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Grand fireworks on Almaty City Day
Almaty will treat its residents and guests with a grand fireworks show at the Republic Square at 9-11 p.m. on September 21.
23 August 2014
World Class bike race in Almaty gathers 600 people
600 people took part in World Class bike race held on August 16 in Almaty.
22 August 2014
Loreen to headline Eurasian Music Awards in Almaty
Eurovision-2012 winner Loreen from Sweden is going to headline the 3rd Eurasian Music Awards (EMA 2014) in Almaty.
19 August 2014
New Ferris wheel in Astana to be as tall as 18-storey building
A new Ferris wheel in the reconstructed metropolitan park in Astana will be as tall as an 18-storey building.
19 August 2014
10-yo Kazakh singer succeeds at Junior New Wave 2014
Mukhammedali Zhugunusov, a 10 year singer from Kazakhstan won the third place at the Junior New Wave 2014.
19 August 2014
Kazakh The Owners film enters Toronto Film Festival program
Kazakhstani movie The Owners directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov is in the lineup of the Contemporary World Cinema program of the Toronto Film Festival.
15 August 2014
Oxford students' cover draws Shakira's attention
Oxford choir has become popular after releasing acapella cover of Shakira's hit songs which then was tweeted by Colombian singer herself.
04 August 2014
Astana Opera soloists to perform in Italy
Director of La Scala ballet company Makhar Vaziev has invited to soloists of Astana Opera to perform in Italy.
21 July 2014
Piano-shaped concert hall unveiled in Almaty
Mayor of Almaty city Akhmetzhan Yessimov has unveiled new Alatau concert hall in Almaty.
19 July 2014
TV star Rolf Harris jailed for five years over sex assaults
Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, a household name in Britain and Australia for decades, was jailed for five years and nine months for a string of sexual assaults against girls.
05 July 2014
TV star Rolf Harris guilty of sex assaults in Britain
Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, a household name in Britain since the 1960s, could face jail after his conviction on 12 counts of indecently assaulting girls.
02 July 2014
Dolphinarium and ice arena to be constructed in Almaty's Central Park
A dolphinarium and an ice arena will be constructed in Almaty's Central Park (Gorkiy Park on Gogol Street).
03 June 2014
When Dogs Fly: Dog jumps off cliff with its owner
A famous extreme climber Dean Potter jumped with his dog from a cliff in Switzerland.
30 May 2014
Kazakhstan's model awarded at Miss Apollon 2014
A model from Petropavlovsk, in Kazakhstan's north, Yekaterina Tsyganova was awarded the First Runner-up title at the Miss Apollon 2014.
26 May 2014
Denis Ten to hold his figure skating shows in Almaty and Astana
Figure skating stars from Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Canada and France will take part in the ice shows of Denis Ten, the bronze winner of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games from Kazakhstan.
25 May 2014
Kazakhstan's models awarded at Miss 7 Continents-2014
Models from Kazakhstan have won two titles - the First Runner-up Photo Model of the Globe and the Second Runner-up Photo Model of the Globe - at the Miss 7 Continents-2014.
24 May 2014
Disney eyes bigger plans with Shanghai
American entertainment giant Disney is set to pour an additional $800 million into its Disney Shanghai, its first theme park on the Chinese mainland, officials said.
29 April 2014
Veteran US actor Mickey Rooney dead at 93: US media
Mickey Rooney, whose long Hollywood career began as a child star in the 1930s, has died at the age of 93, US media reported.
07 April 2014
Joe Dassin's son to perform at Shymbulak resort in Almaty on March 8
Jonathan Dassin, the son of the legendary French chansonnier Joe Dassin, will perform at Shymbulak mountain resort in Almaty.
06 March 2014
Air purifier rush as smog shrouds northern China
Dangerous smog which has blighted swathes of northern China in recent days has prompted a spike in air purifier sales, local media reported Monday, as pollution continued to shroud Beijing.
25 February 2014