Stories about Kazakhstan from March, 2009
Kazakhstan: Blogs serve politics
Zara writes that blogs are being more and more actively employed by political figures in Kazakhstan. This time it’s a candidate to the city council.
Kazakhstan: Census ended
KZBlog says that the 2009 Census ended in Kazakhstan, pointing out 9% growth in population, and shares some experience of being recorded by a census taker.
Kazakhstan: Underdog Billionaires
Slavasay reports that this year’s list of billionaires in the Forbes journal features only four representatives of Kazakhstan.
Global: Bubbles, Bailouts and Stimulus Plans
Identifying the economic woes of the United States is crucial. But we should also understand that other countries are also grappling with bankrupt companies and shrinking economies. Many countries are also implementing their own stimulus plans. What are some of the examples used by bloggers around the world when they discuss the bubble economies, bailout of banks and stimulus plans of their countries?
Kazakhstan: Filtering of the blogs expands
Blogs on mail.ru – popular Russian information, entertainment and mail portal – have become the second victim of blockage campaign in Kazakhstan after LiveJournal. Access via national telecom operator is...
Global recession and its discontents
Today the world seems flat. From Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas, the people of the world are experiencing the traumatic effects of a global economic recession. This post is an attempt to describe the social impact of the great financial crisis as seen and felt by ordinary citizens around the world.
Kazakhstan: President told what to do with crisis, and gave extra $4 bln
Arman analyzes the new stage of anti-crisis efforts of the Kazakhstani government, which was started by the presidential State of the Nation address.
Kazakhstan: The economic crisis
Elina Galperin says that the economy of Kazakhstan has been hit hard hard by the worldwide drop in demand for energy supplies, and the government is increasingly worried about protests...
Kazakhstan: Blogosphere's crisis chronicles
Bloggers of Kazakhstan continue to follow closely the situation in the country and the government's attempts to switch on a “manual control” mode in economy and other spheres of social...
Kazakhstan: Who will get BTA?
Zara writes a post about the situation around the Kazakhstan’s major bank, which has been acquired by the state recently.
Kazakhstan: Interview with a popular poet
Neweurasia takes an exclusive interview with Erbol Jumagulov, a star and l’enfant terrible of the Kazakhstani modern literature.
Kazakhstan: Graffiti in Almaty
Adam posts a set of images capturing the street art of graffiti in Almaty, the biggest city of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: Balkhash Lake at a Glance
Michael Hancock posts an extensive and detailed information about Lake Balkhash in the South-East of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: Lomography in Almaty
Ehot posts a collection of photography, taken by legendary Lomo camera, which gave name to the whole trend in photo art called lomography.
Kazakhstan: Banking news update
Adam posts some news from the banking sector of Kazakhstan, reviewing development among the international banks’ subsidiaries in the country.
