Kazakh diplomat Tolmachev charged with hijackingThe first pretrial investigation hearing on Valeriy Tolmachev took place on April 26 in Civitavecchia, Italy. The hearing presided by Italian pretrial judge was also attended by prosecutor and Tolmachev’s attorney Ivana Manni.
Massimov launched Internet-votingKazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov launched an Internet voting that would determine the Internet platform where his online-conference is going to be held.
Unarmed Kazakh shot dead by US police officerA young cook from Kazakhstan identified by friends as Kirill Suchin was shot dead in Portsmouth, Virginia, for banging on the door. The officer is being investigated.
Educational deposits to appear in Kazakhstan by 2015Educational accounts will let parents save up for their children's education in Kazakhstan. They won't be able to cash out the accounts. The fund will be directly transferred from the bank to the university of choice.
Kazakhstan to humanize its penal codeFor certain types of economic crimes, greater fines will be introduced as an alternative to deprivation of freedom.