2011

26 Jul

Events and opinions

3075

Kazakhstan Objects to Inclusion on "Terror" List, But U.S. Stands Behind It

After news emerged last week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had included Kazakhstan on a list of countries "that have shown a tendency to promote, produce, or protect terrorist organiza... read more..

Policeman provided KBN with Aliyev case data

25 Jul

Events and opinions

3070

Policeman provided KBN with Aliyev case data

A 51-year-old policeman has been sentenced to jail for accepting money from the Kazakh secret service. The officer – who has been sacked in the meantime – reportedly received 37,500 Euros f... read more..

Wie die „Kasachen-Affäre“ in Brüssel in Schwung kam

25 Jul

Events and opinions

2934

Wie die „Kasachen-Affäre“ in Brüssel in Schwung kam

Jahrelang drückten sich die Wiener Strafbehörden vor Ermittlungen gegen Rachat Alijew. Dann machten der letzte DDR-Ministerpräsident und ein CDU-Schwergewicht im EU-Parlament Druck, und hatten Erfolg.... read more..

Rumors about Nazarbayev health swirl amid alleged hospital stay

24 Jul

Events and opinions

3241

Rumors about Nazarbayev health swirl amid alleged hospital stay

(SRI) - Rumors that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been admitted to a German hospital sent up the cost of Kazakhstan's credit default swaps on Tuesday amid concerns over succession in the C read more..

Ablyazov assets concentrated in hundreds of offshore companies - report

24 Jul

Events and opinions

3210

Ablyazov assets concentrated in hundreds of offshore companies - report

(SRI) - Assets controlled by the ex-chairman of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov are concentrated primarily in offshore companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus and Seychelles, read more..

24 Jul

Events and opinions

2946

Succession issue in spotlight amid rumors about Nazarbayev's health

(SRI) - Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday refused to comment on reports that President Nursultan Nazarbayev underwent a prostate surgery at a German hospital and said he would be back in Asta read more..

Prince Andrew Is Ending His Role as Business Envoy

23 Jul

Events and opinions

2830

Prince Andrew Is Ending His Role as Business Envoy

LONDON — Prince Andrew will resign as an ambassador for British businesses abroad, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The 51-year-old prince, Queen Elizabeth's second son, has recently been t... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

3129

Aliyev 'is not on the run'

A lawyer representing Rakhat Aliyev has denied that his client is on the run. Manfred Ainedter stressed today (Weds) that the former Kazakh ambassador to Vienna intended to cooperate with a... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

2881

Prosecutors have Aliyev in their sights

A former banker and diplomat faces murder investigations in Austria, it has emerged. The federal justice ministry – which is headed by Beatrix Karl of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) ... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

2825

Powerful earthquake hits Central Asian valley

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley on Wednesday, shaking houses and sending residents of several Uzbek and Kyrgyz cities onto the... read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

2869

U.S. Government: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Terror Threats

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are included in a U.S. immigration service's special watch list of countries whose people should come in for extra scrutiny to make sure they're not terrorists. The list (p... read more..

Glamorous Oil Tycoon Makes Waves Back Home In Kazakh First Family

21 Jul

Events and opinions

2986

Glamorous Oil Tycoon Makes Waves Back Home In Kazakh First Family

Goga Ashkenazi has experienced a meteoric rise, from small-town Kazakh girl to prominent fixture of British high society. She was born Gaukhar Berkalieva, the youngest daughter of an irriga... read more..

18 Jul

Events and opinions

3066

After Borat, Kazakhstan’s Cinema Dreams

With an historical drama, Myn Bala, and other "blockbusters," the former Soviet republic is making a bid to become Hollywood on the Steppe The set of Myn Bala, two hours north of Almaty, fe... read more..

18 Jul

Events and opinions

2886

Joint commission to try resolve strike at Karazhanbasmunai

(SRI) - Local authorities, and representatives of KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMG EP), trade unions and striking workers have agreed to form a working commission to resolve the strike at t read more..

Mukhtar Ablyazov exiled Kazakh businessman granted asylum in UK

15 Jul

Events and opinions

2900

Mukhtar Ablyazov exiled Kazakh businessman granted asylum in UK

Ablyazov is a controversial figure who is being sued for £1.3bn in civil actions and is alleged to be behind a fraud of up to £7.6bn Mukhtar Ablyazov's application for political asylum was ... read more..

