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December 1 Kazakhstan celebrates Day of the First President

 This week December 1 Kazakhstan is celebrating the Day of the First President.   November 25 2013, 14:56 9 179 views

World News

South Stream will turn Serbia into key European energy center - Putin

The launch of the project to lay the South Stream gas pipeline across Serbia is an event of major importance for Serbia and the Balkan countries, and for the whole of Europe, said President Vladimir Putin, voiceofrussia.com reports. November 25 2013, 14:33 4 988 views

Kazakhstan News

Case of former head of Kazakhstan’s Statistics Agency submitted to court

The case of the head of Kazakhstan's Statistics Agency Anar Meshimbayeva has been submitted to the court, trend.az reports citing press service of prosecutor's office of Astana said. November 25 2013, 12:41 2 604 views

Society

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. According to a 2013 WHO global study, one in three women around the world will experience some form of gender-based violence in her lifetime. In some countries that number is as high as 70 percent.  November 25 2013, 11:32 2 445 views

World News

Kiev Police Use Tear Gas Against Pro-EU Integration Protesters

Ukraine’s riot police used tear gas and batons against pro-European integration protesters when some of them tried to break through a police cordon to the central entrance of the Cabinet’s building in downtown Kiev, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the site Sunday. November 25 2013, 11:15 3 505 views

World News

World Powers and Iran agree landmark nuclear deal at Geneva talks

The P5+1 world powers and Iran have struck a historic deal on Tehran’s nuclear program at talks in Geneva on Sunday. Ministers overcame the last remaining hurdles to reach agreement, despite strong pressure from Israel and lobby groups. November 25 2013, 09:50 2 155 views

World News

Leonardo DiCaprio donates $3m to save tigers in Nepal

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $3 million (£1.85 million) to help save tigers in Nepal, bbc.co.uk reports. November 25 2013, 09:29 2 127 views

Kazakhstan News

Arson version of Almaty flea market fire is ludicrous: veteran rescuer

Retired colonel Murat Zhumatayev, veteran of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations, has called the traders' version that the flea market was deliberately set on fire ludicrous, tengrinews reports.  November 25 2013, 09:22 2 548 views

World News

Lithuania announced the day of mourning over Riga’s tragedy

The Government of Lithuania has informed that it decided to announce a day of national mourning on Sunday, 24 November 2013, to honour the memory of those who died as a result of roof collapse in a supermarket in Riga, lithuaniatribune.com reported. November 22 2013, 18:21 2 112 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan wants Russia to pay $90 million in damages for Proton crash

Kazakhstan is seeking $90 million dollars from Russia in compensation for a rocket crash on its territory, azh.kz reported on Friday, citing the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources of Kazakhstan. November 22 2013, 17:32 2 271 views

Kazakhstan News

Scale of pollution caused by oil train flaring near Aktau announced

The authorities have made a statement on the magnitude of the explosion near Aktau. The petroleum spill caused by the explosion has covered 3480 square meters, the Head of the Ecology Department of Mangistau Oblast Yermek Umarov told Tengrinews. November 22 2013, 16:56 2 035 views

World News

No violation found in nailing scrotum to Red Square - court

The case of a St. Petersburg artist who nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square on Sunday was thrown out by a Moscow court after a judge failed to find a violation in the man’s actions. November 22 2013, 16:44 2 406 views

Economy

Contracts for 50 bn tenge signed at the Atyrau Invest-2013 Forum

Over 40 memorandums and contracts were signed for 50 billion tenge on November 21 within the framework of the 1st international business forum “Atyrau Invest – 2013”. Over 600 people from 12 countries participated in the forum. November 22 2013, 16:10 4 357 views

World News

18 dead, more feared trapped in Latvian market collapse

18 people were dead and dozens injured after the roof of a supermarket in Riga, the capital of Latvia, collapsed Thursday. November 22 2013, 12:23 2 310 views

Kazakhstan News

Bad repair in Russia served as cause for MiG-31 aircraft’s crash in Karaganda

Repair badly carried out in Russia was the cause of the MiG-31 aircraft's crash in Karaganda Oblast in Kazakstan, Zhenis Temekov, the representative of the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office,  said at at the press briefing on Nov. 21 azh.kz reports. November 22 2013, 11:48 2 328 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh FM pays official visit to the UK

Erlan Idrissov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has paid an official visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the press service of the Ministry reports. November 22 2013, 12:12 2 569 views

Crime

Kidnapper jailed for 7 years

The citizen of Ukraine has been jailed for 7 years for the attempt to kidnap 5-year- old girl in Atyrau this summer. November 22 2013, 10:56 2 652 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Parliament raises tax on alcohol, tobacco and property

The Kazakh Senate (parliament's lower chamber) passed an amedment to the law increasing taxes on luxury goods, transport and property and excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol, azh.kz reported on November 21. November 22 2013, 10:04 2 688 views

World News

US ‘Disappointed’ in Ukraine’s Stalled EU Deal

The United States on Thursday expressed disappointment with Ukraine’s decision to abandon the planned signing of landmark agreements with the EU at a summit in Lithuania next week, deals that could have weakened Kiev’s ties with Russia. November 22 2013, 09:44 2 021 views

Crime

Kazakhstan citizens detained in UAE might face capital punishment

Kazakhstan’s citizens detained by the UAE police might face capital punishment. Residents of Kazakhstan’s Uralsk have been indicted on charges of committing murder, frauds and running an organized crime group. November 22 2013, 11:28 5 607 views

Kazakhstan News

Denis Ten from Kazakhstan wins gold at Merano Cup in Italy

Kazakhstan's figure skater Denis Ten - the silver winner of the World Championship - has gained the gold medal at the 16th international tournament Merano Cup in Italy, Tengrinews reports citing the International Skating Union (ISU). November 21 2013, 17:40 4 745 views

World News

Ukraine Rejects Laws to Free Tymoshenko, Jeopardizes EU Deal

Ukraine’s parliament rejected draft laws Thursday that would have allowed jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to seek medical treatment abroad. November 21 2013, 16:39 2 437 views

Society

Sound of Siren and Drill Announcement

Today, November 21, about 8 o'clock in the morning the city was woken up by the sound of the siren that rose the concern of the public. The rumors in the city were about an emergency release of polluting substances into the atmosphere and even about the siren warning the city population about the terrorists’ attack … November 21 2013, 15:53 2 749 views

Kazakhstan News

Air-Astana «Boeing 767/300» makes emergency landing

Almaty airport control tower has beenreported that the flight "Almaty-Bangkok" by Air-Astana which took off from Almaty on 21.11.2013 at 01.45am, was returning to the airport due totechnical reasons, the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs on transport reports. November 21 2013, 15:32 3 616 views

World News

Obama pays tribute to John F. Kennedy legacy

Honoring the legacy of John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the assassinated president's gravesite as a nation remembers that terrible day in Dallas a half-century ago Friday. Obama also recognized a group of distinguished Americans — including Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey — with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an award created by Kennedy. November 21 2013, 15:30 2 144 views