2010

Kashagan partners to delay second phase of development until 2018-19

13 Aug

Economy

7543

Kashagan partners to delay second phase of development until 2018-19

The second phase of development of the Kashagan oil field has been postponed until 2018-2019, local newswires reported on Thursday, citing the chief executive of Kazakh oil and gas company KazMunaiGas... read more..

Oil Consultant Giffen Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor

09 Aug

Events and opinions

3464

Oil Consultant Giffen Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor

Oil consultant Jim Giffen, after more than seven years of fighting charges that he bribed government leaders in Kazakhstan, pleaded guilty to a tax-related misdemeanor. Giffen said today in fed... read more..

06 Aug

Events and opinions

3515

Honey monkeys for Dictator Nazarbayev

Does this picture make you think of Rwanda? If so, a British PR firm has done its job, and many states want a similar makeover Positive pictures of Rwanda, such as the country's famous gorilla tr... read more..

28 Jul

Events and opinions

2932

Donors to give Kyrgyzstan $1.1 billion in aid to rebuild country after months of instability

International donors pledged $1.1 billion in aid Tuesday to help Kyrgyzstan rebuild after months of political and ethnic violence. The aid will be allotted over just 30 months — good news that is... read more..

Kazakhstan And The OSCE Can Take The Lead In Kyrgyzstan

27 Jul

Events and opinions

3079

Kazakhstan And The OSCE Can Take The Lead In Kyrgyzstan

This summer's Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan presented the gravest threat to Central Asian security since the Tajik civil war of the 1990s. Reportedly, about 3,000 people died and more th... read more..

23 Jul

Events and opinions

3022

Kyrgyz police detain ex-president's brother

Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained a brother of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, authorities said Thursday — the latest effort to solidify control over the country's tense south and dismantle the ... read more..

23 Jul

Events and opinions

3227

OSCE to send police monitors to Kyrgyzstan

VIENNA/ALMATY (Reuters) - Europe's main security body on Thursday backed plans to send 52 unarmed police officers to help restore peace in southern Kyrgyzstan, a month after the worst bloodshed in the... read more..

23 Jul

Events and opinions

3680

Tengiz is still running at only half speed. A big oil field in Central Asia isn't earning what Chevron planned on.

ATYRAU, KAZAKHSTAN — A single oil field here in Central Asia stands ready to produce nearly as many barrels each day as the entire Gulf of Mexico does, with less danger to the environment. But 30... read more..

Kazakhstan Secures OSCE Summit Commitment

21 Jul

Events and opinions

3111

Kazakhstan Secures OSCE Summit Commitment

Kazakhstan has achieved a cherished foreign policy goal, securing a commitment to host an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summit this fall. Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat ... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

3133

China Seeks Copper, Tungsten, Chromium in Central Asia, Ernst & Young Says

Central Asia, holder of some of the largest deposits of rare metals such as tungsten and chromium, is increasingly an investment target for China because of low regulatory hurdles and transport cost, ... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

3153

US Ambassador Demonstrates Support for Karachaganak Group

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan traveled to western Kazakhstan Tuesday to visit and demonstrate U.S. support for Karachaganak Operating Company, or KPO, which is cur... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

2881

Kazakhstan's oil grab

Chevron shareholders say - suggestion of illegal overproduction is without merit Kazakhstan has trotted out a time-tested regional approach to obtaining an equity stake in an oilfield controlled ... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

3025

Kazakhstan Oil Reserves Too Rich for Tax to Deter Chevron: Energy Markets

Kazakhstan's oil reserves may be too valuable for an export-tax increase to deter companies from drilling for crude in the former Soviet republic. The country, the world's fourth-fastest growing ... read more..

20 Jul

Events and opinions

3015

Turkey becomes global power in construction

Turkey sees its influence rising in construction projects as well as diplomatic affairs An army of Turkish cranes and bulldozers is at work across the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, buildi... read more..

19 Jul

Events and opinions

2962

Oil Consultant Giffen Returns to Court in Delayed Kazakhstan Bribery Case

Oil consultant Jim Giffen, whose arrest 7 1/2 years ago in an international bribery case threatened U.S. relations with a key Central Asia ally, is set to return to court today for at least the 20th ... read more..

