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Workers Strike at Keppel Kazakhstan Aktau

On Feb 19, workers of ship-building Keppel Kazakhstan in Aktau went on strike. The workers gathered at the plant’s main entrance in a hope that company administration will talk to them, but nobody from the management came to speak to the workers, reports lada.kz. February 20 2013, 11:36 3 028 просмотрs

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Don’t feel yourself abandoned, kid!

The kids that ended up in the Atyrau city orphanage # 1 named after Sabyr Kazybaev have different fates. Some of them are full orphans and others have parents, but they are either missing, serve time in jail or in medical facilities due to long-term diseases. February 9 2013, 10:45 3 431 просмотрs

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Mushrooms in Atyrau

I tried mushrooms for the first time in my life when I was in the army. Our military academy was located in the centre of the city on the coast of the Neva River. Once a month we used to go for training to a polygon - a shooting range. During the breaks between the sessions, the nurse who accompanied us, used to distribute to us, the young soldiers, whickered baskets and asked us to collect mushrooms in the woods nearby. In return she treated us with “soukhariki”- toasted sweet bread. Being the son of the steppe, I knew nothing about mushrooms and collected them all, without knowing which ones were edible and which ones were poisonous.   January 31 2013, 16:24 2 351 просмотрs

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Lady’s Finger

As reported by many mass-media, recently a 21-year-old man from Pavlodar was arrested for 5 days for giving a middle finger to the cortege of the Chairman of the Senate of the RoK Parliament - Kairat MAMI. It appeared that he is not the only citizen of Kazakhstan, who showed this gesture to VIP persons. My colleague – the editor of the newspaper “West Kazakhstan Today” (an English enclosure to Ak Zhaik newspaper) Zeena Urynbassarova remembered a fact when she, in similar way, tainted her clean biography in 2005. January 17 2013, 22:42 2 314 просмотрs

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Dog club opened in Atyrau

– Hello! –  she instantly wins the favour of everyone who hears her greeting. She lives in her private house in Zhoumysker district. Meet Goulmira Erkinova, she opened the first dog club in Atyrau. Atyrau association of amateur dog breeders has been officially registered in August of 2012. January 10 2013, 12:17 2 100 просмотрs

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Christmas in Atyrau Dormition Cathedral

On January 7 the Orthodox Christians in Atyrau celebrated the Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas). According to the tradition, the bells of Holy Dormition Cathedral sounded the start of the ceremonial service.  January 9 2013, 11:51 1 987 просмотрs

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Atyrau through the eyes of foreigners

Recently a friend of mine, browsing the endless space of Internet, came across a website where expats, who work and live in Atyrau, share their impressions about the life here. One of the authors of those postings (probably, a young man) tried to understand the reasons of (literally) "offenses and hatred in this young country" of local population towards people of his kind. Let us also try to understand the issue. January 5 2013, 17:54 20 937 просмотрs

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January 7 - Orthodox Christmas

On January 7, 2013 Orthodox Christians of Kazakhstan will celebrate Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas). As per item 4, Article 96, of RoK Labour Code, Orthodox Christmas, as well as Muslim Kurban-ait (the End of Ramadan) is not considred a national holiday, but a  non-working day. Therefore, in 2013 the Kazakhstan residents will have three days off: Jan 5, 6 and 7 for the Orthodox Christmas. January 4 2013, 14:32 3 007 просмотрs

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Child made a wish, You made it come true

How Ak Zhaik readers made children’s wishes come true on New Year’s eve. At the beginning of December we, the reporters of AkZhaik newspaper, visited the orphanage # 1 and told the children that it was Santa Claus who sent us and requested to find out what each child wants to get for a New Year present. Kids immediately surrounded us and wishes poured from different directions: girls asked dolls, bar pins and hair-slides from the magical granddad and boys wanted toy cars, Batman and helicopters. We promised that we will pass all their wishes personally to Santa Claus. Children smiled in return. The doubt was in their eyes, as well as little hope.   January 3 2013, 18:17 2 649 просмотрs

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Season's Greetings

Dear readers, our team is taking a few days off and will be back in office on January 03, 2013. We would like to use this opportunity to convey our season's greetings. December 31 2012, 14:38 1 721 просмотрs

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27 Dec -National mourning for plane crash victims

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced a national day of mourning in Kazakhstan on December 27 in honor of Frontier Service personnel of the National Security Committee, who have been killed in a military plane crash near the city of Shymkent, the Presidential press service said. December 26 2012, 18:42 1 750 просмотрs

