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Afghan election close to failure as Abdullah sets deadline
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Monday issued another ultimatum over the disputed election result.
03 September 2014
Silva poll charge forces Brazil poll rivals' rethink
Environmentalist Marina Silva sending a threatened Dilma Rousseff, the incumbent, into attack mode with the elections a month away.
03 September 2014
Nazarbayev appoints ambassadors to Germany, Romania, Cambodia and Laos
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed a number of new ambassadors of Kazakhstan.
03 September 2014
France's scorned former first lady to publish kiss-and-tell
France's scorned former first lady Valerie Trierweiler is set to lift the lid on her tumultuous relationship with the president.
03 September 2014
Kazakhstan MP responds to Vladimir Putin's statement on lack of statehood in Kazakhstan
The statement must have been taken out of context, or it was an impromptu, rather than a carefully prepared statement. I believe it is wrong to say there was no statehood in Kazakhstan: Maulen Ashimbayev.
02 September 2014
Kazakhstan’s President commissions Parliament to prevent possible adverse challenges to national economy and security
Reciprocal sanctions imposed by countries responsible for a total of 60% of the global GDP entail substantial adjustments and changes to long-established economic ties. This leads to a slowdown of partner economies, having a certain effect on us, he said.
02 September 2014
Kazakhstan’s President: Government won’t be cutting down on social obligations
According to him, efforts to enforce the industrialization programme, planned launch of new industrial enterprises, new jobs, and all the programs to ensure decent healthcare services, affordable housing, education opportunities (…) all these initiatives should keep on working.
02 September 2014
Brazil incumbent goes on offensive in presidential debate
Incumbent D.Rousseff, now trailing top rival M. Silva in Brazil's presidential race by 10 percent, went on the offensive in a televised debate.
02 September 2014
Kazakhstan celebrates Constitution Day
Kazakhstan is celebrating the Constitution Day and will enjoy three days off for the holiday this year on August 30, 31, and September 1.
30 August 2014
Pussy Riot say no place for Putin at G20
Pussy Riot called on Australia to withdraw its invitation to President Vladimir Putin to attend this year's G20 summit.
30 August 2014
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Kazakhstan and its future
Efforts we have been taking to launch the Customs Union, the Single Economic Space have been based on his ideas. It was he who came up with the idea of the Eurasian Union: Putin about Nazarbayev.
30 August 2014
Erdogan sworn in as Turkey president, opposition storms out
Turkey's outgoing premier Erdogan was sworn in as president, as opponents who accuse him of authoritarianism stormed out of the ceremony.
29 August 2014
Surprise-package Silva shakes up Brazil vote
Popular environmentalist Marina Silva has shaken up Brazil's presidential election since her sudden entry into the race.
28 August 2014
Ukraine loves Nazarbayev: Poroshenko
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko sees a great potential for an increase of goods turnover between Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
27 August 2014
Afghan election in crisis as candidate pulls out of audit
One of the two candidates boycotted the UN-supervised vote audit set up to end a prolonged dispute over the rightful winner.
27 August 2014
Leader of Britain's UKIP picked to stand for parliament seat
The leader of the anti-EU UKIP Nigel Farage is to run for parliament in Britain's 2015 election.
27 August 2014
President Nazarbayev calling for truce in Ukraine
There should be a peaceful respite to save lives of innocent women and children that have become hostages of the military opposition. We are calling the sides to cease fire: President Nazarbayev.
27 August 2014
President Nazarbayev on necessity of straightforward talks between Putin and Poroshenko
Kazakhstan and Ukraine have always been maintaining friendly ties. In the recent years the two nations have launched a number of JVs and are working on joint projects: President Nazarbayev.
27 August 2014
Turkey's moderate president bows out - for now
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul moves out of the presidential palace in Ankara on Thursday.
26 August 2014
President Nazarbayev on sanctions against Russia and their impact on Kazakhstan
According to him, escalation of the situation in Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions are to have an adverse effect on the Eurasian Economic Union.
25 August 2014