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Possible debris from missing Malaysian jet seen on Australian satellite images

Possible debris from missing Malaysian jet seen on Australian satellite images

Australian authorities say they have found two objects on satellite images that could be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, euronews reports. March 20 2014, 13:00 3 496 views

Spring has come, my dears and nears!

Spring has come, my dears and nears!

In the western regions of our country people start celebrating Nauryz on March 14 with traditional ‘korisu’ (literal translation – “to shake hands”). The meaning of this custom: people rejoiced that they made it through long and harsh winter and stayed alive and healthy. March 20 2014, 12:00 5 933 views

Full English-language translation of Putin's speech claiming Ukraine's Crimea for Russia

Full English-language translation of Putin's speech claiming Ukraine's Crimea for Russia

With Crimean Prime Minister Serhiy Aksyonov sitting in the front row, Russian President Vladimir Putin carried through on his threat to annex Ukraine's Crimean peninsula as part of Russia -- a violation of international law that he justified as heeding the will of Crimean voters in a March 16 referendum, kyivpost reports. March 19 2014, 17:00 5 271 views

Batch of blank Kazakh passports seized from Chinese nationals at border

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Batch of blank Kazakh passports seized from Chinese nationals at border

Nearly 300 blank Kazakhstan passports have been seized from two Chinese nationals at the border in Almaty airport, tengrinews reports citing the Border Police of Kazakhstan. March 19 2014, 15:53 3 373 views

Germany says it could live without Russian gas

Germany says it could live without Russian gas

Germany could live without its Russian gas supply if necessary, Philipp Missfelder, foreign policy spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling political coalition, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday, cnn.com reports. March 19 2014, 15:36 2 384 views

President Atambayev signs decree on resignation of Kyrgyz Government

President Atambayev signs decree on resignation of Kyrgyz Government

President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev received today Chief of the President's Administration Daniyar Narymbayev who submitted an official letter of the leader of the parliamentary majority coalition “Yrys Aldy Yntymak”, Felix Kulov, about the loss of its parliamentary majority status, the press service of the President reported, akipress reports. March 19 2014, 12:41 2 554 views

Crimean Tatars Will Have to Vacate Land – Official

Crimean Tatars Will Have to Vacate Land – Official

Ukraine’s breakaway region of Crimea will ask Tatars to vacate part of the land where they now live in exchange for new territory elsewhere in the region, a top Crimean government official said Tuesday, ria.ru reports. March 19 2014, 11:17 2 982 views

Kazakhstan recognizes results of Crimean referendum

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Kazakhstan recognizes results of Crimean referendum

Kazakhstan has recognized the results of the Crimean referendum, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported, akipress reports. March 19 2014, 11:14 1 883 views

Benetton, Zara and H&M to use Kazakhstan's wool to make their clothing

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Benetton, Zara and H&M to use Kazakhstan's wool to make their clothing

Benetton, Zara and H&M brands will be using Kazakhstan's wool, KazAgro Holding reports. March 19 2014, 11:07 2 503 views

Kazakhstan FM announced its view concerning referendum in Crimea

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Kazakhstan FM announced its view concerning referendum in Crimea

Taking into consideration the referendum in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on the 16th of March, 2014 Kazakhstan lays emphasis its involvement to the fundamental principles of international law stated in the UN Charter, bnews.kz reports with the reference to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. March 19 2014, 11:02 3 290 views

No general contractor for EXPO-2017 yet

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No general contractor for EXPO-2017 yet

No general contractor has been selected for Astana's EXPO-2017 so far, tengrinews report citing Talgat Yermegyayev, Chairman of the national company Astana EXPO-2017 that is dealing with the expo arrangements. March 18 2014, 19:19 3 491 views

Vicente Loscertales advises Kazakhstan to have good cultural show for EXPO

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Vicente Loscertales advises Kazakhstan to have good cultural show for EXPO

Vicente Loscertales, General Secretary of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE), has advised Kazakhstan to arrange an exiting cultural show for the EXPO Astana will host in 2017, tengrinews reports. March 18 2014, 19:17 2 829 views

