Kazakhstan



Sort by : relevance - date - popularity
+Vote!

Kazakhstan: Manshuk Mametova Lake

Jackara presents a photopost about the magnificent glacier lake high in the mountains near Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan.

+Vote!

Road crash kills six in central Kazakhstan

According to a recent report from the World Bank, "Half of the roads in the country's network need major maintenance or full rehabilitation... Kazakhstan's road safety record is poor with road accidents and fatality rates increasing in recent years."

+Vote!

Kazakhstan prepares to head European security grouping

Eighteen years ago, Kazakhstan became the last of the former Soviet republics to reluctantly part ways with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the strategically located Central Asian nation is preparing to head a key European-led security grouping as it asserts the right to fashion its own foreign policy initiatives.

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: State-ordered blogging

roose, the blogger from YVision.kz blog platform in Kazakhstan, has posted [ru] a letter from the government to the principals of schools and colleges of the country containing recommendations to use KazTube.Kz video portal, which was created in February, 2009 at the expense of the state budget. In particular, the principals are urged to post [...]

+Vote!

India, Kazakhstan working on inter-governmental nuke energy cooperation pact

India and Kazakhstan are actively working to finalize the inter-governmental agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, revealed Kazakhstan's Ambassador to India.

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: The decay of culture and media

Today’s roundup of blogs from Kazakhstan is dedicated to culture and media and how they come across each other. Of course, it did not go without politics being involved in it, as well as well as in many other things in Kazakhstan. Megakhuimyak thinks that the main problem of Kazakhstani literature and arts is their [...]

1Vote!

Kazakhstan: Team Astana Gets New Backing Just in Time for Tour de France

After several months of high-profile financial problems, the Astana Cycling Team has secured funding to keep the wheels turning, just before this year’s Tour de France kicks off in Monaco on July 4. Kazakhstan’s state assets holding company will become the national team’s premier benefactor.

+Vote!

Grimaces of education in Kazakhstan

From June 01 to June 10 school graduates in Kazakhstan were undergoing Unified National Test (UNT) - the first and one of the most important tests in their lives. As Zara, one of our bloggers, writes, the average test result has been 74.9 points, which is 7 points higher than the one for the [...]

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: Geopolitical Rivalry Flares at NATO Forum in Astana

BY JOANNA LILLIS NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer used a June 25 security forum in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to encourage debate on how the Atlantic Alliance can evolve in the age of globalization. He also sought to reassure cautious Central Asian leaders that partnership with NATO was a "two-way street."

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: Rights Group Urging Improvements, as OSCE Chair Looms

BY JOANNA LILLIS A global human rights watchdog says Kazakhstan is risking a public relations debacle unless it takes fast action to ease restrictions on mass media and promote political openness.

+Vote!

Anthrax case reported in western Kazakhstan

A 59-year-old woman in western Kazakhstan has been diagnosed with anthrax, the country's Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday.

1Vote!

China, Kazakhstan to boost co-op amid financial downturn

BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's government and ...

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: Bureaucracy, diplomacy and personality cult

Bloggers keep on commenting political situation in Kazakhstan. megakhuimyak reports that according to the new presidential decree, the Financial Police has got extra authority, informers against corrupt officials will be awarded, the civil servants' property and income will be monitored [ru]: The bad thing is that now officials will stop working and making decisions at all, [...]

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: The road ahead is murky for “Astana” cycling team

Dina says that the latest news about “Astana” cycling team - the pride of Kazakhstan's elite - are still about its financial problems, which have been haunting the team since April.

+Vote!

Kazakhstan: Defence minister fired

Slavasay informs the readers of resignation of the Kazakhstan's defence minister after a series of corruption scandals in his office.

The 3 latest articles published by users on Kazakhstan :

+Vote!

Bathing in Ice Water: Human can live in such cold water

Bathing in Ice Water: Human can live in such cold water - getz3551

A man makes a symbol of the cross, while the conservative Kapchagai on the pool during the statement service in the icy water bath, North Almaty, Kazakhstan's

+Vote!

The Amazing Race: Im Like an Angry Cow

Racers head to Kazakhstan, where they must deal with 30,000 chickens on their way to the pit stop; one team is eliminated

+Vote!

The Amazing Race: Im Like an Angry Cow

Racers head to Kazakhstan, where they must deal with 30,000 chickens on their way to the pit stop; one team is eliminated