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Artists place Snowden statue in New York park A group of artists installed a bust of fugitive US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden on a war memorial in a New York park.
07 April 2015
'Car park king' Richard III's tomb revealed The stone tomb covering the grave of Richard III was unveiled, the last act in the reburial of the 15th-century king found beneath a car park.
28 March 2015
Photo courtesy of fablewar.ru Cavalry procession to grace Astana streets on May 9 A cavalry procession will grace the streets of Kazakh capital to commemorate the 106th Cavalry of the Soviet Army in the fight against Nazi Germany.
26 March 2015
England's Richard III finally gets burial fit for a king England's slain king Richard III, exhumed from an undignified grave beneath a car park, will finally be buried with honour on.
26 March 2015
©RIA Novosti Kazakhstan celebrates Central Asian New Year - Nauryz 21st March is the beginning of the celebration of the oldest holiday in the Kazakh Steppe - Nauryz, the day of rebirth and new beginning.
22 March 2015
Photo courtesy of ecorepublicano.es Kazakh-Spanish documentary wins Jakarta film festival award A Kazakh-Spanish film about Soviet-era Spaniards held prisoners in a labor camp on the territory of present day Kazakhstan has won an award at the Jakarta Film Festival.
10 March 2015
200 years on, Napoleon returns to southern France Napoleon landed in southern France, announcing "It's good to be back!"
02 March 2015
Bulgaria bids farewell to 'democracy hero' Zhelev Bulgaria bid farewell to its first non-communist president Zhelyu Zhelev, hailed as a hero of freedom and democracy in the Balkan country.
02 February 2015
'I'm not an enemy': Moscow exhibit showcases Gulag letters Entitled "The Right of Correspondence," the exhibition is organised by Russia’s top rights group, Memorial, and displays hundreds of letters sent by Gulag.
28 January 2015
Ordabasy Square in Shymkent. Photo courtesy of ru.wikipedia.org Shymkent reaches out for international recognition as oldest Kazakh city The mayor's office of Shymkent has submitted an application to UNESCO to obtain international recognition of the 2200-years' history of their city.
17 January 2015
Despite Golden Globe, Russian film 'Leviathan' awaits release at home Russian drama "Leviathan" made history by becoming the first film from the country to win a Golden Globe since the fall of the USSR.
13 January 2015
Photo courtesy of ecorepublicano.es The Forgotten of Karaganda awarded at California Film Awards Kazakhstani-Spanish The Forgotten of Karaganda documentary film has been awarded at the California Film Awards as the Best Documentary,
09 January 2015
Kerey and Janybek, founders of the Kazakh Khanate. Photo courtesy of astanainfo.net Nazarbayev speaks of Kazakh statehood, national unity President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about the importance of passing the knowledge of history to younger generations, making the celebration of the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh statehood next year especially significant.
22 December 2014
Photo courtesy of the press service of Akorda Kazakhstan celebrates Independence Day Kazakhstan is celebrating its Independence Day on December 16.
16 December 2014
Excavations at the ancient city of Talkhir. ©uniquekazakhstan.info/Andrey Mikhailov Almaty one thousand years ago Famous Kazakh historian Karl Baipakov speaks about the origins of Almaty in Medieval Ages.
10 December 2014
Photo © popgun.ru Well preserved mammoth tusks discovered near Karaganda Workers of a mining company have discovered mammoth tusks in Karaganda Oblast.
10 December 2014
Rare dinosaur skeleton goes on display in London A rare dinosaur skeleton goes on display at London's Natural History museum -- the first to be exhibited there in a century.
04 December 2014
Swiss firm to put Napoleon's DNA in watches Napoleon's admirers will be able to carry his DNA on their wrists after a Swiss company announced its plans to sell watches containing a fragment of the emperor's hair.
26 November 2014
©<a href="http://www.nv.kz/" target="_blank">NV.kz</a> Giants inhabited pre-historic Kazakhstan? A former resident of Karaganda Viacheslav Plokhov claims he found footprints of pre-historic giants in Kazakhstan. The news some might call
22 November 2014
The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmet Yasawi. Photo courtesy of khabar.kz Kazakh professor asks Nazarbayev to protect a Sufi mausoleum from religious fanatics A professor from Gumilyov Eurasian National University has asked President Nursultan Nazarbayev to protect the Mausoleum of famous Sufi scholar located at the territory for Kazakhstan from religious fanatics.
20 November 2014

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