Arrest of Firtash may be another sign of US playing hardball with Russia

Arrest of Firtash may be another sign of US playing hardball with Russia

Last week police in Austria, acting on a warrant from the FBI in the United States, arrested Dmitry Firtash. He's one of Ukraine's wealthiest businessmen, with ties to deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and possibly to Russian President Vladimir Putin, pri.org reports. March 18 2014, 19:07 2 768 views

Los Angeles Wakes Up To St. Patrick's Day Earthquake

Los Angeles Wakes Up To St. Patrick's Day Earthquake

A pre-dawn earthquake rolled across the Los Angeles basin on Monday, rattling nerves and shaking buildings along a 150-mile swath of Southern California but causing no major damage, huffingtonpost.com reports. March 18 2014, 18:23 4 826 views

Mindful of Past, Many Tatars Fear a Russian Future

Mindful of Past, Many Tatars Fear a Russian Future

Among the voices drowned out by victory celebrations across Crimea as it voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia were those of the Tatars, a minority group for whom the prospect of a return to Moscow rule brings only fear and uncertainty, trust.org reports. March 18 2014, 14:09 5 960 views

Ukraine Recalls Ambassador From Moscow

Ukraine Recalls Ambassador From Moscow

Kiev recalled its ambassador to Moscow on Monday for consultations on its breakaway region of Crimea, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, ria.ru reports. March 18 2014, 13:57 3 459 views

Russia's President Putin moves towards annexing Crimea

Russia's President Putin moves towards annexing Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed parliament formally of Crimea's request to join the country, the first legislative step towards absorbing the peninsula, bbc reports. March 18 2014, 13:33 3 872 views

Ukrainian government refuses to remove troops from Crimea, prepares for war

Ukrainian government refuses to remove troops from Crimea, prepares for war

In the wake of a March 16 referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation, Ukrainian leaders refused to cede any part of the peninsula, calling on their troops to prepare for war, kyivpost reports. March 18 2014, 09:39 4 217 views

Foreign Ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan discuss situation in Ukraine and Crimea

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Foreign Ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan discuss situation in Ukraine and Crimea

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kazakh Foreign MinisterYerlan Idrisov discussed via telephone the situation in Ukraine, said the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry on March 17, akipress.com reports. March 18 2014, 09:22 2 989 views

Putin Signs Decree Recognizing Crimea as 'Sovereign State'

Putin Signs Decree Recognizing Crimea as 'Sovereign State'

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday recognizing Ukraine's Crimea region as a sovereign state, nbcnews.com reports. March 18 2014, 09:08 2 279 views

Search for missing Malaysian jet expands from Australia to Kazakhstan

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Search for missing Malaysian jet expands from Australia to Kazakhstan

The search for the missing Malaysian jet pushed deep into the northern and southern hemispheres Monday as Australia took the lead in scouring the seas of the southern Indian Ocean and Kazakhstan -- about 10,000 miles to the northwest -- answered Malaysia's call for help in the unprecedented hunt, siliver.com reports. March 17 2014, 17:10 3 944 views

Ukraine's parliament approves Hr 6.7 billion for defense, mobilization of armed forces

Ukraine's parliament approves Hr 6.7 billion for defense, mobilization of armed forces

Ukraine's parliament approved emergency funding of Hr 6.7 billion (more than $600 million) for military spending and agreed to mobilize military and National Guard units today -- a significant amount in a national budget that doesn't exceed $50 billion a year, kyivpost.com reports. March 17 2014, 16:27 2 556 views

Crimea result makes "a mockery" of democracy, says Hague

Crimea result makes "a mockery" of democracy, says Hague

The government says it rejects the result of Crimea's referendum, which Foreign Secretary William Hague has denounced as a "mockery of proper democratic practice", bbc reports. March 17 2014, 16:16 3 690 views

Nazarbayev and Cameron discuss situation in Ukraine

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Nazarbayev and Cameron discuss situation in Ukraine

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and British Prime-Minister David Cameron has discussed the situation in Ukraine over the phone, tengrinews reports citing the presidential press-service. The phone talks between the Kazakhstan President and the British Prime-Minister was initiated by the British side. March 17 2014, 13:45 2 759 views

Nauryz Holidays in Atyrau

Nauryz Holidays in Atyrau

Atyrau Mayor’s Office informed that Nauryz celebration will start on March 21, at 11:00am at the central Makhambet and Issatay Square. March 17 2014, 13:33 5 559 views