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Boxing: Astana Arlans beat Mexico Guerreros in WSB semifinal
The WSB match between Astana Arlans and Mexico Guerreros ended with the score of 3:2. The return match will be held in Almaty on April 20.
16 April 2013
Boston blasts sounded like car engine pop: Kazakhstan citizens in U.S.
Kazakhstan citizen living in Boston told Tengrinews.kz about the blasts. The student from Almaty was 3 minutes walk away from the accident site.
16 April 2013
Kazakhstan millionaire Kenes Rakishev among Top 10 world's private investors of 2012
Kazakhstan’s Kenes Rakishev who invested millions of dollars in foreign projects joined the club of the Top-10 private investors of 2012.
16 April 2013
Presidents of Kazakhstan and Finland to meet in Astana
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will meet with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto.
16 April 2013
Kazakhstan and Russia to jointly produce harvesters
Kazakhstan plans to produce combine harvesters jointly with Russian partners.
16 April 2013
Kazakhstan to produce 300 000 cars a year
In 2012 a total of 100 000 new cars were sold in Kazakhstan, with 20 000 of them being domestically produced.
16 April 2013
Four young designers debut at Kazakhstan Fashion Week
Kazakhstan Fashion Week, biggest Central Asian fashion event - autumn-winter 2013/2014 season, is held in Almaty on April 15-17.
16 April 2013
China interested in purchasing ConocoPhillips’s stake in the giant Kashagan oilfield
According to Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas Minister, acquiring a stake in Kashagan might be a way to boost the volume of crude to be shipped to China.
16 April 2013
Kazakhstan economy growth to exceed Russia 2.5-fold in 2013
Kazakhstan will achieve the target value of the economy growth set at 6 percent by the end of the year: official.
16 April 2013
National Intelligence Service to make sure Bolashak scholarship holders return to Kazakhstan to work off the state expenses
Bolashak state-run program seeks to provide an opportunity for the most talented students from Kazakhstan to gain higher education at the best universities overseas.
16 April 2013
KazMunaiGas considering a Eurobond issue
The Company has turned to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Halyk Finance and VISOR Capital to arrange meetings with prospective investors to be held starting from April 16.
16 April 2013
Figure Skating: Denis Ten invited to World Team Trophy in Japan
Patrick Chan, Brian Joubert, Daisuke Takahashi will participate in the tournament together with Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten.
16 April 2013
Weightlifting: Kazakhstan’s Zulfiya Chinshanlo gets Jeno Boskovic Award
Jeno Boskovic Trophy is awarded to best weightlifters based on their performances during one year.
16 April 2013
Kazakhstan government instructed to narrow gap between rich and poor
Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed Kazakhstan government to work on narrowing the gap between rich and poor.
15 April 2013
Billionaire Bulat Utemuratov mulls buying Temir and Alliance Banks: media
The cost of Alliance Bank and Temirbank may range from $500 million to $1 billion.
15 April 2013
Rock Climbing: Kazakhstan climbers win nine medals in Kyrgyzstan
17 athletes represented Kazakhstan at the tournament as part of the Kazakhstan youth national rock climbing team.
15 April 2013
Nauryz-2013 Rock Climbing Festival held in Kazakhstan
Athletes competed in four categories: dry-tooling, jumaring, Dombay Roped Couples and obstacle course.
15 April 2013
Rare 7.3-liter Aston Martin One-77 brought to Almaty
The car’s engine develops 750 horsepower and it is capable of accelerating to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds.
15 April 2013
Q 1 oil production output stands at 17.3 million tons
Kazakhstan plans to produce 82 million tons of crude and condensed gas in 2013, with the figure brought up to 83 million in 2014 and 90 million in 2015.
15 April 2013
Kazakhstan planning to boost uranium extraction
The uranium production output in Kazakhstan made up 20 900 tons in 2012. In 2011 the country’s share in global uranium supplies stood at 35%.
15 April 2013