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Syrian government 'agrees to Eid al-Adha ceasefire'

The UN's envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to abide by a ceasefire during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, reports BBC on Wednesday. October 24 2012, 17:32 1 917 просмотрs

Ecology

Is the glass half empty or half full?

Local NGOs and landscape architects had regarded the project of Karabatan forest belt creation with some scepticism. During the recent media tour journalists saw that there was a reason for the doubts. October 24 2012, 15:44 2 530 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to enjoy three days off on Qurban Ayt

Kazakhstan people will have three days off on Qurban Ayt this week, according to the official website of Spiritual Directorate of Kazakhstan Muslims. October 24 2012, 15:49 2 059 просмотрs

Ecology

Every Atyrau citizen accounts for 200kg of hazardous substances a year

Last Friday, KazTransOil hosted large environmental conference, where, in presence of Chairman of Republican Environmental Regulation and Control Committee Daniyar YERENCHINOV, the head of the oblast environmental department Yerbol KUANOV outlined the current situation and cheerless future of the region in front of subsoil user companies invited.   October 24 2012, 09:33 3 426 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Chinese writer insulted Kazakh women

A piece insulting Kazakh young women has appeared on sina.com.cn, Megapolis writes. The article speaks of “unbelievable hospitality of Kazakhs who are ready to offer their daughter to a guest spending a night in their house”. It calls single Chinese men to “go to Kazakhs, as a woman will be found for any of them there”. October 24 2012, 12:17 3 649 просмотрs

World News

Nigeria arrests 15 Russian sailors carrying arms

Nigerian authorities seized a ship and arrested its 15 Russian crew members on suspicion of arms smuggling, after they found several guns and about 8,500 rounds of ammunition on the boat, the Navy said on Tuesday. October 24 2012, 12:08 1 786 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

KZ ranking in “Doing Business” increased by 7 points

The World Bank ranked business climate in 185 counties on 10 indicators of “Doing Business” rating. Kazakhstan has ranked 49th (versus 56th in 2011) in the "Doing Business 2013" ratings, improving its position in the rankings by seven points, the Kazakh Economic Development and Trade Ministry said on Tuesday. October 24 2012, 11:09 3 203 просмотрs

World News

Nazarbayev paying first visit to Czech Republic over the years of independence

President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus met in his residence President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. October 24 2012, 10:54 1 947 просмотрs

World News

Clintons open Haiti industry park

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has attended the launch of a $300m (£187m) industrial park in the Haitian town of Caracol.   October 23 2012, 18:14 1 718 просмотрs

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Italy disaster head Luciano Maiani quits over L'Aquila

The head of Italy's disaster body, Luciano Maiani, has stepped down after seven colleagues were sentenced for their roles before the L'Aquila quake. October 23 2012, 17:59 1 998 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Air Astana Looks East To Expand Network

Air Astana, the national carrier, is looking deep into Asia to expand its network. Its inclusion on the European Union blacklist, which frustrates its ambitions to expand West, lies at the heart of its strategy. Air Astana’s discussions over a code-share partnership with Royal Jordanian, which follows an analogous strategy, is no coincidence. Royal Jordanian has developed Amman into a hub for the Levant region, straddling western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and northeast Africa. October 23 2012, 17:01 2 439 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Muslims in Kazakhstan to celebrate Qurban Ayt

Muslims in Kazakhstan and around the world will celebrate the holy festival of Qurban Ayt (Eid al-Adha) on October 26, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage. October 23 2012, 16:09 4 437 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Tajik gold miners look to buy sodium cyanide from new Kazakh plant

Kazakhstan's national export and investment promotion agency said Monday a Kazakh firm has signed several agreements to sell sodium cyanide to two of Tajikistan’s largest gold miners. October 23 2012, 16:42 2 363 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan may join WTO in 6 months

Kazakhstan is now at a crucial stage of negotiations to join the World Trade Organization, and is likely to become the Organisation's member-state in the next six months.  October 23 2012, 15:33 2 674 просмотрs

Other News

Prosecutors suggest to toughen punishment for violations in hiring foreign workforce

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's Office recommends taking effective measures to severe employers' responsibility for violations in intake of expats, reported the agency's media service after its latest board meeting. October 23 2012, 14:25 3 628 просмотрs

World News

Pope names first Native American saint

Sunday was a big day for Catholics in North America. Thousands of miles away in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI named 17th century Mohawk Kateri Tekakwitha the first Native American saint. Another newly named saint is Marianne Cope, a German-born woman who emigrated to the United States as a child, became a nun and went on to devote 30 years of her life helping lepers in Hawaii. October 23 2012, 12:25 2 216 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev told Austrians about democracy and Zhanaozen

“In the issues of democracy Kazakhstan is not like Europe that came to it for hundreds of years, however, the country reached great success in this field in the post soviet space,” Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev told a briefing following the meeting with President of Austria Heinz Fischer. October 23 2012, 11:55 3 372 просмотрs

Ecology

NCOC imitating environmental activities

On October 19, at a meeting with subsoil user companies of Atyrau, Chairman of Environmental Regulation and Control Committee Daniyar YERENCHINOV told about his visit to D Island and ministerial plans to severe environmental laws. October 23 2012, 10:56 2 090 просмотрs

Crime

Criminal case launched against ex-deputy governor

On October 22, the press service of the Agency on Combat against Economic and Corruption Crimes (Financial Police) reported about initiation of two criminal cases: against Bolat DAUKENOV, the former first deputy akim of Atyrau Oblast and Rustem AL’BAKASOV, the director of KAZCASPIAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICE LLP (the son-in-law of ex-akim of Atyrau Oblast, Bergei Ryskaliyev). October 23 2012, 11:01 3 741 просмотрs

Economy

Atyrau Refinery resumes gasoline production

Atyrau refinery in 11 days fixed the defects in the kiln of catalytic reforming LG unit and renewed gasoline production. October 22 2012, 18:22 2 617 просмотрs

Crime

4 killed after two boats collided on the Ural River

On the night of 21 October, 4 people, including a river police officer, drowned in the result of a night incident on the Ural: two boats collided near the fish farms of Kurmangazy and Kyzyl Balyk. October 22 2012, 17:05 2 560 просмотрs

Economy

Expert: Extension of production sharing agreement on Kazakh project of Kashagan unlikely

The extension of a production sharing agreement (PSA) on Kashagan Kazakh oil and gas project is unlikely, the Department Director of Due Diligence "2K Audit - Business Consulting / Morison International" Alexander Shtok stated. October 22 2012, 17:23 3 041 просмотрs

Ecology

Is Ministry of Environmental Protection closing Atyrau landfill?

Every summer the Atyraulians suffer from the city landfill when it catches fire every week and one may rarely open windows because of a suffocating smoke and a landfill gas smell. October 22 2012, 17:13 3 328 просмотрs

World News

Job Vacancy: HRH Queen Elizabeth seeks new butler

It may not command the highest salary and the hours might be long and arduous – but jobseekers who want to work for a well-known boss need look no further, reports Telegraph. October 22 2012, 16:22 1 902 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh observers to watch US President elections

Three observers from Kazakhstan and one from Kyrgyzstan will be monitoring presidential election in the U.S. on Tuesday, November 6, as members of the OSCE international observers’ team sent to the U.S. by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), reported Silk Road Newsline. October 22 2012, 15:25 2 861 просмотрs