Stavros brought up an interesting topic on this blog the other day. The Tenge is becoming ever more valuable against the U.S. dollar:
In the competitive exchange offices of Almaty a US dollar sells for only 119 Tenge today. 119 is significant as only a few months ago it was hovering around 130 Tenge. The […]
What follows is a roundup of blog posts and online discussions that took place in Kazakh blogosphere in the last few days.
Almaty, 24 June, burning of “censorship” at the journalists’ meeting
Proposed amendments to Mass Media law, which would prohibit editors of periodicals who have been closed by a court order to work […]
In the competitive exchange offices of Almaty a US dollar sells for only 119 Tenge today. 119 is significant as only a few months ago it was hovering around 130 Tenge. The US dollar being the currency of reference in Kazakhstan.
Why? A major reason is that the Tenge is an oil currency. Add the […]
There is a surprising diversity of cars in Kazakh cities. They range from refurbished German and Japanese cars to Soviet era Lada. Strong economic growth has lead to a surge in car ownership and when visiting a community cars are a quick indicator of the economic vitality of the community.
Andrei, an ethnic Russian from […]
This week our new Russian-language Neweurasia Kazakhstan blog covered various topics pertinent to life in Kazakhstan, from space ships and OSCE chairmanship to Kazakh art, which made its way to British audience.
It’s that time of the year again: The US pro-democracy NGO Freedom House has just published its 2006 Nations in Transit report, an annual “comprehensive, comparative, multidimensional study measuring progress and setbacks in democratization in 27 countries from Central Europe to the Eurasian region of the Former Soviet Union”.
Kazakhstan received a considerably worse score […]
This entry is a translation of Dmitry’s post, originally in Russian.
Kazakhstan seriously started the development of its space industry. The “Kazsat” satellite, to be launched in July, is the first project in a row of other space initiatives. Further on the second satellite “Kazsat-2” is planned to be launched, and the representatives of […]
A public hearing dedicated to the conclusion of the preliminary investigation of Altynbek Sarsenvayev’s murder was held on June 13 in Almaty. Immediately after the assassination of a prominent opposition leader in February, a public commission was established to monitor the official investigation of the case by authorities. Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, political ally of Sarsenbayev […]
Erbosyn Meldebekov. My brother my enemy. 2002
On 7th June the UK channel More4 featured a program on modern Kazakh art “Kazakhstan Swings”.
In this program, art critic of the Times Waldemar Januszczak presents the modern art of Kazakhstan. He seemed to be impressed by the vitality and hospitality of the people he met […]
As reported on this blog before, Kazakhstan’s participation in the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline (BTC) has long been under discussion. While Azerbaijan’s oil reserves are too small to justify the BTC’s capacity of around one million barrels a day, Kazakhstan’s involvement in the pipeline would making it run at full capacity an easier affair.
The Kazakh government […]
