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Charlie Hebdo lives on, as blasphemous as ever

The Parisian satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will appear on schedule on Wednesday, even though half of its editorial team were killed by Islamists last week. It's a triumph for press freedom - and laughter. January 14 2015, 10:02 2 339 просмотрs

Economy

Embamunaigas General Director appointed

Kurmangazy Iskaziev was appointed new General Director of Embamunaigas JSC. K. Iskaziev earlier worked as the chief geologist of National Oil Company KazMunaiGas. January 13 2015, 18:15 3 489 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Crew from Kazakhstan finishes first among T2 cars at 10th stage of Africa Eco Race-2015

The tenth stage of the Africa Eco Race-2015 has finished on January 9, in Toueila, Mauritania. A crew from Kazakhstan consisting of Marat Abykayev and Andrey Chipenko (#217, Nissan Patrol) from Off Road Kazakhstan team has come first in its T2 group, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz. January 13 2015, 10:55 3 003 просмотрs

Society

Chairman of Atyrau city court appointed

By the decree of the President of Kazakhstan Almat Ermanov has been appointed the chairman of Atyrau city court. January 13 2015, 10:05 2 231 просмотрs

World News

Cristiano Ronaldo named world player of year

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year award for the second year in a row. January 13 2015, 10:05 1 481 просмотрs

World News

Interpol issues Red Notices for former Ukrainian leaders, including Viktor Yanukovich

At the request of Ukrainian authorities Red Notices, or international wanted persons alerts, have been issued for four individuals including former President Viktor Yanukovich, the former prime minister, Nikolai Azarov; the former finance minister, Yuri Kolobov; and Georgy Dzekon, the former governing board chairman of the Ukrtelekom Company, the Lyon-based International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, reported from its French headquarters on Monday. January 13 2015, 09:45 2 120 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ukraine peace summit scratched after diplomacy fails to break impasse

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine failed to make progress at a meeting in Berlin on Monday night with their counterparts from France and Germany, prompting cancellation of a four-party peace summit that had been planned for Thursday in Kazakhstan. January 13 2015, 09:20 2 149 просмотрs

Ecology

Atyrau Refinery won the case in court against the department of ecology

Atyrau Refinery refused to pay the ecological fine instructed by the regional department of ecology in 2014 amounting to 24 billion tenge and won the environmental case in court. January 12 2015, 17:03 3 579 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Father Of Nazarbaev's Former Son-In-Law Aliyev Dead At 82

  The father of President Nursultan Nazarbaev's former son-in-law Rakhat Aliev, who is under arrest in Austria, has died, azh.kz refers to ratel.kz. January 12 2015, 15:45 4 430 просмотрs

World News

Grabar-Kitarovic: from country girl to Croatia's first female president

Croatia's first female president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, is a moderate conservative who styles herself as "a woman of the people" and likes to joke that she is one of the few career diplomats who can milk a cow, AFP reports. January 12 2015, 12:39 3 031 просмотрs

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AirAsia Jet Black Box Recovered From Bottom of Java Sea

Divers have retrieved one of the black boxes from AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, officials said today. January 12 2015, 11:26 2 228 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan delivers humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Kazakhstan has sent $400,000 worth of aid to Ukraine's southeastern regions to help ease the humanitarian crisis following months of military conflict, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said this weekend, inform.kz reports. January 12 2015, 11:19 2 709 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Developing Kazakhstan’s new offshore field in Caspian Sea

Kazakhstan’s energy ministry is working with the national oil and gas company KazMunaiGasto to secure a licence to develop Tsentralnoye (Central) offshore oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea. January 12 2015, 10:29 3 887 просмотрs

World News

French, foreign leaders walk arm-in-arm as millions protest Paris attacks

World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead more than a million French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks. January 12 2015, 10:15 2 656 просмотрs

World News

Pentagon's Money-Saver: U.S. Troops To Leave 15 European Sites

The Pentagon announced a plan to save a half-billion dollars annually in a major scaling back of the U.S. military presence in Europe — including a withdrawal from an airbase in the U.K. and handing back 14 other sites to NATO allies. January 9 2015, 16:37 2 249 просмотрs

World News

Charlie Hebdo Attackers Take Hostage In Industrial Complex In North East Of Paris

Shots have been fired and at least one hostage has been taken Friday morning in an area northeast of Paris, during a manhunt for two of the suspects involved in Wednesday's attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, Agence France-Presse reported. Police had been reportedly chasing a car heading in the direction of Paris, close to the Charles de Gaulle Airport. January 9 2015, 16:11 2 356 просмотрs

Politics

Madi Takiev appointed the head of state revenue department

By the order of the RoK Ministry of Finance Madi Takiev was appointed the head of state revenue department of Atyrau Oblast. M. Takiev previously worked in the administrative office of the RoK Prime Minister. January 9 2015, 15:39 10 388 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Section of Beineu-Aktau highway to be reconstructed this year

Reconstruction of a 100km-long section of the Beineu-Aktau highway is set to be finished in 2015. Another 170km-long section will be reconstructed in 2016. January 9 2015, 12:39 1 382 просмотрs

World News

Armed French gendarmes swoop on villages in manhunt for newspaper attackers

Armed and masked anti-terrorism police swooped on woodland villages northeast of Paris on Thursday in a manhunt for two brothers suspected of being the Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people at a French satirical weekly. January 9 2015, 11:22 2 343 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Merkel: Normandy Format Meeting in Kazakhstan's Capital in Preparation

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that Foreign Ministers of Germany, Russia, France and Ukraine are preparing a so-called Normandy format meeting in Kazakhstan. January 9 2015, 10:33 2 173 просмотрs

World News

Charlie Hebdo massacre: Suspects 'rob service station'

The two main suspects in the Islamist attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris are said to have robbed a service station in the north of France. January 8 2015, 18:27 2 387 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan imposes temporary ban on export of petroleum products outside Customs Union

Kazakhstan has imposed a temporary ban on the export of petroleum products outside the Customs Union, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan reported. January 8 2015, 18:18 3 164 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

India provides scholarships to Kazakhstan students

The Government of India provides scholarships for 2015-2016 academic year for study at the universities of India to citizens of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Culture and Sports reported. January 8 2015, 17:50 2 604 просмотрs

Society

Storm warning in Atyrau Oblast: January 7-9

The Emergency Situations Department of Atyrau Oblast announced about sharp deterioration of weather conditions. According to information provided by ESD press service with reference to Kazhydromet, in Atyrau and Atyrau districts on January 7-9 snow, blizzard and 15-20 m/s northwest wind are expected. January 8 2015, 17:17 3 463 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev to discuss Ukrainian crisis and Astana meeting with Merkel in Berlin on January 9

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrives to Berlin on Janurary 9 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tengrinews reports. January 8 2015, 16:51 3 201 просмотрs