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OSCE Official Says Kazakhs Must Loosen Media Grip

09 Mar

Events and opinions

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OSCE Official Says Kazakhs Must Loosen Media Grip

Kazakhstan must loosen its grip on the media further, an OSCE official has said, even though the former Soviet state has relaxed some controls since taking over as Europe's main rights and security wa... read more..

09 Mar

Extra

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KAZAKHSTAN THREATENS UK OIL INTERESTS

KAZAKHSTAN, the landlocked central Asian country larger than the whole of Western Europe, grabbed the attention of the world's biggest oil companies in 2000 with the discovery of the giant Kashagan oi... read more..

Pricey real estate deals in Dubai raise questions about Azerbaijan's president Azerbaijan's leaders face no danger because the judiciary, anti-corruption bodies and most of the country's media outlets are firmly under their control

06 Mar

Events and opinions

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Pricey real estate deals in Dubai raise questions about Azerbaijan's president Azerbaijan's leaders face no danger because the judiciary, anti-corruption bodies and most of the country's media outlets are firmly under their control

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- Even by the standards of a city that celebrates extravagance, it was a spectacular shopping spree: In just two weeks early last year, an 11-year-old boy from Azerbaijan ... read more..

05 Mar

Events and opinions

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Former Kazatomprom head accused of money laundering

Kazakh authorities accused former Kazatomprom Mukhtar Dzhakishev of money laundering, amid ongoing investigation into his role in alleged theft and illegal sales of uranium assets to foreign companies... read more..

04 Mar

Economy

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Kazakh Companies Wary of Import Costs, Russian Rivals

Kazakh companies are concerned about soaring import costs and stiffer competition from Russian rivals since the Central Asian country joined a customs union with Russia and Belarus on Jan. 1, a busine... read more..

03 Mar

Extra

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Kazakhstan looks at new oil route to Europe

Kazakhstan, said on Tuesday, it was interested in establishing a new export route to carry its growing surplus of oil across the South Caucasus and the Black Sea to Europe. Nursultan Nazarbayev, ... read more..

03 Mar

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan: Astana finding that running the OSCE is a constant challenge

The responsibility of running the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe may be having a moderating effect on Kazakhstan, Vladimir Shkolnikov, an expert on the workings of the Vienna-base... read more..

01 Mar

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan chairmanship pushes for OSCE summit in 2010

As the first Muslim state to hold the one-year chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Kazakhstan is accelerating efforts to hold a summit in Astana this year,... read more..

M. Djakishev: „It was incommunicado detention prohibited by the international documents ratified by Kazakhstan”

01 Mar

Events and opinions

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M. Djakishev: „It was incommunicado detention prohibited by the international documents ratified by Kazakhstan”

The former head of Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom Mukhtar Djakishev has released a statement attempting to put an end to his isolation from the outside world. "Last summer after... read more..

Alijew: 'Kasachen planen in Österreich weitere Aktionen'

28 Feb

Events and opinions

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Alijew: 'Kasachen planen in Österreich weitere Aktionen'

Kasachstans Exbotschafter Rakhat Alijew befürchtet weitere Aktivitäten des kasachischen Geheimdienstes in Wien und beschuldigt Präsident Nasarbajew krimineller Geschäfte in Österreich. Seit 2007 ... read more..

Clinton adviser intervened to help with uranium deal, ex-Kazakh official says

26 Feb

Events and opinions

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Clinton adviser intervened to help with uranium deal, ex-Kazakh official says

An adviser to former president Bill Clinton intervened in 2005 to help win Kazakh approval of a uranium mining deal benefiting a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, according to a video statement m... read more..

26 Feb

Events and opinions

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In Kazakhstan, the race for uranium goes nuclear

As global demand for nuclear energy rises, Kazakhstan sees a future for its large uranium reserves. But the country is still struggling to make sense of the role uranium played in its past. The d... read more..

23 Feb

Corruption!

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Ablyazov brings new accusations against Kulibayev

(SRI) - Mukhtar Ablyazov, former head of one of Kazakhstan's largest banks, BTA Bank, has brought new accusations against Timur Kulibayev, deputy chairman of the state holding and investment company S read more..

