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Norwegian cyclists proposed to nominate Nazarbayev for Nobel Peace Prize
Norwegian "Bike for Peace" sent letters to the US Congress, Norwegian Storting (legislative assembly) and to Northern Ireland MP Mairead Corrigan.
05 August 2011
Togyz Kumalak tournament held in Germany
The tournament was organized by Jurij Nold, a formed citizen of Kazakhstan who now lives in Germany. Jurij Nold is the best Togyz Kumalak player in Europe.
05 August 2011
Alpinists of K2 expedition spent a night at 7100 m
Good weather on August 4 allowed the team to ascend 500 meters of Chogori.
05 August 2011
Kazakhstan to have Orthodox women clinics
The key difference of the Orthodox women clinics from regular once is impossibility to schedule an abortion unless the pregnancy poses a threat to the mother’s life.
05 August 2011
Kazakhstan Muay Thai team brought 7 gold medals from European Cup
Kazakh Muay Thai team won 7 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the European Muaythai Cup.
05 August 2011
Second Kazakh hockey club plans to join Kontinental Hockey League
In the next three years hockey club Almaty is going to create a team capable of competing in the Kontinental Hockey League.
04 August 2011
Nazarbayev met with Aksu Termal Power Plant workers
President of Kazakhstan thanked the plant’s employees for the successful launch of the second power generation unit of the plant.
04 August 2011
K2 expedition covered a record distance in one day
The team of alpinists ascended 1300 meters in 11 hours. Their trip from the first camp to the second was one of the most difficult and exhausting.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan allowed France military transit to Afghanistan
The coal of the agreement is to strengthen Kazakhstan’s role in the international effort to stabilize and restore Afghanistan.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan among countries with low possibility of terrorist attacks
The list of 20 most dangerous countries of the world in terms of the possibility of terrorist attacks is led by Somali.
04 August 2011
Two-meter skeleton of Bronze Age chieftain found near Lisakovsk
A Kazakh archaeological expedition has found a burial place aged about three thousand years during excavation of a burial mound near Lisakovsk town in Kostanay oblast.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan ahead of Malaysia by per capita output
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said that by 2020 Kazakhstan’s economy will grow 2.5-3-fold.
04 August 2011
Kazakhstan Adai horses won the CIS Cup
The competition took place in Spassk-Ryazansky city of Ryazan oblast in Russia. Adai houses Oily came first and Zhiren – third.
04 August 2011
Customs Union to freeze import duties till 2012
Starting from August 25 a moratorium on changes in import duties will be in place in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
03 August 2011
KazakhTelecom lowered Megaline and iD Phone tariffs started August 1
Monthly pay for Megaline/iD Net Turbo, Turbo Plus, Turbo Light tariff plans lowered from 5845 tenge ($40) to 4600 tenge ($31).
03 August 2011
The Caspian Sea got on the list of “irreplaceable” ecosystems of the world
The list also includes Lake Baikal, Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon River basin, the Mediterranean Sea, the Yangdze, Indus and Gang Rivers, San Felix and Juan Fernández islands and the Kerguelen Archipelago.
03 August 2011
Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated Kazakh citizens on beginning of Ramadan
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev wished peace and accord to all the Kazakhs and well-being in every family.
03 August 2011
Alpinists of K2 expedition fell through a crack
The team managed to promptly get Maksut Zhumayev and Ralf Dujmovits from the crack in the ice. None of the climbers received any serious injuries.
03 August 2011
Norwegians will have a bike tour across Kazakhstan
The tour starts on August 6. A group of cyclists will ride along Semey-Almaty-Astana route.
02 August 2011
Kazakhstan cyclist Andrey Kashechkin back in Astana team
He was part of the team in 2007, but was disqualified for doping for two years.
02 August 2011