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Commenters at the Olympiad

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Sport, Media | on August 25th, 2008
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slavasay writes [ru] about an unpleasant story, related to unethical comments in the Internet-broadcast of the Russian “Sport” TV channel:
Russian channel “Sport” organized a broadcast over the Internet. That’s cool — but they sometimes broadcast a technical part, the one that is not aired on the television. Commenters chat with each other and the […]

Friday Photo: Almaty’s Bayterek

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Almaty, Photo | on August 1st, 2008
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Kazakhs Push for Central Asian Alliance, Deny Ambitions

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Politics, Foreign Affairs | on January 5th, 2008
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The news has come from the Regnum.Ru agency — first deputy director of the Kazakh Institute for Strategic Studies under the Kazakhstan’s President once again voiced the idea of the Central Asian Alliance, which had been earlier repeatedly put forward by N.Nazarbayev.
“It means making all Central Asian countries come to a common denominator. It […]

Neweurasia is the Best Blog in Kazakhstan

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Blogosphere | on November 27th, 2007
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Hurray!
It is a great priviledge for us to accept the award in the nomination “Best Group Blog”!!! We thank all bloggers and High Jury Members, who voted for us. This award is fully a desert of our authors — so thank you all, too! We are proud and happy to accept our readers’ congratulations!
The […]

National Award Winners to be Announced Friday

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Society | on November 27th, 2007
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On November 29 the Jury that includes well-known and respected people of our country will name the Persons of the Year 2007 in culture, business, medicine and art. The National Project “Person of the Year – Choice of the Year” is far from politics and commercially independent. It has no monetary bonus, and its […]

Week at a Glance - Under the Sign of President

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Foreign Affairs, Domestic Affairs | on September 23rd, 2006
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This week was marked by series of perturbations in higher echelons of the government - E. Dosayev, health minister (who actively blamed the regional officials for the infecting children with HIV), as well as “old guardsman”, akim of South Kazakhstan (who, in turn, blamed the Ministry) - were both dismissed for “omissions”. Thus, the […]

Doing Business in Kazakhstan

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Economy | on September 22nd, 2006
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Earlier in September this year, World Bank presented its annual report, rating 175 countries by ease of Doing Business. According to the report, Kazakhstan has gone 20 points up in the rating. Certainly, this fact was presented by the Kazakh semi-official and loyal media outlets as “another breakthrough” and “sign of leadership”. However, for […]

Weekly News Update

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Oddities, Foreign Affairs | on September 21st, 2006
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One of the favourite themes of the Kazakh mass media - a bid for chairmanship in the OSCE - was significantly saddened last week. Besides the ongoing scandal with infection of 55 babies with HIV and continued reduction of the country’s science potential (both factors vividly show the level of human dimension), politics have […]

When Image is Everything

Posted by Adam Kesher | in Oddities | on September 19th, 2006
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The country’s bid to chair in the OSCE and the president’s visit to Washington are the main themes in the “Great PR Attack” of the Kazakhstani officials and news agencies.
For example, on August 8, Agence France Presse reported on the German non-paper in support of Kazakhstan�s bid for OSCE chairmanship. Kazakhstan Today informed […]

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