2009

11 Oct

Events and opinions

2516

France, Kazakhs ink military transit, energy deals

French President Nicolas Sarkozy scored a diplomatic coup Tuesday during a visit to energy-rich Kazakhstan, overseeing an agreement to allow military hardware for French forces fighting in Afghanistan... read more..

05 Oct

Extra

3426

Astana, Baku agree cooperation on new oil routes

Kazakhstan, planning to double its oil output over the next decade, agreed with Azerbaijan on Friday on the delivery of extra crude to the Black Sea and beyond. Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas... read more..

05 Oct

Extra

3200

Kazakh BTA CEO sees compromise on debt cuts

Final debt cut may be between $8 bln and $4.9 bln Kazakh state-run bank BTA BTAS.KZ does not rule out a compromise with creditors on the volume of debt cuts during restructuring, its Ch... read more..

05 Oct

Economy

3284

Central Asia, Caucasus to see modest recovery in 2010

Banking crisis will continue to impact Kazakhstan The Caucasus and Central Asia region will see a modest recovery in 2010, with energy exporters enjoying the strongest growth apart from... read more..

Turkmenistan Welcomes Trans-Caspian Gas Pipe Built by Europe

05 Oct

Events and opinions

2781

Turkmenistan Welcomes Trans-Caspian Gas Pipe Built by Europe

Turkmenistan is willing to ship natural gas to European partners if they build a pipeline across the Caspian Sea to transport fuel westward. “We’ll be happy to work with European partners... read more..

05 Oct

Political process

3186

New post-Soviet force begins military exercises

New Russia-dominated NATO-style rapid-reaction force kicks off first military exercises Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations began military exercises in so... read more..

03 Oct

Events and opinions

2385

History not likely to vindicate Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan

The progressive megalomania of Nursultan Nazarbayev, presiden of Kazakhstan, keeps having the people in our country dazed. The international community is amused by his desire to exalt his own "Me" aga... read more..

01 Oct

Economy

3049

Ex-BIA-Beamter erneut verhaftet

Top-Ermittler soll Daten an kasachischen Geheimdienst verraten haben. Wien (OTS) - Neue Aufregung in der Kasachstan-Affäre. Wie die Wiener Stadtzeitung Falter in ihrer morgen Mittwoch erschei... read more..

Trans-caspian trepidations: How serious?

30 Sep

Economy

3228

Trans-caspian trepidations: How serious?

This summer’s dispute over undersea Caspian energy resources between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, as well as Ashgabat’s recently stated intention to bolster its maritime military capabilities, have se... read more..

30 Sep

Events and opinions

2752

President’s advisor to dot all i’s and cross all t’s about freedom of press in Kazakhstan at OSCE meeting in Warsaw

Kazakh President's political advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev plans to clarify all the issues about media freedom in Kazakhstan at Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, 28 September 2009 - ... read more..

30 Sep

Economy

3197

Kazakh paper offers bank own bonds for damages

A Kazakh opposition newspaper has offered to pay court-mandated damages to state-run bank BTA using BTA bonds on which the bank has defaulted, and also threatened to seek the lender's bankruptcy. ... read more..

29 Sep

Events and opinions

2721

OSCE Raps Kazakhstan For Seizing Opposition Paper

Europe's main security and rights watchdog has criticized its future chairman Kazakhstan for seizing the print run of an opposition newspaper. Kazakhstan, a Central Asian state that wil... read more..

U.S. OSCE Official Says Dialogue Best Way To Spread Democracy

29 Sep

Political process

3000

U.S. OSCE Official Says Dialogue Best Way To Spread Democracy

"It's a challenge. I mentioned it this morning in my opening statement. Other speakers alluded to it without actually mentioning it by name. There was a silent protest when the representative of Kazak read more..

29 Sep

Political process

3281

OSCE Mum On Kazakh President-For-Life Initiative

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Center in Kazakhstan has declined to comment on a legislative movement afoot to make Nursultan Nazarbaev the country's president-for-life... read more..

29 Sep

Economy

3200

Canada, Kazakhstan to cooperate on nuclear energy

Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day and Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Sauat Mynbaev jointly announced Thursday the conclusion of negotiations for a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement. ... read more..