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New Year Gift from National Bank of KZ

On the eve of New Year the Kazakhstan Mint has coined, and the RoK National Bank issued  “Sultan Beibars” proof quality jubilee silver coins from “Great Soldiers” series, ”The White Stork” from “Endangered and Rare Species of Animals” series of coins with the nominal value of 100 tenge, has advised today A. Bissengalieva, the chief economist of the Atyrau branch of National Bank.  December 26 2012, 18:06 2 848 просмотрs

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West Kazakhstan Today wishes its readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped to shape our business in a most significant way. We value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come. We wish you a very happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with peace and prosperity. December 22 2012, 16:13 3 550 просмотрs

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Mini Doomsday

On December 21 the promised doomsday arrived with strong wind and heavy snowfall which, as usual, became an absolute surprise for our municipal services and a nightmare for drivers. December 22 2012, 11:10 1 819 просмотрs

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Alpysbai the Wolfer

According to Atyrau Oblast Society of Hunters and Fishermen, from the beginning of the year in our region 264 wolves, 14 jackals and 57 wolf cubs have been killed. In this race for wolf scalps the individual leadership has Alpysbai Koulpeisov, 53-year-old hunter from Atyrau, whose score is the highest - 172 wolves. The second was Daulbai Kanatbaev, the huntsman from the Isatai district, who exterminated 47 wolves. December 22 2012, 10:00 2 974 просмотрs

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Wind snaps power lines

Today, in the morning of December 21, the lights went off in the residential areas of Atyrau. December 21 2012, 16:36 1 862 просмотрs

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Atyrau Court Helped the Italian

Orlando Iezzi returned to Atyrau from Italy on November 29 (see our previous publications #7, dd. 26.07.12 “Escape from Karabatan”).  By the decision of the court on November 30 he returned back to his former supervisory position in Agip KCO. December 5 2012, 08:00 3 213 просмотрs

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Driver and passenger died in Tengiz-Kulsary road accident

On December 1 at 20:30 hrs on the 44th km of Tengiz – Kulsary highway as the result of head-on collision of Volkswagen Passat and Hyundai cars 2 people died. December 4 2012, 11:51 2 769 просмотрs

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House for the Bar

On Dec 1 the Atyrau Oblast Bar Association presented their new office on Moldagaliev Street. It’s been a good while since this organization knocked about in unsuitable offices, and in recent years it took shelter in the 3-roomed apartment in Avanguard city distrct. Meanwhile, to-date over 100 barristers are registered in Atyrau Oblast. December 4 2012, 10:54 1 709 просмотрs

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Three hunters died in Atyrau Oblast

In the morning of Dec 1 the emergency dispatcher’s desk “112” received a call from 2 hunters who returned to the city from hunting, the Emergency Situation Department reported on Sunday. They brought on their shoulders the body of their hunting mate. December 3 2012, 09:48 2 156 просмотрs

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“Patriots’ Rally”

Pretty young female students wearing blue T-shirts with the sign “I love president”, young men waving blue flags, cameras flashing and national dances – the event titled “Patriots’ Rally” took place at the Atyrau State University today marking the Day of the First President.    December 2 2012, 15:09 1 693 просмотрs

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ExxonMobil Gives Ambulances to Rural Hospitals

ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Inc. has given 10 UAZ ambulance vehicles and 1 Niva car to Atyrau Department of Health. Ambulance keys’ delivering ceremony was held on November 28.  December 1 2012, 16:29 3 964 просмотрs

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If only there is no back wave

On November 15, JSC Atyrau-Zharyk public hearings re. approval of tariff for supply and distribution of power in 2013-2015 were held in the House of Culture named after Dina Nurpeissova. November 17 2012, 16:01 2 080 просмотрs

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Quota for happiness

In Atyrau there are more and more childless couples. 395 women and 16 men have been registered as infertile to-date. But it is only official data. November 13 2012, 12:10 2 231 просмотрs

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Baby Bringing Stork is All Sick

At the beginning of the year Atyrau was in the center of the scandal – public prosecutor's audit revealed high mortality rate among babies in maternity hospitals (see AkZhaik # 8 dd. 23.02.2012, “Mortality Increased Together with Standards”). Prosecutors promised then to identify the reasons. But after a while this story was all forgotten. November 6 2012, 12:02 1 969 просмотрs