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60 world-class welders to be trained in Karaganda
About 60 world-class welders are expected to graduate from Karaganda Technical University by the end of this year.
17 July 2012
France's National Front to sue Madonna over swastika video
France's far-right National Front said Sunday it plans to sue Madonna over a video at the US pop star's concert in France showing party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead.
16 July 2012
US, France mark 50th anniversary of first TV satellite
Fifty years ago Thursday a beach ball-sized satellite carried the first television images across the Atlantic, kicking off a new era of global communications decades before the Internet.
13 July 2012
France's Hollande, UK's Cameron laugh off differences
French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron tried Tuesday to laugh off a rocky start to their relationship despite lingering differences over the eurozone crisis.
11 July 2012
Vincent Cassel wishes to act in Bekmambetov’s movies
Vincent Cassel is interested in acting in Timur Bekmambetov's movies, because he is very impressed with his Abraham Lincoln.
10 July 2012
France issues final report on mid-Atlantic air crash
French investigators will release on Thursday a final report into what caused the mid-Atlantic crash of a Rio to Paris Air France flight that killed 228 people in 2009.
06 July 2012
Police raid Sarkozy office in campaign finance probe: lawyer
French police searched Nicolas Sarkozy's offices and home Tuesday as part of their probe into suspected illegal financing of his successful 2007 presidential election campaign.
05 July 2012
Strauss-Kahn separated from wife, source confirms
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and wife Anne Sinclair have been separated for about a month, a source close to the one-time French presidential hopeful confirmed Monday.
04 July 2012
Couture's graceful aliens at Iris Van Herpen
Sculpted in organic body-armour of glinting copper, acrylic or leather, a cast of graceful aliens stepped out in their finest attire at the Iris Van Herpen haute couture show in Paris on Monday.
04 July 2012
A joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton opens Astana Film Festival
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton, has been selected the opening film of the festival in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2012
Louvre masterpieces exhibited in Almaty
Masterpieces from Louvre, Versailles and D’Orsay Museum have been brought to Almaty Kasteyev Arts Museum.
03 July 2012
Kazakhstan-made Student movie recommended by Cannes Festival
Student movie directed by Kazakhstan Darezhan Omirbayev was named the most recommended film of the Cannes Film Festival.
27 June 2012
Tennis: Shvedova returned to TOP 100 in WTA rating
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has moved 80 lines up in the Women Tennis Association (WTA) rating.
25 June 2012
London housing is most popular among Kazakhstan buyers
Kazakhstan buyers are mostly interested in the real estate in Great Britain, UAE, Bulgaria and France.
21 June 2012
Zhauzhurek Myn Bala drew tears from Cannes Festival audience
Yermek Amanshayev, KazakhFilm president, commented on the audience’s reaction after Zhauzhurek Myn Bala screening in Cannes.
13 June 2012
Shvedova sensationally slams into Roland Garros quartefinal
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has reached Roland Garros quarterfinal by winning over Chinese Na Li, 2011 French Open champion.
06 June 2012
Kazakhstan Engineering signed $1.8 billion worth of contracts at KADEX-2012
Kazakhstan Engineering national company signed several contracts totally worth $1.8 billion dollars at KADEX-2012 Fair in Astana.
01 June 2012
Joint Russian-Kazakhstan Cinema Commission presented in Cannes
Joint Russian-Kazakhstan Cinema Commission that started working in Los Angeles was presented at the Cannes Festival.
25 May 2012
Nazarbayev met Total and General Electric Transportation top managers
President Nazarbayev received Total and General Electric Transportation senior management in his residence.
23 May 2012