site.news_by_theme New Year

Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins led a parade of Olympic champions whose achievements in a remarkable summer of sport in Britain were recognised in the New Year Honours list on Saturday.

According to 31 percent of the polled representatives of Kazakhstan companies, their New Year staff party costs from 300 to 500 thousand tenge.

Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov signed a government decree moving the day off from Saturday December 29 to Monday December 31.

Cell phone users in Kazakhstan made over 50 million calls on the New Year’s night and sent around 13 million text messages.

Celebrations will start on Astana Square in Almaty on at 11:00 p.m. on December 31.

Kazakhstan citizens, who work five days a week, will have four days off on December 31 through January 3.

All state authorities of Mangistau oblast and some major private companies have cancelled their corporate New Year parties.