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The Shard: divisive new star of the London skyline Twelve years after it was first sketched out, London's Shard tower will be inaugurated on Thursday to great fanfare -- but Europe's tallest skyscraper has won as many critics as it has admirers.

05 July 2012

Islamists smash Timbuktu relics, plant mines in north Mali Islamist rebels smashed the entrance of a 15th-century Timbuktu mosque on Monday, while their Al-Qaeda allies in northern Mali cut off the key city of Gao by planting landmines all around it.

03 July 2012

Shchuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone will become a Kazakhstan brand Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies will work out a package plan of development of Shchuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone.

03 July 2012

Guinness says Philippine croc world's largest A saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne and suspected of killing two people in the Philippines has been declared the largest such reptile in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records.

03 July 2012

Terrorists may attack Baikonur in guise of tourists Head of Baikonur administration believes that making the city a tourist center will increase the risk of terrorist attacks.

20 June 2012

Kazakhstan mulls to cancel need for visas for citizens of OECD countries on July 1 Kazakhstan is mulling to introduce visa-free regime for the citizens of 34 member-countries of OECD.

17 June 2012

Air Astana introduced $75 service charge on international flights Air Astana has introduced a service charge for issuing tickets for international flights in sales offices and agencies starting from June 1.

12 June 2012

Roads in Astana will be closed on May 30 and 31 Several roads in Astana will be closed for traffic on May 30 and 31 because of the Congress of World and Traditional Religions.

30 May 2012

Almaty to have new bus fleet for tours The plan is to create a special bus fleet in the existing one or in the tourism department to service tourists: head of tourism department.

29 May 2012

Yessimov instructed police to learn foreign languages Major of Almaty instructed head of Almaty Interior Department to develop a concept for setting up foreign language trainings in the Department.

24 May 2012

Nazarbayev shared prospects of Kazakhstan tourism with foreign investors Development of business activities and services for foreign citizens in Almaty will help create additional conditions for establishing a tourist hub around the city: Nazarbayev.

22 May 2012

2000 police officers to protect tourists at Issyk-Kul Over 4 thousand policemen and security officers will be ensuring security during the tourist season in Kyrgyzstan.

12 May 2012

Kazakhstan Foreign Minister threatened with a shoe for thanking Borat If I were there, I would have thrown my shoe at Mr. Kazykhanov: Nurlan Yerimbetov criticized Kazykhanov.

08 May 2012

Kazakhstan tourists are loved for their cash Kazakhstan tourists are loved abroad for their cash.

03 May 2012

Foreign tourists discontent with public toilets in Kazakhstan Foreign tourists are unhappy about public toilets in Kazakhstan.

24 April 2012

Kazakhstan residents will not fly directly to Dubai Dubai aviation authorities have stopped admitting Kazakhstan airplanes to their airports.

10 April 2012

Tengrinews.kz wins Namys Doda Internet-award The results of the new professional Kaznet award called Namys Doda were announced.

09 April 2012

Drunk Kazakh with pistol detained in Antalya An armed tourist from Kazakhstan has been detained in Turkey.

28 February 2012

Over 1 million Kazakhstan tourists visited Kyrgyzstan this year Kyrgyzstan was visited by 2.1 million tourists. 50 percent of them are from Kazakhstan.

15 December 2011

Finland displacing Egypt as New Year tour destination for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan residents won't change their preferences when choosing New Year tours this year.

02 December 2011