· January, 2009

Stories about Kazakhstan from January, 2009

Kazakhstan: Prime-Minister Launched Blog

On January 9 the Press Office of the Government informed that Karim Massimov, the Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan, started his private, yet official blog. Last December the Prime –Minister visited Russian...

16 January 2009

Kazakhstan: Khan Shatyr Project

Michael Hancock updates the readers on the construction of one of the more unique construction projects currently under way in Astana, new capital of Kazakhstan.

16 January 2009

Kazakhstan: Importing Tennis Hottie

KZBlog reports that Kazakhstan has made a deal with 19-year old Sesil Karatantcheva, the once up and coming tennis star who was ranked 35th in the world. She will become...

12 January 2009

Kazakhstan: Prime-minister, blogger

KZBlog reacts to the launch of official blog of the Kazakhstani prime-minister Karim Massimov. “That’s a good sign that the PM, or his advisers, are pretty hip to Web 2.0″,...

12 January 2009

Kazakhstan: Tourism Industry Problems

KZBlog writes about his experience visiting a skiing resort near Almaty, the former capital city of Kazakhstan, and concludes that there is a lot of great tourism potential, but no...

9 January 2009

Kazakhstan: LiveJournal Still Blocked

LiveJournal is still blocked in Kazakhstan – the national telecom operator started filtering it on October 7, although it never acknowledged this fact. Skullptor is sarcastic [ru]: I think it’s...

5 January 2009