Other News Supreme Court found ex-vice governor Nakpayev not guilty Today, on September 11, Salimzhan NAKPAYEV, the former deputy akim of the Atyrau Oblast who had been sentenced to 4 years in prison as per Article 327 Part 3 (for arbitrariness) of the RoK Penal Code, has been fully justified. September 11 2012, 15:42 4 280 просмотрs
Crime Blast in Atyrau: four suspects arrested On September 9, City Court #2 sanctioned a two-month arrest of unnamed two residents of Atyrau, a resident of the Zhylyoi District and a man from Mangystau Oblast, all suspected in crimes associated with Articles 24 (Part 1) and 233 (Part 2, Clause 'b') of the RoK Penal Code. September 11 2012, 11:24 3 698 просмотрs
World News China earthquake death toll rises in Yunnan and Guizhou Rescuers in southwestern China tried on Saturday to reach remote communities rocked by earthquakes that killed at least 80 people and damaged thousands of buildings, state media reported. September 11 2012, 11:59 3 683 просмотрs
Sport Hockey matches cancelled following equipment breakdown The two opening matches between the ice hockey teams of Beibars (Atyrau) and Kazzinc-Torpedo-2 (Oskemen) which had been scheduled to take place on September 8-9 in the Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Stadium of Atyrau, were cancelled resulting in two by-default losses for Beibars. September 10 2012, 16:48 13 032 просмотрs
World News Be nice to fellow Europeans or quit euro, Soros tells Germany German stance risks collapse of the currency union and ultimately the political union as well, says financier September 10 2012, 16:09 3 921 просмотрs
Other News Blast in Atyrau: what is the story? Law enforcement bodies keep silence about the investigation over the explosion of a self-made bomb killing one person on September 5 in a private house in one of the Atyrau districts. Obviously, the investigators are working out versions, including the one related to terrorism. Therefore we only may refer to our sources outside of force structures and our own evidences. September 8 2012, 17:02 4 482 просмотрs
Ecology Soil contamination found in Karabatan A huge soil contamination was spotted in the area of NCOC’s Gas Processing Plant in Karabatan, posing such a risk that a single spark may cause big fire and spread to the plant. The pollution covers both the plant area and neighboring territories. The latter had been the location of the major contractor of Agip and NCOC – the Italian Bonatti Company, which finalized its activities inKarabatan and has almost been withdrawn from the project. September 8 2012, 16:03 5 000 просмотрs
Other News Stay Home! On September 7, the city court #2 issued an arrest warrant in relation to Baurzhan DZHAISSANOV, the ex-head of the Atyrau Oblast department for energy and housing-communal services. September 8 2012, 14:52 3 592 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Unexpected turn in the case of Chelakh can shake the position of the prosecution Total.kz editor’s office got hold of one interesting document – the copy of the resolution on initiation of legal proceedings on a slaughter-house at the boundary post Arkankergen. September 7 2012, 18:48 2 856 просмотрs
Other News Where are the brothers and Nakpayev and who the public prosecutor had in mind? So far, whereabouts of ex-akim of Atyrau Oblast, as well as ex-deputy akim Salimzhan NAKPAYEV (convicted for ‘Arbitrariness’ to 4 years of imprisonment as per Article 327, part 3 of RoK Criminal Code) is unknown. September 7 2012, 16:42 4 485 просмотрs
Culture Shezhire: Kazakh Family Tree The legend goes that the Prophet Noah after the Great Flood left the arc and built the house, planted trees and the life took its own course. He was called ‘the second Adam’ and his three sons Sam, Ham and Japheth gave life to new generations of people. Kazakhs believe that Japheth became their progenitor, who in his turn had three sons: Chin, Turan and Chin-Mazhin. We believe that we descended from the middle son Turan, who gave birth to Turks, Massagets, Kassakhs, Sakhs, etc. September 7 2012, 15:59 17 997 просмотрs
Culture From curiosity to tango world Our reader Mira Kartbayeva in her article tells about tango, a fascinating dance that won the worldwide success before and after WWI, had its Golden Age in the mid 1930s and its Dark Ages in 1955 when it was persecuted and pushed underground and then again had a fabulous renaissance throughout the world. She also tells about her tango instructor Daniel Pasquino, who after his work hours teaches tango in Atyrau. September 7 2012, 13:03 5 315 просмотрs
