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Accreditation completed for observers at Kazakh presidential election

Kazakhstan on Apr. 20 completed the accreditation of observers from foreign countries, international organizations and foreign media for the presidential election to be held in the country on Apr. 26. April 21 2015, 16:13 2 193 views

Economy

​KazMunaiGaz and Nabors Drilling International Ltd establish joint drilling company

The documents on establishment of a joint company were signed by "KazMunaiGaz Drilling & Service" LLP and world leader in the sphere of oil and gas drilling Nabors Drilling International Ltd. April 21 2015, 15:27 5 894 views

World News

Egypt's Mursi sentenced to 20 years in prison

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday, nearly three years after he was declared Egypt's first freely elected president. April 21 2015, 14:52 1 889 views

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan's Aktau seaport expansion project to kick off July 2015

The first phase of the expansion of Aktau seaport will begin in July 2015, the project completion is scheduled for 2016, chairman of Aktau seaport's board Amirbek Tulegenov said, reports Novosti-Kazakhstan. April 21 2015, 12:11 2 687 views

World News

US to Provide Additional $17.7 Mln in Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

http://sputniknews.com./politics/20150421/1021151401.htmlThe United States will provide Kiev with $17.7 million in additional humanitarian aid to use towards food, water and shelter, the White House announced in a statement after US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke over the phone. April 21 2015, 10:52 2 055 views

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan plans to launch visa free regime for 16 states by summer

Kazakhstan plans to introduce visa free regime for 16 states, said Gulnar Kurbanbayeva, deputy chairfigure of the board of the national business chamber. April 21 2015, 10:38 2 468 views

World News

27 survivors of Sunday’s Mediterranean shipwreck reach Italy, death toll 800

Twenty-seven survivors of Sunday's Mediterranean shipwreck arrived on a coast guard vessel at the Italian port of Catania on Monday night. April 21 2015, 10:19 1 975 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan plans to create logistics terminals at Baltic Sea and Persian Gulf

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakh railways) is considering the issue of logistics terminals construction at the Baltic Sea and the Persian Gulf, Kazinform reported. April 21 2015, 10:03 2 757 views

World News

Thousands protest government corruption across Hungary

Thousands of people have gathered in 50 cities across Hungary to protest what many say is an erosion of democratic freedoms and government corruption. April 20 2015, 17:43 2 237 views

World News

Why OPEC's losing its ability to set oil prices

OPEC 's glory days of steering global oil prices may be at an end. April 20 2015, 17:04 2 733 views

World News

Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 35 In Jalalabad; ISIS Reportedly Claims Responsibility

In what could be the first attack in Afghanistan by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the extremist group has reportedly said it is behind Saturday's deadly attack in Jalalabad. Media outlets and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have noted the claim, which has not been independently verified. April 20 2015, 16:33 2 068 views

Kazakhstan News

Syrian opposition ready to visit Kazakhstan’s Astana to discuss mediation

A group of Syrian oppositionists will visit Astana the next week to discuss the possibility of holding inter-Syrian talks in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti quoted the leader of the Syrian Movement for a Pluralistic Society, Randa Kassis, as saying Apr. 20. April 20 2015, 16:28 2 326 views

World News

EU meets on migrant crisis as shipwreck corpses brought ashore

European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more than words as bodies were brought ashore in Malta among hundreds feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy. April 20 2015, 16:21 2 287 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan plans to spend $20bln on Silk Road Project

Kazakhstan plans to invest over $20 billion by 2020 into its transportation industry to become the main transit country between the booming Chinese market and Europe, said Zhenis Kasymbek, Kazakhstan's deputy minister of investment and development. April 20 2015, 16:10 3 187 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev supports eco-friendly Almaty: city centre to become exclusively pedestrian

President of Kazakhstan has visited Almaty this weekend, Tengrinews reports. He has been to the newly opened fashionable Dostyk Plaza shopping mall, bought some the Made in Kazakhstan products and participated in the opening ceremony of two new subway stations in Almaty. April 20 2015, 15:50 4 893 views

Kazakhstan News

10-year visas for Kazakhstanis: US Ambassador Krol

The USA plans to offer 10-year business and tourist visas to Kazakhstanis, Tengrinewsreports citing the US Ambassador George Krol. April 20 2015, 15:15 2 331 views

Crime

​Shooting and murder in Kulsary (+update)

On April 16, in Kulsary 18-y.o. local man was shot to death. April 20 2015, 10:00 4 980 views

World News

Nigeria mystery deaths: Pesticides suspected, says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says pesticide poisoning is the probable cause of 18 mysterious deaths in south-western Nigeria. April 20 2015, 00:30 2 574 views

Kazakhstan News

Built in Kazakhstan “Satti” jackup drilling rig launched in the Caspian Sea

At the Caspian dockyard “Ersai" located in Kuryk village of Mangistau Oblast the ceremony of dry-dock launching of “Satti" jackup drilling rig took place, the keel of which was laid down on May 8, 2013. April 20 2015, 00:08 8 623 views

Kazakhstan News

Preparations in full swing for PM Narendra Modi's Kazakhstan visit, says envoy

Kazakhstan's Ambassador to India, Bulat Sarsenbayev, has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting his country from July 7, and added that he has already had a series of consultations with officials of the concerned Indian ministries to firm up the agenda for that trip. April 19 2015, 04:48 2 642 views

World News

One million bees killed in French road crash

An estimated one million honeybees were killed after the vehicle that was transporting them crashed into a car in southern France. However tens of thousands survived only to attack emergency rescue teams. April 19 2015, 04:41 2 589 views

Society

Atyrau collecting aid in humanitarian campaign for flood victims of Karaganda region

In Atyrau people started to collect humanitarian aid for the victims of flood in Karaganda Oblast. April 19 2015, 04:27 3 674 views

Kazakhstan News

Top oil-producing nations, including the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Angola, as well as Royal Dutch Shell PLC and other companies say they will stop flaring natural gas by 2030 as part of a landmark agreement with the World Bank. April 17 2015, 22:58 2 293 views

World News

Deadly blast hits US consulate in Erbil

A car bomb at the entrance to the US consulate in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Erbil, killed at least one person and wounded five others, the local mayor said. April 17 2015, 22:46 2 371 views

Ecology

​Why did pelicans die?

In the estuary of the Kigach River in Kurmangazy District of Atyrau Oblast the North Caspian Operating company found 70 dead birds of rare Dalmatian pelicans. April 17 2015, 22:19 4 428 views