Kasachstan hat 2010 den Vorsitz in der OSZE inne. Energielieferungen und Sicherheitsaspekte stehen auf der Prioritätenliste des Westens höher als Fragen der Menschenrechte und des Reformprozesses in Kasachstan. Der Bonner Zentralasienexperte Michael Laubsch meint im Gespräch mit EurActiv.de, in einen OSZE-Gipfel sollte man lieber nicht zu viel Elan stecken.
ALMATY (Reuters) - Central Asia is a ticking bomb waiting to go off.
A Kazakhstan court has overturned a ruling that banned the media from publishing criticism of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law.
(SRI) - Bad loans remain the main systemic risk for Kazakh banks while liquidity and currency risks are gradually declining, Kazakhstan's central bank said Monday, citing its survey of the country's commercial banks.
BTA Bank , the second-largest bank in Kazakhstan, sought bankruptcy protection in the United States to protect itself from U.S. creditors while it restructures $11.6 billion of debt at home.
The visit of Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev to Washington in early February failed to produce any agreements on pressing issues, according to US State Department officials.
