Society "We put up umbrella over old veteran's head" The photo of a deputy governor of Atyrau Oblast Salimzhan Nakpaev, who was carefully protected by umbrella by his assistant next to the hunched aksakal (respected elder person) – the war veteran, standing in the pouring rain immediately went viral in social networks and mass media and underwent heated discussion. May 8 2015, 15:51 3 093 просмотрs
Crime Pipeline owner was fined, but thieves are wanted Based on the fact of oil leak on the 81st kilometer of Martyshi-Atyrau oil pipeline (see "Oil on tap") the Western branch of KazTransOil has been fined. May 8 2015, 15:17 3 351 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan’s Astana to host Syrian crisis talks in May's end Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host talks on the Syrian crisis on May 25-27, Tengrinews reports citing RIA Novosti. The talks have been held for four years already with a sole aim of resolving the Syrian crisis that initially started as a pro-democracy revolt and turned into a multi-sided civil war after the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government responded with violent crackdowns. It has already killed over 200 thousand people, according to the United Nations. May 8 2015, 12:43 1 417 просмотрs
World News Cameron returning to power, Labour routed in Scotland David Cameron is poised to return as U.K. prime minister at the head of majority Conservative government after pulling off a surprise election victory helped by a landslide for nationalists in Scotland. May 8 2015, 12:39 1 238 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakh president met Shell's Ben van Beurden in Astana President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has received the CEO of Shell Ben van Bearden, Tengrinews reports citing Akorda. May 8 2015, 10:15 2 503 просмотрs
World News Al Qaeda claims US air strike killed top commander in Yemen An al Qaeda operative claims in an online video that the strike killed one of its top commanders. In January, Nasr al-Ansi announced the group's Yemen branch was responsible for the attack on a French satirical magazine. May 8 2015, 10:00 1 278 просмотрs
Ecology Kashagan: everything is insured, except … A comment under the article "Kashagan as premonition" published on “AkZhaik" website inquired why criminal case hasn't been initiated still against contracting companies that constructed faulty pipes in the North Caspian project. Pipes later required replacement. But this is, no hard feelings, please, a naive question, in the light of the Agreement signed in December of last year between the Kazakhstan party and NCOC - the operator of the North Caspian project (see "Everything was written off and still remained endebted to all"). May 6 2015, 15:50 4 771 просмотрs
World News Kabul lynch killing prompts death sentences Four men have been sentenced to death in Kabul for their roles in the mob killing of a woman falsely accused of burning a Koran in March. The judge imposed lengthy prison terms on eight other defendants. May 6 2015, 15:04 1 212 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Resumption of production at Kashagan unlikely before 2017, says expert Resumption of production at the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan is unlikely to happen in 2015 or 2016, according to Oleg Yegorov, the senior fellow at the Institute of Economics of the Kazakh Education and Science Ministry. May 6 2015, 14:52 1 419 просмотрs
World News IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers. May 5 2015, 18:19 1 095 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News N. Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to processing industry President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to the processing industry at the enlarged sitting of the Government today. May 5 2015, 18:10 1 309 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News ArcelorMittal Temirtau regrets there was no tenge devaluation- source Top managers of ArcelorMittal Temirtau regret there was no tenge devaluation in Kazakhstan, said an informed source. May 4 2015, 16:59 1 989 просмотрs
World News China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Eric Chu in high-level talks The leader of Taiwan's ruling party and Chinese President Xi Jinping have held the highest level talks between the two sides in six years. May 4 2015, 15:46 1 297 просмотрs
World News Polish president says Victory Day Parade in Moscow 'symbol of unstable world' Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski has described Sunday the Victory Day Parade due to take place in Moscow on May 9 as "a symbol of instability." May 4 2015, 11:37 1 269 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan should choose - reforms or degradation: Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev said that it was time for the people of Kazakhstan to choose between reforms and degradation, Tengrinews reports. The statement was made after Nazarbayev gave an oath at the presidential inauguration ceremony in Astana. May 4 2015, 11:01 1 231 просмотрs
World News Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas Two gunmen have been shot dead in a shooting incident in Texas. May 4 2015, 10:34 1 223 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazhgaliyev did a lot to promote Kazakhstan's national heritage - Nazarbayev Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of condolences to the family and friends of Kazakhstani conductor and dombrist Shamgon Kazhgaliyev on the occasion of his untimely death, the president's press service reports. May 4 2015, 02:18 1 229 просмотрs
World News Legendary Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya dies at 89 Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and virtually the embodiment of the Bolshoi Theater for decades, died on Saturday in Munich. She was 89, APA reports quoting The New York Times. May 4 2015, 01:39 2 406 просмотрs
Society Memory walk along the main avenue with portraits of war heroes On May 2 the residents of Atyrau marched along the main Satpaev Avenue holding the portraits of war veterans - their grandfathers and great-grandfathers. Our city in such a way expressed its worship for a personal feat of each war soldier who died on battle fields or in post-war time. May 3 2015, 21:26 1 970 просмотрs
World News Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft Russia said Wednesday it had lost control of an unmanned spacecraft taking supplies to the International Space Station and it is plunging back to Earth but is likely to burn up in the atmosphere. April 30 2015, 16:03 1 281 просмотрs
World News Visa and MasterCard resume operations in Crimea Visa and MasterCard payment cards issued by Russian banks are working again in Crimea after transactions have been transferred to the new Russian National Payment Card System. April 30 2015, 15:54 1 183 просмотрs
World News A lifetime later, a Korean 'comfort woman' still seeks redress Kim Bok-dong is 89 now, and is going blind and deaf. She knows her health is fading, and she can no longer walk unassisted. But her eyes burn bright with a passion borne of redressing her suffering of a lifetime ago. April 30 2015, 15:18 1 524 просмотрs
World News Baby pulled from Nepal earthquake rubble after 22 hours A photo of a baby boy being pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake has become the defining image of a disaster that has devastated the country. April 30 2015, 14:51 1 343 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Oil extraction to be resumed at Kashagan field in December 2016 The oil extraction will be resumed at the Kashagan field in December 2016, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Vladimir Shkolnik informed today. April 30 2015, 14:47 1 924 просмотрs