Kazakhstan: Astana’s Political Fixes Fail to Cater for Social Disaffection

15 Jul

Events and opinions

2955

Kazakhstan: Astana’s Political Fixes Fail to Cater for Social Disaffection

A shake-up of Kazakhstan's political scene is under way with a revamped political party in Astana seemingly destined to play the role of tame opposition to the ruling party, Nur Otan. Analysts are cau... read more..

15 Jul

Events and opinions

2630

Authoritarian Kazakh prez to be hero of fairy tale

(AP) ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The life story of Kazakhstan's authoritarian president has already been the subject of a glowing cinematic biopic and a play. Now, it is getting the fairy tale treatment read more..

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Foes Face Ups and Downs Abroad

14 Jul

Events and opinions

2857

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Foes Face Ups and Downs Abroad

There have been a few interesting twists and turns lately in the fortunes of some implacable foreign-based foes of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. London-based oligarch Mukhtar... read more..

Serik MEDETBEKOV: NOTHING IS NOW CONTINGENT UPON RAKHAT ALIYEV

10 Jul

Events and opinions

4815

Serik MEDETBEKOV: NOTHING IS NOW CONTINGENT UPON RAKHAT ALIYEV

In the early post-independence years, Serik MEDETBEKOV was a well-known successful businessman. In 1994, he opened the РИК (RIK) radio station and set up the first digital animation studio in Kazakhst... read more..

08 Jul

Events and opinions

2687

Suspects in the murder of policemen identified as members of radical Islam sect, media

Almaty. July 7. Interfax-Kazakhstan - The suspects, who stormed the police station in a firearms attack, were identified as members of the local Salafi sect, propagating radical Islam, said the Vremya... read more..

Sting cancels Kazakh concert over oil worker dispute

07 Jul

Events and opinions

2622

Sting cancels Kazakh concert over oil worker dispute

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Sting has canceled a concert in the Kazakh capital Astana scheduled for Monday after human rights group Amnesty International informed the former Police frontman abou... read more..

07 Jul

Events and opinions

2688

Authoritarian Kazakh prez to be hero of fairy tale

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The life story of Kazakhstan's authoritarian president has already been the subject of a glowing cinematic biopic and a play. Now, it is getting the fairy tale treatment. ... read more..

07 Jul

Events and opinions

3014

Kashagan said in crisis (again)

Shell and its partners developing the Kashagan oilfield will have to ask the Kazakh government for an extension to the 2013 deadline for the first oil from the troubled project, in what would be a hum... read more..

Live Nation announced today that the Sting Symphonicity performance previously scheduled for Monday, July 4th in Astana has been cancelled...

04 Jul

Events and opinions

2635

Live Nation announced today that the Sting Symphonicity performance previously scheduled for Monday, July 4th in Astana has been cancelled...

Amnesty International recently apprised Sting about the situation in Kazakhstan regarding the repression and crackdown against oil workers, their union leaders, their legal representatives & of th... read more..

01 Jul

Events and opinions

2617

Kazakhstan's Leader of the Nation Takes a Bow

Hot on the heels of a silver screen version of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's early life, The Sky of My Childhood, comes a stage version about the dramatic rise of the man officially known as... read more..

Kazakh Opposition Leaders Form Popular Front Movement

01 Jul

Events and opinions

2850

Kazakh Opposition Leaders Form Popular Front Movement

ALMATY -- Several Kazakh opposition parties and nongovernmental organizations have announced the formation of the Popular Front movement, which they say will take part in the next parliamentary electi... read more..

01 Jul

Events and opinions

2746

Kazakh oil workers air labour grievances in Moscow

MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - A group of striking Kazakh oil workers vowed to prolong their five-week dispute over pay and conditions after travelling to Moscow on Thursday in a rare show of dissent aga... read more..

30 Jun

Events and opinions

2770

Workers Fight Massive Crackdown

ASTANA, Jun 29, 2011 (IPS) - Workers striking in what has been described as the biggest organised threat to Kazakhstan's authoritarian regime in the last decade are being beaten by hired thugs as the ... read more..

29 Jun

Events and opinions

3021

KMG EP reduces output forecast due to strike

(SRI) - KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP) expects its 2011 crude oil production to fall 4% lower than previously planned 13.5 million tonnes as a strike at a major field enters a second mont read more..

Shygys 2011: The Mysterious “Hypothetical Opponent”

29 Jun

Events and opinions

2897

Shygys 2011: The Mysterious “Hypothetical Opponent”

As part of Kazakhstan's bilateral defense cooperation with Russia, elements of their armed forces frequently participate in joint military exercises as well as within wider multilateral formats. Shygy... read more..

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