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KazMunaiGas to complete feasibility study to construct 4th oil refinery

KazMunaiGas National Oil and Gas Company will complete a feasibility study to construct an oil refinery [4th in the country] in Kazakhstan by 2015, tengrinews.kz reports, citing Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Managing Director Malik Salimgiriyev. December 26 2013, 12:23 2 289 views

World News

BTA Bank ex-CEO's associate freed from detention in Moscow

The Russian Interior Ministry's Investigative Department has released Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, Kommersant daily reported Thursday, rapsinews.com reports. December 26 2013, 12:11 2 628 views

World News

Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgeon suspended over 'branding' claim

A doctor has been suspended over allegations he "branded" his initials on to a patient's liver, bbc reports. December 25 2013, 20:02 2 438 views

Kazakhstan News

Аl-Farabi university - smart city project to be launched next year

In 2014, the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University launches an unprecedented research-innovative project Аl-Farabi university - smart city, which will be the foundation for the university's development up to 2020, inform.kz reports citing the KazNU's press service.  December 25 2013, 19:55 4 420 views

Economy

Kashagan oil production may resume in new year

Atyrau Oblast Governor Baktykozha Izmukhambetov said Wednesday he hoped oil production would resume at the Kashagan field early next year after being shut down by a pipeline accident. December 25 2013, 19:41 3 908 views

Kazakhstan News

Alma Shalabayeva to be granted a visa to enter Italy

Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of Mukhtar Ablyazov, the ex head of the Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank, will be issued a visa to enter Italy, RIA Novosti reports. Italy’s Foreign Minister Emma Bonino had a telephone talk with Mrs. Shalabayava to inform the latter that she would be issued a Shengen visa to enter the EU, tengrinews reports. December 25 2013, 16:17 2 673 views

World News

David Cameron explains selfie with Obama and Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Mandela Memorial

David Cameron has attempted to explain why he decided to lean in for a ‘selfie’ with Barack Obama and the Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesberg, independent.co.uk reports. December 25 2013, 15:31 3 332 views

World News

Michelle Obama 'prepared divorce papers to separate from Barack Obama’

Donald Trump will reveal on Wednesday proof that Barack and Michelle Obama once had serious plans to obtain a divorce, according to global.christianpost.com. December 25 2013, 15:13 8 541 views

World News

Kim tells N Korean army to ready for combat

Kim Jong-Un has warned war could break out "without any prior notice" amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, aljazeera.com reports. December 25 2013, 14:43 2 598 views

World News

Iran mulls plan to move capital from Tehran

The Iranian parliament has voted to consider a proposal to pick another city as the nation's capital, potentially moving the seat of government from the overcrowded Tehran, aljazeera reports. December 25 2013, 13:58 2 559 views

World News

Former Egyptian Prime Minister arrested

Egyptian police arrested former Prime Minister Hisham Qandil in an apartment in Giza governorate, according to state-run news agency EGYNews, cnn reports. December 25 2013, 12:14 3 190 views

World News

Royal Thai Navy sues two journalists for quoting Reuters report

Reporters Without Borders condemns the criminal defamation charges brought against Alan Morison, an Australian journalist based in the southwestern province of Phuket who edits the news website Phuketwan, and Chutima Sidasathian, a Thai journalist who works for the site, trust.org reports. December 25 2013, 11:37 2 973 views

Kazakhstan News

Deputy Head of North Kazakhstan Oblast's Financial Police Department shot dead

Zhandos Akhmetov, First Deputy Head of the Agency for Fighting Economic and Corruption Crimes (Financial Police) of North Kazakhstan Oblast, has been shot dead, tengrinews reports citing its source. December 25 2013, 11:30 4 299 views

Crime

Bergey Ryskaliev’s Case: Lawyers File Objections to All Atyrau Judges

Today, Dec 24, at 10am the specialized inter-district criminal court of Atyrau Oblast started the preliminary hearing of the case concerning the organized criminal group of the former governor of Atyrau Oblast Bergei Ryskaliev. There were 22 persons on trial. December 24 2013, 18:21 3 601 views

World News

Kazakh and Russian Presidents signed cooperation documents

President of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev arrived in Moscow for participation in the sitting of the Supreme Eurasia Economic Commission. It is planned that President of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev will meet with President of Russia V. Putin during the visit, the president’s press service informs, inform.kz reports. December 24 2013, 17:37 3 110 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Minister of Agriculture to resign if Umiryayev found guilty

Kazakhstan Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov is ready to resign in case Vice-Minister of Agriculture Muslim Umiryayeva, who has been arrested on bribe charges, is found guilty, tengrinews reports citing the Minister's personal Facebook page. December 24 2013, 14:31 3 618 views

Society

Merry Christmas, our dear readers!

Tomorrow is Christmas Day. Christmas is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. December 24 2013, 14:23 2 723 views

World News

Two U.S. astronauts set to make Christmas Eve spacewalk for repair job

While many people may spend Christmas Eve doing last-minute gift shopping, two American astronauts have a more challenging matter to attend to Tuesday, cnn reports. December 24 2013, 12:46 3 695 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbaeva's Tirade Against Disabled Children Sparks Furious Backlash

Darigha Nazarbaeva, the Kazakh president's daughter, is in hot water for calling disabled children "freaks", rferl.org reports.  December 24 2013, 12:14 2 767 views

World News

Yanukovych Signs Amnesty For Detained Protesters

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a bill granting amnesties to anyone detained during the recent pro-European Union demonstrations in Ukraine, rferl.org reports. December 24 2013, 12:09 2 178 views

Kazakhstan News

Caspian littoral countries agree commercial sturgeon fishing moratorium

The 34th meeting of the Commission on Aquatic Bio resources of the Caspian Sea began on Dec.23 in Astrakhan, Russia. The meeting is being attended by delegates from the Caspian countries' fisheries departments, trend.az reports citing the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan. December 24 2013, 10:28 4 450 views

World News

Snowden Says His 'Mission's Accomplished'

Edward Joseph Snowden, former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) consultant, says his “mission’s already accomplished” because he “wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.” In an exclusive interview given to "The Washington Post" on December 23, he said: “All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed.”  December 24 2013, 11:48 2 455 views

World News

Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47, dies at 94

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian gun designer whose AK-47 rifle became the weapon of choice for many national armies and guerrillas around the world, died Monday, the Kremlin announced on its website, cnn.com reports. He was 94. December 24 2013, 10:37 3 026 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan moves to cut stake in BTA in deal with top lender

Kazkommertsbank KKGB.KZ KKGBq.L, Kazakhstan's largest bank by assets, is teaming up with businessman Kenes Rakishev to take control of BTA Bank BTAS.KZ as the state moves to reduce its stake in the bailed-out lender, reuters reports. December 24 2013, 10:16 2 507 views

Kazakhstan News

Second aluminium plant to be build in Kazakhstan

A new aluminum plant will be build in Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports. During a teleconference question and answer session with Pavlodar Olbast, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the importance of developing the industrial sector in Kazakhstan.  December 24 2013, 10:11 2 396 views