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Kazakhstan earned 43 licenses for participation in Olympic Games in Rio

Kazakhstan earned 43 licenses for participation in the 31st Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Deputy Minister of Culture and Sport of Kazakhstan Saken Musaibekov informed at the CCS press conference. December 14 2015, 15:14 1 653 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​KASE average weighted tenge/USD exchange rate: 322.47 tenge/$1

The average weighted tenge/USD rate made 322.47 tenge/$1 on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). The exchange rate of USD increased by 10.55 tenge against the previous trading day. December 14 2015, 11:24 1 987 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev: “I can count on my fingers those rich people whom the state has given every opportunity to become rich”

During the interview to national TV channels, Nursultan Nazarbayev said that Kazakhstan will continue to encourage ethnic Kazakhs' repatriation. December 14 2015, 10:45 1 635 просмотрs

World News

French far-right fails to win any regions in upset for Le Pen

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front did not win any region in French elections on Sunday, in a setback to her hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017. December 14 2015, 10:41 1 455 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ministry of State Service Affairs of Kazakhstan launched

Prime Minister Karim Massimov has introduced changes into the structure of the Government. December 14 2015, 10:37 1 425 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ilya Ilyin set two world records

The Kazakhstan weight-lifter Ilya Ilyin won the Cup of the President of the Russian Federation which took place in Grozny, having set two world records, Sports.kz reports. December 14 2015, 10:30 1 756 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nuclear Power Plant Construction Postponed In Kazakhstan

So far, Kazakhstan has no need for constructing a nuclear power plant, as stated by Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik. December 14 2015, 03:47 1 771 просмотрs

World News

Rada rumble: Ukraine parliament fights it out as MP attempts to drag PM Yatsenyuk away (VIDEO)

The fight began between MPs from the president's Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) and Yatsenyuk's People's Front (PF). December 14 2015, 01:34 1 715 просмотрs

World News

World leaders vote Saturday on global climate change plan

After years of buildup and almost a month of negotiations, world leaders will decide on how to control global climate change. December 12 2015, 14:57 1 701 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Puts Out The Batumi Oil Terminal For Privatization

The Kazakhstan-owned Batumi oil terminal located on the Georgian coast of the Black Sea will be put out for privatization, as announced by Umirzak Shukeyev, the Chairman of the Board of the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, during a government conference. December 12 2015, 14:53 2 040 просмотрs

Crime

​Court ordered to arrest the heads of construction department

As we already reported, on December 7, in Atyrau the head of city construction department S. Zhumashbaev, his deputy S. Kairov and U.R., the technical director of one of private companies, have been detained on suspicion in appropriation of someone else's property and bribe taking (see "In Atyrau the head of city construction department and his deputy have been detained"). December 12 2015, 14:32 7 304 просмотрs

World News

Petition calls for Donald Trump to be banned from the UK

A petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK has been signed by more than 350,000 people – and it is growing by the hour. December 10 2015, 17:59 1 613 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan moves to snoop on its citizens’ internet traffic

Kazakhstan has been accused taking a leaf out of China's book with its “back door attempt" to gain access to all encrypted web traffic as it flows in and out of the country. December 10 2015, 17:55 1 831 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

New Coca-Cola Plant To Open In Astana In 2016

Next year, plans call for putting into operation a new plant of the brand Coca-Cola in the capital of Kazakhstan. The news was announced by chairman of the board of KAZNEX INVEST Borisbiy Zhangurazov during the recent press conference at the Central communications office. December 10 2015, 16:53 2 115 просмотрs

World News

TIME's Person of the Year is...

In a year in which terrorism, refugees and protests of many stripes dominated headlines, TIME magazine tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year, CNN reports. December 10 2015, 13:34 1 529 просмотрs

World News

Kim Jong Un says N Korea has hydrogen bomb, becomes powerful nuclear state

The North Korean leader has said the country now has a hydrogen bomb, according to the N. Korean central news agency, and is capable of using it along with nuclear warheads to defend its sovereignty. December 10 2015, 13:25 1 704 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Dollar rate in currency exchangers of Astana makes 312.5 tenge, in Almaty -313 tenge

The maximum rate of dollar sale in the currency exchangers of Astana makes 312.5 tenge, purchase- 310.5 tenge per $1, in Almaty- 313 tenge and 311 tenge respectively. December 10 2015, 13:16 1 977 просмотрs

Culture

​Tomorrow local popular singer Akmaral Mashimova back on stage after 10 year break

Akmaral Mashimova –popular singer from Atyrau, she was the first to perform the anthem of the city created by local composer Bolat Kokhamanov and poetess Marzhan Ershuova in 1996. At the peak of her fame she suddenly disappeared from the stage and now after 10 years to long-awaited pleasure of the admirers of her talent she will be performing at the Drama theatre stage tomorrow on December 10 at 19:00 hrs. December 9 2015, 17:42 5 810 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Russian RBC created TV channel in Kazakhstan

The new channel will make coverages on economy, business and politics. December 9 2015, 16:31 2 255 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Government is preparing for fall in oil prices down to $ 30 per barrel

The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and the National Bank to prepare an action plan in the event of further decline in oil prices. December 9 2015, 16:25 1 847 просмотрs

World News

‘Why I threw down my medals on Downing Street’: Libya war veteran

Royal Air Force veteran Daniel Lenham served in Iraq and later in Libya during the 2011 NATO intervention. Ahead of his full interview on RT's Going Underground, he explains why he threw his medals down on the pavement outside Downing Street. December 9 2015, 15:58 1 702 просмотрs

Society

​Chief Architect of Atyrau Appointed

By Atyrau Mayor's order Kuanyshbek Makashev, 35 y.o, has been appointed the head of city department of architecture and town planning. He previously worked as the director of “Atyrau General Planning" LLP. The position of the city chief architect was vacant for about a year after the voluntary resignation of Daniyar Bodaubai. December 9 2015, 15:30 4 404 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

'I Can't Lie Anymore!' Kazakh State TV Correspondent Quits London Job

A London-based correspondent of Kazakhstan's leading state television channel dropped a bombshell last week, saying she was quitting her job because she was "tired of lying." December 9 2015, 11:17 1 921 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan to launch Kashagan oil field in Dec. 2016 - econ min

Kazakhstan plans to start commercial oil production at Caspian offshore oil field Kashagan in December 2016, Economy Minister Yerbolat Dosayev told a government meeting on Tuesday. December 9 2015, 11:01 3 209 просмотрs

Economy

Replacement of Pipes at Kashagan Field is Ahead of Schedule, Says B. Izmukhambetov

Work on replacing the pipes at the Kashagan field is ahead of schedule. This was announced by the Mayor of Atyrau region Baktykozha Izmukhambetov during the press conference in Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan. December 9 2015, 10:49 5 470 просмотрs