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​Severe frosts are coming back to Kazakhstan

After abnormally warm days the weather is coming back to its usual winter mode, “Kazhydromet" reports. February 8 2016, 11:51 2 315 views

World News

Russian Official Slams Allegations of Passing Rocket Technology to N Korea

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin slammed the allegations that Russia had passed on technologies of rocket production to North Korea, as the latter carried out a rocket launch. February 8 2016, 11:05 2 276 views

World News

North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, U.S.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test. February 8 2016, 10:54 2 350 views

Kazakhstan News

Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulates China on Lunar New Year

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the people of China of the Lunar New Year. February 8 2016, 10:45 2 346 views

World News

Airport workers seen with laptop used in Somalia in-flight jet blast

Somali intelligence officials say two airport workers handled a laptop that concealed a bomb that later exploded in a passenger plane. February 8 2016, 09:42 2 592 views

World News

Historic meeting of pope and Russian Orthodox head seen nearer

A historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church will take place on February 12 in Cuba, azh.kzreports citing RBK. February 5 2016, 17:13 2 589 views

World News

Don’t Mess With Grandma! 90-Year Old Woman Helps Catch Thug

A 90-year old Russian babushka managed to help police arrest a criminal who assaulted her by grabbing his mobile phone during the scuffle. February 5 2016, 16:12 3 005 views

Kazakhstan News

​Turkey's Davutoğlu to visit Kazakhstan on February 6

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will receive Turkey's Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu on February 6, the presidential residence of Akorda announced. February 5 2016, 15:15 2 297 views

World News

WikiLeaks' Assange should go free from embassy and be compensated: UN panel

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and awarded compensation for what amounts to a three-and-a-half-year detention, a UN panel ruled on Friday. February 5 2016, 14:55 2 282 views

Crime

​Deported for throwing a cigarette stub

The citizen of Uzbekistan has been deported from Kazakhstan for throwing a cigarette stub. February 5 2016, 11:05 8 961 views

World News

General says Saudi Arabia set to deploy troops to Syria

Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition leaders agree to the offer. February 5 2016, 10:49 2 242 views

Kazakhstan News

Disneyland might appear in Almaty

Almaty authorities are considering construction of Disneyland, Head of Medeu district Sultanbek Makezhanov told a meeting with the citizens, "Karavan" report. February 5 2016, 10:20 2 979 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan has one of world's most miserable economies according to Bloomberg

Kazakhstan has one of the world's most miserable economies, according to Bloomberg. February 5 2016, 10:01 3 168 views

World News

German Professor Says All Students Should Be Required To Learn Arabic

Late last month, we reported that Austria may cut social benefits for asylum seekers who fail to attend “special integration training courses" and more specifically, for refugees who don't make an honest effort to learn German. February 5 2016, 09:45 2 496 views

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No military solution to Syrian conflict, says UN head

Syrian conflict has no military solution, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the 'Supporting Syria and the Region' conference, which kicked off in London Feb. 4, RIA Novosti news agency reported. February 4 2016, 18:03 2 252 views

Kazakhstan News

London court rejects Mongolian company's lawsuit against Kazakh gov’t

On February 2, 2016 the English Commercial Court in the High Court of Justice in London found in favor of the government of Kazakhstan by dismissing a claim brought by Mongolian company Erdenet Mining Corporation against the government of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Ministry of Justice said. February 4 2016, 17:51 2 603 views

World News

‘You created ISIS!’ Press conference scandal mars Kerry’s visit to Italy

US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Italy was disrupted by a cry of protest at his joint press conference with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, when a woman in the audience shouted, “it's you who created Daesh!" February 4 2016, 17:22 2 393 views

Kazakhstan News

New general director of Kazenergy association appointed

Bolat Akchulakov has been appointed director general of Kazakh association of oil, gas and energy sector organizations “Kazenergy", the press service of the company reported Feb. 4. February 4 2016, 16:45 2 707 views

World News

Wikileaks' Assange wins U.N. ruling on 'arbitrary detention'

A United Nations panel has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been "arbitrarily detained", the BBC reported on Thursday. February 4 2016, 16:13 2 412 views

Kazakhstan News

Second death from flu reported in Kazakhstan

A second laboratory-confirmed death of influenza reported in Kazakhstan,the Health Ministry of the republic said Thursday. February 4 2016, 15:50 2 090 views

Kazakhstan News

KazTransGaz lost T126 billion at gas realization 03.02.2016

KazTransGaz (KTG), the national company in the sphere of gas supply, incurs losses because of the formed exchange difference between purchase prices and the prices at the gas realization. February 4 2016, 12:54 2 462 views

World News

Shell confirms 10,000 job cuts and a steep profits fall

Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed it is cutting 10,000 jobs amid its steepest fall in annual profits for 13 years. February 4 2016, 12:00 2 226 views

Culture

Concert dedicated to memory of famous dombrist and conductor Ryspai Gabdiev at Makhambet Theatre

Today, February 5, at 6:00pm the concert dedicated to the memory of the famous dombrist and conductor Ryspai Gabdiev will be held at Drama Theatre named after Makhambet. February 5 2016, 12:12 7 986 views

World News

Pussy Riot releases new protest song: 'prison is a weapon'

Punk collective takes on the Kremlin, corruption and the criminal justice system in satirical video. February 3 2016, 17:45 3 030 views

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You Can Buy a Czech Castle for $13,000

The Libejovice chateau looks like something out of a 19th century romantic novel: an elegant, mustard-hued Renaissance palace with tall windows and elaborate balcony railings bearing the noble Schwarzenberg family's coat of arms. Natalia Makovik will sell it to you for less than the price of some Manhattan studio apartments. The catch: Restoring the place, a two-hour drive south of Prague, could cost 10 times the purchase price. “I look at a ruin, and I see an investment opportunity," says Makovik, founder ofVIP Castle, a real estate brokerage specializing in historic buildings. February 3 2016, 17:15 4 285 views