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Prosecutors confirm gap in salaries

Tasked by General Prosecution Office, the oblast prosecutor's office, labor department and employment coordination department investigated into the disproportion in labor remuneration of Kazakh and foreign citizens working in international companies. March 18 2013, 09:39 2 685 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev meets Shimon Peres

During his short vacation, Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev had a work meeting with Israeli president Shimon Peres, writes nur.kz citing the presidential media service. March 15 2013, 13:36 1 800 просмотрs

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Wintry Conditions Delay ISS Soyuz Crew Landing by 24 Hours

A Russian state commission called for a rare 24 hour postponement in the scheduled landing of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S. and Russian International Space Station astronauts late Thursday, when fog and freezing rain prevented helicopter born recovery teams from positioning themselves over the landing zone in northern Kazakhsta March 15 2013, 11:33 1 542 просмотрs

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Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle

Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died. March 15 2013, 11:22 1 893 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan confirms discovery of two offshore fields in Caspian Sea

Two offshore fields have been discovered at the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan for the first time after discovery of the giant Kashagan field, Tengrinews.kz reports citing chairman of Geology and Subsoil Use Commission of Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies Bazarbai Nurabayev. March 15 2013, 11:18 1 701 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan mulls special forces to ensure order at rallies

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s office is suggesting to create special divisions in the interior authorities that would be tasked with ensuring order during mass events, Interfax-Kazakhstan reports. March 15 2013, 11:05 1 385 просмотрs

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Invite top managers only, replace the rest with locals - proposal to labor ministry

Kazakhstan's labor and social protection ministry [www.enbek.gov.kz] has posted a letter from someone named Egemberdy laying down proposals to settle the painful problem of large difference in the salaries of locals and expatriates in Kazakhstan. March 15 2013, 09:36 4 543 просмотрs

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Police Free Hostages in Astrakhan College Siege

Russian police released several hostages held at a college in the southern city of Astrakhan on Thursday and detained the suspected hostage-taker, the Interior Ministry said. March 15 2013, 09:28 1 468 просмотрs

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World class oil and gas training center opens in Atyrau

APEC – Atyrau Petroleum Education Center – opened its doors on March 11 to train, retrain and upskill oil and gas workers. Following the grand opening its first hundred students sat down to desks. March 14 2013, 15:09 8 106 просмотрs

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West Kazakhstan marks Korisu

March 14, Kazakhs in the west of Kazakhstan have started celebration of Korisu, a holiday of seeing each other after the winter. March 14 2013, 14:08 5 551 просмотрs

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Xi Jinping named president of China

Leaders in Beijing have confirmed Xi Jinping as president, completing China's 10-yearly transition of power. March 14 2013, 13:31 1 495 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan hardest drinking country in Central Asia

Kazakhstan is the most drinking state in Central Asia, where every citizen consumes almost 11 liters of ethanol. March 14 2013, 13:06 1 753 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan to transform basic pension into guaranteed minimum pension

As part of expanding the coverage of the employed population by pension system services it is planned to transform the basic pension into a guaranteed minimum pension, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Serik Abdenov announced on March 12. March 14 2013, 13:10 1 443 просмотрs

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Vienna court finds no political grounds in Aliyev's case

Superior Land Court of Vienna has certified the reasonability of accusations against former Kazakhstan ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Viennese lawyer Gabriel Lansky as saying at the press-conference in Almaty. Lansky represents the widows of the murdered Nurbank managers Zholdas Timraliyev and Aibar Khassenov. March 14 2013, 12:48 1 588 просмотрs

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Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio Elected as New Pope

Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, was elected new Pope Wednesday, a cardinal announced from the Sistine Chapel. March 14 2013, 12:38 1 565 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

EP KMG Deputy Gen. Director appointed

Bakyt Imanbayev has been appointed the new deputy general director of Exploration and Production Kazmunaygas JSC, a subsidiary of Kazmunaygas national oil company, one of three leading oil producers in Kazakhstan. March 13 2013, 16:26 2 624 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan's leadership in global flour trade challenged

Kazakhstan has reduced its wheat flower export expectations and its leadership at the market might be challenged by its closest rival this season, World Grain reports. March 13 2013, 15:39 1 860 просмотрs

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Iran to sue Hollywood over Oscar-winning ‘Argo’

Iran has indicated its intent to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning ‘Argo’ because it allegedly gives an ‘unrealistic portrayal’ of the country, local media reported on Wednesday. March 13 2013, 14:03 1 573 просмотрs

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OSC strikers at Kalamkas field return to work

To recall, a few days ago, employees of Oil Service Company, a member of AktauNefteServis LLP, refused to turn up to work.  March 13 2013, 12:37 1 888 просмотрs

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Max Petroleum started drilling at Zhana Makat of Atyrau oblast

«Max Petroleum» company began drilling of the production well in "Zhana Makat" field in the old oil region of the Atyrau oblast. March 13 2013, 12:04 2 843 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan to halve private universities by 2015

The number of private universities will be slashed in Kazakhstan by 2015 March 13 2013, 10:47 1 442 просмотрs

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No winner in first vote to elect new pope

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Tuesday night, indicating that cardinals gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pope had not chosen one in the first ballot of their conclave. March 13 2013, 10:37 1 635 просмотрs

Culture

The World's Oldest Carpet Story: The Pazyryk

Every carpet tells a story. But few tell one as fascinating as the oldest intact carpet ever found. It is the Pazyryk carpet, discovered frozen in a tomb beneath the Siberian steppe. March 13 2013, 07:58 27 012 просмотрs

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Should we make Friday a day off, not Sunday?

A Kyrgyz lawmaker, Tursunbai Bakir-ulu, proposed to announce Friday a day off in the country. March 12 2013, 16:31 1 543 просмотрs

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Knife attack in China's Xinjiang province kills four

Four people have been killed and eight injured in a knife attack in western China's Xinjiang, officials said. March 12 2013, 15:51 1 471 просмотрs