VIENNA. December 26. KAZINFORM It's snowing on the streets of Vienna when a girl in a midnight blue ball gown smiles at me from a café window. With a golden cigarette filter held between the silk fingers of elbow-length gloves, taking delicate bites of chocolate torte between drags, she belongs to another century.
LONDON. December 25. KAZINFORM Sir Alex Ferguson called on the Football Association to hit Ashley Williams with a lengthy ban after claiming the Swansea City defender "could have killed" Robin van Persie during Manchester United's 1-1 draw on Sunday.
CARACAS. December 25. KAZINFORM Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has "improved slightly" after his latest operation for cancer in Cuba, Venezuela's information minister has said.
ASTANA. December 25. KAZINFORM In Ankara, Turkish experts have been acquainted with the basic provisions of the President Nursultan Nazarbayev's address to the nation "Strategy "Kazakhstan-2050" translated into Turkish, the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Kazinform.