Ecology When the last sturgeon will be caught… Retired veteran of fish industry Vera Dzhamalova (on a photo) currently lives in Astana, but once or twice a year she comes to Atyrau, the city where she was born and worked all her life in the fishing industry. December 5 2014, 17:55 3 158 просмотрs
World News Vnukovo airport engineer to remain in pre-trial detention over Total plane crash The Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the detention of Vnukovo airport engineer Vladimir Ledenev charged in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, RAPSI reports from the courtroom. December 5 2014, 15:54 2 202 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Maria Mudryak to perform in Astana Opera for the first time Italian opera singer Maria Mudryak will perform for the first time on the stage of Astana Opera in Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing the singer’s Facebook account. December 5 2014, 15:45 2 321 просмотрs
World News Jehovah’s Witnesses website, books declared “extremist” in Russia The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that the website of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses is extremist. December 5 2014, 15:02 2 544 просмотрs
World News Ukraine president announces new ceasefire The Ukrainian president has announced a new ceasefire to begin on December 9. The so-called ‘day of silence’ in eastern Ukraine aims to secure a previous truce agreed in Minsk in September which only marginally reduced the fighting. December 5 2014, 11:56 1 353 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News China ready to build nuclear fuel plant in Kazakhstan "China is ready to build a nuclear fuel processing plant in Kazakhstan," Cao Shudong, deputy director general of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), said at the 8th sitting of the Sino-Kazakh subcommittee for energy cooperation held in Beijing, inform.kz reports. December 5 2014, 11:02 2 714 просмотрs
World News Saipem Notified of Marine Activity Halt Following South Stream Termination Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni has announced that it had been officially notified of contract termination from South Stream Transport BV. December 5 2014, 09:32 2 305 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News French President Francois Hollande is paying an official visit to Kazakhstan on December 5-6 Francois Hollande is arriving to Kazakhstan on the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. December 5 2014, 09:14 3 344 просмотрs
World News Ice and winds cause havoc in east and central Europe Cold weather has been causing havoc in east and central Europe. In Serbia emergency workers “risked their lives”, according to the electrical grid company EMS, to mend power cables which had been brought down by high winds and ice up to 20 centimetres thick, euronews reports. December 4 2014, 17:04 1 418 просмотрs
World News President Putin calls for Russians to be self-reliant December 4 2014, 16:30 2 444 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan might export shale gas - Vice Minister Amid Kazakhstan's expectations to produce shale gas in the near future, the country's Energy Ministry is considering the possibility to either export it or use for gasification of the regions, said Deputy Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin. December 4 2014, 16:26 2 681 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan ready to adopt Eurocodes in 2015 Kazakhstan is ready to adopt the European construction standards Eurocodes in 2015, Tengrinews reports citing Deputy Head of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Rakhim Oshakbayev as saying at the Construction Industry Congress this Tuesday in Astana. December 4 2014, 16:22 1 675 просмотрs
World News 19 Fishermen From Sunken South Korean Trawler Found Dead in Bering Sea The bodies of another three crew members of the South Korean fishing trawler Oryong 501, which sank in the Bering Sea on Monday, were found Thursday, a senior navy official told RIA Novosti on Thursday. December 4 2014, 15:22 2 108 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Ablyazov's company loses $1.5 billion arbitrage case against Kazakhstan The Ad hoc Committee of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has issued a final decision in favor of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the arbitration case against Dutch company KT Asia Investment Group BV (KT Asia) indirectly owned by Mukhtar Ablyazov, Tengrinews reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan. December 4 2014, 15:13 2 293 просмотрs
World News Hong Kong Occupy Central founders surrender The three co-founders of the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement which has become Hong Kong's biggest civic disobedience campaign turned themselves in to the police on Wednesday. December 3 2014, 17:47 1 172 просмотрs
World News Cairo court dismissed case against ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak A Cairo court has dismissed the case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The reasons for this are obvious, reports dw.de. December 3 2014, 16:57 1 261 просмотрs
World News Corruption a "problem for all," latest global index shows No country in the world has managed to achieve a perfect score of 100 in the 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index. The study by Transparency International urges failing states to adopt radical anti-corruption measures. December 3 2014, 16:49 2 560 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Presidents of Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan launch Uzen - Bereket - Gorgan railroad Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Iran's Hassan Rouhani, and Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have launched today the new railroad Uzen - Bereket - Gorgan, the press service of the Kazakh leader said. December 3 2014, 16:10 6 316 просмотрs
World News Iraq Says Arrested Woman Is Not The Wife of ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi An Iraqi official on Wednesday denied that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State group. December 3 2014, 15:05 2 126 просмотрs
Ecology Karachaganak is there, “Bolashak” is here… In Beryozovka village in West Kazakhstan Oblast 25 children and 4 adults were hospitalized as the result of poisoning with unknown substance. Local people believe that the cause of poisoning is the production of oil and gas at Karachaganak field located within several kilometers from the above village. Meanwhile, the Atyraulians also have reasons for concern: we have major Bolashak oil and gas processing plant near the city. December 3 2014, 11:16 3 551 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News S Kazakhstani designer creates 3D felt pictures Aigul Turaliyeva, a designer from the South Kazakhstan region, developed a methodology of creating three-dimensional works on felt in the form of flowers, ornaments, animal prints on clothes, headware and panel pictures. They produce effect of a 3D picture, inform.kz reports. December 3 2014, 10:06 1 189 просмотрs
World News American, Georgian and Lithuanian get key jobs in Ukraine’s new government The natives of the US, Georgia and Lithuania were hastily granted Ukrainian citizenship in order to become key ministers in the new government of Ukraine, which was approved by the country’s parliament on Tuesday. December 3 2014, 09:30 1 494 просмотрs
Society AIDS: New strategy and new patients Press conference dedicated to World AIDS Day took place in the Center for formation of healthy lifestyle. December 2 2014, 16:55 2 553 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Halyk Bank completes acquisition of HSBC Bank Kazakhstan Halyk Bank announced it has completed the acquisition of HSBC Bank Kazakhstan, the subsidiary of HSBC Bank plc. December 2 2014, 15:51 3 074 просмотрs
World News S. Korea ship sinks in Bering Sea; over 50 missing South Korean officials expressed fear Tuesday of a huge death toll after rescuers failed to find any of the more than 50 fishermen missing after their ship sank amid high waves in the freezing waters of the western Bering Sea on Monday. December 2 2014, 15:43 2 201 просмотрs