06.11.2012
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Ziyafet Asgarov said Monday his country supports a deeper cooperation among members of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TurkPA) in the legislative area, local media reported. 10397
15.06.2012
Today, Kazakhstan and Lithuania mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. All these years, Astana and Vilnius have maintained a regular dialogue at various levels, which promotes the development of constructive relations and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields. 9446
08.06.2012
Russia and Kazakhstan agreed on Thursday to extend their bilateral Friendship Treaty, originally signed in 1992, for an additional 10 years. 7587
07.06.2012
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered a speech at the SCO Summit in Beijing. 7535
29.05.2012
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended his friendship with Rupert Murdoch, saying it was "a working relationship" until he left office, BBC said. 5424
25.05.2012
On May 21, the Kazakhstan delegation led by the Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov took part in NATO meeting on Afghanistan held within the Organisation's Summit in Chicago. 3694
Official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kazakhstan is one of key priorities for the short-term, Alexander Sternik, Director of the 3rd Department of CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry, said in an interview to Kazakh mass media. 3001
24.05.2012
Receiving credentials from Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa in April 2012 Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that South Africa is Kazakhstan's prospective partner on the African continent. The President stressed that all necessary conditions were created in order to expand cooperation with this country. 2314
18.05.2012
In his speeches President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev reiterated Kazakhstan's wish to expand cooperation with the Islamic world. In his Address to the Nation "Forced economic modernization as a main vector of development of Kazakhstan" the Head of State noted that Kazakhstan should properly complete its chairmanship at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). 2578
14.05.2012
Belarus considers Kazakhstan as a platform for expanding its presence in Central Asia and is ready to become Kazakhstan's gateway to Europe. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on 14 May. 2403
28.04.2012
Kazakhstan intends to strengthen cooperation with Asian countries, while continuing expansion of cooperation with the European Union. The Government is taking measures to promote tourism. Public-private partnership will be applied in many fields, procedures for the preparation and implementation of public private partnership's projects will be simplified. 5699
27.04.2012
Francois Hollande the frontrunner in the French presidential race, said Germany can't decide for all of Europe, stepping up his opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel's belt-tightening solution to the region's crisis. 3210
20.04.2012
Astana hosted an international conference on "Women's Leadership in the conditions of social and economic modernization in Kazakhstan". 3711
18.04.2012
The date and agenda of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries' (TurkPA) third plenary session have been confirmed. 3867
12.04.2012
We hope that in the next 10 years the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will play an important role in safeguarding peace and stability in the region, Minister of Public Security of China Meng Jianzhu stated at the opening of the 7th traditional meeting of the SCO Security Council secretaries in Beijing. 2514
04.04.2012
The two-day 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit concluded here on Wednesday, promoting the target of ASEAN Community Building by 2015 a step forward, according to Xinhua. 2535
02.04.2012
President Nursultan Nazarbayev's article "Kazakhstan as the Great Connector" has been published in the inaugural publication of the BRICS summit, which took place on March 29, 2012 in New Delhi, India. 2859
28.03.2012
Re-election to the Elysée Palace was looking like mission impossible for President Nicolas Sarkozy: Trailing far behind the socialist candidate François Hollande in the polls for months, Sarkozy had only just recently narrowed his rival's lead, but only at the price of a pugnacious and robust few weeks of campaigning, exploiting the extreme right's favorite themes, immigration and halal meat, Kazinform refers to CNN. 2399
U.S. President Barack Obama hailed securing all nuclear materials at the former Soviet nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan as an example of "extraordinary cooperation" that would "make sure that loose nuclear material is not vulnerable to smuggling or to potential terrorist plots." 2353
27.03.2012
World leaders gathered for a second summit on nuclear security are poised to approve more specific plans and new pledges of action to prevent nuclear terrorism and ensure atomic safety, diplomats said Tuesday. 2243
20.03.2012
The upcoming high-level meeting of Presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Barack Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul will further strengthen the strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and the United States, according to Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the U.S. 2673
19.03.2012
The upcoming high-level meeting of Presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Barack Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul will further strengthen the strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and the United States, according to Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the U.S. 2508
Ukraine is not yet ready to join the Eurasian Economic Community, or EurAsEC, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Sunday. 2095
Osama Bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama, US media reports say. Kazinform refers to BBC. 1561
14.03.2012
The issues of energy development and the implementation of the People's IPO project was high on the agenda at a government session chaired by Prime Minster Karim Massimov in Astana on March 13. 2602
