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Kazakhstan Prosecutor General visiting Switzerland
Kazakhstan Prosecutor General Askhat Daulbayev is visiting Switzerland this week.
24 April 2013
French embassy in Tripoli bombed, 2 injured: sources
A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first attack on a foreign mission since militants stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in September.
24 April 2013
MIG-31 military airplane crashes in Kazakhstan
A military airplane crashed in Karaganda Oblast in central Kazakhstan. One man was killed in the crash.
24 April 2013
OECD backs Japan deflation fight, says must cut debt
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Tuesday backed Japan's bid to end years of deflation, but called on Tokyo to step up efforts to shrink its huge debt pile.
24 April 2013
Canada nabs two in alleged Qaeda-backed train plot
Two foreign nationals have been arrested in Canada in connection with what federal police said Monday was a plot backed by Al-Qaeda to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area.
24 April 2013
Tengrinews.kz interviews father of Kazakhstan student detained in Boston
Murat Kadyrbayev, father of one of the Kazakhstan students detained in Boston, gave an exclusive interview to Tengrinews.kz and STV channel.
23 April 2013
Nazarbayev does not want to make Astana multimillion city
Astana’s population is at around 800 thousand citizens. I don’t have any intention to raise it to millions: Kazakhstan President.
23 April 2013
16,500 Kazakhstan citizens receive U.S. residence permits in 9 years
1,202 Kazakhstan citizens naturalized in the U.S. in 2012: 664 of them are close relatives of U.S. citizens, 247 received residence via the Green Card lottery and 129 received the refugee status.
23 April 2013
China ready to purchase stake in Kashagan: media
Chinese state and private companies are nearing the finish line in procurement of stakes in Kashagan project, Nursultan and Abai blocks.
23 April 2013
Threatening letter, powder sent to S. Korea minister
South Korea's defence minister received Tuesday a package containing a threatening letter and suspicious powder, in what his ministry described as an attempted act of "terror".
23 April 2013
GDP expected at 5% in H1 in Kazakhstan
Forecast GDP growth will make 5 percent in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2013.
23 April 2013
India's censored kisses to be shown for the first time
A new film festival is to showcase for the first time scenes from Bollywood movies deemed too racy for Indian viewers, including the first attempt at an on-screen kiss.
23 April 2013
US would consider food aid request from N. Korea
The United States would consider any new request from North Korea to resume food aid stalled since 2009, provided Pyongyang allowed US staff inside the isolated country to monitor distribution.
23 April 2013
Psy's 'Gentleman' hits 200 mn YouTube views
"Gangnam Style" star Psy's new music video has garnered 200 million views on YouTube in the nine days since its release and smashed the video-sharing site's record for single-day hits.
23 April 2013
Venezuela threatens oil, trade measures in vote row with US
Venezuela stepped up attacks on the United States Monday, threatening retaliatory measures affecting trade and energy if Washington resorts to sanctions in a row over the country's disputed presidential election.
23 April 2013
Kazakhstan to develop adventure tourism in western regions
A concept for development of tourism in Kazakhstan until 2020 has been presented.
23 April 2013
Nazarbayev instructs to dissolve EXPO-2017 organizational commission
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed to dissolve the organization commission of the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
23 April 2013
Nazarbayev believes EXPO-2017 organizational part failed
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is not pleased with the course of preparation for the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
23 April 2013
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