· July, 2008

Stories about Kazakhstan from July, 2008

Kazakhstan: Astana Anniversary

Bloggers discuss how the celebrations of the anniversary of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, went. They were so widely advertised and loads of public finance was spent on the tenth anniversary of the capital, that most of the citizens - and bloggers - sighed with relieve when the whole fuss was over.

21 July 2008

Kazakhstan: Mittal’s Business Still at Risk

Adam Kesher reflects on the recent developments around Arcelor Mittal’s enterprise in Kazakhstan against the background of evolving resource nationalism trends in Kazakhstan and consolidation of major industries in hands...

21 July 2008

Kazkahstan: Pipeline Blast

Patrick Frost reprots that a 20-mile section of a natural gas pipeline, which travels from western Kazakhstan into Russian territory, was shut down late yesterday after an explosion damaged the...

21 July 2008

Kazakhstan: No commitments

Adam reports that General Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE R. Oliver Spencer has said in Astana that Kazakhstan will chair the OSCE in 2010 even if the commitments,...

8 July 2008

Kazakhstan: Opposition wants reforms

Adam says that opposition in Kazakhstan offers its own draft legislation to be adopted in order to enhance democratization of the political system and “earn” a grounded OSCE chairmanship of...

8 July 2008

Kazakhstan: Nobel for Nazarbayev

Joshua Foust reflects on a letter from U.S. Congressmen Darrel Issa and Charlie Melancon in which they nominated Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

8 July 2008