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Economy

Dutch didn't know about "peculiarities of Atyrau land use" (+comments of the prosecutor's office)

In Atyrau a new "land" scandal is escalating. This time because of illegal allocation of land plots by the former governors of "oil capital" not only local businessmen, but also foreign investors may suffer. April 1 2015, 10:00 4 574 views

World News

MH17 crash: Video appeal launched for BUK rocket witnesses

A video appeal has been launched for witnesses who may have seen the transport or firing of a Russian-made rocket at Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. March 31 2015, 16:22 2 338 views

World News

Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Live Blog

The trial continues for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev faces 30 counts related to deadly April 2013 bombing that killed three -- including an eight-year-old boy -- and injured some 260 others after dual explosions ripped through the crowds near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. March 31 2015, 15:55 2 608 views

World News

Girl born with ‘elephant trunk’ in India worshipped as Hindu god

A baby girl in India is being worshipped as a Hindu god, after she was born with a trunk. March 31 2015, 15:39 1 529 views

Kazakhstan News

Iranian Foreign Minister to visit Kazakhstan on April 13

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit Astana on April 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrisov said. March 31 2015, 14:59 3 774 views

Ecology

Storm warning

Emergency department of Atyrau Oblast circulated information about storm warning on March 31. March 31 2015, 12:06 4 386 views

World News

Russia sacks theatre chief in 'blasphemous' opera scandal

Russia's culture ministry said Monday it fired a theatre director for offending Orthodox believers with a radical staging of a Wagner opera, whose posters showed a crucifixion scene between a naked woman's legs, AFP reports. March 31 2015, 11:28 3 042 views

Kazakhstan News

Interim Chairman of Kazatomprom named

Aidar Arifkhanov has been appointed as  the interim chairman of the Board of Directors of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, reports azh.kz. A. Arifkhanov previously served as Vice Chairman of the company on economy and finance.  March 31 2015, 10:16 3 040 views

Crime

Police target prostitutes in raid

During "STOP Traffic" police operative-preventive raid in Atyrau that took place on March 26-28, 19 prostitutes have been kept in a file. March 30 2015, 16:35 6 021 views

Kazakhstan News

OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for early presidential election in Kazakhstan

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally opened last week an election observation mission (EOM) for the 26 April early presidential election in Kazakhstan. March 30 2015, 15:43 2 931 views

World News

Soros ready to pour $1 bn into Ukraine

US financier George Soros said Monday he was ready to invest $1 billion in Ukraine if the West promised to help the embattled country. March 30 2015, 15:39 1 919 views

Society

Man who "robbed" himself

Last week 35-y.o. citizen of Atyrau who lives in the 5th micro region of Privokzalny (rail way station) city district filed a petition with the Department of Internal Affairs that he was robbed by unknown persons. March 30 2015, 14:58 3 467 views

Kazakhstan News

China, Kazakhstan sign $23.6 bln in deals

China and Kazakhstan have signed 33 deals worth $23.6 billion covering areas from hydropower to steel, state news agency Xinhua said. March 30 2015, 11:27 3 032 views

World News

Canada: Accident involving Airbus A320 hospitalises at least 25

At least 25 people have been hospitalised in Canada following an accident involving an Airbus A320. March 30 2015, 10:14 2 237 views

World News

Arab League agrees to form coalition to counter militant threat in region

The second and final day of the Arab League Summit has come to a close in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. March 30 2015, 09:58 2 299 views

Kazakhstan News

Winter returns to East Kazakhstan

Winter has returned to East Kazakhstan region. The rain turned into sleet last night. According to Kazhydromet, the snowfall, blizzard and increase of wind to 20 meters per second will continue through March 29, kazinform.kz reports. March 30 2015, 09:54 2 400 views

World News

Uzbekistan set to re-elect president Islam Karimov

Uzbekistan has voted in a presidential election all but certain to be won by long-term incumbent Islam Karimov, who has led the country for over 25 years, Kazinform refers to BBC.com. March 30 2015, 09:51 3 152 views

Culture

Toni Turi sang legendary Kazakh song "Balkadisha" at San Remo

The Italian engineer Tony Turi (former Agip employee) about whom we wrote several times in our newspaper ("The Ambassador of the Neapolitan song in Atyrau", etc.) who decided to change his career of the oil engineer to the singing career, started his rising to musical stardom here, in Atyrau, and he stepped onto the international stage with the Kazakh folk song "Balkadisha" that he sang at San Remo.doc last month. Tony participated in a selection round where he sang our "Balkadisha". It would be interesting to track Tony's evolution as a singer …. March 27 2015, 17:45 9 762 views

Kazakhstan News

Nine contenders for presidency of Kazakhstan withdraw from election race

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kazakhstan refused to register six self-nominated contenders for the presidency of Kazakhstan, while three more contenders submitted applications for their withdrawal from the election race. March 27 2015, 17:21 2 654 views

World News

German aviation association wants two-person cockpit rule

The German aviation association BDL has said that it wants to introduce a two-person cockpit rule similar to the one implemented by many airlines, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair. March 27 2015, 16:57 3 653 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan victims of Airbus A320 crash

Three Kazakhs who perished in the Germanwings flight were on a European vacation when they made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to Spain to watch one of soccer's most popular matches. March 27 2015, 16:48 4 525 views

Society

Earth Hour tomorrow

Kazakhstan people including citizens in Atyrau will join the symbolic action of turning lights out for an hour in an expression of concern for the environment. The action will take place in over 6,000 cities across 134 countries in the world in observing the Earth Hour on March 28. People will turn off lights and all electrical appliances for an hour from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm to show their solidarity to the cause of climate change.  March 27 2015, 15:17 2 542 views

World News

Argentine court dismisses Cristina Fernandez case

An Argentine appeals court has upheld a decision to dismiss a controversial case against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. March 27 2015, 12:38 3 298 views

Kazakhstan News

National Fund to channel 686 bln tenge for Nurly Zhol program implementation

In the framework of Nurly Zhol program the National Fund in 2015 provided 686 billion tenge, this has been announced at today's briefing by Deputy Finance Minister Ruslan Dalenov. March 27 2015, 12:22 2 785 views

Kazakhstan News

Austrian man extradited to Germany to face fraud charges

General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan has satisfied the request of the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany on extradition of Austrian citizen to face fraud charges, according to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. March 27 2015, 11:08 2 597 views