Serik Akhmetov now chairs Samruk-Kazyna board
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov has been appointed chairman of the board of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund.
Kazakhstan senators ask human rights experts for help
Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau has been invited to the Senate to make a report on human rights and provide recommendations.
170 million Euro required for oncology patients in Kazakhstan
The 7th Congress of CIS Oncologists and Radiologists was held in Astana.
Medical Diagnostic Centers Association established in Kazakhstan
It is very important to unite all medical diagnostic centers into one Association and to create a common Internet-space that would serve as a common system of electronic diagnostics: Baizhunussov.
Nigeria mosque massacre not sectarian violence: military
The Nigerian army has said an armed assault on a mosque in which 21 people died was the result of a criminal feud and not sectarian violence.
Kazakhstan's oil export profits unveiled
Kazakhstan exported 40.1 million tons of crude oil and gas condensate in January-July 2012.
Kazakhstan sold $500 million worth of gold in 6 months
Kazakhstan exported 13.3 tons of untreated and semi-treated gold worth $574.6 million in January-July 2012.
Agriculture Ministry eyes ban on saxaul cutting in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture is planning to impose a ban on cutting of saxaul throughout the whole Kazakhstan.
S. Korea lifts ban on French erotic novel by de Sade
South Korea has lifted a ban on the erotic novel "The 120 Days of Sodom" by the 18th-century French nobleman and writer the Marquis de Sade, just weeks after barring it for "extreme obscenity".
Extremists intentionally commit crimes to preach their ideas in prisons
Kazakhstan's prison camps have nobody to prevent spread of extremist ideas among prisoners: expert.
Almaty got a just married installation
An installation for newlyweds has been placed on the Republic Square in Almaty; the opening ceremony was held in Almaly shopping mall.
Australia defends refugee policy after boat surge
Canberra insisted on Monday that a new deterrent policy of locking up refugees on remote Pacific islands was working despite a weekend surge in arrivals and self-harm attempts among detainees.
Bones under car park hold key to England's Richard III
Archaeologists and one hopeful relative are anxiously waiting to see if a skeleton dug up from a hole in a car park in the English city of Leicester is the remains of the much-maligned King Richard III.
“Myn Bala” is worth being screened all over the world: Wolfgang Petersen
German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen said that Zhauzhurek Myn Bala is a bright movie and Kazakhstan citizens should be proud of it.
Kazakhstan wants Alakol lake in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
Kazakhstan’s Man and Biosphere Committee drafted a proposal on including Alakol Lake into the UNESCO Network of Biosphere Reserves.
PHOTO: Austrian skydiver broke sound barrier: spokeswoman
Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering freefall jump from the edge of space Sunday.
World economy needs action from China, EU: Geithner
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Saturday the global economy was on the mend, but more needed to be done to stoke domestic demand in China and fix Europe's fiscal woes.
US berates Russia for aiding Syrian regime
The US has denounced Russia's policy of aiding the Syrian regime as "morally bankrupt," as tensions between Damascus and Ankara escalate over cargo seized from a Syrian passenger plane.
Beverage groups sue over New York 'supersize' ban
A US beverage industry group and other businesses filed a lawsuit Friday against the administration of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg seeking to block restrictions on sales of large soda drinks.
US tipped again for Nobel Economics Prize, as Europe lags
Americans top the list of favourites for Monday's Nobel Economics Prize, an award that increasingly rarely seems to go to a European.
