News about Kazakhstan
Fighting to save ancestral bones: Scythian burial mounds to be opened for public
Scythian burial mounds will be opened for public in Issyk town located 50km east of Almaty.
27 March 2014
Spring road repair works underway: 2 million square meters to be repaired
The Ministry of Transport and Communication is planning to repair 1.7 million square meters of Kazakhstan roads.
27 March 2014
KazTransOil to increase oil pumping tariffs
KazTransOil will increase oil pumping tariffs on exported oil starting from April.
27 March 2014
Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus to launch a single banking regulator by 2025
According to Russia’s First Vice PM Igor Shuvalov, there is an agreement for the single regulator to be based in Kazakhstan.
26 March 2014
Kazakhstan’s President meets his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev
As compared to 2011, the annual trade turnover has grown by 41%, exceeding $1 billion: Nazarbayev.
26 March 2014
Kazakhstan appoints new ambassador to Bahrain
Bakhyt Batyshev has been appointed new Ambassador of Kazakhstan in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
26 March 2014
Shymbulak's Royal Weekend: exclusive
Prince Harry who was seen hitting the slopes at Shymbulak skiing resort with his girlfriend Cressida Bonas has spent three days in Almaty visiting local attractions and skiing.
26 March 2014
Hot water turns green in Astana
Green hot water runs from taps in Astana apartments.
26 March 2014
Kazakhstani writer Ilya Odegov shortlisted for Russian Award
Kazakhstani writer Ilya Odegov was shortlisted for the International literary competition Russian Award in the Flash Fiction category.
26 March 2014
Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida arrive in Almaty
British Prince Harry has brought his girlfriend Cressida Bonas to Kazakhstan for some skiing.
26 March 2014
Kazakhstan increases wheat export to Russia by one third
Russia imported 571.7 thousand tons of wheat via railway from Kazakhstan from July 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014 that is 35.8% more than last agricultural year.
26 March 2014
Russian-US crew blast off for ISS from Kazakhstan
A crew of two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut blasted off Tuesday from Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz rocket for the International Space Station, with US-Russia space cooperation pressing on despite the diplomatic standoff over Ukraine.
26 March 2014
Kazakhstan’s President comments on the situation in Ukraine
In the recent years the country’s leadership has been hesitating trying to choose between closer ties with the EU and ties with Russia, between participating in the CIS and staying away from the integration: Nazarbayev.
26 March 2014
Car crashes into kiosk with woman sleeping inside
A car accident involving a sleeping woman, drunk man, crashed car and ruined kiosk has happened in Almaty.
25 March 2014
Jeff Monson KOed by Kazakh MMA fighter in Almaty
Kazakh mixed martial arts fighter Shakhmaral Dzhetpisov has KOed Jeff Monson.
25 March 2014
Revival of Nauryz holiday in Soviet Union
Tengrinews TV has obtained a rare video of Nauryz celebration dated back to the Soviet era.
25 March 2014
Nazarbayev calls to form strong economic ties with Netherlands
Nursultan Nazarbayev has participated in the meeting with members of the Kazakh-Dutch Friends of Kazakhstan in the Netherlands club.
25 March 2014
Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev meets US President Obama
Among other things, the two leaders dwelt on Kazakhstan’s accession into the WTO and on some acute issues on the international agenda.
25 March 2014
President Nazarbayev's bilateral meetings in Hague
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a number of bilateral meetings during the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague.
25 March 2014
Drunk police officer kills two in car accident in Astana
A Mercedes driving at an extremely high speed crashed into a BMW-7 in Astana killing two. A police patrol sergeant Berik Tasybaev was driving the Mercedes. He was drunk.
25 March 2014