Section: Kazinform (Kazakhstan)
Obama extends anti-Russian sanctions imposed over Ukraine for one more year
WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM – US President Barack Obama has extended sanctions imposed on Russia over developments in Ukraine for one more year, the White House said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
M. Kukushkin advanced into quarterfinals of Delray Beach Open in men’s doubles
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstani tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin playing in pair with Ilya Marchenko from Ukraine advanced into the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open in the USA in men’s doubles. The prize fund of the tournament is USD 576 900, Sports.kz informs. …read more Source:...
Putin, Obama discuss on the phone Syrian settlement, situation in Ukraine
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM – Presidents of Russia and the U.S. Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama during a telephone conversation discussed the Syrian settlement and the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Swine flu spreading across Eastern Europe and Middle East
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Swine flu has killed 183 people in Ukraine this winter and is spreading rapidly across Eastern Europe and the Middle East. At least 107 people have died in Russia after contracting the disease, 18 in Armenia and 10 in Georgia, according to government figures. …read more Source:...
OPEC’s talks with other producers to result in oil price rise
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – The negotiations of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with other oil producers will likely to give a positive result and the cost of a barrel of oil will reach $50-60, Valentyn Zemlyansky, the director of energy programs at the Center of World Economy and International Relations of...
Gazprom draws $2.549 bln gas bill to Naftogaz of Ukraine
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM – Russian gas giant Gazprom has drawn a $2.549 bln bill to Naftogaz of Ukraine for the Russian gas Ukraine had not taken in the third quarter of 2015 under “take or pay” condition, Gazprom said in a statement on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Azerbaijan agrees with 3 countries on preferential cargo traffic tariffs
BAKU. KAZINFORM – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Ukraine signed a protocol on setting competitive preferential tariffs for cargo transportation via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. …read more Source:...
Australian travel agency offers customers trips to Crimea
SYDNEY. KAZINFORM – An Australian travel company Gateway Travel based in the Sydney suburb has begun offering its customers tours to Crimea since the beginning of this year, the company’s head Antonina Kislyakova told TASS on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Kazakh, Ukrainian presidents had telephone talk
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, Akorda reports. …read more Source:...
Kazakhstani tennis players to collide in men’s doubles finals in Australia
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstani tennis player Alexander Nedovesov and Denis Molchanov from Ukraine advanced to the finals in men’s doubles in Happy Valley (Australia). The prize fund of the tournament is 75 thousand US dollars. In the finals they will face another Kazakhstani Andrei Golubev and Italian Matteo Donati, Sports.kz...
