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Brazil presidential candidate dies in plane crash
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when his campaign jet slammed into houses in Santos city in bad weather.
14 August 2014
Nazarbayev to visit Turkmenistan this fall
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Turkmenistan in the Fall.
13 August 2014
Toughened reciprocation of sanctions is a way to nowhere: Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev
According to him, the only effective alternative is negotiations to work out a common ground on all the major issues.
13 August 2014
Erdogan wins Turkish presidency in first round triumph
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won an outright victory in the first round of presidential elections.
11 August 2014
Turkey's 12 presidents from Ataturk to Erdogan
Turkish voters delivered a victory to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the country's first ever direct presidential election.
11 August 2014
Putin discusses sanctions and bans with Nazarbayev and Lukashenko
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has discussed trade and economic harmonization in the context to Russia’s ban of Western imports of food with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
09 August 2014
Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev to meet at least three times in the months to come
The two heads of state are to attend a Forum of Transborder Cooperation, a summit of the Caspian littoral states and an SCO summit.
07 August 2014
Kazakhstan’s President announces tax amnesty for the country’s businesses
I commission the Government to administer a tax amnesty to provide relief of all the penalties accrued as of October 1, 2014 to small and middle-sized businesses, the President said.
06 August 2014
President Nazarbayev suggests introducing individual bankruptcy procedures
According to him, there is no place for those willing to live at the state’s expense. If someone fails to pay off his or her debts, foreclosure procedures should be applied.
06 August 2014
Venezuela sings Happy Birthday to late president Chavez
Supporters of Venezuela's former president Hugo Chavez celebrated what would have been his 60th birthday Monday with fireworks, a gun salute -- and the unveiling of a computer font based on the late leader's handwriting.
29 July 2014
Slovak president hands over salary to the poor, sick
Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska has given his first month's salary to 10 impoverished families, some coping with serious illness, a spokesman said.
26 July 2014
US congratulates Iraq on electing new president
The United States on Thursday threw its weight behind the newly elected president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, and urged him to form a "cohesive government" to help fight Islamic militants.
26 July 2014
Astana Opera soloists to perform in Italy
Director of La Scala ballet company Makhar Vaziev has invited to soloists of Astana Opera to perform in Italy.
21 July 2014
Industrial State Program had little effect on Kazakhstan's economy: Nazarbayev
Nurusltan Nazarbayev has summarized the results of the implementation of the first 5 years of the State Program of Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development.
21 July 2014
Xi seeks energy deals in Venezuela
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Sunday in Venezuela, the third leg of a Latin American tour aimed at bolstering trade with the region and sealing energy deals.
21 July 2014
Tengrinews experiment: who follows alcohol prohibition law?
Tengrinews reporters decided to conduct a small experiment to check if shop assistants followed the new law that prohibits alcohol sales after 9 p.m.
18 July 2014
Russian President signs law on Good-Neighborliness and Alliance in 21 Century
Vladimir Putin has signed the Law On Ratification of the Agreement on good-neighborliness and alliance in the XXI century.
16 July 2014
Kazakhstan’s President meets Central Bank Governor
According to the Central Bank Governor, the real GDP growth in the Q1 2014 stood at 3.8%.
10 July 2014
Astana celebrates 16th anniversary as Kazakhstan's capital
Astana city has celebrated its 16th anniversary since its official presentation as capital of Kazakhstan.
09 July 2014
Tributes from friends and foes after last Soviet FM dies
Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, who helped end the Cold War as the Soviet Union's last foreign minister, died Monday aged 86, with tributes pouring in from friends and foes.
08 July 2014