Kazakhstan News Kazakh Senate approved draft law on pension provision in 1st reading A draft law "On pension provision" has been approved in the first reading at a plenary sitting of the Senate of the Kazakhstan's Parliament. May 16 2013, 16:11 1 280 просмотрs
Other News Expert: Kazakh government may buy stake in ConocoPhillips to sell it on more favourable terms The Kazakh government may buy a stake in ConocoPhillips to sell on later, but on more favourable terms, Kazakh political analyst Daniar Ashymbayev said on Wednesday. May 16 2013, 16:01 2 215 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Boston might hear Kazakhstan students' case next week The next hearing of the case of Kazakhstan students accused of preventing justice by tempering with evidences in Boston bombings case may be held in a week, Interfax-Kazakhstan reports. May 16 2013, 11:53 1 438 просмотрs
Other News Saiga sanctuary Saktapbergen Alipkayyirov, a deputy head of territorial forestry and hunting inspection, says the last time his officers saw saiga tatarica within the borders of Atyrau oblast was October 2012, near the village of Azgir. It was a rare view of the Volga-Ural species, a one-time numerous type of animals [28,000 heads]. May 16 2013, 11:47 2 466 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Six On Trial In Kazakhstan For Islamic Extremism Six men accused of religious extremism have gone on trial in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana. May 15 2013, 17:40 2 039 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan citizen suspected of selling weapons to North Korea The UN Security Council suspects one Kazakhstan citizen, two Ukrainians, nine North-Korean citizens and three North-Korean organizations of implication in contraband deals with weapons for North Korea, RIA Novosti reports citing Reuters. May 15 2013, 17:28 2 242 просмотрs
World News Russia expresses protest to US Ambassador over CIA agent's foiled recruitment attempt Russia has filed a note of protest to US Ambassador Michael McFaul over CIA’s foiled attempt to recruit a Russian intelligence officer. May 15 2013, 16:12 1 408 просмотрs
Crime First invalid from gas sector Three years ago we wrote about the woman who suffered from an accident at the Tengiz oil and gas field on July 2, 2005 (Ak Zhaik, dd. 15.04.2010, “Tengiz doesn't believe the tears or the history of one poisoning”). Gulbanu Abdullaeva, who was then an employee of one of subcontracting companies of TCO, virtually became an invalid. But it took her eight long years to prove it. May 15 2013, 16:02 2 147 просмотрs
Economy Day that “shook” Selstroi city district Early Sunday morning on May 12, people residing along Azzatyk avenue near Selstroi city district were woken up by clattering noise of vehicles transporting bulky industrial modules. Later we found out that it was new equipment delivered to Atyrau Refinery, to be more exact, to the Aromatic hydrocarbons production complex (KPA). May 15 2013, 11:49 4 548 просмотрs
World News Sharif Seen As Trying To Reorient Pakistan's Foreign Policy Pakistan's Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif has signaled his desire to take back control of Pakistan’s foreign policy from the powerful security services, which have dominated it for decades. May 15 2013, 09:47 1 173 просмотрs
World News Video of Syrian rebel fighter cutting out heart of regime soldier and eating it condemned Human Rights Watch and the Syrian opposition National Coalition have condemned a gruesome video apparently showing a Syrian rebel fighter cutting out the heart of a regime soldier and eating it. May 15 2013, 09:24 1 744 просмотрs
Crime Leaflets supporting Tsarnaev brothers appeared in Atyrau Leaflets expressing support for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have appeared in Atyrau. May 14 2013, 19:04 2 710 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Precedent? Man gets jailed for killing dog Animal Security foundation and Beliy Bim animal shelter announced they won an animal abuse lawsuit, unprecedented in Kazakhstan. May 14 2013, 16:20 1 465 просмотрs
World News Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records The Associated Press said on Monday the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations. May 14 2013, 15:28 1 232 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News World Bank to provide US$ 24 million loan to Kazakhstan to finance energy efficiency projects Kazakhstan and the World Bank will soon sign a loan agreement worth 24 million U.S. dollars to finance projects in the field of energy efficiency in the social sector, Kazakh Deputy Minister of Industry and New Technologies Kanysh Tuleushin said at a meeting of the Government on Tuesday, PM's official website reports. May 14 2013, 15:19 1 274 просмотрs
Economy Tender Bids became nearer An insignificant small percent of Kazakhstan content in major oil and gas projects is a sore subject for local businesses. One of the reasons of such state of affairs is that Kazakhstan companies do not have international certificates which can grant them rights to participate in tenders. Recently, with NCOC's asssitance 16 local companies obtained international cetification. May 14 2013, 12:34 1 971 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News ONGC’s $5 bn Kazakh oil deal may fall through Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) $ 5 billion deal to acquire US energy giant ConocoPhillips’ stake in a Kazakhstan oil field looks set to fall through as India hasn’t been able to convince the Central Asian nation to approve the transaction. May 14 2013, 11:30 2 271 просмотрs
World News UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger Eating more insects could help fight world hunger, according to a new UN report. May 14 2013, 11:25 1 492 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev's youngest grandson preparing for wedding The youngest grandson of Kazakhstan's president, Aisultan, is getting prepared for his wedding ceremony, KazTAG learned from Nazarbayevs' family friends. May 14 2013, 10:50 7 087 просмотрs
World News Space trio lands in Kazakhstan after five months in orbit The Soyuz TMA-07M landing capsule touched the ground on Tuesday morning in a designated area in Kazakhstan safely bringing back three crewmembers from the International Space Station (ISS), the Mission Control said. May 14 2013, 10:22 1 398 просмотрs
Ecology Agip no longer master of situation - Kuanov During the recent visit of Daniyar Yerenchinov, Chairman of Environmental Regulation and Control Committee under Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, to Atyrau, it was stated that after commissioning of new oil and gas facilities, the volume of emissions in Atyrau, which is dramatic already, will double. About some aspects of the issue we spoke to the head of Atyrau environmental protection department, Yerbol Kuanov. May 14 2013, 10:06 2 969 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nazarbayev may postpone retirement reform Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev may postpone the retirement reform, KazTAG reports citing a source in Astana that asked not to be named. May 13 2013, 17:49 1 598 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News New Visa Regulations Adopted in Kazakhstan New rules for issuing visas have been enforced in Kazakhstan, as well as extension and reduction of their validity period. The text of the rules is posted on the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s website. May 13 2013, 17:03 1 413 просмотрs
Other News Naval emergency unit to be established on Caspian Sea - Minister Bozhko A marine emergency unit will be created for the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea, said Vladimir Bozhko, Kazakshtan's minister of emergency situations at a sitting in Majilis, Kazakh parliament's lower chamber, writes Bnews. May 13 2013, 16:03 1 809 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News ‘Air Astana’ aircraft flying from Tashkent makes emergency landing in Shymkent A Boeing 757-200 aircraft of Kazakh airline "Air Astana" carrying out Tashkent-Almaty flight, made an unplanned technical landing at the airport of the Shymkent city, the airline reported. May 13 2013, 10:48 3 032 просмотрs