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EBRD loans to Almaty for 200 new buses
Almaty administration and the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) signed a loan agreement worth $39.3 million for procurement of 200 new buses running on gas.
04 February 2013
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor says law-enforcement authorities are poorly prepared to counter terrorism
Inability of Kazakhstan's law-enforcement structures to adequately respond to today’s challenges is the system’s shortage: Askhat Daulbayev.
04 February 2013
IBM to build smart technologies center in Astana
Kazakhstan's Astana will become a hub for the only such center in CIS and Eastern Europe.
04 February 2013
15 thousand cars assembled in Kazakhstan in 10 months
14,996 cars were produced in Kazakhstan in 10 months of 2012. 6,055 cars were produced in the same period of 2011.
04 February 2013
35 Kazakhstan athletes to take part in 2014 China Youth Olympic Games
Kazakhstan athletes will compete in weightlifting, boxing, water polo, swimming, gymnastics and other events in the Nanjing Youth Olympics.
04 February 2013
12 Akims relieved from duties in Kazakhstan
If a Kazakhstan Akim (Mayor) cannot improve his or her region or city, we start questioning his or her efficiency in the position: official.
04 February 2013
Kazakhstan and Honduras show same corruption level
International non-government organization Transparency International published its annual report called Corruption Perceptions Index.
04 February 2013
Google Translate to add Kazakh language by end of 2013
Google Translate+Kazakh project was presented in Kazakhstan.
04 February 2013
Google Translate to add Kazakh language
A presentation of Google Translate+Kazakh project to add the Kazakh language to Google Translate was held in Astana.
04 February 2013
Football: Kazakhstan to host UEFA Congress first time
Kazakhstan has become the first CIS country entitled to host a meeting of top-ranking managers of the European Football Union.
04 February 2013
Ski Jumping World Cup stage held in Almaty
Athletes from 13 countries took part in the winter stage of the Continental Ski Jumping Cup in Almaty.
04 February 2013
Iran minister says Kazakhstan to host nuclear talks Feb 25
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday that fresh talks with world powers on Iran's nuclear drive would be held in Kazakhstan on February 25.
04 February 2013
One fifth of KazTransOil shares bought by its employees
Around one fifth of the applications were received from the workers of KazTransOil, which testifies of high trust to the company.
04 February 2013
Hockey: Dallman officially becomes Kazakhstani
General Manager of Kazakhstan hockey team Shumi Babayev told about the selection of candidates to Kazakhstan national hockey team.
04 February 2013
Emergency Situations Minister learned about Almaty quake from Vice-PM
The system works in such a way that the information gets to the minister later than it gets on Twitter: Bakytzhan Sagintayev.
04 February 2013
14-y.o. patient raped in Ekibastuz hospital
Criminal police officers apprehended a 26-y.o. unemployed citizen, previously unconvicted, who raped the 14-y.o. school gird in the pediatric department of Ekibastuz city hospital.
01 February 2013
CSTO prepares package plan on Afghanistan based on Kazakhstan's data
Kazakhstan initiated a follow-up analysis of the situation in Afghanistan: CSTO Secretary General.
01 February 2013
Boxing: Golovkin hopes to fight Sturm and Geale in 2013
Gennady Golovkin also named American Peter Quillin, the WBO world champion, as his possible future rival.
01 February 2013
5.3-magnitude earthquake hits east Kazakhstan
The shocks were registered at 12:36 p.m. Astana time on February 1.
01 February 2013
Astana streets to get London-like video surveillance systems
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to prepare Astana for hosting EXPO-2017.
01 February 2013