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Vionnet Owner Victim Of Jewellery Heist

VIONNET owner Goga Ashkenazi was robbed while on holiday with her boyfriend, Fiat heir, Lapo Elkaan in Uruguay. Thieves broke into the holiday house the couple were renting on the beaches of Barra de Maldonado and stole 17 pieces of jewellery - estimated to be worth €3.5 million (£2.8 million) - as well as €25,000 (£20,300), in cash. January 9 2013, 14:17 1 858 views

Kazakhstan News

Tenge weakened against dollar

Over 2012, exhange rate of Kazakh tenge against the US dollar weakened in nominal terms by 1.6% - as of the year-end 1 dollar costs 150.74 tenge, reports nur.kz citing National Bank. January 9 2013, 14:33 2 149 views

Kazakhstan News

Ladyboy's house arsoned in Kapchagai

Ramil Khassanov, a transgender from Almaty Oblast, known as the first person to openly admit he is a gay on Kazakh television, lost his house and all his property, reports KTK. January 9 2013, 11:43 2 673 views

Society

Christmas in Atyrau Dormition Cathedral

On January 7 the Orthodox Christians in Atyrau celebrated the Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas). According to the tradition, the bells of Holy Dormition Cathedral sounded the start of the ceremonial service.  January 9 2013, 11:51 2 320 views

Crime

All fled, fled for their lives …

Website of Financial Police in the “Wanted” section has been updated with additional information about more persons involved in the corruption deals connected with embezzlement of budget funds in Atyrau Oblast. They all are charged with a large scale appropriation and misapplication of entrusted alien property under Article 176, part 3, item “b” of RoK Criminal Code.   January 9 2013, 10:53 3 907 views

Other News

City obliges business to shovel snow away

Atyrau city authorities are bringing entrepreneurs to cleaning snow. January 9 2013, 10:11 1 963 views

Kazakhstan News

Railway tickets price raised in Kazakhstan

As of January 7 the national rail carrier Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZh) intends to increase passenger services tariffs by 12%, company press service reports. January 8 2013, 17:25 1 968 views

World News

Tony Blair's business is prospering

Windrush Ventures, which provides management services for Blair’s government advisory service, has nearly doubled its revenues over two years and paid tax of £447,000, reports The Sunday Time. January 8 2013, 16:56 1 851 views

Kazakhstan News

Ex-Kazakh Customs Chief Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Ex-Kazakh Customs Control Committee Head Serik Baimaganbetov charged with large-scale bribery and abuse of office, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the correctional colony of strict regime, reports IA Novosti-Kazakhstan from the court room.    January 8 2013, 15:20 1 744 views

World News

Brazil inmates train cat for prison break

A cat trained by prisoners to deliver cell phones and tools to dig tunnels was caught at a jail in northeastern Brazil after sneaking in with forbidden items strapped to its body, AFP reports. January 8 2013, 15:03 1 796 views

World News

Assad gives defiant speech as Syrian rebels edge closer to Damascus

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday outlined what was billed as a new peace initiative that included a national reconciliation conference and a new constitution in a rare speech about the uprising against his rule, which has killed an estimated 60,000 people and brought civil war to the edge of his capital. January 8 2013, 14:34 2 176 views

World News

Brigitte Bardot threatens to become Russian if elephants are killed

Famed French actress and animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot will request Russian nationality Friday if plans to euthanize two elephants at a zoo in the French city of Lyon go ahead, her foundation said. January 8 2013, 14:02 1 632 views

World News

New Kazakh ambassador to US appointed

New Kazakh ambassador to US has been appointed, more than three months after position was vacated.  January 8 2013, 12:14 1 680 views

Kazakhstan News

Chinese companies to control over 40% of Kazakhstan’s oil shortly

The share of Chinese companies in the Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas industry will exceed 40% in 2013, KazTag reports, citing an unidentified source. January 8 2013, 10:57 2 016 views

World News

5 Uzbek citizens wounded in conflict at Uzbek-Kyrgyz border

5 citizens of Uzbekistan received wounds in an incident at the border with Kyrgyzstan, reports Border Agency of Uzbekistan in 12.uz -- an independent Uzbek portal. January 8 2013, 09:48 1 964 views

World News

Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or ahead of Ronaldo & Iniesta

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been awarded the Ballon d'Or for a fourth year running. January 8 2013, 09:40 1 980 views

Other News

Weather forecast for January

Local synoptics promise a warmer January this year. January 8 2013, 09:19 2 220 views

Society

Atyrau through the eyes of foreigners

Recently a friend of mine, browsing the endless space of Internet, came across a website where expats, who work and live in Atyrau, share their impressions about the life here. One of the authors of those postings (probably, a young man) tried to understand the reasons of (literally) "offenses and hatred in this young country" of local population towards people of his kind. Let us also try to understand the issue. January 5 2013, 17:54 21 719 views

World News

Putin Tops List of Most Powerful People

MOSCOW, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - An article in leading US magazine Foreign Policy has named Putin as the most powerful person in the world, with the top spot left empty. January 4 2013, 18:28 1 603 views

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Guy from Atyrau remade Gangnam Style

An 18-year-old young man Kadirbek NAZIROV from Atyrau never dreamed of fame, but his video parody of 'Gangnam Style' clip, which is originally of the South Korean comedian singer Psy, scored 70,000 views on Youtube in just a month. January 4 2013, 15:21 5 214 views

Society

January 7 - Orthodox Christmas

On January 7, 2013 Orthodox Christians of Kazakhstan will celebrate Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas). As per item 4, Article 96, of RoK Labour Code, Orthodox Christmas, as well as Muslim Kurban-ait (the End of Ramadan) is not considred a national holiday, but a  non-working day. Therefore, in 2013 the Kazakhstan residents will have three days off: Jan 5, 6 and 7 for the Orthodox Christmas. January 4 2013, 14:32 3 364 views

Kazakhstan News

China will erect town on Kazakhstan border

The district-level town was established at Alashankou border crossing on Chinese-Kazakhstan border, KazTAG reports citing China's Xinhua agency. January 4 2013, 12:33 1 898 views

Ecology

The night Tengiz stopped (update)

From the evening of January 2 till the morning of January 3 Tengiz industrial complex was cut from electricity supply, informed Assylbek Utegaliev, deputy head of the department for civil defense, prevention and response to accidents and acts of nature. January 4 2013, 09:24 2 591 views

Other News

Agip land plots returned to state

The akimat of Atyrau (city hall) won back two 'tasty' land parcels located near the 'old airport', which Agip had once bought for construction of administrative facilities. January 4 2013, 10:19 2 658 views

Culture

Dreamcatcher

“… When I will be an old man, – he said, – I will wear shabby stretched trousers, waist-low gray-haired dreadlocks and a bag with opened cans of spray paint … I am only 23 now, and I paint the world in my favourite colours”. January 4 2013, 13:43 2 912 views