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Kazakh ballerina to perform in Don Quixote in France
French choreographer Charles Jude has invited the leading ballerina of the Astana Opera Madina Basbayeva to perform on the stage of the Bordeaux National Opera.
25 April 2014
Astana to take after Singapore and Canadian cities: Nazarbayev
President Nazarbayev has opened the traditional conference on the Astana’s development,
25 April 2014
No beard for convicts: Minister of Interior of Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Interior Affairs suggested introducing new regulations considering the appearance of convicts into the New Criminal Code.
25 April 2014
Ukraine should solve crisis with no external interventions: Nazarbayev
President Nazarbayev expressed his opinion about Ukraine’s own capability to solve the crisis at the 21st Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.
25 April 2014
Groundbreaking crop yielding technology: Kazakhstani scientists
Kazakhstani scientists have invented a method to increase yield of agricultural crops that can possibly bring them a Nobel price nomination.
25 April 2014
Sharm el-Sheikh - Almaty direct flights to open in summer 2014
Egypt plans to launch Sharm el-Sheikh - Almaty direct flights this summer.
24 April 2014
Kazakhstan to subsidize agro-industry
Kazakhstan will specify new terms of subsidizing agro-industrial projects before May 1 this year.
24 April 2014
The Spirit of Tengri: taste of world ethnic music in Almaty
2nd The Spirit of Tengri festival will take place in Almaty on June 7th.
24 April 2014
Samsung Galaxy explodes in child's pocket in Kazakhstan
A Samsung Galaxy S2 has exploded in a first-grader’s pocket in Astana causing substantial leg burns.
24 April 2014
Nazarbayev kickstarts construction of EXPO-2017 venue
President Nazarbayev has given a start to construction of the main EXPO-2017 exhibition venue near the Nazarbayev University in Astana.
24 April 2014
Condition of derailed train victims is satisfactory: Head Surgeon Kadyrov
Doctors have given information on the victims of the derailed Atyrau-Almaty train that were hospitalized after the accident.
24 April 2014
Population of Kazakhstan's south to outnumber north four times
The population in Kazakhstan's northern regions may shrink by nearly one million people by 35 years, and become four times smaller than that of the southern areas.
24 April 2014
Almaty avenue among world's most expensive streets
Al-Farabi Avenue in Almaty is in the 40th place among the most expensive streets in the world according to Cushman & Wakefield.
24 April 2014
Caspian Five to limit third party military forces in the region
Five Caspian countries are considering a convention on independence of the Caspian Sea that limits third party troops based in the region.
24 April 2014
All orphanages to close down in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan plans to introduce major changes to its orphans and disadvantaged children programs.
24 April 2014
Head of NCOC, Kashagan operating company, to resign
A full-scaled resumption of crude production at the giant Kashagan oilfield should be expected at the end of 2015, Yves Louis Darricarrere, President of the Exploration & Production Division at Total SA, said earlier.
24 April 2014
Kazakhstan considering grain terminals along its borders on Turkmenistan and Iran
Besides, Kazakhstan and Russia are discussing grain swap operations.
23 April 2014
Kazakhstan’s revenues for grain exports in 2013 exceed $1 billion
For the recent 4 years the revenues have grown almost 2.5 times. The overall 2013 revenues made up $1.2 billion, whereas back in 2009 the figure only stood at $600 million.
23 April 2014
60% of Kazakhstanis support Russia on Ukrainian crisis
A survey has been conducted in the beginning of this month to assess attitudes of Kazakhstanis to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
23 April 2014
Kazakhstan to launch its first ever remote sensing satellite from Kourou April 29
2014 will be a busy year for KazKosmos National Space Agency as it plans for the first time ever to launch 3 space vehicles: one communications satellite and two remote sensing satellites, Tengrinews.kz reported earlier.
23 April 2014