Other News Police colonel to commit suicide if fails test Recently a newspaper from Uralsk published an article titled Colonel Uteshev Promised to Kill Himself. Certainly, the news attracted readers’ interest by describing the non-nonsense rage occurred in the oblast’s police department after an unscheduled evaluation of police officers. The story tells that the head of internal security at the oblast police department Kuangali UTESHEV was shocked when two days after showing excellent performance at the test he was suggested to resign. September 7 2012, 12:54 3 682 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Kazakhstan expects cold snaps in September Weather in Kazakhstan will cool down twice in September. The first drop of air temperature is expected for Sep 3-6 and the second for Sep 15-20 due to cold air masses coming from the Kara Sea, according to KazGidroMet. September 6 2012, 18:51 3 153 просмотрs
World News Kazakhstan brand estimated at $87 billion British consulting company Brand Finance has made a rating of Top 100 national brands of 2012, Kapital.kz writes. September 6 2012, 17:18 4 144 просмотрs
Crime Blast in Atyrau (updated) Today, during the lunch time, a blast took place in a private house located at the Moldagulova-Bautin street intersection (near the Atyrau Microdistrict) in Atyrau. September 5 2012, 16:21 5 553 просмотрs
Politics Dossym Satpayev: Whose folder is thicker? After Ryskaliyev’s dismissal, Atyrau, a remote city from the Ak Orda (Presidential residence in Astana), has become the epicenter of political intrigues and plunged into high-profile scandals, including a tragicomedic one such as the demarche of local deputies. The recent visit of the Nur Otan Party First Deputy Chairman N. Nigmatullin, confessions of General Prosecutor A. Daulbayev and the chief of Financial Police R. Tusupbekov about the high caliber corruption in Atyrau Oblast did not cast light upon the true situation. Ak Zhaik asked a famous political scientist, a candidate of political sciences, the head of Risk Assessment Group Dossym SATPAYEV to give his evaluation of the political situation around the governor’s dismissal. September 5 2012, 13:54 4 163 просмотрs
Kazakhstan News Whistle blowing to be encouraged in Kazakhstan A relevant decree was signed on August 23, 2012, according to the normative and legal acts database of the Republican Center of Legal Information of the RoK Justice Ministry. September 4 2012, 12:22 3 552 просмотрs
Other News Baishonas and Eskene to be relocated at E&P KMG's expense On September 2, in the Atyrau Hotel the First Deputy Akim of the Oblast Gumar DUISEMBAYEV and General Director of JSC Exploration Production KazMunayGas Alik AIDARBAYEV signed a memorandum on allocation of 6.6bn tenge by the oil company for social programs of the region. September 4 2012, 11:20 3 748 просмотрs
Other News Governor dissatisfied over the condition of public schools On Monday, September 3, the Oblast Akim Baktykozha IZMUKHAMBETOV held a conference, where he presented the new heads of oblast departments of National Security Committee, financial police, internal affairs and the oblast prosecutor’s office. September 3 2012, 19:00 2 134 просмотрs
Other News Stolen by hard work Extract from the speech addressed by General Prosecutor Askhat DAULBAYEV at the meeting with the core group of Atyrau Oblast on August 31 September 3 2012, 19:03 5 102 просмотрs
World News Exxon, Shell Said Seeking Control of $46 Billion Kashagan Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) are seeking bigger stakes and operating control in the Kashagan oil field before starting to expand the $46 billion project, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. September 3 2012, 17:16 6 579 просмотрs
World News Armenia severs ties with Hungary over axe killer's extradition AN AZERI soldier who killed an Armenian army officer with an axe in Budapest has received a pardon after being allowed to return home, prompting a furious Armenia to sever ties with Hungary. September 3 2012, 12:41 4 294 просмотрs
Other News Deputies committed a political mistake On August 31, the Atyrau Branch of Nur Otan Party hosted the conference of the oblast core group with participation of the Speaker of Mazhilis of the Parliament and the First Deputy Head of the Party Nurlan NIGMATULLIN, Prosecutor General Askhat DAULBAYEV, Head of Financial Police Rasheed TUSUPBEKOV and the new governor Baktykozha IZMUKHAMBETOV. September 3 2012, 12:00 4 011 просмотрs
Other News Do they read in Atyrau? What do they read in Atyrau and do they read at all? An interesting data was obtained by the sociologists of Almaty Institute of Political Research. It turned out that Atyrau is among the three cities of Kazakhstan whose people are not much of readers. Is it true indeed? – Our reporter found this out by quizzing the salespeople of local book shops. September 3 2012, 11:18 3 313 просмотрs