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Golovkin can win the Best Boxer
WBA (Super) and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) from Kazakhstan has been named as a candidate for the Best Boxer title.
17 September 2014
Third of surveyed Kazakhstanis do not believe in combating corruption
A third of the surveyed Kazakhstanis do no believe in the effectiveness of combating corruption in Kazakhstan.
17 September 2014
More exciting bands perform at 2nd TengriFM rock concert in Almaty
The second concert of the Na Vershine Tengri rock festival was held on September 13. Kazakhstani rock bands Cardinal, Alatau Jam and 8 Volt performed at concert organized by Tengri FM.
17 September 2014
Central bank cleans the house in Kazakhstan’s banking sector
Kazakhstan National Bank has introduced a new ban prohibiting Kazakh banks from keeping over 30% of their funds abroad, but offered them tenge rate stability and cheap funding at the same time.
17 September 2014
Hydro gel breast implants developed in Kazakhstan
Breast implants developed by Kazakhstani scientists will possibly find a market in South Korea.
17 September 2014
Six girls to compete for Miss Almaty-2014 crown in October
Almaty hosted the final of qualifying round of Miss Almaty-2014 beauty pageant. Its six finalists will compete for Miss Almaty-2014 title in mid-October.
17 September 2014
Kazakh model in Top 10 of Miss United Continent-2014
Kazakhstan’s model from Astana, 19-year-old Aigerim Kozhakhan has entered the Top-10 of the Miss United Continent-2014.
17 September 2014
Militants from Central Asia forming new ethnic groups in Syria: political expert
According to some open Syrian sources, the Islamists troops comprise around 250 Kazakhstan-born, 100 Kyrgyzstan-born, 190 Tajikistan-born, 500 Uzbekistan-born and around 360 Turkmenistan-born militants.
17 September 2014
Fuel deficit in Kazakhstan is there to stay: Vice-Minister
Kazakhstan's 1st Deputy Minister announced that the country could not fully meet its domestic demand.
16 September 2014
Diesel order 60% above official price cap placed by Kazakhstan government agency
Tengrinews correspondent finds orders on government procurement website to buy diesel at price 60% higher than the price cap set by the Kazakhstani government.
16 September 2014
Eurasian Film Festival red carpet event in Almaty
10th annual International Eurasia Film Festival opened in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
16 September 2014
Young Kazakh skater wins bronze at Junior Grand Prix in Japan
Kazakhstan’s fugure skater, 14, Elizabet Tursynbayeva has become the bronze prizewinner at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
16 September 2014
Islamic State terrorists transporting nuclear weapons through Kazakhstan unlikely: Dr Dronzina
Member of the International Association for the Study of Terrorism comments on the statement of Russian military official, who said terrorists could use the terrotories of Central Asian countries to transport weapons of mass destruction.
16 September 2014
European Commissioner suggests cooperation with Customs Union
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy suggested in Ukraine expanding cooperation with the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
16 September 2014
Vuelta ranking: Fabio Aru of Astana ProTeam wins 18th stage and ranks 5th overal
Italian cycler Fabio Aru from Kazakhstan's Astana ProTeam won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana and ranked 5th in the overall.
16 September 2014
Russia to place GLONASS monitoring stations in Kazakhstan
Russia plans to set up two station of the System of Differential Correction and Monitoring (SDCM) for GLONASS in Kazakhstan.
16 September 2014
6th season of Tengri FM rock festival to go Live
Tengri FM radio station has opened the 6th season of Na Vershine Tengri festival.
16 September 2014
Nazarbayev commissions Government to fulfill all social obligations
All the Government’s obligations related to pension allowances, salaries in the public sector, welfare allowances should be respected. However challenging the task may be, it has to be accomplished, he said.
16 September 2014
Kazakhstan to see crude production output decline in 2015
Last year we planned this year’s crude production output would make up 83 million tons. We plan the figure to make up 81.8 million tons, with exports standing at 54 million tons: Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov.
16 September 2014
$550 million wind power plant to be built in Zhambyl Oblast
A new $550 million-worth wind power plant will be constructed in Zhambyl Oblast
16 September 2014