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The Chinese have bid adieu to the Year of the Dragon

The Chinese have bid adieu to the Year of the Dragon and gracefully welcomed the Year of the Snake. The Chinese New Year 2013 has been enthusiastically celebrated across the world, to mark the arrival of the Water Snake - which Chinese astrology considers powerful and associated with the notion of Karma. February 11 2013, 11:38 1 940 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Convicted Ex-Head of Valut-Transit bank dies in Karaganda

Ex-head of Valut-Transit bank Andrey Belyaev, convicted and sentenced for 10 years of colony for the theft of bank’s funds, died in Karaganda, reported IA Novosti-Kazakhstan, citing the source in the UIS Penal Enforcement Department of the Karaganda Oblast.   February 11 2013, 11:19 1 718 просмотрs

Other News

Finpol probes Atyrau Football Club

Today, the club's total debt makes T640mln. No one knows if it can pay it before the next season starts on March 6. February 11 2013, 11:10 3 498 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ice-hockey team of Kazakhstan will not go to 2014 Olympiad in Sochi

The national ice-hockey team of Kazakhstan will not participle in the 2014 winter Olympiad in Sochi.  At the final Olympic qualifying tournament held in Riga on February 7-10, our team came 2nd, yielding the palm to Latvian hockey-team February 11 2013, 10:37 2 342 просмотрs

Culture

Introduction to Kazakh wedding

There were two ways to achieve consent – either parents of both negotiate, kuda tusu [offer of marriage] or the groom steals the bride at her will, alyp kashu [grab and run]. February 11 2013, 10:27 27 438 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Acceptable decisions on Baikonur found - Nazarbayev, Putin

Both presidents also discussed in details the program of bipartite cooperation in 2013-2015,  particularly the creation of Common Economic Space and moving toward Eurasian Economic Union. February 11 2013, 09:33 1 468 просмотрs

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Russian ex-intelligence officer Kvachkov sentenced for 13 years

The former intelligence officer Vladimir Kvachkov stands accused of having masterminded a coup d’état plot in what has come to be popularly known as the Crossbow Coup case. Kvachkov has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony, and his co-accused Kiselev to 11. The prosecutors had initially sought 14 years for Kvachkov, though he faced a maximum of 20. February 9 2013, 12:10 1 782 просмотрs

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US north-east braces for 'historic' snowstorm

    Heavy snow is falling in the US north-east, where a "potentially historic" winter storm could bring up to 3ft (91cm) of snow in some areas. Flights to and from New York have been cancelled and power cuts are reported as blizzards from the Great Lakes descend on parts of New England.   February 9 2013, 11:28 1 442 просмотрs

Society

Don’t feel yourself abandoned, kid!

The kids that ended up in the Atyrau city orphanage # 1 named after Sabyr Kazybaev have different fates. Some of them are full orphans and others have parents, but they are either missing, serve time in jail or in medical facilities due to long-term diseases. February 9 2013, 10:45 3 405 просмотрs

Politics

British Ambassador Visits Atyrau

February 7, Atyrau Oblast Governor Baktykozha Izmukhambetov met the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Great Britain to Kazakhstan Carolyn Browne and the Embassy regional adviser on energy issues Johnathan Cook.  February 8 2013, 15:39 3 562 просмотрs

World News

Lionhearts - the first to beat Arlans

British Lionhearts handed out a first defeat of the World Series of Boxing season to Astana Arlans Kazakhstan in London on Thursday. February 8 2013, 14:12 1 798 просмотрs

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Eni boss probed over Algerian bribes

Italian energy major Eni's chief executive Paolo Scaroni has been placed under investigation over alleged bribes paid to win contracts in Algeria, the company said on Thursday, denying any involvement in the scandal. February 8 2013, 11:54 1 914 просмотрs

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Hungarian Chemimontazh workers panic over change of investor

NefteStroyService Ltd [NSS] people unexpectedly blew in their office, sealed the accounts room, changed security guards and seized the company stamp.  In light of mass reduction in major projects, many are afraid to lose their jobs. The least they may face after change of management is salary cut. February 8 2013, 11:32 6 184 просмотрs

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Workers strike at ArcelorMittal European sites

Thousands of workers were staging strikes and demonstrations on Wednesday at European plants of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, in what unions said was a protest against job insecurity. February 8 2013, 10:09 1 536 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Journalist from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar sends letter to Obama

A journalist from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar has written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Tengrinews.kz reports. February 7 2013, 18:06 1 693 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Gap between rich and poor needs to be reduced – Vice PM

Government has developed an anti-crisis program, which should help reduce gap between the rich and the poor in Kazakhstan, said deputy PM Yerbol Orynbayev. February 7 2013, 17:20 1 540 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

SCAT plane skidded off runway at Almaty airport

SCAT airline’s AN-24 airplane skidded off runway at the Almaty airport when landing  with 24 passengers on board, airline press service reported. February 7 2013, 18:01 3 317 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

China and Turkey biggest sources of labor migrants to Kazakhstan

China and Turkey are responsible for biggest numbers of labor migrants to Kazakhstan, KazTag reports, citing the country’s Ministry of Labor. February 7 2013, 16:05 1 219 просмотрs

World News

Teargas as thousands protest top opposition leader assassination in Tunisia

February 7 2013, 15:53 1 638 просмотрs

Other News

Spray can explosion in Atyrau caused panic among public

In the evening of February 6, two strong blasts in a trash bin [on photo] made the people living at 40 Tovarischeskaya street in Atyrau shiver. February 7 2013, 15:23 1 672 просмотрs

Other News

ESS served old salmon after clerical error

Ak Zhaik reporters got hold of evidence that ESS Support Services, a TCO contractor, partially owned by KazMunayGas-Service [40%], had been giving old salmon to rotational workers. February 7 2013, 13:40 3 986 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Board of appeals leaves Chelakh verdict unchanged

Kazakhstan's Military Court's Board of Appeals for Criminal Cases upheld the life imprisonment verdict to Vladislav Chelakh, a border guard found guilty of butchering his fellow soldiers. February 7 2013, 13:19 1 392 просмотрs

World News

Russia launches six US satellites from Baikonur

The Roscosmos space agency said the launch went off without a hitch after being delayed by a day due to bad weather in the Central Asian nation. February 7 2013, 12:57 1 252 просмотрs

Culture

Kazakh Calendar

On the basis of astronomical observations, different nations created their own time counting systems. They correlated to the movement of the Sun, or the Moon, or to the movement of other planets. Ancient cattle-farmers of Central Asia created their own cyclic animal calendar which was widely used by their descendants – Turkic nomads, through the 20th century. Kazakhs called it – Moushel. February 7 2013, 15:24 9 442 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ballistic expert admits mistake in Chelakh's case

Tuesday, February 5, during a tripartite online conference between an expert in Astana, Vladislav Chelakh in Taldykorgan court room and the military court in Almaty, it was identified that a ballistic expert had made a mistake in examination of the 9-mm bullet shell found at Arkankergen border post, which was destroyed in May 2012, allegedly by a 19-year old private Chelakh. February 6 2013, 15:15 1 429 просмотрs