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Bitcoin is no way to avoid losses amid devaluation in Kazakhstan
Bitcoin is not a good way to save money for Kazakhstanis frantically trying to hedge themselves amid the 20% tenge devaluation.
21 February 2014
Devaluation may create demand for 20,000 tenge bills in Kazakhstan
The climbing of dollar exchange rate might create a demand for the long awaited release of 20,000 tenge bills in Kazakhstan.
13 February 2014
Inaction of Austrian, German and Maltese authorities against Rakhat Aliyev may damage public confidence to EU justice
Claude Turmes, a member of the European Parliament, is concerned that inaction of European authorities on mounting serious accusations against Aliyev could undermine public confidence to EU justice.
29 January 2014
Kazakhstan has no need for death penalty: criminal law expert
I believe that life-long sentence is a severe enough punishment and the restrictions it imposes on a person are tough enough to view it as a real alternative to death penalty: Kazakhstan professor of criminal law.
29 January 2014
British MPs criticise Queen's household finances
British lawmakers on Tuesday urged Queen Elizabeth II's royal household to do more to reduce running costs and produce clearer plans for the monarch's financial future.
28 January 2014
Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure: IEA Executive Director
Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure and take a hard stance of pricing talks in the region: Maria van der Hoeven.
21 January 2014
MPs waive off legalization of polygamy in Kazakhstan
Members of Kazakhstan's Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) have commented on the idea of making polygamy legal in Kazakhstan.
14 January 2014
Ex-Vice-Minister of Agriculture promotes polygamy in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s former Vice-Minister of Agriculture of Marat Tolibayev has proposed to legalize polygamy in Kazakhstan.
13 January 2014
IMF's Lagarde: uncertainty over health of European banks
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that questions marks remain over the health of Europe's banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them.
10 January 2014
Obama didn't believe his own war strategy: Gates
Former defense secretary Robert Gates has delivered a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan in a revealing new memoir, US media reported Tuesday.
08 January 2014
Bride kidnapping is medieval: Governor of South Kazakhstan oblast
Askar Myrzakhmetov, Akim (Governor) of South Kazakhstan oblast, has called bride kidnapping a medieval act.
16 December 2013
Foreign Affairs Minister of Kazakhstan comments situation in Ukraine
Сommenting the situation of Ukraine, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov said that Kazakhstan had always been supportive of integration processes.
10 December 2013
Bitcoin may threaten Kazakhstan's financial stability: Dalenov
Bitcoin currency may be a threat to the financial system of Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister of Finance Ruslan Dalenov.
10 December 2013
Women driver ban guards against evil: Saudi top cleric
The grand mufti of Saudi Arabia said a ban on women driving in the conservative Gulf state protects society from "evil".
29 November 2013
Arson version of Almaty flea market fire is ludicrous: veteran rescuer
Retired colonel Murat Zhumatayev, veteran of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations, has called the traders' version that the flea market was deliberately set on fire ludicrous.
23 November 2013
Legal proceedings are dragged and overly formalized in Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev
Judicial proceedings in Kazakhstan are groundlessly dragged out and overly formalized in the opinion of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
20 November 2013
Boxing: Holyfield proclaims Golovkin best boxer of post-soviet space
Famous American heavyweight professional boxer Evander Holyfield says that the WBA middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan is the best boxer from the post-soviet space.
18 November 2013
Mussabayev comments his statement about 'beer bar English' of Bolashak graduates
Head of KazKosmos National Space Agency Talgat Mussabayev has commented his statement about some graduates of the Bolashak program.
09 November 2013
Wreckage discovered near Baikonur is no spacecraft: Mussabayev
The wrecks found in Kyzyorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan do not belong to any space equipment.
08 November 2013
Boxing: Carl Froch to KO Kazakhstan's Golovkin
Irish boxing professional expects WBA and IBO champion Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan to be KOed by British Carl Froch.
04 November 2013