19 Jul

Events and opinions

2759

Kazakhstan wins right to bring world's leaders to Astana

Kazakh foreign minister Kanat Saudabayev, who is acting chair of the OSCE, said the summit would be a "new and very important milestone in the life of our organisation". Kazakhstan has been lobb... read more..

18 Jul

Events and opinions

3660

Philip Morris profitiert von Kinderarbeit in Kasachstan

Der weltweit größte Zigarettenhersteller Philip Morris kauft in Kasachstan Tabak von Zulieferern, die Kinder und Wanderarbeiter ausbeuten. Der SPIEGEL fand bei Recherchen vor Ort verheerende Verhältni... read more..

16 Jul

Events and opinions

3441

The Cost of Corruption President Nazarbayev, co-conspirator in largest corruption trial in US history

As legislators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) member states gathered in Oslo on July 6 for the annual session of the organization's Parliamentary Assembly, led by ... read more..

13 Jul

Events and opinions

3571

Kazakh Capital Gets 'King Among Tents'

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Swimming on the steppe? In Kazakhstan's showpiece capital, it seems nothing is impossible. Khan Shatyr, billed as the world's biggest tent, is the latest addition to Astana's... read more..

13 Jul

Events and opinions

3060

Chevron accusations a sign Kazakhstan wants more money

Kazakhstan oil ministry accusations that a Chevron-led venture is pumping too much oil are the latest signs the government wants more money from production sharing agreements it considers unfair. ... read more..

Kazakhstan Shows More Style than Substance in Addressing Kyrgyz Crisis

12 Jul

Events and opinions

2641

Kazakhstan Shows More Style than Substance in Addressing Kyrgyz Crisis

When Kazakhstan assumed the 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), officials in Astana touted their country's capabilities as a regional diplomatic troubl... read more..

09 Jul

Events and opinions

3062

OSCE’S CURRENT CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN AND IS OF THE REGION’S MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES

Together with Freedom House, Global Witness, and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Eurasia Democracy Initiative held a briefing on the margins of the 19th Session OSCE Parliamentary Meeting in Osl... read more..

The Costs of Corruption: The Erosion of Freedoms and Governance in Eurasia

09 Jul

Extra

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The Costs of Corruption: The Erosion of Freedoms and Governance in Eurasia

A Joint Statement by Freedom House, Global Witness, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the Eurasian Democracy Initiative for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Oslo As the Parliamentary Ass read more..

28 Jun

Corruption!

4275

Former MAN executive admits paying kickback in Kazakhstan

Munich (dpa) - A former senior executive at MAN, the German engineering group, admitted in court Wednesday to paying a huge kickback to obtain an order from Kazakhstan to supply turbines. Heinz J... read more..

28 Jun

Events and opinions

3167

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Clash Over Border Policy

For much of September, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have engaged in a heated diplomatic exchange over a shooting incident along their shared frontier. The row underscores the fact that border sensitiviti... read more..

Government must be accountable to its citizens

25 Jun

Extra

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Government must be accountable to its citizens

U.S. Helsinki Commission chairman Cardin concerns over lifetime powers for kazakhstani President WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and... read more..

24 Jun

Events and opinions

2849

Kyrgyz authorities try to get Uzbeks to vote

Kyrgyzstan's authorities focus on getting ethnic Uzbeks to polls after bloody rampages One after another, people came out of their houses in this village of ethnic Uzbeks to show how their passpo... read more..

OSCE calls for international police force in Kyrgyz south

24 Jun

Events and opinions

2784

OSCE calls for international police force in Kyrgyz south

An international police force may be needed to restore stability in southern Kyrgyzstan after the ethnic bloodshed that has killed hundreds and sparked a wave of refugees, an OSCE official said on Wed... read more..

23 Jun

Events and opinions

5088

Security service charges former Astana Finance bosses with embezzlement

SKazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB), the country's security service, said on Tuesday it had charged defaulted Astana Finance's former chairman Kintal Islamov and former chief executive Art... read more..

23 Jun

Events and opinions

2766

Rights group: new Kyrgyz raid on Uzbek area

Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyz troops launch new raids of Uzbek areas in southern Kyrgyzstan Troops beat several dozen men and women in an Uzbek neighborhood in southern Kyrgyzstan's main city on... read more..

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