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Ecology

Waste disposal leaves Kashagan first oil deadline under question

Kashagan project, which CNN Money recognized as the most expensive energy project in the past 40 years [$116bn], has grown heavier by another $65mln. NCOC, the consortium, will have to spend this much on construction of liquid process waste cleaning units, previously ‘forgotten’ in the design. 75% of the wastes are formation waters containing poisonous substances.  May 10 2013, 08:45 2 696 views

World News

Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 800

The army in Bangladesh say 804 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the capital Dhaka. May 9 2013, 18:03 1 422 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan citizens with Victory Day

Today the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated veterans and all Kazakhstan citizens with the Victory Day. May 9 2013, 17:57 3 153 views

Society

Die Hard Soldier

It wasn’t easy for me to get hold of the Grandad for taking an interview. He was “hardly accessible”. His schedule was very tight: 90-year old veteran of war and oil industry and, since recently, newlywed Kourmanbai Dosymbetuly (or Kurmanbai-ata) is either staying out or, on the contrary, giving party in his house. I arrived to Akzhar village on Friday afternoon. I opened the door of the small tidy house and was immediately enveiled with clouds of “beshbarmak” - meat a la Kazakh. Just as I thought, Grandad again was entertaining guests in his house!   May 9 2013, 06:18 3 310 views

Culture

On the steep banks walked Katyusha…

In Atyrau on the Victory Day eve in eleven points of the city at one and  the same time the famous wartime song “Katyusha” composed by Matvei Blanter with lyrics from Mikhail Isakovsky was sung. Such a peculiar flashmob initiative belongs to the public association “Zheruyik Cultural Fund”. May 8 2013, 18:03 2 562 views

Other News

Egg throwing contest held in Saraichik

May 7, the village of Saraichik, to the north of Atyrau, hosted an egg throwing competition for the Cup of Andrei Tsukanov, a public activist famous for egging Labor Minister Serik Abdenov during a press conference in Almaty on April 26. The minister fell under public displeasure for promoting unpopular retirement system reform in Kazakhstan. May 8 2013, 12:26 2 824 views

World News

Father of UMass Dartmouth student arrested after Marathon bombings visits memorial site

The father of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings and accused of helping to destroy evidence appeared at the memorial site in Copley Square Tuesday morning. May 8 2013, 12:06 1 800 views

World News

Study: US immigration reform would cost $6.3 trillion

A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3 trillion, AFP reports. May 8 2013, 11:44 1 440 views

Kazakhstan News

Astana Media Center caught fire, 800 evacuated

Media Center caught fire this weekend in Astana, Tengrinews.kz reports. May 8 2013, 11:30 2 482 views

World News

North Korea removes missiles from launch sites

In a sudden de-escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang has removed two of its ballistic missile units from their launching positions, US officials confirmed. May 7 2013, 15:37 1 718 views

Society

Two women freed from slavery, make peace with "slave-drivers"

Two women, who spent six months in slavery, reconciled with the family of exploiters in the West Kazakhstan Oblast. May 7 2013, 13:28 2 178 views

Other News

Structural changes possible at Kashagan: an informed source

The giant Kashagan oilfield may face structural changes, KazTAG reports, citing an informed source in Astana. May 7 2013, 13:06 2 639 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan proud of its army and does best to enhance it

President of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has stated at the first military parade on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day today. May 7 2013, 12:54 3 477 views

Kazakhstan News

First Kazakh Woman Promoted To General

A woman has been promoted to the rank of general within the Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office for the first time ever. May 6 2013, 16:43 1 949 views

Kazakhstan News

Azamat Tazhayakov meets with father in U.S. jail

Kazakhstan student Azamat Tazhayakov accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case met with his father, CNN reports. May 6 2013, 14:12 1 789 views

Kazakhstan News

MP proposed stricter immigration rules

The case of Kazakh students Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov suspected of involvement in the Boston Marathon explosions, pushed Kazakh politicians to think about stricter migration control in the country. May 6 2013, 12:37 1 624 views

World News

Working gun made with 3D printer

The world's first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US. May 6 2013, 12:23 1 617 views

Kazakhstan News

First oil at Kashagan to flow in early July

First oil at Kashagan will be produced in early July 2013, an informed source in oil and gas sector in Astana told KazTAG. May 6 2013, 11:27 2 897 views

Society

Minister Abdenov given bag of eggs in Uralsk

Serik Abdenov, the RoK Minister of Labour and Social Protection, said that in the city of Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Oblast, people are against the pension reform. May 6 2013, 10:23 2 557 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Prime Minister speaks about unpopular pension reform

The pension reform proposed by the government is aimed at decent life of Kazakhstan people after retirement, stated Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov. May 6 2013, 10:18 2 016 views

World News

Cemeteries refuse to bury Boston maraton suspect

A funeral home owner in Worcester, Mass. is struggling to find a burial plot for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. Four cemeteries in three states have refused to accept Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body, according to the New York Daily News. May 6 2013, 09:43 1 682 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Kun-Do actors to perform stunts in Indian movie

A team of professional stunt actors of Kazakhstan’s Kun-Do stunt fighting school led by Igor Tsai has been invited to cooperate with an Indian filmmaker, Tengrinews.kz reports. May 6 2013, 09:34 1 987 views

Kazakhstan News

Astana joined EC initiative on rational use of energy resources

Astana joined the initiative of the European Commission “Agreement of Mayors”, reports the national chamber of housing-communal economy and construction. May 4 2013, 16:42 1 352 views

World News

Think tank: U.S. must not make efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations

The South Caucasus countries and the world power centers have their own views on the region. But this does not mean that the South Caucasus countries must blindly fulfill the will of big and powerful countries. In any case, Azerbaijan and Georgia intend to form the ways of development in accordance with its national interests, director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President Farhad Mammadov said today. May 4 2013, 15:02 1 516 views

Kazakhstan News

Supreme Mufti of RoK congratulated orthodox Kazakhstan citizens on Easter

The Supreme Mufti of RoK Yerzhan hadji Mayamerov congratulated orthodox believers on Easter and wished them health, happiness and joy and also wished help in religious service to Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan. May 4 2013, 14:41 1 694 views