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Torebayev's Adventure competes at French film festival Kazakhstani film director Nariman Torebayev is presenting his 'free interpretation' of Dostoevsky’s White Nights under the title Prikluchenie (Adventure) at the Vesoul international film festival of Asian Cinema’s (FICA) in France.
13 February 2015
Bulgaria simplifies visa requirements for Kazakhstan Bulgaria has simplified visa requirements for citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine.
13 February 2015
SwissLeaks whistleblower says tried to report tax evasion in 2008 A former HSBC employee who leaked documents alleging the bank helped wealthy customers dodge tax said he had tried to alert British authorities about evasion in 2008.
12 February 2015
Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn To a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained.
11 February 2015
HSBC not protected from charges over aiding tax evasion: US official HSBC's 2012 criminal settlement with the US Justice Department does not protect the bank from fraud or tax evasion charges.
11 February 2015
Ukraine conflict main players hold talks ahead of peace summit Ukrainian and Russian representatives as well as European mediators and pro-Moscow separatists held talks in Minsk.
11 February 2015
Obama presses Putin to strike Ukraine peace deal US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution.
11 February 2015
Greece wants to fix debt problem with EU, not other powers Greece's foreign minister said his left-wing government wants to resolve the nation's debt squeeze with Europe.
11 February 2015
Kazakh Speaker Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev takes part in Munich Security Conference Kazakhstan Senate Speaker Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev has taken part in the Munich Security Conference.
11 February 2015
Greece draws up reforms as emergency debt meeting looms Greece's radical new government was fine-turning details of a controversial reform deal it hopes to seal with sceptical EU creditors at critical talks.
10 February 2015
HSBC 'SwissLeaks' leaker urges more support for whistleblowers The man who stole the trove of secret files that sparked a global scandal over banking giant HSBC's alleged assistance to wealthy tax dodgers.
10 February 2015
EU suspends new sanctions pending Ukraine summit EU foreign ministers postponed new sanctions against Russia for a week to boost the chances of success at a four-way Ukraine peace summit.
10 February 2015
No decision yet on Ukraine arms aid: Obama US President Barack Obama said no decision had been made on whether to send weapons to Ukraine to help Kiev battle pro-Russian separatists.
10 February 2015
Britain says Putin behaving like tyrant Russian President Vladimir Putin is behaving like a "mid-20th century tyrant", British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
09 February 2015
Obama hosts Merkel amid deepening Ukraine crisis US President Barack Obama hosts Angela Merkel at the White House, as worsening violence in Ukraine confronts them.
09 February 2015
British Muslims protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammed cartoons Thousands of British Muslims protested against cartoons of Mohammed in French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
09 February 2015
Greek PM 'unshakeable' on election pledges, calls for EU bridge loan A defiant Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he would be "unshakeable" in carrying out the new Greek government's anti-austerity agenda.
09 February 2015
Anti-Islam PEGIDA rally in Austria dwarfed by counter-demo The first protest in the Austrian city of Linz by Germany's "anti-Islamisation" movement PEGIDA drew just 150 supporters.
09 February 2015
Moody's threatens to downgrade Greece Moody's placed Greece's credit rating on review for a downgrade Friday, citing "high uncertainty" about the country's talks with creditors.
07 February 2015
French far-right leader Le Pen draws protests in Oxford Hundreds of demonstrators picketed an appearance by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen at Britain's prestigious Oxford Union debating societty.
06 February 2015
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