosion went off on a trolleybus in Volgograd (Russia), killing at least 10 people in the second fatal blast in the city over the past day, azh.kz reports. The explosion took place in Dzerzhinsky distroct of the city. December 30 2013, 10:21 1 703 views

Schumacher critical after skiing accident

Schumacher critical after skiing accident

Michael Schumacher’s condition has worsened and the seven-time Formula One world champion is now critical after a skiing accident in France, according to reports, breakingnews.ie reports. December 30 2013, 10:17 1 874 views

KazMunaiGas is getting foreign Vice-Chairman

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KazMunaiGas is getting foreign Vice-Chairman

A foreigner is going to be appointed as First Deputy Chairman of the Board of KazMunayGas, Kazakhstan national oil and gas company, tengrinews.kz reports citing the company's press-service. December 30 2013, 09:58 1 660 views

More Than A Dozen Killed in Blast at Volgograd Train Station

More Than A Dozen Killed in Blast at Volgograd Train Station

More than a dozen people were killed Sunday when a blast ripped through a railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd in what authorities say was an attack carried out by a suicide bomber, ria.ru report December 30 2013, 09:45 2 292 views

Wedding guest wounded in Kulsary

Wedding guest wounded in Kulsary

On the night of Dec 26, a 21-year-old man was wounded in Kulsary near “Bes Agaiyn” restaurant. December 28 2013, 18:38 3 321 views

Kazakh dissident Ablyazov's family allowed back in Italy

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Kazakh dissident Ablyazov's family allowed back in Italy

The wife and daughter of a Kazakh dissident have been allowed to return to Rome after being deported in a case that caused a political storm in Italy, bbc reports. December 28 2013, 17:56 2 098 views

Traffic Policemen Dressed as Santa and Snow Maiden Give Away New Year Gifts to Drivers and Pedestrians

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Traffic Policemen Dressed as Santa and Snow Maiden Give Away New Year Gifts to Drivers and Pedestrians

In the city of Kyzyl-Orda traffic policemen, dressed as Santa and Snow Maiden, greeted drivers and pedestrians and wished them Happy New Year, reports auto.gazeta.kz, citing the press service of Internal Affairs Department of Kyzyl-Orda Oblast on Saturday. December 28 2013, 17:31 1 678 views

Azerbaijan expresses official protest against Armenia's entrance into Customs Union

Azerbaijan expresses official protest against Armenia's entrance into Customs Union

Azerbaijan expresses an official protest against Armenia's entrance into the Customs Union as long as this country does not withdraw its armed forces from Azerbaijan's occupied territories and as long as Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is not restored, said head of Department of Public and Political Issues of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov, trend.az reports on Dec. 27. December 28 2013, 17:07 2 012 views