Latest news about Almaty
70 die in Kyrgyzstan earthquake (International Herald Tribune)
The quake, which measured 6.6, flattened a remote mountain village close the Chinese border.
6 Oct 2008, 9:14 am | click here for more
Vitol Buys 600,000 Barrels of Crude Oil From Azerbaijan's Socar (Bloomberg)
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Vitol SA, a Swiss trader, won an auction for 600,000 barrels of Russian crude held by Azerbaijan's state oil company Socar.
6 Oct 2008, 6:40 am | click here for more
BG seeks to expand presence in Kazakhstan - BG's Dranfield (Interfax)
ALMATY. Oct 6 (Interfax) - British Gas (BG) wants to expand its presence in Kazakhstan, Peter Dranfield, President of BG Kazakhstan said.
6 Oct 2008, 6:09 am | click here for more
Karachaganak group in talks with govt over duty (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
ALMATY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A Western oil group developing the Karachaganak gas field in Kazakhstan believes a new oil export duty does not apply to its operations and is in talks with the government over the issue, a consortium official said on Monday.
6 Oct 2008, 5:50 am | click here for more
Norway drops bid to host 2018 Winter Olympics (Sports Illustrated)
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Norway dropped plans to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday after new estimates doubled the projected cost of hosting the games in the Arctic city of Tromsoe.
6 Oct 2008, 10:30 am | click here for more
Norway puts Winter Olympic bid in deep freeze (CNN)
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Norway have dropped plans to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics after new estimates doubled the projected cost of hosting the games in the Arctic city of Tromsoe.
6 Oct 2008, 10:14 am | click here for more
Kazakhstan Seeks to Balance East and West (New York Times)
The resource-wealthy Central Asian country has hosted leaders from Russia and the United States in recent weeks.
5 Oct 2008, 8:23 pm | click here for more
Kazakhstan Seeks to Balance East and West (New York Times)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev have each visited the resource-wealthy Central Asian country in recent weeks.
5 Oct 2008, 7:36 pm | click here for more
U.S. plays down its role in Central Asia (International Herald Tribune)
On a visit to Kazakhstan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the United States was not playing a "zero-sum game" with the Kremlin to pry former communist states away from Russia.
5 Oct 2008, 2:29 pm | click here for more
Iran oil show kicks off in Kazakhstan (mehrnews.com)
ALMATY, Oct. 4 (MNA) – Iran’s first exclusive oil industry exhibition kicked off in Kazakhstan’s port city of Aktau on Saturday.
4 Oct 2008, 7:36 pm | click here for more