Astana will be home to branch of Shaolin TempleShaolin 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.
McDonald's entering Kazakh marketA McDonald's in Almaty, the biggest city in Kazakhstan, is to be launched May 1 on Arbat, the main pedestrian zone. The fast food outlet in Astana is to be launched June 1 in Khan Shatyr shopping mall.
Drunk police officer kills two in car accident in AstanaA Mercedes driving at an extremely high speed crashed into a BMW-7 in Astana killing two. A police patrol sergeant Berik Tasybaev was driving the Mercedes. He was drunk.
Pussy Riot moving to Kazakhstan?Two members of the scandalously notorious Pussy Riot punk band Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina are thinking about moving to Astana, Kazakhstan.