Half of Kazakhstan army will be made of contract soldiers
Kazakhstan Defense Ministry is not planning to fully switch the military service to contractual basis.
First Kazakhstan patient with artificial heart discharged
National Scientific Cardiology Center in Astana discharged its first patient with artificial heart.
Wages of best Kazakhstan teachers to double in 2012
Kazakhstan Minister of Education and Science told about plans for 2012.
Georgian Prime-Minister arrived in Kazakhstan
Prime-Minister of Georgia arrived in Kazakhstan with the working visit.
Karatantcheva retained second line in WTA tournament
Kazakhstan tennis professional Sesil Karatantcheva kept the second line in the Women Tennis Association Circuit.
Almaty started recycling garbage
Almaty domestic wastes are used for production of utensils, construction materials, elements of playgrounds and packing materials.
PHOTO: Fire in KazMunaiGas building in Astana
200 people were evacuated from KazMunaiGas building located on Kabanbai batyr street in Astana.
English teacher from U.S. murdered in Shymkent
A U.S. citizen who was teaching English in the Language Academy in Shymkent died under unknown circumstances.
Kazakhstan is ready to increase transit of U.S. cargoes to Afghanistan
Altai Abibullayev commented on the possibility of an increase of transit of American cargoes to Afghanistan via Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan to register new Nurnazen mineral
Kazakhstan is applying to the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification for registration of a new mineral called Nurnazen.
New winter season started at Shymbulak
A new 2011-2012 winter season started at Shymbulak mountain skiing resort.
President’s Advisor on possible PM following the parliamentary elections
According to him, the society and the political elite “have been accumulating expectations of large-scaled changes”.
Uranium production output announced
There will be some growth, but not very significant [in 2012]: Vladimir Shkolnik, KazAtomProm National Nuclear Company Head.
Zhetygen-Korgas railroad to start operating on December 9
293 kilometers of railroad have been laid, 5 stations, 9 crossing loops, 28 bridges and 2 viaducts were built since 2009.
VIDEO: 11 y.o. Kazakhstan figure skater won bronze in Dortmund
Elizabet Tursunbayeva, 11-year old Kazakhstan figure skater won a bronze medal in Dortmund NRW Trophy-2011 tournament.
VIDEO: Kazakhstan came second in Almaty Arm-Wrestling Championship
Kazakhstan Arm-Wrestling team became second in the overall ranking of Almaty Championship.
Kazakhstan has faster Internet than Italy or Argentina
Kazakhstan was ranked 72nd in the rating of the countries with highest Internet speed, being ahead of Italy, Argentina and Cyprus.
Kazakhstan Ambassador to China completed his mission
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Ambassador Ikram Adyrbekov in relation to completion of his mission in China.
Kazakhstan covers 65.4 percent of children with pre-school education
7,591 pre-school organizations are functioning and are ttended by 538.5 thousand children in Kazakhstan.
LiveJournal unblocked in Kazakhstan
Access to popular LiveJournal blogging service became available for Kazakhstan users on Sunday.