Our country is implementing large-scale economy modernization programs requiring the creation of modern high-tech industries and training of qualified personnel. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in his address to the people "Social and Economic Modernization - the Main Vector of the Development of Kazakhstan" gave instructions to improve the investment climate in the country. 2543
13.03.2012
20 years since Kazakhstan's accession to the United Nations were filled with fruitful cooperation reflecting the desire of our country to become a responsible and consistent supporter and an active conductor of the purposes of the Organization, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov stated during the meeting with Miroslav Jenca, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia. 2328
Asset Issekeshev, Minister of Industry and New Technologies in the Republic of Kazakhstan, has honored Khalfan Saeed Al Kaabi, First Vice-President of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI), with the Ceremonial Medallion, which is presented by Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, during the celebrations of the 20th Independence Day of Kazakhstan, in appreciation of his efforts in developing economic and investment cooperation between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan. 2157
06.03.2012
Kazakh Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium and Luxembourg, head of Kazakhstan's mission to the European Union and NATO Yerik Utembayev met with new President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon. 2908
05.03.2012
Kazakhstan attaches utmost importance to strengthening the role of the United Nations in the international arena and the implementation of its projects and programmes in the country. In twenty years since Kazakhstan's accession to the UN on March 2, 1992, the two sides have established strong relations that continue to grow and produce important results. 2109
02.03.2012
March 2012 marks 20 years of Kazakhstan's membership in the UN, Kazakhstan Ambassador and First Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Akmaral Arystanbekova has shared her memories of the historical moment of Kazakhstan's accession to the United Nations in an interview with Kazinform. 2842
29.02.2012
Kazak President Nursultan Nazarbayev'a Address to the people of Kazakhstan "Social and Economic Modernization - the Main Vector of Kazakhstan's Development" as of 27 January 2012 is widely discussed not only in Kazakhstan but far outside the country. Speaking to a Kazinform correspondent Chairman of the Senate of the Jordanian Parliament Taher al-Masri commented on this document. 2449
Today we mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Kazakhstan. 2312
24.02.2012
The largest land-locked multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country is radiating new hopes and confidence to the region and the world. After independence, a cold breeze started blowing from steppes of this promising land to Pakistan as historically the two lands were linked up with ancient Silk Route. The caravans used to travel on this route for building trade and friendship. 1959
23.02.2012
In his annual state-of-the-nation address "Socio-Economic Modernization as Main Vector of Development of Kazakhstan" Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has noted that economic integration with Russia and Belarus is "an important factor in consolidating the overall regional stability and improving the competitiveness of our economies." 2089
The Governors of East Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions held meetings with the population in Semey and Atyrau today. The meetings were focused on the results of 2011 and goals for 2012 in the context of implementation of the recent President’s Address to the Nation. 1800
21.02.2012
A session of the Government chaired by Prime Minister Karim Massimov was held in the Ukimet Uyi today. The session’s agenda included the issues regarding implementation of 11 large industrial and infrastructural projects that the President of the country outlined in his Address to the Nation “Socio-economic modernization – main direction of development of Kazakhstan”. 1678
20.02.2012
President of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev told about the launch of the largest industrial projects in his Address to the Nation “Socio-economic modernization – main direction of development of Kazakhstan”. 1846
14.02.2012
Today within a working visit to the United Arab Emirates Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with President of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; the President's press service reported. 1738
06.02.2012
Successful implementation of projects under the State Program of Forced Industrial-Innovative Development helps increase the share of manufacturing in GDP of Kazakhstan. Work continues on improving the quality of education, expanding and improving coverage of population with health services. The Government is preparing to resist the influence of a new wave of global financial and economic crisis. 1945
02.02.2012
The Agency on Regulation of Natural Monopolies of Kazakhstan held a session of the board today. The results of the Agency work for 2011 and tasks for 2012 were discussed at the session. 1635
Today, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan held a session of the board to discuss the results of the work for 2011, define goals for 2012 and address the issues regarding implementation of the President’s Address to the Nation. 1471
Today, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Kazakhstan held an enlarged session of the board focused on the results of the Ministry’s work in 2011 and on the main tasks for 2012 in light of the implementation of the President’s Address to the Nation ‘Socio-Economic modernization – main direction of development of Kazakhstan’. 1483
Today during the enlarged session of the board chaired by First Deputy Prime Serik Akhmetov the results of development of transport and communications complex of Kazakhstan for 2011 were summed up and the tasks for 2012 were set in the light of the implementation of the President’s Address to the Nation ‘Socio-economic modernization – the main direction of development of Kazakhstan’. 1360
