Judo: Kazakhstan judoka gets $81 thousand for silver at World Championship
Kazakhstan judoka Azamat Mukanov has been awarded with 12.5 million tenge ($81 thousand) for winning the silver medal at the World Championship in Brazil.
Football: Match between Shakhter and Maccabi ends in draw in Astana
The match between Karaganda FC Shakhter and FC Maccabi of Haifa city ended in a draw.
Over 240 billion tenge to be invested in petrochemical cluster in Pavlodar oblast
Kazakhstan plans to attract over 240 billion tenge ($1.6 billion) in investments for the petrochemical cluster of Pavlodar oblast.
Karaganda archaeologists discover Saka-era granite sculpture
Karaganda archaeologists have discovered an unusual sculpture resembling the Scythian monuments of the Black Sea region.
Men applying violence against women are monsters: Antonio Banderas in Almaty
The world-famous Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has visited Almaty and handed a 38 million tenge check to Ayala charity fund for the project called Breathe, Kid.
American Central Reference Lab in Almaty to study plague
Construction of the Central Reference Lab of Kazakhstan Scientific Center of Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases in Almaty will be completed in September 2015.
National Bank approves schedule for transfer of pension assets to Single Pension Fund
Transfer of pension assets and obligations of Kazakhstan's pension funds to the Single Pension Fund will start on October 11 and finish on June 26, 2014.
Kazakhstan authorities unable to block Facebook and Twitter
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s Office has declared that they are still unable to block Facebook and Twitter, in cases of violations of Kazakhstan laws.
Astana Opera singer is invited to work in Italy
A singer of Astana Opera Medet Chotabayev has received a job offer from Italy.
First Caspian gas supplies to Europe expected in 2019
Direct supplies of Caspian gas to Europe are expected by the beginning of 2019.
Kazakhstan to toughen punishment for incitement of labor conflicts
Kazakhstan is getting a new edition of the Criminal Code. It will toughen punishment for incitement of labor conflicts and cybercrimes.
e-ISLAM to be launched in Kazakhstan by year end
e-ISLAM web portal will be launched in Kazakhstan this year.
Nuclear dump near Aktau causes genetic mutation in rodents
51 million tons of radioactive wastes are kept at the storage facility for uranium-containing wastes of Koshkar-Ata chemical plant near Aktau.
Kazakhstan MP suggest adopting anti-gay law
Kazakhstan’s Parliament deputy Bakhytbek Smagul has suggested drafting a law to ban same-sex relations.
Aktau tablet plant plays off Chinese devises as Kazakhstan-made
Aktau-based tablets-producing plant has been buying Chinese devices and passing them off as Kazakhstan-made.
French court leaves Ablyazov in jail, eyes extradition hearings in December
French court has for the second time denied release on bail to the ex-chairman of Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.
US Embassy continues issuing visas to Kazakhstan citizens
The US government shutdown will not affect visa procedures of the Embassy in Kazakhstan.
$23 billion Tengiz expansion project approved
A project of the Tengiz field production facilities expansion worth $23 billion has been approved.
Figure skating: 13-y.o. from Kazkahstan wins silver at Grand-Prix stage
A 13-y.o. figure skater Elizabet Tursynbayeva from Kazakhstan has won the second place at the ISU Junior Grand-Prix in Belarus.
Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin gaines Grand-Prix at film festival in Switzerland
Harmony Lessons of Kazakhstan film director Emir Baigazin has become a winner of the post-soviet film festival Films from Russia and beyond in Switzerland.