Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan's political stability: Heavy hangs the head The president is genuinely popular, winning credit for the political stability and rising standard of living in his oil-rich nation. A generous visitor might suppose that is why his photo appears on billboards all over the place, strongman-style. October 21 2013, 10:36 1 312 просмотрs
Other News FREE ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOU Ak Zhaik's "Place Ad" receives advertisements from individuals. The service is free of charge for the moment. October 21 2013, 10:35 8 528 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev supports introduction of wealth tax in Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has declared his support to the parliament's initiative to introduce wealth tax in Kazakhstan October 21 2013, 09:37 1 471 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan gains status of EITI follower Kazakhstan has received the status of a follower of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the press service of KAZENERGY reports. October 19 2013, 17:20 1 190 просмотрs
World News Court hands Berlusconi two-year ban from public office A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud. October 19 2013, 17:15 1 763 просмотрs
Crime We are guilty and we provide housing to family The representative of Petroleum Facilities Е&С Limited (PetrofacKazakhstanLimited) contacted our newspaper regarding the road accident, when through the fault of their employee, company off-road vehicle collided with TCO shuttle bus and as the result of that collision the bus crushed into the residential house (see “TCO bus crashes into house”). October 18 2013, 18:22 2 038 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh parliament ratifies amendments to Protocol on customs duties Kazakhstan's Majilis (lower chamber of parliament) has ratified the amendments to the 'Protocol' on the terms and procedure for applying import customs duty rates differing from rates prescribed by the Unified Customs Tariff in exceptional cases, trend.az reports. October 18 2013, 16:41 1 281 просмотрs
Economy Tengizchevroil intends to increase price of gas for Atyrau region Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Natural Monopolies of Atyrau region has received a petition from "Zhylyoygaz" Ltd. about intention of "Tengizchevroil" to increase the selling price of natural gas in 2014-2015, inform.kz reports. October 18 2013, 16:33 3 360 просмотрs
World News Snowden says he didn’t take secret documents to Russia, ‘zero’ chance Russia or China got any Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden says that he did not take any secret NSA documents to Russia and that intelligence officials in China as well as Russia could not get access to the documents he had obtained before leaving the United States. October 18 2013, 16:28 1 078 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nur Otan Party: New name, new logo and charter The decision on the change of the name, the logo and the charter of the National Democratic "Nur Otan" Party was made at the XV extraordinary congress of the party in Astana on Friday, inform.kz reports. October 18 2013, 14:36 1 843 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Disabled former miner uses Molotov cocktail against ArcelorMittal in Karaganda Former employees of ArcelorMittal who were injured at work and ended up disabled have been rallying near the Coal Department of ArcelorMittal Temirtau in Karaganda today, NV.kz reports. They gathered to demand that the company resumes payment of allowances for their injuries and disability that it has suspended for some reason. October 18 2013, 12:03 1 569 просмотрs
World News Air pollution a leading cancer cause: WHO International health experts have found "sufficient evidence" that outdoor air pollution is a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths.The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans, sbs.com.au reports. October 18 2013, 10:38 1 235 просмотрs
World News 11 Nobel Laureates Ask Putin to Free Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’ Eleven laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize have petitioned the Russian president, asking him Thursday to aid the release of the 30 Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia. October 18 2013, 10:13 1 557 просмотрs
World News India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria on slavery's list of shame, says report A new report claiming to be the most comprehensive look at global slavery says 30 million people are living as slaves around the world, cnn.com reports. October 18 2013, 09:39 2 020 просмотрs
Crime Nine Sentenced In Atyrau On Terrorism Charges Atyrau court has sentenced nine local men to prison terms between 6 and 14 years for their involvement in terrorist activities, azh.kz reports. October 18 2013, 09:07 3 409 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh official denies information that a new type of HIV arrived in Kazakhstan A new form of HIV-1 virus has been found in Russia and cases of this type of HIV have also been registered in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported referring to Russian scholars, timesca-europe.com reports. October 18 2013, 10:04 1 458 просмотрs
Other News TCO bus crashes into house (+update, +update) Late October 10, a big size shuttle bus belonging to Tengizchevroil LLP crashed into a residential house at 211 Moldagulova Street in Atyrau and knocked down half the building. October 17 2013, 10:09 11 622 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan Corps A is not an elite, it’s national service: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan Corps A is not an elite but the national service, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said during meeting with civil servants of the administrative case A, BNews.kz correspondent reports. October 17 2013, 14:57 1 167 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News International nuclear fuel bank to be hosted in Kazakhstan poses no environmental risks The planned international nuclear fuel bank to be hosted in Kazakhstan poses no environmental risks, Tengrinews reports, citing the country’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov as saying before the country’s Senate. October 17 2013, 14:27 1 163 просмотрs
World News U.S. Congress ends default threat, Obama signs debt bill Capping weeks of political brinkmanship that had unnerved global markets, President Barack Obama quickly signed the spending measure, which passed the Senate and House of Representatives after Republicans dropped efforts to use the legislation to force changes in his signature healthcare law, reuters.com reports. October 17 2013, 14:18 1 107 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Tokayev unanimously elected as the Chair of the Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, ex-Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva, was unanimously elected as the Chair of the Senate (Upper Chamber) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, reports AkZhaik newspaper. October 16 2013, 18:57 1 668 просмотрs
World News An Uzbek national has been found dead in Moscow's troubled Biryulyovo district A spokesman for the Moscow branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said on October 16 that the body of a 51-year-old Uzbek citizen had been discovered a day earlier. Officials say he had been stabbed multiple times, rferl.org reported. October 16 2013, 16:32 1 374 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News US embassy promises to provide non-restricted access to House of Army in Almaty The scandalous checkpoint of the U.S. Consulate General in Almaty was discussed in a meeting at Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry last week, Tengrinews reports citing the Ministry’s official representative Zhanbolat Ussenov. October 16 2013, 16:01 1 365 просмотрs
Sport Wrestler from Atyrau Won Gold in World Sambo Championship Amanbai Kyzdarbaev, sambo wrestler from Atyrau, won gold in World Sambo Championship held in Bulgaria. In weight category up to 90 kg Amanbai was the 1st, leaving behind the athletes from France, Ukraine and Russia, reports azh.kz. October 16 2013, 15:05 5 263 просмотрs
World News Russian Police Detain Azeri Suspect In Murder That Sparked Clashes Police in Moscow have detained hundreds of youths who had gathered on October 15 to protest the killing of an ethnic Russian in a southern district of the Russian capital, rferl.org reports. October 16 2013, 12:41 1 429 просмотрs