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Four suicides in one week in neighboring houses shake Aktau
Four people have committed suicide by jumping off their windows in the neighboring multi-storey buildings in Aktau.
20 September 2013
'Specially for Men' channel launched in Kazakhstan
A new TV-channel called Turan has been launched in Kazakhstan.
20 September 2013
Soviet-time bomb neutralized in Petropavlovsk
Kazakhstan military engineers have eliminated a mortar bomb made in 1939 in Petropavlovsk in northern Kazakhstan.
20 September 2013
Color Run paint showering race to take place in Astana
Runners of the run race will be showered with brightly colored paints in Astana.
20 September 2013
Kazakhstan vanadium deposit among world's top 5 largest
The vanadium deposit in Kazakhstan's Kyzylorda oblast can cover 10 percent of the global vanadium market.
20 September 2013
Sergey sustained brain injury, after that there was someone else instead of him: terrorist's father
Sergey Leskevich, a citizen of Kazakhstan who was recently arrested in Kyrgyzstan as a member of a terrorist group from Syria, was officially a disabled person of group two, his father told in an interview.
20 September 2013
Great Britain thanks Kazakhstan for military transit permit
Chairman of Kazakhstan Senate Kairat Mami has met with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Kazakhstan Carolyn Browne.
20 September 2013
Preliminary cause of 5400 sq meter fire at Almaty flear market unveiled
Flea market traders were trying to extinguish the fire by themselves first. There were fire extinguishers at the market.
20 September 2013
Excise tax on cigarets and alcohol to double and quadruple in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Yerbolat Dossayev explained the coming raise of the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco.
20 September 2013
60 percent of Kazakhstan's alcohol traffic in shadow
60 percent of all the alcohol consumed in Kazakhstan comes from the shadow market.
19 September 2013
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry and US Department of State to discuss adoption
The Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Department of State will discuss adoption of Kazakhstan children.
19 September 2013
CPC will not delay expansion at Kashagan: expert
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium is unlikely to delay expansion at Kashagan, considering the agreements with Kashagan’s operators.
19 September 2013
Former student of Almaty mosque denied persecution of imams
The former student of the Central Mosque of Almaty accusing imams of sexual harassment has been denied persecution of her religious teachers.
19 September 2013
Kazakhstan starts campaigning to enter UN Security Council
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry has started an official campaign to promote Kazakhstan's bid to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in 2017-2018.
19 September 2013
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister on reports compiled by international human rights organizations
Not all reports of international human rights organizations, including reports for foreign governments, are true to the facts: Erlan Idrissov.
19 September 2013
Kazakhstan to introduce mandatory real estate insurance schemes
The insurance schemes will be administered by the government-owned non-for-profit State Fund for Real Estate Insurance.
19 September 2013
UK to simplify issuance of visas for Kazakhstan’s entrepreneurs
About 150 visas have been issued under the program so far: Charles Hendry, UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy.
19 September 2013
New Kazakh-Korean Balkhash TPP to burn Ekibastuz coal
Kazakhstan is getting year another coal fueled power plant, a South Korean-owned one this time.
18 September 2013
Kazakhstan negotiating gas supplies with Russia
Kazakhstan is negotiating gas supplies to Astana with Russia.
18 September 2013
Boxing: 'The Ring' puts Kazakhstan's 'GGG' on cover
Kazakhstan boxer, the current WBA middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin has made it into the cover of The Ring magazine.
18 September 2013