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Kazakhstan smokes 9 cigarettes a day per capita
Kazakhstan anti-smoking coalition supports draft law banning tobacco sales within 500m from educational, healthcare and sport facilities.
22 March 2013
Boxing: Golovkin vs Ishida fight to be aired by Kazakhstan TV Channel
Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida’s promoters have told Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin not to relax before the fight.
22 March 2013
Villages treatened by flood in Pavlodar oblast
Several villages are under threat of flood because of snow melting in Pavlodar oblast.
22 March 2013
Hungarian comedies to be screened in Almaty during spring holiday
The Consulate General of Hungary and Oleg Boretsky’s Movie Club are the organizers of From Hungary With Love Film Festival.
21 March 2013
Witnesses provide details of fatal accident, Shymbulak refuses to change safety rules
Shymbulak is not planning to tighten the safety rules after the accident that killed a 57-y.o. skier in a collision with another skier.
21 March 2013
1.5 million tons of Kazakh crude to be sent to China within tolling contracts
The tolling operations will enable Kazakhstan to reduce twofold imports of petroleum products from Russia.
21 March 2013
Kazakhstan students celebrate Nauryz in 7 countries
Nauryz is celebrated by Kazakhstan citizens in dozens of cities around the world.
21 March 2013
Kazakhstan’s depositors keeping about $50 million with Cyprus banks
Cyprus authorities suggested introducing a 6.75% non-recurrent tax on deposits under 100 000 Euro and a 9.9% tax on deposits exceeding that amount.
21 March 2013
Marchenko plans to retire at 55
Chairman of Kazakhstan National Bank Gregory Marchenko plans to retire in 2015.
20 March 2013
Helicopter creates traffic jam in Almaty
A helicopter was driving down Suyunbai street in Almaty in the morning on March 19.
20 March 2013
Bus smashes into KamAZ truck in southern Kazakhstan; 5 dead, 26 injured
The driver of the MAN bus, driving from Almaty to Shymkent, lost control over the bus and crashed into a KamAZ truck loaded with rails that was parked at the road side.
20 March 2013
Meltwater partially destroys bridge near Semey
A bridge in Kholodnyi Klyuch near Semey was partially destroyed by the meltwater.
20 March 2013
Skier dies in Shymbulak after smashing into another
A skier has died after smashing into another skier at the Aziada Route of Shymbulak ski resort near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
20 March 2013
Foodmaster-Shymkent fined mere $1,270 for polluting river with caustic soda and sulfuric acid in Kazakhstan
Foodmaster was fined a derisive $1,270 in Kazakhstan for discharge of polluting substances and storage of wastes.
20 March 2013
10 billion tenge to be allocated for second phase of Almaty subway
Kazakhstan Minister of Transport and Communications told about the plans for development of Almaty's infrastructure.
20 March 2013
Figure Skating: Kazakhstan national team ranked 5th thanks to Ten’s silver medal
Kazakhstan figure skating team, consisting Denis Ten and Abzal Rakimgaliyev, shares the fifth place with Germany and Italy.
20 March 2013
Boxing: Kazakhstan boxers show excellent results in Czech tournament
Kazakhstan's team was ranked first in the overall ranking of the prestigious boxing tournament that was held in the Czech Republic.
20 March 2013
Foreign experts earn much more than locals in Atyrau
The check was held in 18 companies in Atyrau oblast that hired foreign employees to different positions.
19 March 2013
Figure Skating: Kazakhstan's Denis Ten in Top-10 world best figure skaters
Kazakhstan's figure skater Denis Ten won the silver of the Worlds and made it into the Top-10 of the world best figure skaters.
19 March 2013