Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
As Kazakhstan prepares to assume the chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, US diplomats are exerting pressure on Astana to enact promised reforms.
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Astana, Kazakhstan.- The 18th session of the UNWTO General Assembly concluded with unanimous endorsement of a Roadmap for Recovery to mainstream travel and tourism into economic stimulus packages being considered by global leaders. It underscored the enormous importance of the sector for job creation, trade and development.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Mursya posts photos of Astana, the new Kazakh capital being built in the steppes under a close eye of authoritarian president Nazarbayev.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan agreed Tuesday to allow military hardware for French forces fighting in Afghanistan to pass through its territory, and it signed a series of energy deals during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Astana, Kazakhstan / Madrid. The conditions of the tourism market are starting to indicate stronger prospects for a recovery in 2010. These include macroeconomic upward revisions from the IMF together with preliminary international tourism figures until August this year. This suggests some moderation in the declining results of the first half of this year. In addition, the UNWTO Panel of Experts Confidence...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
IBM keeps pushing into emerging markets in an effort to encourage startups and technology adoption around the world. Today, it is announcing it has opened a Linux innovation center in Kazakhstan, the nation made famous by Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy movie, Borat . IBM is betting that places like Kazakhstan will eventually see growth as vendors spread their wares around the globe and local businesses...
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
BY JOANNA LILLIS Kazakhstan is buzzing with speculation in the wake of a proposal floated earlier in September to make Nursultan Nazarbayev president for life. The timing of the suggestion is just a little awkward for Astana, given that Kazakhstan will soon take over the chair of Europe’s leading democratization group -- the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Madrid.- With World Tourism Day (Accra, Ghana) , the UNWTO General Assembly (Astana, Kazakhstan) and the annual Ministers’ Summit (London, UK) all planned for the remainder of this year it promises to be a busy few months for UNWTO. These key events will take place against a background of global challenges and important internal changes at UNWTO.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
BY JOANNA LILLIS Domestic and international pressure on Kazakhstan appears to be building as the case of prominent human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted earlier in September of vehicular manslaughter a car that killed a pedestrian, is moving into the appeals phase.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
BY JOANNA LILLIS One of Kazakhstan’s most prominent human rights activists went on trial September 2, charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The trial has cast a spotlight on Kazakhstan’s judicial system. It is also being viewed as a litmus test of Astana’s commitment to democratic procedures, coming as it does just four months before Kazakhstani officials take over the...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Michael Hancock reports on the new grand architectural design for the Kazakhstan's new capital Astana - the favorite pet project of the country's president.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
A EURASIANET SLIDESHOW BY JOANNA LILLIS Just outside the Kazakhstani capital of Astana stands a black and sliver monument called the Arch of Grief. It sits at the entrance to a museum dedicated to a particularly unfortunate subset of victims of Stalin-era repression -- the wives of "enemies of the state." EurasiaNet correspondent Joanna Lillis recently visited the museum. Her impressions...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's most prominent uranium industry figure, whose arrest has alarmed foreign investors in Central Asia's biggest economy, is in poor health and requires urgent medical attention, his wife said on Friday.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009
A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY BY JOANNA LILLIS In August, Kazakhstan will mark the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear blast at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s administration is using the anniversary to raise Kazakhstan’s profile as an anti-nuclear advocate.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
BY JOANNA LILLIS If reports coming out of Astana are to be believed, corruption and mismanagement are eating away at the core of the Kazakh state. According to official information, bureaucrats -- from ministers on down -- have either been helping themselves to government funds or, at the very least, making ill-informed decisions that have incurred billions of dollars in losses. But some opposition...
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gumir | 04/09/2008
The Kazakh government is spending 242.5 billion tenge ($2 billion) to prop up the construction industry, which is suffering from a shortage of financing amid the global credit crunch. The credit situation in the country’s two biggest cities, Almaty and Astana, is the “most complicated,” Economy Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said Monday in an e-mailed report on the status of the government’s investment
gumir | 04/04/2008
Imangali Tasmagambetov, who has been Almaty akim untill now, was appointed akim (kazakh mayor) of Astana . Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has made it public today while introducing a new head of the capital, Kazinform correspondent reports. “I would like to announce that in accordance with the decision of the maslikhat I have appointed Imangali Tasmagambetov akim of Astana. He knows the city
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