2011

Is Kazakhstan now an enemy of the internet?

12 Sep

Events and opinions

3289

Is Kazakhstan now an enemy of the internet?

Kazakh internet users have been angered by a ban on access to 51 international websites that the Prosecutor General's Office claims are promoting terrorism and extremism. The ban, announced... read more..

10 Sep

Events and opinions

2947

NY Fashion Week cancels show by Uzbek leader's daughter

(Reuters) - The organizers of New York Fashion Week have canceled a planned show by the designer daughter of Uzbekistan's leader Islam Karimov, who has been accused of human rights abuses. read more..

Kulibayev reiterates intention to stay clear of politics

08 Sep

Events and opinions

3260

Kulibayev reiterates intention to stay clear of politics

(SRI) - Head of the state-owned holding and investment company Samruk-Kazyna Timur Kulibayev reiterated on Wednesday that he has no intentions to enter politics, the Kazakhstan-Novosti news agency rep read more..

Kazakhstan: Astana Confronts Extremist Threat

08 Sep

Events and opinions

2945

Kazakhstan: Astana Confronts Extremist Threat

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, seen here on Sept. 1 visiting with children during a trip to the Kyzylorda region in western Kazakhstan, vows to clamp down on extremism following a suicide bomb... read more..

OSCE Delegation Visits Jailed Kazakh Rights Defender

06 Sep

Events and opinions

3088

OSCE Delegation Visits Jailed Kazakh Rights Defender

A delegation from the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has met with imprisoned Kazakh human rights defender ... read more..

05 Sep

Events and opinions

2927

Kasachen-Krimi um Alijew: amtliche Fluchthilfe?

Schadenersatz für Folteropfer, Rätsel in Aktenvermerken In die Causa des international gesuchten Kasachen Rachat Alijew kommt etwas Bewegung. Ein Wiener Bezirksgericht erlässt einen Zahlungsbefehl ... read more..

05 Sep

Events and opinions

2902

Alijew muss Schmerzensgeld zahlen

Der ehemalige Botschafter Kasachstans in Österreich, Rachat Alijew, muss einem seiner ehemaligen Leibwächter, der ihm Entführung und Folter vorwirft, Schadenersatz zahlen. Die Höhe beläuft s read more..

05 Sep

Events and opinions

2678

Alijew soll für Folter zahlen

Der Ex-Leibwächter des ehemaligen kasachischen Botschafters in Wien fordert 7000 Euro Schmerzengeld. Wien – Entführung und Folter – das wirft der ehemalige Leibwächter von Rakhat Alijew seine... read more..

05 Sep

Events and opinions

2734

EHEMALIGER BOTSCHAFTER Alijew muss Opfern Geld zahlen

Rechtsanwalt feiert "symbolischen" Erfolg vor Gericht Wien - In der Causa rund um Rachat Alijew kämpfen die beteiligten Rechtsanwälte verbissen weiter - und reklamieren jede Entscheidung einer Behörd... read more..

05 Sep

Extra

4471

Kazakh state-owned TV channel ends Russian-language broadcasting

(SRI) - The state-owned "Kazakhstan" TV channel dropped all Russian-language broadcasting as of September 1, Interfax reported on Friday. According to a reporter of the TV channel's abolished Russi read more..

05 Sep

Corruption!

4029

Kazakhstan: Here Comes the Bride – As Long as the Groom’s Not Chinese

Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is fond of vaunting tolerance and ethnic harmony as among his country’s greatest achievements -- but it seems that for some of his citizens tolerance does... read more..

02 Sep

Events and opinions

2888

Strikes hit production at Karazhanbasmunai

(SRI) - Karazhanbasmunai, a Kazakh-Chinese joint venture developing the Karazhanbas oil field in western Kazakhstan, said on Thursday its production losses resulting from a long-lasting strike amounte read more..

02 Sep

Political process

3619

Kazakh head wants tougher laws to counter extremism

The spread of religious extremism threatens stability in mainly Muslim Kazakhstan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday, urging parliament to adopt tougher laws on migration and religious a... read more..

02 Sep

Economy

3559

South Korea deepens role in Central Asia

MONTREAL - South Korea President Lee Myung-bak returned home last week from a tour of Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan that helped to raise his country's profile and project its foreign economic di... read more..

02 Sep

Political process

4111

Russian authorities complete investigation of BTA’s fraudulent real estate deal in Moscow

(SRI) - Russia’s Interior Ministry has completed a preliminary investigation of several Russian businessmen accused of being involved in a $730-million fraud scheme surrounding land deals of Kazakhsta read more..

