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Maria Mudryak to perform in Astana Opera for the first time

Italian opera singer Maria Mudryak will perform for the first time on the stage of Astana Opera in Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing the singer’s Facebook account. December 5 2014, 15:45 2 320 просмотрs

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Jehovah’s Witnesses website, books declared “extremist” in Russia

The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that the website of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses is extremist. December 5 2014, 15:02 2 543 просмотрs

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Ukraine president announces new ceasefire

The Ukrainian president has announced a new ceasefire to begin on December 9. The so-called ‘day of silence’ in eastern Ukraine aims to secure a previous truce agreed in Minsk in September which only marginally reduced the fighting. December 5 2014, 11:56 1 352 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

China ready to build nuclear fuel plant in Kazakhstan

"China is ready to build a nuclear fuel processing plant in Kazakhstan," Cao Shudong, deputy director general of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), said at the 8th sitting of the Sino-Kazakh subcommittee for energy cooperation held in Beijing, inform.kz reports. December 5 2014, 11:02 2 712 просмотрs

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Saipem Notified of Marine Activity Halt Following South Stream Termination

Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni has announced that it had been officially notified of contract termination from South Stream Transport BV. December 5 2014, 09:32 2 303 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

French President Francois Hollande is paying an official visit to Kazakhstan on December 5-6

Francois Hollande is arriving to Kazakhstan on the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. December 5 2014, 09:14 3 338 просмотрs

World News

Ice and winds cause havoc in east and central Europe

Cold weather has been causing havoc in east and central Europe. In Serbia emergency workers “risked their lives”, according to the electrical grid company EMS, to mend power cables which had been brought down by high winds and ice up to 20 centimetres thick, euronews reports. December 4 2014, 17:04 1 416 просмотрs

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President Putin calls for Russians to be self-reliant

December 4 2014, 16:30 2 443 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan might export shale gas - Vice Minister

Amid Kazakhstan's expectations to produce shale gas in the near future, the country's Energy Ministry is considering the possibility to either export it or use for gasification of the regions, said Deputy Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin. December 4 2014, 16:26 2 679 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan ready to adopt Eurocodes in 2015

Kazakhstan is ready to adopt the European construction standards Eurocodes in 2015, Tengrinews reports citing Deputy Head of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Rakhim Oshakbayev as saying at the Construction Industry Congress this Tuesday in Astana. December 4 2014, 16:22 1 669 просмотрs

World News

19 Fishermen From Sunken South Korean Trawler Found Dead in Bering Sea

The bodies of another three crew members of the South Korean fishing trawler Oryong 501, which sank in the Bering Sea on Monday, were found Thursday, a senior navy official told RIA Novosti on Thursday. December 4 2014, 15:22 2 106 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ablyazov's company loses $1.5 billion arbitrage case against Kazakhstan

The Ad hoc Committee of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has issued a final decision in favor of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the arbitration case against Dutch company KT Asia Investment Group BV (KT Asia) indirectly owned by Mukhtar Ablyazov, Tengrinews reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan. December 4 2014, 15:13 2 290 просмотрs

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Hong Kong Occupy Central founders surrender

The three co-founders of the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement which has become Hong Kong's biggest civic disobedience campaign turned themselves in to the police on Wednesday. December 3 2014, 17:47 1 168 просмотрs

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Cairo court dismissed case against ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak

A Cairo court has dismissed the case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The reasons for this are obvious, reports dw.de. December 3 2014, 16:57 1 256 просмотрs

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Corruption a "problem for all," latest global index shows

No country in the world has managed to achieve a perfect score of 100 in the 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index. The study by Transparency International urges failing states to adopt radical anti-corruption measures. December 3 2014, 16:49 2 557 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Presidents of Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan launch Uzen - Bereket - Gorgan railroad

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Iran's Hassan Rouhani, and Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have launched today the new railroad Uzen - Bereket - Gorgan, the press service of the Kazakh leader said. December 3 2014, 16:10 6 313 просмотрs

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Iraq Says Arrested Woman Is Not The Wife of ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi

An Iraqi official on Wednesday denied that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State group. December 3 2014, 15:05 2 124 просмотрs

Ecology

Karachaganak is there, “Bolashak” is here…

In Beryozovka village in West Kazakhstan Oblast 25 children and 4 adults were hospitalized as the result of poisoning with unknown substance. Local people believe that the cause of poisoning is the production of oil and gas at Karachaganak field located within several kilometers from the above village. Meanwhile, the Atyraulians also have reasons for concern: we have major Bolashak oil and gas processing plant near the city. December 3 2014, 11:16 3 547 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

S Kazakhstani designer creates 3D felt pictures

Aigul Turaliyeva, a designer from the South Kazakhstan region, developed a methodology of creating three-dimensional works on felt in the form of flowers, ornaments, animal prints on clothes, headware and panel pictures. They produce effect of a 3D picture, inform.kz reports.  December 3 2014, 10:06 1 189 просмотрs

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American, Georgian and Lithuanian get key jobs in Ukraine’s new government

The natives of the US, Georgia and Lithuania were hastily granted Ukrainian citizenship in order to become key ministers in the new government of Ukraine, which was approved by the country’s parliament on Tuesday. December 3 2014, 09:30 1 493 просмотрs

Society

AIDS: New strategy and new patients

Press conference dedicated to World AIDS Day took place in the Center for formation of healthy lifestyle. December 2 2014, 16:55 2 553 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Halyk Bank completes acquisition of HSBC Bank Kazakhstan

Halyk Bank announced it has completed the acquisition of HSBC Bank Kazakhstan, the subsidiary of HSBC Bank plc. December 2 2014, 15:51 3 072 просмотрs

World News

S. Korea ship sinks in Bering Sea; over 50 missing

South Korean officials expressed fear Tuesday of a huge death toll after rescuers failed to find any of the more than 50 fishermen missing after their ship sank amid high waves in the freezing waters of the western Bering Sea on Monday. December 2 2014, 15:43 2 200 просмотрs

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Lebanon detains Islamic State leader Baghdadi's wife

Lebanese security forces have detained a wife and son of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi near the border with Syria, the army says. December 2 2014, 15:34 2 321 просмотрs

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Pope Francis fails to find common ground in Turkey

Francis said the rise of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria is a threat to the region's Christian minority. Turkey's President Erdogan said the fault lies with the West. December 2 2014, 12:57 2 718 просмотрs