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Almaty attacker identified as 27-year-old recidivist

Almaty attacker identified as 27-year-old recidivist

The Kazakh police has identified the man who attacked the police station in Almaty, the press service of the Kazakh Interior Ministry said. The detainee is a 27-year-old resident of Kyzylorda region, who is also suspected …

Death of police officers in Almaty confirmed

Death of police officers in Almaty confirmed

Three police officers have been killed and seven more people in critical condition, Kazakhstan's Interior Ministry confirmed. Local authorities also confirmed that one attacker was detained by police. Law enforcement officials are …

Gunmen kills two policemen in Almaty

Gunmen kills two policemen in Almaty

Gunmen killed two policemen in Almaty on Monday, security sources and the Interior Ministry said. "A religious radical and probably a follower of non-traditional Islam" was on the rampage in central Almaty, opening fire from …

Millionth resident born in Astana

Millionth resident born in Astana

The capital of Kazakhstan has become a million city, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said. “I want to announce with great pleasure that the millionth resident of Astana was born today, in the family of the …

Dmitry Myron dies in Almaty

Dmitry Myron dies in Almaty

Russian stage and screen actor Dmitry Myron died this morning at the age of 41 in Almaty's hospital, a Russian …

Lukoil starts building manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan

Lukoil starts building manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan

Russia's Lukoil oil company started to build a new lubricant manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan's Almaty province on May 19. The plant's capacity will be 100,000 tons of lubricants per year, with the possibility of …

Iran to build power plants in Kazakhstan

Iran to build power plants in Kazakhstan

Iran's Power and Water Equipment and Services Export Company Kazakh company 'SUNIR' and Kazakhstan's Eurasia Invest Group have signed a contract for the construction of power plants in Kazakhstan, Sunir CEO Bahman …

5-point earthquake hits eastern Kazakhstan

5-point earthquake hits eastern Kazakhstan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 points has been registered 569 km from Almaty at a depth of 10 km at 03.32 local time, the Committee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan said. …

4.6-point earthquake hits south-east of Kazakhstan

4.6-point earthquake hits south-east of Kazakhstan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 points has been registered 103.7 km from Almaty at a depth of 15 km at 5.31 local time, the Committee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan said. …

Kazakh seismologists record earthquake in China

Kazakh seismologists record earthquake in China

A earthquake took place in China, 529 km south-west of Alma-Ata, ‘Someya KH MES’ reported. The earthquake was recorded on February 20th at 18:56:34 ALT. The epicenter was located 529 km south-west of Alma-Ata on …

Dead body of missing Polish tourist found

Dead body of missing Polish tourist found

The dead body of missing Polish tourist was found on the left slope of Talgar gorge by Kzakh rescuers,  the press-secretary of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, Sandugash Baymuhambetova, said. …

New Year tree burns down in Almaty

New Year tree burns down in Almaty

A New Year tree located at the corner of Al-Farabi and Navoi streets in Almaty burnt down today, the press-secretary of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, Sandugash Baymuhambetova, said. According to her, the incident took …

Communist Party of Kazakhstan liquidated

Communist Party of Kazakhstan liquidated

The specialized inter-district economic court of Almaty has liquidated the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (CPK) on August 3 2015, the Department of Registration Service and the organization of the legal services of the Ministry of Justice of …

Almaty-Antalya flight postponed due to lightning

Almaty-Antalya flight postponed due to lightning

Departure of the flight of Air Astana in Kazakhstan has been delayed for 11 hours due to a lightning strike, the press-service of the airline reports.  On August 22d at 9:40 the flight was to …

Currency exchange offices close in Almaty

Currency exchange offices close in Almaty

Almaty's currency exchange offices have been closed due to a drop in the rate of the tenge by more than 20%, the local publication Tengrinews reports. Throughout the city, correspondents of the publication could find only one …