News about Kazakhstan
One Italian and three Kazakhstan citizens died in car accident in West Kazakhstan
4 people died in a car accident in the morning of August 14 at the 210th km of Uralsk-Atyrau road.
15 August 2012
3.2-magnitude earthquake struck 144km from Almaty
The epicenter of the quake was at the depth of 1km at the territory of Kyrgyzstan 98km from Bishkek.
15 August 2012
Judo: Kazakhstan mulling purchase of Kyrgyz judoka
Kazakhstan Judo Federation is eying two Kyrgyz judoka, but is too shocked with its own Olympic results to propose.
15 August 2012
Violent attacks in Kazakh park kill 11
Police in Kazakhstan said Tuesday they had discovered the charred and stabbed remains of 11 bodies scattered over large stretches of a remote park popular with international climbers and hikers.
15 August 2012
Serik Sultangali appointed Director General of KazTransGas
Sultangali had already been Director General of KazTransGas in 2005-2007 and 2009-2011.
15 August 2012
Kazakhstan ranked 4th by records at Olympics-2012
A total of 95 records were set in London: 39 world and 56 Olympic records.
15 August 2012
30 Chinese employees of Sinopec had a fight in dormitory in Atyrau
30 Chinese citizens working for Sinopec had a fight in a dormitory in Atyrau.
15 August 2012
BTA Bank opened yuan account in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
BTA Bank and ICBC, the world’s biggest bank by assets, agreed to open a correspondent account of BTA Bank in ICBC Almaty.
14 August 2012
Uzbekistan President to render official visit to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan political consultations are held in Tashkent on August 13-14. Kazakhstan is represented by deputy Foreign Minister Amangeldy Zhumabayev.
14 August 2012
Number of victims of near Almaty woods reached 11 people
The total number of the victims is 11. Six corpses were discovered at the first site and 5 corpses were found at the second site: official.
14 August 2012
Kazakhstan mulls to raise land tax
Final decision will be made in a few days: official.
14 August 2012
Weightlifting: Ilya Ilyin will do PhD in Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism
Two-time Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan is going to start doing his PhD course in Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism this year.
14 August 2012
Investigators searching for another 3-4 people in forest near Almaty
Kazakhstan Interior Minister Kalmukhanbet Kassymov gave the details of the investigation.
14 August 2012
Olympic champion Podobedova getting married
Olympic weightlifting champion Svetlana Podobedova is going to get married to her colleague Vladimir Sedov, 2009 world weightlifting champion.
14 August 2012
Nazarbayev expressed condolences in relation to earthquake in Iran
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed condolences to President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in relation to the earthquake that claimed 306 lives.
14 August 2012
8th corpse found in forest near Almaty
Kazakhstan Interior Ministry announced that the 8th corpse had been discovered in Ile-Alatau national park near Almaty.
14 August 2012
Kazakhstan Paralympic athletes depart for London on August 22
Kazakhstan Paralympic winners will get money prizes of $50,000 for gold, $35,000 for silver and $25,000 for bronze medals.
14 August 2012
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister to visit Mecca
Kazakhstan delegation led by Foreign Minister will take part in the 4th emergency summit of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation.
14 August 2012
7 corpses discovered in forest near Almaty
7 corpses have been discovered in Ile-Alatau national park near Almaty. Some of them show signs of violent death.
14 August 2012
Kazakh became 39th official language of Disney Pixar
Kazakh can be found in the languages menu on the DVDs with movies like Cars 2, Men in Black 3, Brave and The Amazing Spider-Man in any country.
14 August 2012