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Celebrity culture gone mad in 'Superstar' at Venice fest
French film "Superstar" shone a harsh spotlight on celebrity culture at the Venice festival this week.
01 September 2012
Stars land in Venice for art house film festival
The Venice film festival kicks off on Wednesday with the arrival of stars on water taxis for an art house dominated line-up dealing with issues from religious extremism to economic crisis.
30 August 2012
World architects bring democratic designs to Venice
Architects from around the world have converged on Venice for the Biennale show which opens on Wednesday, showcasing designs aimed at bringing urban designs more in touch with the general public.
29 August 2012
Craft beers enjoy boom despite Italy's crisis
With oyster, tobacco and watermelon flavoured brews, Italy's craft beers are flourishing despite a punishing recession that is putting thousands of other businesses out of work.
29 August 2012
Women directors take front row at Venice film festival
Hollywood veterans will brush shoulders with up and coming starlets and auteurs in Venice starting on Wednesday for the film festival in which women directors are set to take centre stage.
24 August 2012
Italy's Monti warns against euro being EU 'break-up factor'
The euro must not become a "break-up factor" that pits northern Europe against crisis-choked nations in the south of the continent.
20 August 2012
Olympics: Kazakhstan lost 2 lines in medal count
Kazakhstan national team is ranked 8th by medal count after the 5th day of London Olympics-2012.
02 August 2012
Sunbed tanning kills 800 in Europe every year: study
Sunbed users run a 20 percent higher risk than non-users of developing skin cancer, according to a report that blamed some 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year on indoor tanning.
25 July 2012
Olympics: Italian legend seeks sixth gold
Italian veteran Valentina Vezzali will seek to bring the curtain down on her career at the London Games by claiming a record sixth fencing gold.
04 July 2012
Football: Spain crush Italy to win historic Euro 2012 crown
Spain confirmed their status as one of the greatest national teams in football history by overwhelming Italy 4-0 in Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev to retain their European crown.
02 July 2012
World stocks, euro, oil jump as EU summit delivers
World stock markets surged Friday, the euro jumped against the dollar, and oil prices rocketed after a key EU summit delivered surprise emergency measures to fight the eurozone debt crisis.
01 July 2012
Tolmachev back to Kazkahstan and will go back to work
Former adviser to Kazakhstan's permanent mission to UNESCO, declared not guilty of hijacking the plane in Italy, came back to Kazakhstan.
29 May 2012
Cycling: Gasparotto is the best Astana cyclist at the ninth stage of Giro d’Italia race
Italian Enrico Gasparotto became the best cyclist of Astana team after the ninth stage of Giro d’Italia marathon cycling race.
15 May 2012
Cycling: Kreuziger will lead Astana in Giro d’Italia-2012
Roman Kreuziger will lead Astana cycling team in the marathon cycling race Giro d’Italia 2012.
04 May 2012
Alyabyeva became 4th in Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup
Kazakhstan athlete Anna Alyabyeva became fourth in the second stage of Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup that was held in Italian Pezaro.
17 April 2012
Astana retained 13th line in UCI rating
Kazakhstan Astana cycling team is still ranked 13th in the International Cycling Union (UCI) rating.
12 April 2012
Vinokourov to take part in Turkey Tour marathon cycling race
Alexandre Vinokourov, prominent cyclist from Astana team, will take part in Turkey Tour marathon cycling race.
10 April 2012
Miss Kazakhstan-2000 is the face of Selective Professional
Margarita Kravtsova, Miss Kazakhstan-2000 and Third Vice-Miss in Miss World-2000 became the face of Selective Professional Italian brand.
03 April 2012
Astana cyclist Kreuziger came third in Tirreno Adriatico race
Roman Kreuziger, Kazakhstan Astana team’s cyclist became third in the Italian marathon cycling race between the cities of Tirreno and Adriatico.
14 March 2012
Astana cyclist Iglinsky came second in Strade Bianche race in Italy
Kazakhstan ProTeam Astana cyclist Maksim Iglinskiy came second in Italy's Strade Bianche race.
05 March 2012