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Japan invests in Atyrau refinery

Atyrau refinery has signed a $297.5mln loan agreement with Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ for construction of an advanced oil processing center. August 16 2012, 19:29 4 520 views

Difficult 10 years together

Marriage and divorce rate is skyrocketing in Atyrau. August 16 2012, 19:27 3 605 views

Need to make it to the first oil

Need to make it to the first oil

For a long time Zhaik Caspian Ecology Department of the Environmental Protection Ministry, which is now Atyrau Oblast Ecology Department after re-organization, has been one of the most closed-door state agencies for mass-media and NGOs. The new head Erbol KUANOV claims all these are in the past mainly owing to the changed team in the Environmental Ministry (in the beginning of the year Minister Nurgali ASHIMOV was replaced with Nurlan KAPPAROV). We talked to E. Kuanov about the plans and problems of the department. August 16 2012, 19:24 4 459 views

Quiet salute to charity

Quiet salute to charity

The celebration of the International Youth Day in Atyrau last Sunday had a spectacular ending. At the Isatai and Makhambet Square the citizens launched six hundred flying lanterns, thus, participating in the charity flash mob “Make yourself happy and children.” August 16 2012, 19:21 4 738 views

Reporters Sans Frontières Award to Kazakh journalist

Reporters Sans Frontières Award to Kazakh journalist

Lukpan AKHMEDYAROV, the journalist with the independent newspaper Uralskaya Nedelya from Oral city, won the Peter Mackler Award presented by the International Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders), reported Adil Soz, a media watchdog NGO in Kazakhstan. August 16 2012, 19:17 4 236 views

RAI 1 in Atyrau

RAI 1 in Atyrau

A fascination with Kazakh culture and the unique wildlife of the Ak Zhaik River delta brought an Italian television team to Atyrau oblast last week. August 16 2012, 19:14 6 424 views

Five more days to suffer

Five more days to suffer

The abnormal hot weather will last till the end of the second decade of August. Such unfavourable forecasts are made by the local synoptics. August 16 2012, 19:12 3 923 views

Green tea instead of meat

How dangerous is the exhausting heat for the health and how to escape it? We put these questions to Venera SHARIPOVA, the Head of Therapeutic Department, City Clinic #7 August 16 2012, 19:08 3 753 views

Kazakhstan is 4th by records at Olympics-2012

Kazakhstan was ranked 4th by records set at the 30th summer Olympics. According to the official website of the Games, a total of 95 records were set in London: 39 world and 56 Olympic records. August 16 2012, 19:05 6 324 views

Kazakhstan team ranked 12th by medal count at London Olympics-2012

Kazakhstan Olympic team is ranked 12th by medal count at London Olympics-2012, Vesti.kz reports. August 16 2012, 19:01 8 701 views

Serik Sapiyev tagged Best Boxer of London Olympics

Serik Sapiyev tagged Best Boxer of London Olympics

Kazakhstan boxer Serik Sapiyev, who won a gold Olympic medal in -69kg category, was tagged the best boxer of the London Olympics, RIA Novosti reports. August 16 2012, 18:59 10 946 views

How to respond to harassment?

How to respond to harassment?

An outrageous thing happened to one woman during her visit to one of the famous dentist’s of the city August 16 2012, 17:44 6 672 views

Nomads and Networks - Iron age nomadic life exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum

Nomads and Networks - Iron age nomadic life exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum

The first U.S. exhibition devoted entirely to the nomadic culture of ancient Kazakhstan made its Washington, D.C., debut at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on Saturday, August 11, 2012. August 16 2012, 17:40 5 788 views

Representation-in-power rating compiled

The fact of misbalance in the current political elite of the country in terms of regional representation has been confirmed. The data is obtained through the research by IA Rating.kz public foundation within the project aimed to find out the features and content of Kazakhstan’s political elite. August 16 2012, 17:37 3 968 views

BTA Bank opens yuan account

BTA Bank opens yuan account

BTA Bank opened a yuan account in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Tengrinews.kz reports citing BTA Bank’s press-service. August 16 2012, 17:34 4 880 views

Great Wall collapses after heavy raining

Great Wall collapses after heavy raining

The Great Wall of China may have survived the Huns and Mongol hordes, but widespread neglect, underfunding and mining means that it is now falling down. August 16 2012, 17:32 4 643 views

Quake-hit north-western Iran announces two days of mourning

Quake-hit north-western Iran announces two days of mourning

TEHRAN. August 13. KAZINFORM The authorities of the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan have announced two days of mourning starting on Monday after a deadly earthquake over the weekend, ISNA news agency reported. August 16 2012, 17:23 4 351 views

Trials and tribulations of an Italian in the Atyrau prison

Trials and tribulations of an Italian in the Atyrau prison

Flavio Sidagni, the ex-financial top manager of Agip, is now serving his sentence in the Atyrau prison #157/1. He was convicted for supplying drugs. 2.5 years ago the AkZhaik newspaper had published about his detention in the Renco hotel (when he in the company of his friends was smoking marijuana) and about the court case. After the long lasting of correspondence with the Committee for the Criminal-Correctional System in Astana I finally obtained the official permission for meeting with 57-year old Flavio. We met in a dark meeting room with a grilled window. August 16 2012, 16:59 12 634 views

Girl from Oral took part in World Harmony Run

Girl from Oral took part in World Harmony Run

Liliya Sarsenova ran 2.5 thousand kilometers, promoting the world harmony. The Asian path of a marathon passed from Bishkek to Astana. August 16 2012, 17:18 6 566 views