29 Sep

Economy

3363

Wealth Gap Widening in Kazakhstan

Despite its mineral-led economic boom, the Central Asian nation's development agenda is inchoate—leaving most of the benefits to cities like Astana and Almaty This past February, the smal... read more..

25 Sep

Events and opinions

3026

Kazakh Bankers Get Back To Basics

Bernie and Sir Allen may need elaborate schemes to swindle people out of billions, but in the emerging markets, fraud tends to be a bit more direct. Take for example Kazakhstan. While som... read more..

23 Sep

Economy

3634

Karachaganak consortium seeks to recover over $1 billion in paid oil export duty

Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO), a joint venture led by British BG Group and Italian Eni, is seeking to recover more than $1 billion in export taxes paid to Kazakhstan, Energy Minister Sauat My... read more..

Kazakhstan, Ukraine are big trade finance risks - WTO

23 Sep

Economy

3494

Kazakhstan, Ukraine are big trade finance risks - WTO

The danger of bank defaults in Kazakhstan and Ukraine poses a risk to trade finance markets, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said on Tuesday. Trade finance liquidity has improved fo... read more..

22 Sep

Extra

7026

Genetic diversity and the emergence of ethnic groups in Central Asia.

Central Asia is located on the Silk Road, where numerous ethnic groups characterised by different languages and historical modes of subsistence co-exist. These include the Tajik populations, who sp... read more..

Half a Ton of Uranium -- and a Long Flight

22 Sep

Extra

15374

Half a Ton of Uranium -- and a Long Flight

On a snowy day in December 1993, just months after Andy Weber began his diplomatic job at the U.S. Embassy in Almaty, Kazakhstan, he met with a tall, bullet-headed man he knew only as Col. Korbator. (... read more..

22 Sep

Economy

3372

BTA submits restructuring plan to FSA

BTA Bank has reportedly submitted its restructuring plan to Kazakhstan’s Financial Supervision Agency (FSA) on Friday, the bank said without providing further details. The FSA confirmed the receipt of... read more..

22 Sep

Economy

4511

Central Asia’s biggest mall opens in Almaty

International retailers have been slow to come to Kazakhstan, but that is set to change with the opening of Central Asia’s largest mall in mid-September. When completed, A’port, located in... read more..

20 Sep

Political process

3347

OSCE Urges Kazakhstan To Ensure Fair Trial For Activist

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has urged Kazakhstan to ensure a fair appeal trial for a human rights activist jailed in a case he has called politically motivated. ... read more..

History not likely to vindicate Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan

20 Sep

Events and opinions

2683

History not likely to vindicate Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan

The progressive megalomania of Nursultan Nazarbayev, presiden of Kazakhstan, keeps having the people in our country dazed. The international community is amused by his desire to exalt his own "Me" aga... read more..

16 Sep

Economy

3073

Wealth Gap Widening in Kazakhstan

Despite its mineral-led economic boom, the Central Asian nation's development agenda is inchoate—leaving most of the benefits to cities like Astana and Almaty This past February, the ... read more..

16 Sep

Events and opinions

2733

Lawmaker: Kazakhstan could have president-for-life

A top figure in Kazakhstan's dominant pro-government party said Monday that the constitution could be amended to allow President Nursultan Nazarbayev to remain in office for life. The rem... read more..

14 Sep

Extra

3240

„NUR OTAN“ proposes to adopt a Law on Leader of Nation

„Nur Otan“ proposes to adopt the Constitutional Law on Leader of Nation with legal possibility that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev become the country's president-for-life is being publicized by... read more..

14 Sep

Political process

3285

Russia's next flash point

Russia's coercion of its neighbors is a looming flash point for Europe and the United States, and President-elect Barack Obama. Autocratic Russia is bent on exploiting weak neighbors and reversing per... read more..

14 Sep

Extra

3871

38 killed in Kazakhstan drug rehab centre fire

Thirty-eight people were killed Sunday when fire ripped through a drugs treatment facility in a city outside Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, emergency officials said. There was no infor... read more..

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