Society Man who "robbed" himself Last week 35-y.o. citizen of Atyrau who lives in the 5th micro region of Privokzalny (rail way station) city district filed a petition with the Department of Internal Affairs that he was robbed by unknown persons. March 30 2015, 14:58 3 227 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News China, Kazakhstan sign $23.6 bln in deals China and Kazakhstan have signed 33 deals worth $23.6 billion covering areas from hydropower to steel, state news agency Xinhua said. March 30 2015, 11:27 2 774 просмотрs
World News Canada: Accident involving Airbus A320 hospitalises at least 25 At least 25 people have been hospitalised in Canada following an accident involving an Airbus A320. March 30 2015, 10:14 2 064 просмотрs
World News Arab League agrees to form coalition to counter militant threat in region The second and final day of the Arab League Summit has come to a close in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. March 30 2015, 09:58 2 091 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Winter returns to East Kazakhstan Winter has returned to East Kazakhstan region. The rain turned into sleet last night. According to Kazhydromet, the snowfall, blizzard and increase of wind to 20 meters per second will continue through March 29, kazinform.kz reports. March 30 2015, 09:54 2 171 просмотрs
World News Uzbekistan set to re-elect president Islam Karimov Uzbekistan has voted in a presidential election all but certain to be won by long-term incumbent Islam Karimov, who has led the country for over 25 years, Kazinform refers to BBC.com. March 30 2015, 09:51 2 911 просмотрs
Culture Toni Turi sang legendary Kazakh song "Balkadisha" at San Remo The Italian engineer Tony Turi (former Agip employee) about whom we wrote several times in our newspaper ("The Ambassador of the Neapolitan song in Atyrau", etc.) who decided to change his career of the oil engineer to the singing career, started his rising to musical stardom here, in Atyrau, and he stepped onto the international stage with the Kazakh folk song "Balkadisha" that he sang at San Remo.doc last month. Tony participated in a selection round where he sang our "Balkadisha". It would be interesting to track Tony's evolution as a singer …. March 27 2015, 17:45 9 062 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Nine contenders for presidency of Kazakhstan withdraw from election race The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kazakhstan refused to register six self-nominated contenders for the presidency of Kazakhstan, while three more contenders submitted applications for their withdrawal from the election race. March 27 2015, 17:21 2 417 просмотрs
World News German aviation association wants two-person cockpit rule The German aviation association BDL has said that it wants to introduce a two-person cockpit rule similar to the one implemented by many airlines, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair. March 27 2015, 16:57 3 408 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan victims of Airbus A320 crash Three Kazakhs who perished in the Germanwings flight were on a European vacation when they made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to Spain to watch one of soccer's most popular matches. March 27 2015, 16:48 4 312 просмотрs
Society Earth Hour tomorrow Kazakhstan people including citizens in Atyrau will join the symbolic action of turning lights out for an hour in an expression of concern for the environment. The action will take place in over 6,000 cities across 134 countries in the world in observing the Earth Hour on March 28. People will turn off lights and all electrical appliances for an hour from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm to show their solidarity to the cause of climate change. March 27 2015, 15:17 2 324 просмотрs
World News Argentine court dismisses Cristina Fernandez case An Argentine appeals court has upheld a decision to dismiss a controversial case against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. March 27 2015, 12:38 3 047 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News National Fund to channel 686 bln tenge for Nurly Zhol program implementation In the framework of Nurly Zhol program the National Fund in 2015 provided 686 billion tenge, this has been announced at today's briefing by Deputy Finance Minister Ruslan Dalenov. March 27 2015, 12:22 2 614 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Austrian man extradited to Germany to face fraud charges General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan has satisfied the request of the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany on extradition of Austrian citizen to face fraud charges, according to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. March 27 2015, 11:08 2 326 просмотрs
Economy A Journey Beyond the Seven Seas As it became known to Ak Zhaik newspaper the large-scale project of Tengizchevroil LLP - Wellhead Pressure Management / Future Growth Project (WPM/FGP) - considerably rose in cost, and the date of implementation was postponed from 2019 to 2021. According to updated estimates and schedule of works, based on the results of front end engineering design the cost of the project increased from $23,7 billion to $38,8 billion. March 27 2015, 10:15 4 796 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News MIA: The reason of Kapparov's death was cardiac arrest The head of "Kazatomprom" Nurlan Kapparov suddenly died in Beijing, azh.kz reports. March 27 2015, 01:54 4 051 просмотрs
World News Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to "destroy the plane", officials said. March 27 2015, 01:09 2 608 просмотрs
Society Nurlan Kapparov died Our sources reported that today, on March 26, the head of national company Kazatomprom Nurlan Kapparov died. March 26 2015, 15:19 4 129 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan victims of Airbus A320 crash were from E Kazakhstan rgn - MFA Three citizens of Kazakhstan who became victims of the Airbus A320 deadly plane crash in the French Alps on March 24 were from East Kazakhstan region. March 26 2015, 14:46 2 844 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Three candidates to run for president in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) registered only three candidates for participation in the snap presidential election to be held April 26, RIA Novosti reported March 25. March 26 2015, 14:43 2 548 просмотрs
Culture Alternative Nauryz celebration in Saraishyk village On March 23 the residents of the small Saraishyk village celebrated Nauryz- the Coming of Spring or Kazakh New Year not in a usual way, at the cost of the local budget, but this event could be truly called an "alternative" celebration of Nauryz. March 26 2015, 10:32 5 893 просмотрs
World News Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor. March 26 2015, 10:00 2 825 просмотрs
World News ‘The plane is disintegrated': 150 dead as Airbus A320 goes down in Southern France A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. All aboard are feared dead, French officials said. March 25 2015, 01:57 3 085 просмотрs
World News Son of ousted Ukraine leader said to have drowned in car accident The 33-year-old son of toppled ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has died, his former party said Monday, after his car apparently fell through ice on Russia's Lake Baikal. March 25 2015, 01:46 2 506 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Access to social networks may be blocked before election day in Kazakhstan In case of violation of the rules of election campaigning in Kazakhstan, access to social networks may be blocked, Tengrinews reports. March 24 2015, 17:38 2 920 просмотрs