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Biden to discuss security, migrants at Balkans summit
US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Zagreb for a Western Balkans summit, highlighting renewed interest from Washington in the fragile region as it deals with an unprecedented influx of refugees.
25 November 2015
Lavrov warns citizens off travel to Turkey as cancels visit
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recommended against Russians travelling to Turkey and cancelled his own planned visit after Ankara shot down a Russian fighter jet.
25 November 2015
This is a point of no return in Syrian crisis: Yerlan Karin about Russian warplane shot down by Turkey
According to Kazakhstan’s political scientist and Director of Kazakhstani Institute of Strategic Studies Yerlan Karin, Russian plane shot down by Turkey is a point of no return in the Syrian crisis.
25 November 2015
French Muslim body to create 'licence to preach' for imams
France's leading Muslim body said it would create a permit to preach for imams in a bid to root out extremists, as well as a new religious body to fight back against jihadist propaganda.
25 November 2015
Kazakhstan's national companies face major restructuring
Kazakhstani national companies will soon be facing a major restructuring.
25 November 2015
EU's Tusk urges all to stay 'cool headed' after Russian jet downed
European Union president Donald Tusk called for calm after Turkey, a candidate for membership of the bloc, shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border.
25 November 2015
Russia moves forward with common currency for EEU despite Kazakhstan's opposition
Russia is considering a common unit of account and currency for the EEU, while Kazakhstan is not eager to move forward with this project.
25 November 2015
Queen Elizabeth sells 25,000 tickets to 90th birthday
Tickets to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday celebrations sold out within hours as Buckingham Palace promised four days of pageantry "fit for the queen" including dancing and horse shows.
25 November 2015
Kazakhstani crew about Bekmambetov's new movie
Igor Tsay and his "Kun-Do" school of stage combat participated in shooting of Timur Bekmambetov's new He is Dragon movie.
25 November 2015
Pegging or no pegging: tenge in new monetary policy
Experts believe, the financial sector of Kazakhstan has not reached a complete freedom from pegging to the US dollar.
24 November 2015
Spectre dubbed in Kazakh in one week
Spectre, the 23th James Bond film has been translated and dubbed into the Kazakh language in a week's time.
24 November 2015
Golovkin improves his P4P standing
Gennady Golovkin, WBA Super, IBO, WBC Interim and IBF middleweight champion has gone up in the Pound for Pound (P4P) rating from Bleacher Report after the fight between Saul “Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto.
24 November 2015
Kazakhstan's accession to WTO may hamper development of EEU: Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei, Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organization may hamper the development of the Eurasian Economic Union.
24 November 2015
Nazarbayev visits Qatar to foster investemnts and relations between countries
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Doha, Qatar.
23 November 2015
Britain's Cameron to pledge extra £12 billion for defence
British Prime Minister David Cameron is to promise an additional £12 billion to strengthen the defence forces when he unveils a five-year strategic review on Monday.
23 November 2015
La Bayadere premiers at Astana Opera for Christmas
Astana Opera presents one of the most popular and complex classical ballets La Bayadere by French choreographer Marius Petipa for Christmas.
23 November 2015
Kerry in Abu Dhabi for talks on Syria peace plan
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Abu Dhabi to meet his Emirati counterparts on efforts to build a Syrian opposition coalition to lead peace talks with the Damascus regime.
23 November 2015
Nazarbayev meets Japan's PM Shinzo Abe in Astana
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Astana.
23 November 2015
What is next for GGG?
As the main contender for WBC title, Golovkin is waiting for the results of the fight between Miguel Cotto, current title holder and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
23 November 2015
Paris attacks: Steinmeier thought blast was 'fireworks'
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview published he thought the first explosion he heard a week ago at a Paris stadium was fireworks, but soon realised it was a terror attack.
23 November 2015