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Nazarbayev, Hollande unveiled Sorbonne Institute Kazakhstan in Almaty

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of France Francois Hollande are set to unveil Sorbonne Institute Kazakhstan in Almaty today, Kazinform has learnt from the Akorda's official Twitter account. December 8 2014, 00:35 2 909 просмотрs

World News

Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley

Peaceful protests over the chokehold death of Eric Garner took a violent turn in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, when several masked protesters smashed store windows and hurled objects atpolice officers who used smoke and teargas to disperse the crowd, reuters.com reports. December 8 2014, 00:27 1 151 просмотрs

Ex-Governor case

Prosecutors challenge“soft sentencing”

Public prosecutors filed a protest appeal on November 14 against the sentence passed by the specialized interdistrict court on criminal cases regarding the case of Bergey Ryskaliev's organized criminal group. Prosecutors consider that the sentence is “illegal” in some parts and demand to toughen the punishment. December 7 2014, 23:23 5 184 просмотрs

Ecology

When the last sturgeon will be caught…

Retired veteran of fish industry Vera Dzhamalova (on a photo) currently lives in Astana, but once or twice a year she comes to Atyrau, the city where she was born and worked all her life in the fishing industry. December 5 2014, 17:55 3 229 просмотрs

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Vnukovo airport engineer to remain in pre-trial detention over Total plane crash

The Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the detention of Vnukovo airport engineer Vladimir Ledenev charged in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, RAPSI reports from the courtroom. December 5 2014, 15:54 2 247 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Maria Mudryak to perform in Astana Opera for the first time

Italian opera singer Maria Mudryak will perform for the first time on the stage of Astana Opera in Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing the singer’s Facebook account. December 5 2014, 15:45 2 363 просмотрs

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Jehovah’s Witnesses website, books declared “extremist” in Russia

The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that the website of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses is extremist. December 5 2014, 15:02 2 610 просмотрs

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Ukraine president announces new ceasefire

The Ukrainian president has announced a new ceasefire to begin on December 9. The so-called ‘day of silence’ in eastern Ukraine aims to secure a previous truce agreed in Minsk in September which only marginally reduced the fighting. December 5 2014, 11:56 1 414 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

China ready to build nuclear fuel plant in Kazakhstan

"China is ready to build a nuclear fuel processing plant in Kazakhstan," Cao Shudong, deputy director general of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), said at the 8th sitting of the Sino-Kazakh subcommittee for energy cooperation held in Beijing, inform.kz reports. December 5 2014, 11:02 2 763 просмотрs

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Saipem Notified of Marine Activity Halt Following South Stream Termination

Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni has announced that it had been officially notified of contract termination from South Stream Transport BV. December 5 2014, 09:32 2 352 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

French President Francois Hollande is paying an official visit to Kazakhstan on December 5-6

Francois Hollande is arriving to Kazakhstan on the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. December 5 2014, 09:14 3 394 просмотрs

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Ice and winds cause havoc in east and central Europe

Cold weather has been causing havoc in east and central Europe. In Serbia emergency workers “risked their lives”, according to the electrical grid company EMS, to mend power cables which had been brought down by high winds and ice up to 20 centimetres thick, euronews reports. December 4 2014, 17:04 1 469 просмотрs

World News

President Putin calls for Russians to be self-reliant

December 4 2014, 16:30 2 485 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan might export shale gas - Vice Minister

Amid Kazakhstan's expectations to produce shale gas in the near future, the country's Energy Ministry is considering the possibility to either export it or use for gasification of the regions, said Deputy Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin. December 4 2014, 16:26 2 713 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan ready to adopt Eurocodes in 2015

Kazakhstan is ready to adopt the European construction standards Eurocodes in 2015, Tengrinews reports citing Deputy Head of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Rakhim Oshakbayev as saying at the Construction Industry Congress this Tuesday in Astana. December 4 2014, 16:22 1 707 просмотрs

World News

19 Fishermen From Sunken South Korean Trawler Found Dead in Bering Sea

The bodies of another three crew members of the South Korean fishing trawler Oryong 501, which sank in the Bering Sea on Monday, were found Thursday, a senior navy official told RIA Novosti on Thursday. December 4 2014, 15:22 2 158 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ablyazov's company loses $1.5 billion arbitrage case against Kazakhstan

The Ad hoc Committee of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has issued a final decision in favor of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the arbitration case against Dutch company KT Asia Investment Group BV (KT Asia) indirectly owned by Mukhtar Ablyazov, Tengrinews reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan. December 4 2014, 15:13 2 329 просмотрs

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Hong Kong Occupy Central founders surrender

The three co-founders of the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement which has become Hong Kong's biggest civic disobedience campaign turned themselves in to the police on Wednesday. December 3 2014, 17:47 1 222 просмотрs

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Cairo court dismissed case against ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak

A Cairo court has dismissed the case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The reasons for this are obvious, reports dw.de. December 3 2014, 16:57 1 315 просмотрs

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Corruption a "problem for all," latest global index shows

No country in the world has managed to achieve a perfect score of 100 in the 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index. The study by Transparency International urges failing states to adopt radical anti-corruption measures. December 3 2014, 16:49 2 618 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Presidents of Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan launch Uzen - Bereket - Gorgan railroad

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Iran's Hassan Rouhani, and Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have launched today the new railroad Uzen - Bereket - Gorgan, the press service of the Kazakh leader said. December 3 2014, 16:10 6 381 просмотрs

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Iraq Says Arrested Woman Is Not The Wife of ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi

An Iraqi official on Wednesday denied that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State group. December 3 2014, 15:05 2 209 просмотрs

Ecology

Karachaganak is there, “Bolashak” is here…

In Beryozovka village in West Kazakhstan Oblast 25 children and 4 adults were hospitalized as the result of poisoning with unknown substance. Local people believe that the cause of poisoning is the production of oil and gas at Karachaganak field located within several kilometers from the above village. Meanwhile, the Atyraulians also have reasons for concern: we have major Bolashak oil and gas processing plant near the city. December 3 2014, 11:16 3 601 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

S Kazakhstani designer creates 3D felt pictures

Aigul Turaliyeva, a designer from the South Kazakhstan region, developed a methodology of creating three-dimensional works on felt in the form of flowers, ornaments, animal prints on clothes, headware and panel pictures. They produce effect of a 3D picture, inform.kz reports.  December 3 2014, 10:06 1 219 просмотрs

World News

American, Georgian and Lithuanian get key jobs in Ukraine’s new government

The natives of the US, Georgia and Lithuania were hastily granted Ukrainian citizenship in order to become key ministers in the new government of Ukraine, which was approved by the country’s parliament on Tuesday. December 3 2014, 09:30 1 535 просмотрs