01.02.2012
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade held an enlarged session focused on the work results for 2011 and goals for 2012 today. On the instruction of the Prime Minister, the session was chaired by Deputy Premier Kairat Kelimbetov. 1336
31.01.2012
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov will pay the first official visit to the United States between Jan. 30 and Feb.1, 2012. The Minister will hold talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries. On top of the agenda is strengthening comprehensive bilateral cooperation encompassing shared priorities of nuclear non-proliferation, regional cooperation, Afghanistan, trade and investment, energy and democracy. 945
The state of emergency imposed in the town of Zhanaozen, Mangystau region, by the President's Decree on December 17 last year was completed. As President N.Nazarbayev noted in his Address to the Nation "The socioeconomic modernization - the main vector of development of Kazakhstan", the situation in Zhanaozen has normalized; hence it was decided not to prolong the state of emergency. The life in the city and in the region returns to normal, and this shows the stability of our state, our society's ability to remain calm and patience in the difficult situations. 960
At today's joint sitting of the Parliament of Kazakhstan President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered his State-of-the-Nation Address "Socio-Economic Modernization as Main Vector of Development of Kazakhstan". Kazinform offers its readers the full text of the Address to the people of Kazakhstan with the reference to the President's press service. 3422
30.01.2012
The Ministry of Finance held a session of the board today. On the instruction of the Prime Minister, his deputy Kairat Kelimbetov participated in the session. The session participants reviewed the results of the Ministry’s work in 2011 and defined goals for 2012 in accordance with the implementation of the President’s Address. 991
27.01.2012
Speaking at the enlarged session of the Government today President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has emphasized that socio-economic modernization would be one of the key issues of further activity of the Government. 1186
25.01.2012
Following the results of the elections to the Majilis, a multi-party Parliament was formed in Kazakhstan. As President Nursultan Nazarbayev outlined in his speeches, it became an important step torward modernization of the political system of Kazakhstan. 1369
24.01.2012
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov set the main directions of work of his deputies at a session of the Government on Monday, Kazinform has learned from the Premier's website http://pm.kz/ 1709
23.01.2012
By Fadzli Ramli Not many would think that a country that gained independence only about two decades ago could grow into one of today s most rapidly developing nations. 1467
In the spirit of openness and partnership, the Embassy of Kazakhstan continues to engage with the media to inform them on the ongoing events in Kazakhstan. Ambassador Erlan Idrissov held a news conference on January 18 at the National Press Club to brief the public on the recent Parliamentary elections and update on the Zhanaozen. 1246
Chairman of the Kazakh Central Election Commission Kuandyk Turgankulov has met with Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission (EOM) Miklós Haraszti; the CEC press service reports. 1030
21.01.2012
On Monday, January 16, the Education and Science Ministry announced the introduction of per capita financing mechanism in the sphere of secondary and vocational education. Also to raise availability of educational services a new mechanism of state educational savings system was developed. 1266
19.01.2012
The funds are actively concentrated in the National Fund of Kazakhstan, which is very relevant now amid the unfavorable situation in the global economy, according to Kazakh Prime Minister's website http://pm.kz 1392
Over 20 years of sovereign development Kazakhstan has become a responsible member of the international community, with priorities such as integration and openness to the world. This was repeatedly mentioned by President Nursultan Nazarbayev in his speeches. Some of the main vectors of Kazakhstan in the international collaboration include further strengthening of partnership relations with the countries of the European Union. 1637
17.01.2012
Ak Zhol Democratic Party of Kazakhstan has issued a statement on preliminary results of the early elections to the Majilis and maslikhats. 1238
16.01.2012
Early parliamentary elections concluded in Kazakhstan on Sunday, with a voter turnout of 75.07 percent, up from some 64 percent in the last elections in 2007. 943
On Monday, January 9, Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that more than one thousand foreign observers will monitor the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan. 1375
13.01.2012
Special IssueNo 6, Jan 11, 2012 Parliamentary Elections to Take Place in Zhanaozen 1504
11.01.2012
In accordance with Article 44 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On State of Emergency,” the state of emergency in the town of Zhanaozen, Mangistau region, was extended to January 31, 2012, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan #215, dated January 4, 2012. 1506
The tragic events in the town of Zhanaozen on 16th December 2011 came as a shock to everyone in Kazakhstan, casting a shadow over celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of our independence. 1599
10.01.2012
A total of 77.5% of respondents in Kazakhstan will vote in the parliamentary election on January 15, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Social and Political Studies (ISPS). This is a rise from 67.2% since the start of the campaign. 2766
When Kazakhstan goes to the polls to elect a new parliament on January 15, voters in the restless western oil town of Zhanaozen, where at least 16 people were shot dead when police opened fire on protestors last month, will not be allowed to cast their ballots. 1364
