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Akim (Governor) of South Kazakhstan Oblast told about the plans to transform Shymkent city into a metropolis.

• 13 декабря 2013, 18:56

The head of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company Talgat Yermegiyayev has commented on the cost of Bus Rapid Transit for Astana.

• 10 декабря 2013, 20:52

The new concert hall design has been presented in Almaty.

• 10 декабря 2013, 19:52

In one of the world's best cities for bicycles, Copenhagen cyclists are earning a reputation for recklessness and arrogance, prompting calls for politicians to back-pedal on plans to further boost bike traffic.

• 03 декабря 2013, 17:13

Several flea markets are being demolished in Almaty.

• 26 ноября 2013, 14:49

The White House offered more than $300 million in aid and support to bankrupt Detroit on Friday, as the crumbling, bankrupt Midwestern city struggles to survive.

• 29 сентября 2013, 13:37

Almaty youth has been polled to identify the Seven 'Wonders' of Almaty city.

• 18 сентября 2013, 12:43

Detroit on Thursday became the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy protection after decades of decline and mismanagement rendered the home of the nation's auto industry insolvent.

• 19 июля 2013, 13:27

Italy's culture minister assured UNESCO on Sunday that efforts were being made to restore the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii, after the United Nations organisation urged the country to speed up repairs.

• 01 июля 2013, 16:26

A new highway touted as a way to ease Beirut's notorious traffic has angered residents and activists who say it will destroy rare old houses that survived Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

• 08 июня 2013, 11:05

Bikes are outselling cars in cash-strapped Italy but while cyclists in Milan say their city is ready for a two-wheel lifestyle, there are daily nuisances for riders on Rome's trafficked streets.

• 27 мая 2013, 13:20

Over four millennia ago, the fortress town of Gonur-Tepe might have been a rare advanced civilisation before it was buried for centuries under the dust of the Kara Kum desert in remote western Turkmenistan.

• 06 апреля 2013, 18:01

Google on Thursday began offering the chance for people to wander virtually through an abandoned town deep within the exclusion zone around Japan's crippled nuclear plant.

• 28 марта 2013, 14:27

A Chinese city is searching for a foreign traveller to become a "modern Marco Polo", with a 40,000 euro ($52,000) salary on offer to the winner.

• 14 марта 2013, 10:25

A hot air balloon caught fire and exploded as it was flying over Egypt's ancient temple city of Luxor on Tuesday, killing 19 tourists.

• 26 февраля 2013, 15:06

Coils of Polish sausages glisten on shop counters and vodka bottles line the shelves. In this corner of the English countryside, much of the chatter is in Latvian or Lithuanian.

• 22 февраля 2013, 13:53

Tallinn is the first EU capital to offer its residents free public transport, and though the move aimed at driving down car pollution is proving popular, visitors feel let down and others are accusing City Hall of a campaign gimmick.

• 29 января 2013, 13:09

French-led troops were closing in on Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu after capturing a string of other towns in their offensive against Islamists in the north of the country.

• 28 января 2013, 16:29

Almaty population should not have exceeded 700 thousand people, whereas it has reached 2 million already: ecologist.

• 15 января 2013, 19:17

Long plagued by a reputation for gang crime and lawlessness, France's port city of Marseille is hoping its year as the European Capital of Culture will finally give its image a makeover.

• 11 января 2013, 14:49