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It will take 5-6 years for Kazakhstanis to stop quoting domestic prices in the US Dollar
Olzhas Khudaibergenov, Director of the Center for Macroeconomic Research, outlined measures to reduce the currently excessive dollarization of the country’s economy.
29 January 2015
Amal Clooney in court to condemn Armenia genocide-denier
A long-running battle over one man's denial of the Armenian genocide returned to the European Court of Human Rights.
29 January 2015
Kazakh-Spanish trains to become more comfortable
Talgo passenger carriages will become more comfortable as the plant producing the carriages masters the final stage of production.
28 January 2015
Kazakhstan gets 2 gold and 1 silver at Winter Universiade
On the second day of the 2015 Universiade, Kazakhstan’s team has lost its leadership position in the total medal count.
28 January 2015
Astana Ballet presents three centuries of classic choreography
The Astana ballet is presenting the premier of the From Century to Century classic ballet performance on January 28, at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana.
28 January 2015
Kazakhstan's beauty fails to enter Miss Universe final
Kazakhstan's representative at Miss Universe-2014 Aidai Isayeva has failed to become one of the 15 finalists at the world's top beauty pageant in Florida, USA.
28 January 2015
India sends foreign minister to China after Obama visit
India's foreign minister will travel to China this weekend, a day after Barack Obama ended a visit aimed at renewing US ties with the South Asian country.
28 January 2015
'I'm not an enemy': Moscow exhibit showcases Gulag letters
Entitled "The Right of Correspondence," the exhibition is organised by Russia’s top rights group, Memorial, and displays hundreds of letters sent by Gulag.
28 January 2015
Yahoo announces tax-free spinoff of Alibaba stake
Yahoo is spinning off its stake in Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, splitting off the valuable holdings in a move that sidesteps taxes.
28 January 2015
Brazil's Rousseff backs austerity and ending corruption
Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff stressed the need for lower spending to balance the books and urged an end to corruption.
28 January 2015
Apple profit hits new high on rocketing iPhone sales
Apple's quarterly profit soared to a record $18 billion on the back of booming iPhone sales, especially in China.
28 January 2015
Benedict Cumberbatch sorry for 'colored' remark
Benedict Cumberbatch apologized and said he was "devastated" after the Oscar-nominated actor referred to black colleagues as "colored" in a US television interview.
28 January 2015
Mexico 'certain' that missing students dead: minister
Authorities in Mexico can now say with "legal certainty" that the 43 students who went missing in September were murdered by hitmen working for a drug gang.
28 January 2015
Taylor Swift shakes off hacking on social media
Taylor Swift scoffed at a hacker who took over her social media accounts and threatened to release nude pictures, with the pop star saying none existed.
28 January 2015
Kazakhstan’s Central Bank buying out all gold produced
As a rule, prices for gold grow amidst growing demand (…) the latter is normally driven by volatility of major currencies. Currently, the keen interest to gold is assigned to the weakening Euro. Gold is seen as a stable harbor: Minister for Investments.
28 January 2015
Pope opens doors to transsexual dubbed 'devil's daughter': report
Pope Francis has met a Spanish transsexual and his fiancée at the Vatican, opening his doors to a man dubbed "the devil's daughter" by a local priest.
28 January 2015
Moscow blasts US spy arrest as part of 'anti-Russian campaign'
Moscow blasted the United States over the arrest of an alleged Russian spy, condemning the move as a "provocation".
28 January 2015
OSCE calls on Armenia, Azerbaijan to cease hostilities
The OSCE called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to end deadly fighting in the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh.
28 January 2015
More than 1,000 children living rough in Donetsk
About 1,100 children are living rough in underground shelters in Ukraine's rebel-held eastern city of Donetsk.
28 January 2015
Obama issues warning on Auschwitz anniversary
US President Barack Obama marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a warning that the world needs to combat resurgent anti-Semitism.
28 January 2015