Новости по теме New Year

Indonesia sharia stronghold bans New Year's festivities Islamic police in Indonesia's sharia stronghold seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets after the city administration banned New Year's Eve celebrations for the first time, an official said Tuesday.

31 December 2013

New Year on ice as weather stalls Antarctic air-sea rescue An icebound Russian research vessel prepared to ring in the New Year in remote Antarctica Tuesday as blizzards hampered a helicopter rescue planned after several icebreaking attempts failed.

31 December 2013

Royal baby birth doctor knighted, Beckham snubbed The gynaecologist who helped deliver the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate was given a knighthood and veteran actress Angela Lansbury was made a dame in Britain's New Year Honours List released Tuesday.

31 December 2013

Fireworks injure 160 as Philippines readies for New Year More than 160 people have been injured by fireworks in the Philippines as they prepared to welcome the New Year, the government said Saturday.

28 December 2013

January 1 to 5 - rest days in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan residents can relax and enjoy their New Year holiday from January 1 to 5 in 2014.

08 December 2013

US aims lucky 'Year of the Horse' greenbacks at Chinese The US Treasury is selling red "hong bao" envelopes with "lucky" dollars bearing auspicious serial numbers to mark the Chinese Year of the Horse next year.

04 December 2013

Cutting or damaging conifer trees punishable by law in Kazakhstan Cutting of 7 or more conifer trees in Kazakhstan is a criminal offense in Kazakhstan.

28 November 2013

Almaty to light this year's Christmas Tree on December 1 This year's lighting of the main New Year Tree of Almaty city will take place on December 1.

22 November 2013

China holiday retail sales jump 15%: government China on Saturday said retail sales jumped nearly 15 percent on-year during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, as consumers splurged on jewellery, clothes and food.

16 February 2013

Year of Snake sees serpent sales soar in Hong Kong As Hong Kong prepares to usher in the Year of the Snake, an increasing number of the reptiles are slithering their way into local households, with sales of the uncuddly pet rocketing.

09 February 2013

Google maps New Year's resolutions around the world Google is letting people peg their New Year's resolutions to an online map and see what promises others around the world have set out to keep in 2013.

06 January 2013

Kazakhstan residents made 93 million calls on New Year night Kazakhstan cellular operators gave statistics of phone calls and messages on New Year days.

04 January 2013

Record 40,000 Dutch in New Year North Sea dip A record 40,000 people braved icy temperatures on the Netherlands's North Sea coast Tuesday to take a cold plunge, setting a new record for the traditional New Year's Day dip.

02 January 2013

60 dead in New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast The Ivory Coast on Wednesday began three days of national mourning after a stampede among crowds gathered for celebratory New Year's Eve fireworks in Abidjan left at least 60 dead and dozens injured.

02 January 2013

Venezuela frets over ill Chavez as 2013 begins Somber Venezuelans began 2013 fretting over their ubiquitous and garrulous leader Hugo Chavez, wondering what the future holds as the president wages a tough battle with cancer in a Havana hospital.

02 January 2013

Syria ushers in New Year with more violence Syrians woke up to air strikes near Damascus on New Year's Day and the closure of Aleppo airport after repeated rebel attacks, casting doubts on efforts to end the 21-month conflict.

02 January 2013

Globe greets 2013 in rolling New Year's party A million people crammed into New York's Times Square on Tuesday to greet the New Year in a global party that kicked off in Australia before rolling around the world in a non-stop chain of firework displays.

02 January 2013

World to welcome in New Year with a bang Sydney will Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013 from Dubai to Paris and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.

31 December 2012

Tour de France champ Wiggins knighted in New Year honours 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.

30 December 2012

One third Kazakhstan companies spend up to 500 thousand tenge on New Year staff parties According to 31 percent of the polled representatives of Kazakhstan companies, their New Year staff party costs from 300 to 500 thousand tenge.

28 December 2012

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