04.01.2012
In his state-of-the-nation address as of January 28, 2011 President Nursultan Nazarbayev highlighted that Kazakhstan pursuing the foreign policy would maintain stability of commitments to investors, business community and the country's policy would meet expectations of all partners. 2626
13.12.2011
"Declaration of the Twentieth Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan adopted by the Senate is the Declaration of Succeeded Statehood," Kazakh Senate Speaker Kairat Mami told at the plenary session of the House held on December 10. 5058
08.12.2011
Senior officials from Afghanistan and neighbouring countries today launched a United Nations plan to strengthen counter-narcotics efforts and boost regional stability. 5829
05.12.2011
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the signing of an Implementing Arrangement with the Government of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and New Technology (MINT) to promote increased cooperation in nuclear safeguards and security. 6404
28.11.2011
In the past twenty years, Kazakhstan has developed an extended partnership with the European Union through bilateral cooperation with its many countries in a variety of fields and with the help of state-sponsored projects such as a three-year programme called "Path to Europe." 6336
Kazakhstan successfully introduces 'e-government', reforms the system of education. The number of projects included in the Industrialization Map within the state program of forced industrial innovative development increases. Cooperation with the CIS and non-CIS countries expands. Kazakhstan is beginning to compete for hosting international events with the countries of Western Europe. 3197
25.11.2011
On 16th November 2011, President Nazarbayev accepted a petition of 53 Majilis Deputies to dissolve parliament and set elections for January 15, 2012. The elections, for both the Majilis (lower house of parliament) and Maslikhats (local bodies), were last held in 2007. 2557
The 150th session of the General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) was held in Paris on November 22-23, 2011. With reference to the press service of the Kazakh MFA Kazinform Agency offers its readers the remarks by First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Umirzak Shukeyev. 2127
22.11.2011
Late last week the leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a declaration on Eurasian economic integration targeted at the creation of the Common Economic Space of the three neighbouring countries. The three countries' leaders promise not to return to the Soviet past, but take its best features while creating the Eurasian Economic Union. 2188
17.11.2011
The Year of the Republic of Korea in Kazakhstan has been successfully finished lately. This proves once again that cooperation between the two countries has been strengthening every year. At the dawn of our independence, mutual trade between the two countries amounted to USD 11 million. After 20 years, these figures increased to USD 1 billion. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Kazakhstan Lee Buyng-hwa told about the prospects of Kazakh-Korean relations in an interview with Kazinform. 2399
14.11.2011
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov arrived on Sunday for a working visit in Saint Petersburg to attend the Council of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states. 3669
27.10.2011
On October 24, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a roundtable devoted to the United Nations Day and the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence, which gathered representatives of state bodies, the diplomatic corps and the UN agencies. 4067
17.10.2011
On the threshold of the state visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Vietnam Kazinform had an exclusive interview with President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang. 4776
14.10.2011
At present the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan is fully operational, said Viktor Khristenko, Russian Industry and Trade Minister, special representative of the President of Russia for amending the Customs Union Commission treaty. The statement was made when Viktor Khristenko met with Alexander Lukashenko; Kazinform refers to BelTA. 4162
13.10.2011
Declaration on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World was issued on Wednesday in Astana following the results of the International Forum for a Nuclear-Weapon- Free World, the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry informs. Kazinform Agency offers its readers the text of the Declaration. 3367
As earlier reported, Nuclear Weapons-Free Forum, devoted to the 20th year of the shutdown of the Semipalatinsk nuclear tests site, is taking place these days in Astana. On Wednesday Astana hosted an international conference as a part of the forum enjoying the participation of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman who read the address of US President Obama to a distinguished group of dignitaries, leaders, and experts gathered here from around the world. 3001
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affaires Kairat Umarov and US Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller signed Joint Statement on the Continuation of the Bilateral Government to Government Communication Link on Tuesday in Astana. 2441
10.10.2011
Kazakhstan keeps on improving its social policy. In the context of realization of the economic diversification and industrial and innovation development plan the attraction of foreign investments becomes one of the pressing issues. In this regard, the Government works on further improvement of the country's investment climate. 2379
07.10.2011
Kazinform agency offers its readers an interview with Executive Secretary of the Customs Union Commission Sergei Glazyev published by the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper on Thursday, with reference to Itar-Tass. 2067
04.10.2011
Kazakhstan with special attention and responsibility maintains democratic standards and meets international commitments within the organization, conducts and monitors elections in the country. 1891
