· December, 2006

Stories about Kazakhstan from December, 2006

Kazakhstan: Pressuring Teachers

Arthur reports on government pressure against teachers, specifically putting pressure on teachers to buy government newspapers, in Kazakhstan.

26 December 2006

Kazakhstan: NurOtan

KZblog reports on shakeups in Kazakhstan's political parties that most notably includes merges of parties into the presidential party and the renaming of the party to include a reference to...

26 December 2006

Central Asia: Environment

KZBlog looks at several environmental issues in Central Asia, ranging from the decline of the Aral Sea to gas burning in the oil-rich Caspian region.

13 December 2006

Central Asia: Clanism

Sean Roberts posts the transcript of his recent speech on clan politics in Central Asia, and James adds his two cents.

13 December 2006

Kazakhstan: Norman Foster

Both The Registan and neweurasia report on a new landmark to be built in Kazakhstan's capital Astana – a 150 meter high transparent tent designed by star architect Norman Foster.

13 December 2006

Voices from Central Asia

Anara – by teokaye Anara is one of the ‘youth at risk’ that took part in the weekend trip. Instead of going to school, she supports her family by collecting...

8 December 2006

Voices from Kazakhstan

Police and protesters in Almaty, at svoboda.kz “I phoned Sanzhar [Bokaev, a shortly detained leader of the movement against the ban of the right-hand-drive cars], he is in Almaty district...

1 December 2006