The Republic Square in Astana (or the Central square of Tselinograd) has turned into a skating-rink. It has become a bright tradition, although a very young one — it’s only its second year.
State Agency for Informatization and Communications plans to impose new requirements on the Kazakhstani Internet Service Providers. The requirements refer to the minimal speed for a broadband connection - not less than 256 Kbps. This condition, according to the agency, corresponds to the basic standards of the International Telecommunication Union.
“We will insist that the […]
Translation of Marat’s post from the Russian-language blog
I decided to analyze - where it is more dangerous to live in our country in the cities or in the rural areas? In order to do so, I reviewed the mortality caused by accidents, traumas and poisoning in 2005. As occured, the most dangerous places are […]
Kazakhstan intends to switch the state language to the Latin script. It was announced that the transition will take 12-15 years. As adam_kesher writes, the plan stirred many disputes and arguments – in particular, Russia and a part of Kazakhstan’s Russian-speaking population considers switching to Latin is an adverse move against them. However, the […]
Mukhtar Ablyazov, Kazakhstan’s one-time energy minister and political prisoner, currently the chairman and principal owner of JSC Bank TuranAlem, country’s second-largest financial institution by assets, gave an interview to Bloomberg recently. He is planning to roll up investments from Armenia to Russia, despite the global reassessment of risk, triggered by concerns about subprime […]
This post is part of the crossblog survey 2007 in retrospect. You can also vote on the most important event of 2007 in our online poll.
It’s high time to sum up the developments of the passing year and to start all over again in the New Year. Looking back, I see that we have […]
One of the giants of the Kazakhstan’s contruction industry seems to have real problems. The KUAT Corporation, which has led a number of large-scale projects in Almaty (a huge housing-and-administrative district in the Western part of Almaty and also an infrastructural project of the city’s by-pass highway) and Astana (also housing projects and governmental […]
PartyZan.kz is a weblog fully devoted to night life and booming clubbing culture in Almaty and some other cities of Kazakhstan. Here, enthusiasts of electronic music, prominent DJs and promoters - make their outreach efforts, post photographs, tracks and announcements of the upcoming events.
The post below is part of the cross-blog survey covering developments in Central Asia in 2007. You can also vote for the most important event of 2007 in our online poll.
The passing year was rich in shaking news and political scandals in Kazakhstan, all of which have been finding reflection in the blogosphere’s reactions […]
