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In January 2016 Kazakhstan will Abolish Subsidies for Social Bread

From January next year, the government of Kazakhstan intends to abolish subsidies for bread, which would inevitably cause the rise in prices for this product vital for all categories of the population. Up to this point, over the past six years, manufacturers of bread had received from the state support in the form of grants designated by him. In addition, they bought grain at prices below market. And now, in less than two months, all kinds of help will be completely canceled. November 11 2015, 17:00 3 231 views

World News

American Fighter Jets Sent to Help Protect Turkish Airspace

The first six of 12 U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle jet fighters arrived on Incirlik Air Base in Turkey Nov. 6, to conduct combat air patrols in Turkish airspace at the request of its government, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters this afternoon. November 11 2015, 16:04 3 016 views

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Russia and Iran-backed offensive helps regime break Isil's two-year siege on Syrian airbase

Regime troops reached the Kweiris airbase, state television says, where almost 1,000 soldiers were trapped. November 11 2015, 15:50 2 860 views

Kazakhstan News

N.Nazarbayev signed a law on public-private partnership

According to the press service of Akorda, the President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Public-Private Partnership". November 11 2015, 15:44 2 828 views

Kazakhstan News

Plane on the route 'Moscow-Aktau' made emergency landing in Volgograd

Plane on the route "Aktau-Moscow Sheremetyevo" made the emergency landing at Volgograd Airport. November 11 2015, 15:41 4 052 views

World News

Olympics Panel Says It Will Strip Medals From Doped Russian Athletes

The International Olympics Committee said it is ready to strip medals from any Russian athletes found guilty of doping and is considering retesting drug samples from the Sochi Winter Olympics. November 11 2015, 15:20 3 086 views

Crime

​Gift from Atyrau nearly put Mom into prison

Mother gave her son a gift - a piece of sturgeon fish - to take with him when he travelled to Astana and was nearly put to prison. November 11 2015, 12:21 8 262 views

Kazakhstan News

Peugeot Citroёn launches full-cycle automobile production in Kazakhstan

Peugeot Citroën is launching full-cycle assembly of cars in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's National Management Holding Baiterek has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Saryarka AvtoProm, which is part of AllurGroup, and Peugeot Citroën to develop automotive industry in Kazakhstan. November 11 2015, 12:03 2 965 views

World News

U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit. November 11 2015, 11:35 3 101 views

Kazakhstan News

Inflation in Kazakhstan exceeds 5% in October

Inflation in Kazakhstan reached 5.2 percent in October 2015, according to the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan. November 11 2015, 10:32 3 285 views

Kazakhstan News

French Veolia and Kazyna Capital sign MoU for new seawater desalination plant in Aktau

French resource management firm Veolia Environnement announced on Tuesday that its unit Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazyna Capital Management to jointly implement a seawater desalination plant in Kazakhstan. November 11 2015, 10:22 4 100 views

World News

Jordan’s king: Russia is key to end ‘third world war’

Russia is best positioned to bring a resolution to the war in Syria, Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein has told Euronews. November 11 2015, 10:04 3 770 views

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Robert De Niro Hints He May Be the Next American Seeking Russian Passport

Famed Hollywood star Robert De Niro revealed he may consider applying for Russian citizenship at the opening of a restaurant he co-owns at a Moscow mall, the shopping center's press service announced Monday. November 10 2015, 16:57 3 151 views

Kazakhstan News

Miss Astana-2015 prize fund to make 1 mln tenge

The final stage of Miss Astana-2015 will be held at the capital city's Congress Hall on November 12. November 10 2015, 16:49 3 191 views

World News

Ukraine to Build New Wall With Russia, This Time on the Sea

Ukraine plans to erect a new wall to defend against an imaginary attack from Russia. Billed as “The Sea Wall," the new project is meant to protect the Azov Sea port of Mariupol and comes hard on the heels of the much-trumpeted “Great Wall of Ukraine," which was never built, a Ukrainian news portal reported on Tuesday. November 10 2015, 16:28 2 615 views

Ecology

​First snow in Tengiz, but it is still early for cold weather

According to Kulaina Myrzasheva, the head of weather forecast department of "Kazhydromet" regional branch, tonight air temperature will drop down to -1 degree C. In Sagiz and Ganyushkino villages the temperature dropped down to -8 degrees C. November 10 2015, 12:04 10 163 views

Kazakhstan News

President’s Daughter to Star In Historical Epic

The youngest daughter of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev is set to play a starring role in a new historical soap opera designed to rouse patriotic fervor. November 10 2015, 10:00 5 462 views

World News

Russia could be banned from 2016 Olympics after doping report

Russian track and field athletes could be banned from the 2016 Olympics after an independent report detailed an apparently state-sponsored doping program. November 10 2015, 10:15 2 926 views

Kazakhstan News

​Two twin-sisters jumped off Merey Trade Centre in Almaty

Two women leaped off Merey Trade Centre located at the intersection of Rayimbek and Suyunbay streets in Almaty. November 10 2015, 10:32 2 852 views

World News

Climate Change Could Push Over 100 Million Into Extreme Poverty by 2030: World Bank

Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in a report Sunday. November 9 2015, 17:01 2 836 views

Kazakhstan News

Results of "Shabyt" Festival

Astana hosted the awards ceremony of the VIII International Festival of creative youth “Shabyt". November 9 2015, 16:57 3 015 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s Federation Of Trade Unions Named Main Advantages Of New Labour Code

Within the implementation of the National Plan “100 concrete steps" proposed by the Head of State, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development developed a new Labour Code. The Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Kairat Aituganov informed about the main advantages and innovations of the new document during the press conference in Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan. November 9 2015, 16:05 2 814 views

World News

Opposition party achieves wide margin of victory in Myanmar elections

Nobel winner Aung San Suu Kyi has suggested her party will win Myanmar's elections, the freest in the country's history. Opposition leaders are seeking to take over from representatives of the former ruling junta party. November 9 2015, 15:02 2 690 views

Crime

​Grave mistake made by operator in Tengiz caused serious bodily harm (updated)

Zhyloi district court delivered verdict in relation to TCO operator pursuant to item 2 of Article 156 of RoK Criminal Code ("Violation of safety rules that caused serious harm to health"). November 9 2015, 12:57 8 245 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s currency drops to new record low

Kazakhstan's national currency, tenge, dropped to a new record low of 312.65 tenges per US dollar during the morning trading session at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on Nov. 9, KASE announced on its website. November 9 2015, 12:05 3 983 views