Facebook lets friends send gift cards
Facebook on Thursday began letting social network members in the United States send friends gift cards for purchases at participating shops or restaurants.
Astana streets to get London-like video surveillance systems
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to prepare Astana for hosting EXPO-2017.
Ethno villages to spring around Astana city
Ethnic villages will be built in the residential areas adjusted to Astana city within the radius of 30-50 kilometers before the EXPO-2017.
Gold coin dedicated to Asian Games sold for $60 thousand
The National Bank of Kazakhstan released 20 thousand coins with a nominal value of 5 thousand, 500 and 100 tenge dedicated to the Asian Games.
Kostanay wages war against Internet pirates
The Justice Department of Kostanay oblast has shared its successful experience of countering Internet pirates.
Europe will get its money back says Bank of Greece
Greece will pay back the billions of euros of European aid it has received to fight its debt crisis, the head of the country's central bank told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Over 80 thousand residents may be flooded in Pavlodar oblast
Kazakhstan's Pavlodar oblast has 75 villages in the lowlands that may be largely flooded after snow melting and heavy rains.
Skiing: Kazakhstan skiers win team sprint in Quebec
Kazakhstan’s Nikolay Chebotko and Denis Volotka won Men Free team sprint at the Third Cross-Country World Cup in Quebec, Canada.
Israel ratifies space agreement with Kazakhstan
Israel government ratified an agreement on cooperation with Kazakhstan in research and use of the space for peaceful purposes.
Canadian experts to help investigating plane crash near Almaty
Canadian experts will take part in the investigation of the CRJ-200 plane crash near Almaty that claimed 21 lives.
Smoke but no fire in smoggy Shanghai
Shanghai was forced to deny that China's future tallest building, now under construction, was on fire Thursday after what looked like smog surrounded the towering structure.
Kazakhstan prosecutors deny 8 million tenge missing from CRJ-200 crash site
Kazakhstan Chief Transport Prosecutor’s office has refuted the information on 8 million tenge ($53 thousand) missing from the CRJ-200 crash site.
Residents of Amaty's central streets left without cold water
Residents of Almaty section located between Kazybek bi – Zhibek zholy and Furmanov-Abylai khan streets have been left without cold water because of a pipeline break.
S. Korea warns North against nuclear test
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak held an emergency security meeting Thursday that warned North Korea of "serious consequences" if it went through with an expected nuclear test.
Russia-launched satellite plunges into Pacific: official
A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday only moments after being launched from a mobile sea platform.
California Latinos to overtake whites within year
Latinos will outnumber non-Hispanic whites in California by early next year for the first time since it became a US state.
Britain's Pinewood film studios plans expansion
Britain's Pinewood Studios, home to the James Bond film series, is to submit fresh plans to develop a new site and double its production capacity.
Foreign Minister reveals ugly truth on exile banker Mukhtar Ablyazov
According to the Minister, Kazakhstan has a right to defend its reputation against media campaigns run by the exile ex banker Mukhtar Ablyazov who is deliberately tarnishing the nation’s image in the media.
1/3 of Kazakhstan doesn’t Friend colleagues in social networks
Kazakhstan HR company polled 2000 employees and found that 75% of the respondents add their colleagues to their Friends lists.
Hostess selects lead bidders after $410 mn offer
Twinkie manufacturer Hostess said Wednesday it had chosen a joint offer from investment firms C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management LLC as the lead bid to buy the popular snack maker.
