· September, 2006

Stories about Kazakhstan from September, 2006

Kazakhstan: Breaking 50

At neweurasia, Adam says that if Kazakhstan is to reach its goal of being one of the 50 most competitive economies, it must do more than “polishing” its macroeconomic indicators...

29 September 2006

Kazakhstan: Nazarbaev in DC

Registan.net looks at media, editorial, and blog coverage of today's visit to the White House by Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbaev.

29 September 2006

Kazakhstan: Crossing the Line

KZBlog says that comedian Sasha Baron Cohen has crossed the line in his latest stunt as the character Borat by directly mocking the president and government of Kazakhstan in his...

29 September 2006

Kazakhstan: Borat vs. Nomad

Registan.net says that Western media are over-hyping the Kazakh government's displeasure with Sasha Baron Cohen's character Borat, a racist, homophobic journalist claiming to be from Kazakhstan.

28 September 2006

Kazakhstan: Competitiveness

KZBlog notes that Kazakhstan has slipped in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness rankings, saying that the country still has much to do at the consumer level to improve.

28 September 2006

Central Asia: HIV Conference

neweurasia reports on an HIV/AIDS conference in Bishkek that brought together officials from governments in Central Asia and other former Soviet States.

27 September 2006

Russian Diaspora

Sean's Russia Blog looks at the large and widely-scattered Russian diaspora in the CIS (e.g. 4 million in Kazakhstan) and in Israel.

23 September 2006

Week in Kazakhstan

Adam Kesher rounds up last week's news from Kazakhstan. Topics include local elections, alarming new legislation, forced relocation in Almaty, and much more.

21 September 2006

Nazarbayev's State Visit

KZBlog scrutinises Kazakh President Nazarbayev's upcoming state visit to the United States and has an exhaustive list of topics that will be touched upon in talks with President Bush (including,...

21 September 2006

Kazakhstan: Monarchy

Sean Roberts notes that the son-in-law of Kazakhstan's president thinks Kazakhstan would be well-served by a constitutional monarchy.

2 September 2006

Kazakhstan: Lines

Narcogen gives a thorough treatment to the particulars of waiting in lines in Kazakhstan.

2 September 2006