23 Feb

Economy

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Central Asia’s Energy Wars

Since the winter energy crisis two years ago, when freezing temperatures lasted for several weeks, cooperation dynamics within Central Asia have witnessed rapid change. Upstream Kyrgyzstan and Tajikis... read more..

22 Feb

Events and opinions

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U.S. warns of al Qaeda threat in Central Asia

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Al Qaeda aims to infiltrate Central Asia to train militants and turn the ex-Soviet region into a zone of unrest, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday. The West is worried about risk... read more..

22 Feb

Events and opinions

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KAZAKHSTAN: JAILED RIGHTS ACTIVIST TAKES DIG AT OSCE

Yevgeny Zhovtis, a leading human rights activist in Kazakhstan who is currently serving a jail sentence for vehicular manslaughter, thinks the world's leading democracies are turning a blind eye to au... read more..

20 Feb

Events and opinions

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Kasachstan und die Sinnkrise der OSZE

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 K... read more..

Kazakh tycoon’s secret deal on Prince Andrew’s house

14 Feb

Events and opinions

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Kazakh tycoon’s secret deal on Prince Andrew’s house

Sunninghill Park is a sorry shadow of the house it used to be when Prince Andrew and his family called it home. Unoccupied and unloved, its unkempt appearance is perhaps all the more surprising g... read more..

12 Feb

Events and opinions

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Radical Islam casts shadow over Central Asia

ALMATY (Reuters) - Central Asia is a ticking bomb waiting to go off. Long ignored as a myth whipped up by the authorities to justify political repression, a surge in radical Islam in the former S... read more..

10 Feb

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan lifts critical reporting ban

A Kazakhstan court has overturned a ruling that banned the media from publishing criticism of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law. The Almaty court also threw out libel cases Timur Kuliba... read more..

10 Feb

Economy

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Bad loans main systemic risk for Kazakh banks - central bank

(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 c read more..

09 Feb

Extra

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Kazakh lender BTA Bank files U.S. bankruptcy

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 ... read more..

09 Feb

Events and opinions

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KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON YIELDS NO AGREEMENTS

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. Kazakhs... read more..

09 Feb

Economy

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Key risks to Kazakh economic recovery

Kazakhstan, the largest economy in Central Asia, is set for recovery after a bumpy 2009 in a process dependent on a number of external and domestic factors. Below are key factors that could eithe... read more..

08 Feb

Events and opinions

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U.S. sends a message by stepping up crackdown on foreign business bribes

Federal authorities want companies to know that the cost of paying bribes to win overseas contracts is growing steeper by the day. Long a priority of the FBI and the Justice Department, efforts t... read more..

Brothers Describe Brutalities of Kazakhstan

05 Feb

Corruption!

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Brothers Describe Brutalities of Kazakhstan

The Kazakh government stole two brothers' multimillion-dollar businesses from them through beatings, threats, bribes and phony criminal allegations in kangaroo courts, the brothers claim in District o... read more..

04 Feb

Events and opinions

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Kazakh papers say libel suit bid to control media

Two Kazakh newspapers on Wednesday criticised a libel suit brought by President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law against them, saying it was an attempt to muzzle the country's independent media. ... read more..

04 Feb

Events and opinions

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North Korean weapons mystery continues

Thailand: Final destination of plane with North Korean weapons still unknown JANE FUGAL AP News Feb 01, 2010 04:54 EST Thailand said Monday that an aircraft loaded with North Korean weap... read more..

04 Feb

Events and opinions

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KAZAKHSTAN: US HELSINKI COMMISSION HOLDS ASTANA LOVE FEST

The US Helsinki Commission in recent months has been a frequent and vocal critic of Kazakhstan's record on human rights and democratization. But commission members gave an enthusiastic welcome to Kaza... read more..

04 Feb

Events and opinions

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Press Seizure Underscores Concerns about Government's Commitment to Freedom. Kazakhstan is not prepared for its new role at the helm of the OSCE

Freedom House condemns the Kazakh government's failure to live up to its commitment to protect fundamental freedom of expression following the seizure of print runs from five independent newspapers. T... read more..

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