Alijew muss zahlen: Schmerzensgeld für Leibwächter

02 Sep

Events and opinions

2826

Alijew muss zahlen: Schmerzensgeld für Leibwächter

Der ehemalige Botschafter Kasachstans in Österreich, Rakhat Alijew (Bild), muss einem seiner Ex-Leibwächter, der ihm Entführung und Folter vorwirft, Schadenersatz zahlen. Dies geht aus einem vollstrec... read more..

25 Aug

Events and opinions

2989

Succeeding in Kazakhstan

(bne) - When Nursultan Nazarbayev won April's Kazakh presidential election with a resounding majority, the issue of who would suceed the septuagenarian appeared to have been put on the backburner for read more..

Kazakhstan: Labor Unrest Denting Astana’s Economic Image

23 Aug

Events and opinions

3118

Kazakhstan: Labor Unrest Denting Astana’s Economic Image

Mangistau, an oil-rich region on the Caspian Sea, is sometimes described as the motor of Kazakhstan's vibrant economy. These days, it is also a hotbed of social tension. Labor unrest involv... read more..

22 Aug

Economy

3334

Kazakhstan makes progress in building upon oil wealth; needs to further diversify economy - IMF

(SRI) - Kazakhstan's oil wealth has had a positive effect on economic growth but the country needs to step up its efforts to develop other sectors of the economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) read more..

1-ENRC needs tough outside voices if founder joins board

22 Aug

Economy

4531

1-ENRC needs tough outside voices if founder joins board

LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Kazakh miner ENRC will need to bring robust independent voices onto its board to remain attractive for minority shareholders if one of its founders decides to seek a more ac... read more..

Former Top Kazakh Official Under Investigation

22 Aug

Corruption!

3376

Former Top Kazakh Official Under Investigation

ASTANA -- Kazakh financial police have launched a criminal investigation against a former top official who is currently living in Switzerland, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Zhandos Omira... read more..

Kazakhstan blocks "extremist" foreign Internet sites

22 Aug

Political process

3827

Kazakhstan blocks "extremist" foreign Internet sites

ALMATY (Reuters) - A court in Kazakhstan ruled on Friday to block access to 13 foreign Internet sites, including the popular blogging service LiveJournal, saying they were propagating terrorism and in... read more..

Striking Oil Workers' Leader Sentenced In Kazakhstan

18 Aug

Political process

3593

Striking Oil Workers' Leader Sentenced In Kazakhstan

AQTAU, Kazakhstan -- A leader of the striking oil workers in western Kazakhstan has been sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Aizhangul Amirova, a m... read more..

17 Aug

Political process

4805

PROFILE: Aset Isekeshev - Minister of Industry and New Technologies, Deputy Prime Minister

(SRI) - Aset Isekeshev, one of Kazakhstan's most influential politicians, serves as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies. In the last two years, Isekeshev read more..

13 Aug

Events and opinions

3103

Land seizures in China's Kashgar fuel anger among Uighurs

KASHGAR, China (Reuters) - Uighur merchant Obul Kasim carries emotional scars from his confrontation with an unbending government after he failed to save his 100-year-old mud-brick home from demolitio... read more..

U.S. rights body urges release of Kazakh lawyer

13 Aug

Political process

3476

U.S. rights body urges release of Kazakh lawyer

ALMATY (Reuters) - The U.S.-based human rights body Freedom House has demanded the immediate release from prison of a Kazakh labor lawyer, saying trumped-up accusations were used to punish her for sup... read more..

08 Aug

Events and opinions

3261

Vertrieben aus Almaty

Serik Medetbekov, einst Medienmanager in Kasachstan, lebt heute in Dresden und ist Sprecher oppositioneller Kräfte im Ausland. Der Mann sieht aus wie 40, ist aber schon 50. Seine ange... read more..

02 Aug

Events and opinions

3156

Wegschauen und Zeit verlieren

Eine schillernde Vita und schwerwiegende Anschuldigungen: Jahrelang weigerten sich Österreichs Behörden, gegen Rachat Alijew zu ermitteln, obwohl ein kasachisches Gericht ihn in Abwesenheit wegen Folt... read more..

02 Aug

Events and opinions

3049

Key political risks to watch in Kazakhstan

ALMATY Aug 1 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's veteran leader was easily re-elected in April to lead Central Asia's largest economy until 2016, but his brief trip abroad for medical reasons in July reignited a... read more..

26 Jul

Events and opinions

3046

Court hears ENRC bid to strike out $2 bln lawsuit

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - A British Virgin Islands court will on Monday consider an application from units of Kazakh miner ENRC to strike out a $2 billion claim filed by Canadian rival First Quantum... read more..

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