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Almaty airport to be overhauled
The project envisages expanding the current terminal to accommodate 2600 passengers an hour as compared to the current 1600 passengers an hour.
05 August 2013
4-5 Proton-M carrier rockets will be launched from Baikonur before the end of 2013
A Russian Proton-M rocket exploded ten seconds after launch from Baikonur on July 2nd, destroying three Glonass (Russian GPS) satellites it was carrying.
05 August 2013
Adai horse wins race in Moscow
Kazakhstan's Adai horse Oily has won a race at the CIS Cup (Commonwealth of Independent States) in Moscow, Russia.
05 August 2013
Ablyazov may be jailed for 12 years in Ukraine
Kazakhstan's ex-banker Mukhtar Ablyazov may be sentenced to 5 to 12 years in jail in Ukraine where he is accused of fraud.
05 August 2013
70 percent of water supply networks worn out in Kazakhstan
The tear and wear of the water supply networks in Kazakhstan has reached 70 percent, which is the main cause of the blowouts here and there.
05 August 2013
Kazakhstan doesn’t exclude supplies of natural gas to Romania
Romania-based Rompetrol, part of KazMunaiGas Kazakh National Oil Company, already possesses a substantial part of energy assets in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey and France.
05 August 2013
Financial monitoring unveiles 360 case of terrorism financing in Kazakhstan
The Financial Monitoring Commission of the Kazakhstan Finance Ministry revealed 360 cases of financing of terrorism.
05 August 2013
Russia PM reprimands space chief for failures
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday issued an official reprimand to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos after a series of embarrassing rocket launch failures.
05 August 2013
MP suggests returning adopted children back to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Senate deputy Gani Kassymov has suggested to return all the children adopted by foreign citizens back to Kazakhstan.
05 August 2013
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets Iran’s acting Vice President Es-haq Jahangiri
Among other things President Nazarbayev came to Iran to attend President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration.
05 August 2013
France wants till spring 2014 to decide on Ablyazov's extradition
French court is not planing to decide on the possible extradition of Mukhtar Ablyazov any earlier than in spring 2014.
02 August 2013
More details of Ablyazov's arrest and future plans
The operation to arrest Mukhtar Ablyazov involved 3 investigators and 12 officers of French elite police and a helicopter.
02 August 2013
Russia mulls requesting Ablyazov's extradition from France
Russian authorities are preparing documents to request extradition of the former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov recently arrested in France.
02 August 2013
Kazakhstan Minister Kairbekova denies being blackmailed by U.S. Ambassador
Kazakhstan Healthcare Minister Salidat Kairbekova waived away being blackmailed by former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland
02 August 2013
Kazakhstan children allegedly raped in U.S. are from Petropavlovsk
The adoption order on the former orphans from Kazakhstan who are testifying in the U.S. against their adoptive parents was issued by Petropavlovsk court in 2004.
02 August 2013
Drastically higher taxes on powerful cars will only be applied to 2.8% of all cars in Kazakhstan
The country’s media reported earlier that Kazakhstan’s respective ministries seek to raise taxes on cars equipped with engines of 3-4 liters from the current $169 to $746 depending on the engine volume.
02 August 2013
Details of Kazakhstan taekwondo champion's arrest in London unveiled
18-y.o. Kazakhstan taekwondo champion Azamat Tenizbayev is in pretrial detention pending a hearing on accusations of sexual harassment.
02 August 2013
Central Bank Governor Marchenko on the rumors of currency devaluation
The spring time was quiet, with no such rumors around. Perhaps people have got bored. Unfortunately, in our country such rumors is a way to entertain oneself: Gregory Marchenko.
02 August 2013
BTA Bank helped apprehend Ablyazov
Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov was found thanks to the bank’s efforts and was arrested after the information was passed on to the French authorities.
02 August 2013
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales, Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions
We must make sure the infrastructure is put to use following the EXPO events to benefit the capital city and the people: President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
02 August 2013