Kazakhstan News Bloggers' Alliance of Kazakhstan call possible early election 'expensive spectacle' Kazakhstan Bloggers' Alliance has offered to hold a referendum to extend the term of office of President Nursultan Nazarbayev until 2022 instead of holding a new election, a tengrinews correspondent reports. February 20 2015, 11:41 2 754 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Jack Straw criticised for accepting part-time job paid for by Kazakhstan Jack Straw has come under fire from human rights groups after accepting a part-time job paid for by the government of Kazakhstan, a dictatorship which has been ruled by the same man since 1989, and where freedom of speech is heavily restricted. February 20 2015, 10:31 2 557 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan’s upper parliament house asks president to hold early election Kazakhstan’s upper parliament house has asked the country's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to hold early presidential election. February 20 2015, 10:24 2 500 просмотрs
World News Obama says the West is not at war with Islam US President Barack Obama has reiterated his call for the world "to stand up to violent extremism", saying that violent groups peddle a lie that there is a clash of civilisations. February 20 2015, 10:18 2 659 просмотрs
Crime Honest traffic cop The traffic police officer refused to take a bribe from the driver who violated traffic rules, more over, he took the driver to responsibility. February 20 2015, 10:09 3 037 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan braces up for economic crisis, holding hands with Russia The collapse of oil prices that has already eaten much of the income of both Russian and American corporations has reached Kazakhstan. The economic crisis is looming over another member of the Customs Union. Is there a threat to the Customs Union during the period of the economic hardship? What does the Kazakh administration do to avoid the crisis? February 19 2015, 17:40 3 376 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Air Astana launches economy 'lie flat' bed… by offering 3 seats for half price of business flight Kazakhstan’s national airline is offering passengers the chance to sprawl out across an entire row on long-haul flights – at three times the cost of a single economy seat. February 19 2015, 17:34 4 959 просмотрs
World News Prokopis Pavlopoulos is elected next president of Greece Government candidate Prokopis Pavlopoulos, 64, has been elected Greece's new president in a parliamentray vote. February 19 2015, 14:55 1 264 просмотрs
World News Russia accuses Ukraine of aiming to destroy Minsk accords Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin has denounced Ukraine's call for the deployment of UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as a destructive move. February 19 2015, 14:47 2 060 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan to allot extra 100bn tenge for anti-crisis measures 101 billion tenge will be allotted for new anti-crisis measures in 2015, Kazakhstan's Minister of National Economy Yerbolat Dossayev announced Thursday. February 19 2015, 14:30 2 376 просмотрs
Society Atyrau named the best city in Kazakhstan The experts of the national movement "Kazakhstan-2050" published an unusual rating of the Kazakhstan cities, azh.kz refers to nur.kz. February 19 2015, 14:13 10 736 просмотрs
World News Official: U.S. keeping ISIS kill list The U.S. is maintaining a list of about two dozen or so top ISIS operatives in Iraq and Syria it hopes to target in airstrikes according to a senior U.S. official. The list essentially amounts to a kill list, since the U.S. has no troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria to capture ISIS suspects. The number one target on the list is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. February 19 2015, 02:00 1 361 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Denis Ten dedicates his Four Continents championship title to Kazakhstan Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten has commented on his victory at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2015, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz. February 19 2015, 01:46 1 308 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Almaty 'qualified' to host 2022 Olympics The International Olympic Committee says Kazakhstan's business capital Almaty is a "qualified candidate" to host the 2022 winter Games. February 19 2015, 01:40 1 250 просмотрs
World News Ukraine rebel leader 'recovering from injury' A separatist rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been wounded and was on Wednesday recovering in hospital after a firefight in the town of Debaltseve where violence is continuing despite the European-brokered truce. February 18 2015, 18:37 1 628 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan to expect 35- degree of frost Biting night frost returned to Kazakhstan, the temperature is expected to decrease to 20-27, sometimes to 30-35 Cº almost in all parts of the territory of the country, bnews.kz reports. February 18 2015, 16:48 1 264 просмотрs
World News Buffett's Berkshire builds Deere stake, dumps Exxon Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) on Tuesday disclosed a 5 percent stake in agricultural equipment maker Deere & Co (DE.N) and said it shed a $3.74 billion investment in oil company Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) as oil prices plunged. February 18 2015, 16:41 1 448 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News French court due to decide on extradition of tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov A French Court of Cassation (supreme court) is due on Wednesday to rule whether to extradite Kazakh tycoon and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia or Ukraine to face fraud charges. February 18 2015, 16:28 2 813 просмотрs
World News Swiss police raid HSBC's Geneva office Swiss prosecutors are searching offices of the Geneva subsidiary of HSBC bank in an inquiry into alleged money-laundering. February 18 2015, 16:21 2 938 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Russian rocket carrier with cargo spaceship launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Russia’s Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. February 18 2015, 16:14 2 612 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Moscow-Beijing high-speed rail may go across Kazakhstan A planned high-speed rail link connecting Moscow and Beijing could go across Kazakhstan, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said on Tuesday, reports azh.kz referring to akipress.org. February 18 2015, 10:17 5 505 просмотрs
World News Foreign Investor: Putin could be world’s richest man with stolen $200B fortune The Russian president stole billions from his country's war chest and stashed it away in secret accounts, according to a man who was once that country's largest foreign investor. February 18 2015, 10:11 1 132 просмотрs
Culture “Classical music evening” concert on Feb. 19 On February 19, at 7:00pm in House of Culture named after Kurmangazy in Zhilgorodok a concert - “Classical music evening” will be held. Atyrau Academic Folk Instruments Orchestra named after Dina Nurpeissova will perform the music pieces by Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Rossini, Mozart, Gounod, etc. Famous Atyrau soloists Marzhan Torekhanova, Ella Kurtieva, Amanzhan Baisagariev and others will perform at the concert. The chief conductor of the orchestra is Orak Zhaurov. February 17 2015, 17:59 4 019 просмотрs
World News Oil rises to $62, near 2015 high as Mideast risks support Oil rose to $62 a barrel on Tuesday, close to its 2015 high, supported by threats to Middle East supplies and expectations lower prices may prompt a slowdown in U.S. output. February 17 2015, 16:19 2 383 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Former commander of military unit in Almaty region commits suicide - Defence Ministry In Almaty region former commander of the military unit number 55065 Abai Myrzabekov has committed suicide, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. February 17 2015, 16:14 2 085 просмотрs