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Kazakhstan Agriculture Ministry accuses Austrian veterinary services of negligence
When the cattle supply to Kazakhstan was organized, Austrian veterinary services already knew that almost all its cattle had the disease: Kazakhstan Ministry.
13 February 2013
Austrian cows could get virus diarrhea with vaccines in Kazakhstan
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety insists that the cows exported to Kazakhstan were infected with virus diarrhea after they left Austria.
13 February 2013
Pioneering Finns share leftovers to cut waste
Jukka Peltonen has just come home from the shop with a bag of clementines, but he's disappointed to discover they're too acidic for his taste.
13 February 2013
EU ministers gather for talks on horsemeat row
European farming ministers and the European commissioner for health were due to meet in Brussels Wednesday amid growing anger and recriminations over mislabelled meat products.
13 February 2013
Recycled computers offer hope to Romania's needy
In Romania, one of the EU's poorest countries, hope to many has come in the form of a computer recycling program that is helping jobless adults and disadvantaged Roma youth beat the odds.
13 February 2013
US to launch free trade talks with EU: Obama
The United States and Europe will launch talks on what would be the world's largest free trade zone, US President Barack Obama declared Tuesday in his State of the Union address.
13 February 2013
Qaeda urges jihad against France in Mali: SITE
Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has called for jihad, or holy war, to thwart France's military intervention in Mali against Islamist rebels.
13 February 2013
Boxing: Golovkin to fight 37-y.o. Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida
30-y.o. Kazakhstan boxer will fight against 2009-2010 WBA world champion in Monte Carlo (Monaco) on March 30.
12 February 2013
Kazakhstan wins bronze in Bandy World Championship
The national bandy team of Kazakhstan became the bronze winner of the World Championship for the second time in a row.
12 February 2013
German prosecutors investigate into Aliyev's purchase of mining company
German authorities are investigating Rakhat Aliyev over his purchase of Metallwerke Bender Rheinland GmbH mining company.
12 February 2013
Britain calls for 'robust response' to N. Korea test
Britain on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea's announcement that it has staged its most powerful nuclear test yet and called for a "robust response" from the UN Security Council.
12 February 2013
EUROKZ-2013 European Football Championship to be held in Warsaw
Kazakhstan students from Polish, Austrian, Czech and German universities will take part in the tournament.
12 February 2013
Italy defence firm chief arrested for India bribes: reports
Italian police on Tuesday arrested the chief executive of aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica for corruption and embezzlement in relation to alleged bribes given to the Indian government.
12 February 2013
Kazakhstan's Lessons of Harmony to be screened at Berlinale
Kazakhstan's Lessons of Harmony movie tells the story of a 13-y.o. boy bullied by his classmates into a personality disorder.
12 February 2013
Outgoing pope prepares for monk's life in Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI, who has announced he will resign on February 28, will retire to a monastery tucked away inside the historic walls of the Holy See: so once the new pope is elected.
12 February 2013
France bombs Islamist hideout as Mali insurgency deepens
France has bombed an Islamist rebel hideout in northern Mali's largest city, intensifying a security lock-down against guerrilla attacks as the French-led campaign entered its second month.
12 February 2013
Shocked world media speculates on pope's successor
The world's media Tuesday speculated on whether the next pontiff may come from the developing world, while paying mixed tributes to Pope Benedict XVI following his shock resignation announcement.
12 February 2013
No Sochi Olympic Games for Kazakhstan hockey team
Latvia’s team has qualified for the Olympics after the qualification tournament that was held in Riga; Kazakhstan was ranked second.
11 February 2013
Hazardous virus causes extermination of elite cows in north Kazakhstan
An epidemiological team has arrived in Akky region of North-Kazakhstan oblast with all the required equipment for extermination of cattle.
11 February 2013
Pope announces resignation in historic move
Pope Benedict XVI announced he will resign as leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties -- an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church.
11 February 2013