News about holiday

China horses fight in Lunar New Year battles Hooves clash in mid-air, a stallion bites his opponent while delighted spectators cheer wildly -- in southern China some saw in the Year of the Horse by watching the animals fight.

03 February 2014

China gears up for peak New Year travel period China was gearing up Saturday for the peak travel period of the world's largest annual human migration as the Spring Festival national holidays draws near.

25 January 2014

Chinese New Year travels to top 3.6 billion: official A total of 3.6 billion trips are expected to be made during the Chinese New Year holiday, officials said Tuesday, as workers head home in the world's largest human migration.

14 January 2014

Tokyo fire stops bullet trains, strands holidaymakers A fire near a central Tokyo station threw parts of Japan's bullet train system into chaos on Friday, as tens of thousands of passengers tried to return home from New Year holidays.

03 January 2014

Sparkling Sydney to kick off glitzy global 2014 party Sydney promised an unprecedented fireworks spectacular to kick off global new year celebrations Tuesday, the first in a wave of pyrotechnics to usher in 2014 from Hong Kong to world record-chasing Dubai.

31 December 2013

Santa cleared for entry to US: official Santa Claus was officially cleared for entry into the United States on Monday as federal agriculture officials waived stringent livestock checks on his nine reindeer.

24 December 2013

John Ordway wishes happy Independence Day in Kazakh US Charge d'Affaires in Kazakhstan John Ordway has congratulated Kazakhstan on the 22nd Independence Day in the Kazakh language.

18 December 2013

January 1 to 5 - rest days in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan residents can relax and enjoy their New Year holiday from January 1 to 5 in 2014.

08 December 2013

Don't miss Black Friday in Almaty Black Friday and Boxing day, all in one are coming to Almaty to sweep the Kazakhstani shoppers off their feet with blowout bargains as a part of Satu Fest.

06 December 2013

Kazakhstan introduces Labor Day Kazakhstan is introducing a new holiday -- the Labor Day.

27 November 2013

Obama to 'pardon' Thanksgiving turkeys President Barack Obama will symbolically "pardon" two turkeys Wednesday on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday, in what has become an annual White House rite.

27 November 2013

Almaty to light this year's Christmas Tree on December 1 This year's lighting of the main New Year Tree of Almaty city will take place on December 1.

22 November 2013

Kazakhstan to get three additional days off in December Kazakhstan will enjoy additional three days off for December holidays.

20 November 2013

Religious edict allowing people to eat dogs and cats issued in Damascus As Muslims around the world mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, sharing festive meals, children trapped in besieged areas around the Syrian capital are going hungry.

16 October 2013

Kazakhstan gets three days off for Kurban-ait Kazakhstan residents will have three days off on Kurban-ait holiday on October 13, 14 and 15.

14 October 2013

Constitution a foundation of unity of state authorities: Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev has addressed the participants of the international scientific-research conference timed to the Constitution Day.

30 August 2013

Qaeda claims deadly attacks as Iraqis blame government An Al-Qaeda front group on Sunday claimed a wave of attacks that killed dozens of people during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, as Iraqis angrily blamed authorities for failing to prevent the violence.

12 August 2013

Astana hosts international circus festival An international circus festival called Echo of Asia was held in Astana as part of the celebrations timed to Astana Day.

18 July 2013

Statue of Liberty reopens on July 4 The Statue of Liberty finally reopened to visitors, on the July 4 national holiday, months after Superstorm Sandy slammed into New York.

05 July 2013