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Corruption in judiciary enforcement calls for sweeping reforms: Kazakhstan's new Secretary of State
New Secretary of State of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has raised the issue of corruption in execution of court rulings in Kazakhstan.
10 April 2014
SCAT airplane lands on foam in Astana
The emergency was declared because the pilot discovered that his plane had a problem with its nose landing gear when he was getting ready to land.
10 April 2014
Astana Opera ballerina to perform with Eifman Ballet
Astana Opera’s lead ballerina Aigerim Beketova has been invited to preform in Budapest and London with Boris Eifman’s troupe.
10 April 2014
Denis Ten skates at Japanese Skating Exhibition
Bronze winner of the Sochi Olympics in figure skating Denis Ten from Kazakhstan is participating in the Osaka World Figure Skating Exhibition 2014 alongside Yuzuru Hanyu, the Olympic champion, and Canadian silver medalist Patrick Chan.
08 April 2014
Germany defeated: Astana Arlans in semifinals
The Champions of the 3rd Season the Astana Arlans from Kazakhstan shattered the Team Germany in the home match 5-0.
07 April 2014
Project to ensure gas supplies to Astana postponed for cost considerations
The construction would require investments of over $1 billion. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning, the draft project was deemed as excessively expensive: Oil Minister Uzakbai Karabalin.
07 April 2014
Marcelo Alvarez to sing in Puccini's Tosca at Astana Opera
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca opera is going to be presented at the Astana Opera with the “fourth-tenor” Marcelo Alvarez.
06 April 2014
Korean Film Festival in Kazakhstan
Attention all the K-Pop and Korean film addicts, the South Korean Film Festival will take place in Almaty, Astana and Aktobe starting on April 11 to May 3rd.
06 April 2014
Prosecutor General supports imprisonment for slander in Kazakhstan
Deputy Prosecutor General Nurmakhanbet Issayev has voiced his support to use of imprisonment as punishment for slander in Kazakhstan.
04 April 2014
Nazarbayev meets with new Presidential Administration
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with ranking officials of the Presidential Administration.
03 April 2014
Adilbek Dzhaksybekov appointed State Secretary of Kazakhstan
Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has been appointed Kazakhstan's Secretary of State.
03 April 2014
Ex-Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov appointed Defence Minister
Serik Akhmetov, Kazakhstan's Prime-Minister until yeasterday afternoon, has been appointment Minister of Defence today.
03 April 2014
Nurlan Nigmatulin replaces Massimov as Head of Presidential Administration
Speaker of the Majilis Nurlan Nigmatulin has replaced the newly appointed Prime-Minister Karim Massimov as the Head of the Presidential Administration.
03 April 2014
President Nazarbayev signs appointment of Massimov into force
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the decree appoinment Karim Massimov the new Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan.
03 April 2014
Nazarbayev offers Massimov as new Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan has offered Karim Massimov as the new Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan hour after the Kazakhstan Government and Prime-Minster Serik Akhmetov resigned.
02 April 2014
Kazakhstan Minister of Foreign Affairs meets US Assistant Secretary of State
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov met with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.
02 April 2014
Brake failure in Astana airport, aircraft smoking on runway
Brake system has failed Scat's Boeing-757 during landing at Astana airport.
01 April 2014
Astana will be home to branch of Shaolin Temple
Shaolin will be closer to Europe, reducing the “load” of the mother temple that accommodates a colossal inflow of tourists: Galymzhan Torkayev, a monastery graduate and a thriving businessman.
01 April 2014
Astana to get new bus depot
Astana city is planning to construct a new bus depot this year.
31 March 2014
Astana may soon have its first crematorium
An entrepreneur from Astana Valikhan Sabilov is planning to build a private crematorium in the capital.
31 March 2014