The first and the only Kazakh satellite, which was launched last year with a great PR and pompous celebrations, is out of control due to a computer glitch and is likely to be lost altogether. The sputnik, which was used by several local TV broadcasters, was an image thing for the country’s authorities - […]
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke at the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt) and said that the main reason for world food crisis is speculation.
“It’s not just about climate change and bioethanol production. The global financial crisis urged profiteers to redistribute their funds from securities market to the commodities. For the first time […]
Last week the major democratic opposition force of Kazkahstan, the “Azat” [Freedom] party celebrated official recognition of their new name by the Ministry of Justice. Earlier the party was called “Nagyz Ak Zhol” [True Bright Path], and the new name was adopted at the party congress with a very little advantage. Another proposed name […]
Ministry of Interior has put forward an initiative to involve Islam and Orthodox Christian church representatives in crime prevention activities, elucidation of the population and formation of the healthy life-style patterns. In result of a special meeting, the agreement between the ministry and two major confessions of Kazakhstan was signed.
As reported, the parties agreed […]
In a country with multi-party system, the main indicator of political life is the activity of parties, especially in the periods between elections. In this regard, it can be seen that there are actually only two parties active now — the ruling “Nur Otan” and “Azat”, the former “True Ak Zhol” party led by […]
The Kazakh segment of Internet has burst with an ambitious project - Second Astana. As reported by Cnews, the “building” of a second Astana online is a sep towards promotion of the brand called “Republic of Kazakhstan” in the world.
The Astana city administration has almost completed creation of the capital’s 3D model on Google […]
KZBlog reports that nearly a month ago a group of 30 masked men in Almaty attacked 40 Turkish workers, employees of the Turkish construction company B.N.N. Pegasus. The attackers were allegedly armed with knives and guns, but only 4 men were injured. One assailant was captured and taken into custody by police.
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Adam Kesher today in his blog quotes the newly released Forbes’ list of the billionaires you never heard of - the most wealthy people that are closed for public eyes. Interestingly, there is a Kazakhstani citizen listed there - Vladimir Kim, a copper magnate, principal owner and president of UK-incorporated Kazakhmys Plc., which controls […]
While the Kazahstani bloggers are getting ready to the BarCamp in Riga in February next year, a girl from the northern town of Temirtau is already paving her way to the popularity and hearts of the Latvians.
Jana Pidkuiko is the only artist from Kazakhstan on the international contest Hello Jurmala. This is a musical […]
Web-domains with geographical names are always a subject of interest on the Internet market. Average prices for them yield only to the domains of business and porn topics.
Domain-Blog reports that the specialized fair of geographic domains names was held by the Associated Cities Co. in San-Francisco in mid-November this year. One of the lots […]
