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​N. Nazarbayev signed law on restriction of state interference with entrepreneurship activity

Head of State N. Nazarbayev signed the Law of Kazakhstan "On amendments to several legislation acts of Kazakhstan regarding restriction of the state interference with the entrepreneurship activity", the press service of the Akorda informs. April 22 2015, 15:23 1 282 просмотрs

World News

Saudis end air campaign in Yemen, seek political solution

Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday it was ending a month-long campaign of air strikes against the Houthi rebels who seized large areas of Yemen and said it would back a political solution to bring peace to its war-ravaged neighbor. April 22 2015, 15:07 1 124 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstani authorities seeking occasion for Kazhegeldin return to motherland- source

The authorities of Kazakhstan are seeking occasion for return of ex prime minister Akezhan Kazhegeldin to the motherland, said an informed source from Nur Otan party to KazTAG. April 22 2015, 14:56 2 106 просмотрs

Ecology

​Accommodating project

April 22 2015, 11:35 3 235 просмотрs

Crime

​Bus driver who run over 2 women given 5 years conditional sentence

The court reviewing the case of the bus driver who on January 14 hit two women at the crosswalk on Satpaev Avenue (see "In Atyrau bus hit two women to death") issued a final statement. April 22 2015, 10:54 3 402 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Why Did No One From Western Kazakhstan Show Interest In Running For President?

The western part of Kazakhstan has huge oil and gas fields, all the country's ports, and a new railway line linking the country to Iran via Turkmenistan. April 22 2015, 10:37 1 263 просмотрs

World News

US downplays reports that ISIL leader was wounded in airstrike

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had no reason to believe that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group, was seriously hurt in an air strike. April 22 2015, 10:33 1 000 просмотрs

Economy

​Drilling operations in Tengiz will be carried out by “KMG Nabors Drilling Company” LLP

Drilling operations in Tengiz will be carried out by “KMG Nabors Drilling Company" LLP, the documents about establishment of this company were signed on Tuesday in Astana between KMG Drilling & Services LLP (subsidiary of KazMunayGas National Company) and "Nabors Drilling International Ltd" (the world leader in oil and gas drilling), KMG press service reports. April 21 2015, 16:54 7 164 просмотрs

World News

Queen celebrates her 89th Birthday

Her Majesty The Queen was born on 21 April 1926. She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. April 21 2015, 16:26 1 474 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Accreditation completed for observers at Kazakh presidential election

Kazakhstan on Apr. 20 completed the accreditation of observers from foreign countries, international organizations and foreign media for the presidential election to be held in the country on Apr. 26. April 21 2015, 16:13 1 176 просмотрs

Economy

​KazMunaiGaz and Nabors Drilling International Ltd establish joint drilling company

The documents on establishment of a joint company were signed by "KazMunaiGaz Drilling & Service" LLP and world leader in the sphere of oil and gas drilling Nabors Drilling International Ltd. April 21 2015, 15:27 4 680 просмотрs

World News

Egypt's Mursi sentenced to 20 years in prison

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday, nearly three years after he was declared Egypt's first freely elected president. April 21 2015, 14:52 1 064 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan's Aktau seaport expansion project to kick off July 2015

The first phase of the expansion of Aktau seaport will begin in July 2015, the project completion is scheduled for 2016, chairman of Aktau seaport's board Amirbek Tulegenov said, reports Novosti-Kazakhstan. April 21 2015, 12:11 1 931 просмотрs

World News

US to Provide Additional $17.7 Mln in Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

http://sputniknews.com./politics/20150421/1021151401.htmlThe United States will provide Kiev with $17.7 million in additional humanitarian aid to use towards food, water and shelter, the White House announced in a statement after US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke over the phone. April 21 2015, 10:52 1 170 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan plans to launch visa free regime for 16 states by summer

Kazakhstan plans to introduce visa free regime for 16 states, said Gulnar Kurbanbayeva, deputy chairfigure of the board of the national business chamber. April 21 2015, 10:38 1 265 просмотрs

World News

27 survivors of Sunday’s Mediterranean shipwreck reach Italy, death toll 800

Twenty-seven survivors of Sunday's Mediterranean shipwreck arrived on a coast guard vessel at the Italian port of Catania on Monday night. April 21 2015, 10:19 1 136 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan plans to create logistics terminals at Baltic Sea and Persian Gulf

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakh railways) is considering the issue of logistics terminals construction at the Baltic Sea and the Persian Gulf, Kazinform reported. April 21 2015, 10:03 1 776 просмотрs

World News

Thousands protest government corruption across Hungary

Thousands of people have gathered in 50 cities across Hungary to protest what many say is an erosion of democratic freedoms and government corruption. April 20 2015, 17:43 1 353 просмотрs

World News

Why OPEC's losing its ability to set oil prices

OPEC 's glory days of steering global oil prices may be at an end. April 20 2015, 17:04 1 829 просмотрs

World News

Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 35 In Jalalabad; ISIS Reportedly Claims Responsibility

In what could be the first attack in Afghanistan by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the extremist group has reportedly said it is behind Saturday's deadly attack in Jalalabad. Media outlets and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have noted the claim, which has not been independently verified. April 20 2015, 16:33 1 243 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Syrian opposition ready to visit Kazakhstan’s Astana to discuss mediation

A group of Syrian oppositionists will visit Astana the next week to discuss the possibility of holding inter-Syrian talks in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti quoted the leader of the Syrian Movement for a Pluralistic Society, Randa Kassis, as saying Apr. 20. April 20 2015, 16:28 1 212 просмотрs

World News

EU meets on migrant crisis as shipwreck corpses brought ashore

European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more than words as bodies were brought ashore in Malta among hundreds feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy. April 20 2015, 16:21 1 165 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan plans to spend $20bln on Silk Road Project

Kazakhstan plans to invest over $20 billion by 2020 into its transportation industry to become the main transit country between the booming Chinese market and Europe, said Zhenis Kasymbek, Kazakhstan's deputy minister of investment and development. April 20 2015, 16:10 2 005 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev supports eco-friendly Almaty: city centre to become exclusively pedestrian

President of Kazakhstan has visited Almaty this weekend, Tengrinews reports. He has been to the newly opened fashionable Dostyk Plaza shopping mall, bought some the Made in Kazakhstan products and participated in the opening ceremony of two new subway stations in Almaty. April 20 2015, 15:50 3 774 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

10-year visas for Kazakhstanis: US Ambassador Krol

The USA plans to offer 10-year business and tourist visas to Kazakhstanis, Tengrinewsreports citing the US Ambassador George Krol. April 20 2015, 15:15 1 174 просмотрs