Kazakhstan

  • Dec 30, 2009
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA/SOUTH KOREA: Resources are but one tie

Economic cooperation between South Korea and Central Asia has reached a qualitatively new level...

Central Asia
  • Dec 30, 2009
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: State eyes last foreign-only energy field

The state wants a stake in the consortium developing the Karachaganak oil-and-gas field, Prime...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 18, 2009
  • 1 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: Hundreds mark 1986 nationalist riot

Hundreds of Kazakhs reportedly took part in a demonstration in central Almaty yesterday, the 23rd...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 15, 2009
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: Alliance creditors approve debt deal

Alliance, the first domestic bank to default this year, announced today that it had completed...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 11, 2009
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Family ties define politics and commerce

Given the opacity of elite politics and the nominal role of political parties and parliament in...

Central Asia
  • Dec 9, 2009
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: KNB chief sacked over power struggles

Parliament today confirmed Adil Shayakhmetov as chairman of the powerful National Security...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 7, 2009
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Imbalances undermine food security

Concerns about severe food shortages have eased in response to lower commodity prices and...

Central Asia
  • Nov 30, 2009
  • 2 min read

CIS: Minsk, Moscow and Astana agree to customs union

The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have hailed the November 27 signature of a...

Cis