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Kazakhstan to celebrate Day of First President

On December 1, this year, Kazakhstan will for the first time celebrate a new state holiday - Day of the First President. October 19 2012, 11:20 3 497 views

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Afghanistan to refine oil from Kazakhstan

Trade companies Ansar and Kingston that supply Afghan market with oil products, will launch two mini-refineries in Afghanistan with a capacity of 500,000 tons/year each, reports Argus Agency. October 19 2012, 10:51 2 770 views

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A worker buried alive in West Kazakhstan

For several days, the whole village of Chingirlau searched for a young man who had gone to work and was reported missing. October 19 2012, 10:15 3 317 views

Crime

Frontier Guard Accidentally Shots His Fellow Soldier

Yesterday, on October 17, a sergeant frontier guard wounded his fellow soldier with AK-74 automatic weapon. The accident occured at “Eurasia” frontier post in the vicinity of “Ak Zhaik” nature reserve while the guards were patrolling the frontier zone as part of reconnaissance and raid group. October 19 2012, 09:16 3 230 views

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Kazakhstan plans grid sale, international bonds in 2013

Oct 18 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan plans to sell up to 10 percent of its state grid KEGOC in an initial public offering in the second quarter of next year and is also considering issuing international bonds in 2013, senior government officials said on Thursday. October 18 2012, 20:02 2 963 views

World News

Canada child porn investigation leads to 21 arrests

OTTAWA. October 18. Twenty one people have been arrested in Canada as part of a nationwide child pornography investigation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police say. October 18 2012, 19:39 4 105 views

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III Kazakh-British Business Forum kicks off in London

The 3d Kazakh-British Business Forum has just kicked off at Claridge's Hotel in Central London. The event is arranged by the Kazakh-British Chamber of Commerce with the support of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan's Embassy to Great Britain. October 18 2012, 19:28 5 199 views

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Police fire teargas at Greek anti-austerity protest

Athens, 18 October. Greek police fired teargas to disperse anti-austerity protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on the day of a general strike that brought much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill. October 18 2012, 18:21 1 849 views

Culture

Atyrau City Day to be Marked on October 20

According to Atyrau City Akimat press service, the Atyrau City Day will be marked on Saturday, October 20. It has become a traditional holiday for Atyrau residents and its guests and inalienable part of cultural and public life of the city.   October 18 2012, 18:37 5 657 views

Kazakhstan News

For the past 20 years Kazakhstan attracted above USD125bn, PM

"For the past 20 years Kazakhstan has succeeded in achieving significant progress in transforming its economy into more transparent," the welcome speech by Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov addressed to the participants of the III Kazakhstan's Business Forum in London reads. October 18 2012, 19:47 2 057 views

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Communists requested free ride for pensioners

On August 13, the Atyrau oblast branch of Kazakhstan People's Communist Party (KNPK) at the plenary session approved a letter addressed to the city akim Serik AIDARBEKOV and City Maslikhat. October 18 2012, 16:13 2 432 views

World News

Saudi Aramco to invest $35 billion in oil production

Saudi Aramco aims to maintain a steady oil production capacity and plans to invest $35 billion over the next five years in projects, the oil giant’s CEO said in an interview on Tuesday. He added that it is important to preserve the spare oil production capacity in order to protect world’s economy. October 18 2012, 15:55 2 122 views

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General Prosecution and Ministry of Internal Affairs explained the reasons for extermination of terrorists

"Commander of anti-terrorist operation decides to exterminate terrorist(s) only in those instances where the aim of negotiations can not be achieved due to terrorists' refusal to stop terrorist activity posing threat to lives and health of people," said Serikkali Mukashev, the representative of General Prosecutor's Office. October 18 2012, 14:47 2 044 views

Kazakhstan News

Wanted bulletins for suspects in Almaty Oblast massacre sent to neighboring countries

Police manhunt for the suspects in the mass killings in the Ili-Alatau National Park of Almaty Oblast is followed by sending wanted bulletins to the neighboring countries, said Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov on the sidelines of Senate's plenary session. October 18 2012, 12:31 2 697 views

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30 red deer set free in south KZ

There is now a deer kingdom in the south of Kazakhstan. Three hundred hectares of land were given over to the Red Book animals. Experts refer to the experiment as unique and a forced measure as the last Bukhara deer was seen in the wild in the mid-1960s.  October 17 2012, 20:43 4 652 views

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N. Nazarbayev reminded L. Mittal about social responsibility

The president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev received the Chairman of the Board and the General Director of ArcelorMittal Company Lakshmi Mittal, Akorda press service reports. October 17 2012, 20:01 2 487 views

Ecology

Dark waters from inferno

Great attention is focused at the $30bn Kashagan Project on the eve of the first oil. When is the D-Day? As it turns, the announced production date is under the threat of delay again. And this time, it is because of gross violation of Kazakh environmental regulations. October 17 2012, 20:18 4 371 views

World News

Soros to Obama’s rescue

Alarmed at the very real prospect of Mitt Romney becoming the 45th president of the United States, radical philanthropist George Soros has forsaken his oft-repeated vow to quit electoral politics. After Mr. Romney pulled roughly even with President Obama in national polling late last month, the pre-eminent funder of the left committed to plunking down an extra $1.5 million on re-electing Mr. Obama and helping congressional Democrats. October 17 2012, 20:51 1 958 views

Crime

Amanzhan Ryskali’s partner in crime detained

It became known to AkZhaik newspaper that on October 15 the financial police detained certain Erkin MOLDASHEV. He is charged with accusations as per Article 177, part 3 of the RoK Criminal Code (“Fraud”). October 17 2012, 13:48 4 014 views

World News

Kazakh-US Energy Partnership Convenes In Washington

The 9th meeting of the joint Kazakh-US energy partnership commission chaired by Kazakh Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev and US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman has started its work today in Washington, DC, reports kazakhstanlive.com. October 17 2012, 10:09 1 883 views

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Apartment fraudster convicted

City Housing Department employee Askar DYUSEMBIEV was sentenced to 3 years for fraud on a large scale. October 17 2012, 09:43 2 195 views

World News

Monet and Picasso among art theft

AMSTERDAM.  October 17. Paintings by artists including Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Gauguin and Freud have been stolen from a museum in Rotterdam. October 17 2012, 09:35 1 976 views

Kazakhstan News

Сorporate income tax to reduce to 15%

In Kazakhstan, corporate income tax will be reduced from 20% to 15% by 2014, Kazakhstan Today reports. October 17 2012, 10:33 2 805 views

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Kazakhstan will celebrate Eid on October 26

One of the most significant Muslim holidays Eid (Kurban-Ait in Kazakhstan) will be celebrated on October 26 this year, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the website of Khazret Sultan mosque. October 17 2012, 09:11 3 666 views

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Witness in Zhanaozen Riots Case Murdered

A witness in the case related to mass riots in western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen, Alexander Bozhko, who announced in the court that he has bad-mouthedthe defendants under pressure, has been murdered,- reported Galym Ageleuov, the chairman of Kazakhstan's Liberty non-government organization. October 15 2012, 17:56 2 471 views