The Eni-led consortium developing the giant Kashagan oil field in the Caspian Sea proposes to postpone the start of production to 2012-2013 from 2011, the Kazakh government said today.
“They want to postpone the start of production”, Energy Minister Mynbayev was quoted as saying, adding that 2012 and 2013 were being considered as possible years […]
As reported on this site, one of the many casualties of August’s fraudulent Parliamentary election may have been Kazakhstan’s chances of chairing the OSCE in 2009.
Thus, the Kazakhstani Embassy’s latest press release is puzzling. Two articles topping the release are entitled “USA Optimistic about Kazakhstan’s OSCE Chairmanship Bid” and “Germany backs Kazakh OSCE, […]
From a recent Kazakhstani Embassy press release concerning the Consitutional changes:
According to a unanimous decision of all the MPs, the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the all-nation leader N. Nazarbayev is given an exclusive right and an opportunity to run for president for the third time, in addition to the legislatively […]
In a story that would be hard to believe if it were not true, an American businessman named Mark Seidenfeld continues to be held in an Almaty jail in pre-trial detention, without the possibility of bail, facing false criminal accusations by the new management of the Kazakh telecommunications company where he used to work.
That […]
This is a translation of Adam Kesher’s post, published on Russian-language neweurasia Kazakhstan. All links are in the original post
Most ministers have kept their portfolio in the new government.
Despite the series of scandals with improper distribution of finances, described in details by the journalists of “Vremya” newspaper, Balieva has kept her Minister of […]
As I’ve been reading on “Cultivation Theory,” by Gerbner George to make sense on my thesis work, I remember the time when I was a part of a Soviet culture at school. The intriguing point of the theory apeared to be an idea that heavy viewers of television are prone to “mean world” syndrome. […]
How Central Asian camels met East African refugees in rural Norway…
A small community in wintry Norway wants to help a group of East African refugees back to work by importing a flock of camels.
The local refugee council says it will allow refugees with nomadic background to use their camel-farming skills while also […]
Continuing to think about the real situation on what are the chances for better development in Kyrgyzstan one wants t bring about the numbers proving on where we are. Kyrgyzstan is known as agricultural economy where the mountains occupy 95 percent and only 7 has arable land and 44 percent of land is […]