30.09.2011
Kazakhstan is an important link between China and Europe, the Head of the Corporate Finance of BNP Paribas Asia-Pacific Branch Christian de Charnace said at the First Kazakhstan Equity Capital Raising & Investment Forum, which began on Friday in Hong Kong. 2273
09.09.2011
"It is safe to say today that over the past ten years since its foundation the SCO has established itself as an influential international structure that actively contributes to peace and development of the region, withstands challenges and modern threats," Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov stated today. 4516
07.09.2011
20 years ago Kazakhstan voluntarily renounced the world's fourth largest nuclear arsenal, closing the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. 5433
05.09.2011
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has taken part in a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State in Dushanbe; the Presidential press service reports. 4565
31.08.2011
The Government of Kazakhstan approved the socio-economic development forecast for 2012-2016 and the draft republican budget for 2012-2014. Besides, the draft People's IPO Programme prepared pursuant to the President's instruction was considered the last week. 5118
27.08.2011
16 years ago - on August 30, 1995 - on the initiative of President Nursultan Nazarbayev the new fundamental law of the country was adopted at the national referendum. As is known, the Constitution was developed on the basis of the French model. Expert at the European Institute for International Relations Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann told a Kazinform correspondent about the advantages of this model, its influence on development of our country. 4247
24.08.2011
What associations do Kazakhstanis have with the Republic of Belarus? The first thing that comes to mind is President Alexander Lukashenko - a well-known figure, respected person. Then we remember popular tractors, BelAZ trucks, potatoes. Many would say that Belarus and Kazakhstan are neighbors and brothers in the Soviet Union and today's Customs Union partners. 3022
15.08.2011
A special press conference about the bill on languages development was held on August 9 in Astana. The document developed by the Kazakh Ministry of Culture became the subject of lively debate in the Kazakhstani society. 3839
05.08.2011
On July 29, during the visiting meeting in the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kazykhanov announced the list of states where Kazakhstan Embassies would be opened in 2012, 2013, 2014. 4487
27.07.2011
After news emerged last week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had included Kazakhstan on a list of countries "that have shown a tendency to promote, produce, or protect terrorist organizations or their members," the Kazakhstan government has publicly objected and the U.S. embassy in Astana has stepped back from the claim. 2293
21.07.2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kazykhanov has visited Belgium, Great Britain and Germany on July 18-20. Today, the Foreign Minister addressed political and business circles of Germany in the capital of the country - Berlin. 6581
15.07.2011
After being named and shamed earlier this year as the worst offender for unpaid parking tickets in London, Kazakhstan's diplomats have finally buckled and agreed to settle up almost $60,000 for 627 parking violations. 2616
12.07.2011
On July 2, Kazakhstan's diplomats both at home and in overseas missions marked the Day of the Diplomatic Service. The date when President Nazarbayev signed a decree establishing the independent Kazakhstan's own Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 is marked by the nation's diplomats as a special day to celebrate their accomplishments. 3470
11.07.2011
Every Muslim country especially the populous ones such as Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Egypt should have one. But of the 56 member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), only one has and another is in the process of establishing one. 2927
27.06.2011
In a couple of days Kazakhstan will assume chairmanship of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. A conference devoted to Kazakhstan's presidency over the OIC, the most influential Islamic organization, took place in Brussels the other day. 4120
Kazinform agency offers its readers an article by SIRAJ WAHAB for ARAB NEWS. 3023
01.06.2011
“Kazakhstan considers the (CSTO) as one of the important tools for interaction and coordination in this regard, which today rightly deserves to be seen as the centre of regional cooperation in the sphere of security,” the country‟s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerzhan Kazykhanov said at the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the member-states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Minsk, Belarus on May 31. 4461
30.05.2011
The four officers that Kazakhstan is to send to Kabul to work in the ISAF headquarters will help in the international UN-sanctioned efforts to stabilize this country, the country's Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov told members of the Committee for International Affairs, Defence and Security of the Parliament's Majilis in a meeting in Astana on May 27. 4822
25.05.2011
A two-day official visit of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to Kazakhstan started on May 24. Today, the Belarusian leader visited the Akorda Presidential Palace and held talks with Kazakhstan‟s President Nursultan Nazarbayev which resulted in signing of a number of bilateral documents. 6219
23.05.2011
In the run-up to the OIC’s Astana Ministerial in late June, Kazakhstan has chaired a Senior Officials Meeting in Jeddah, the Organization’s political body next in importance only to the Council of Foreign Ministers. 5680
20.05.2011
Administrator Helen Clark ended a three day visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday which focused on the country's impressive development progress and its partnership with UNDP and the broader UN system. 3983
18.05.2011
As the current rotating chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Kazakhstan hosted on Saturday the meeting of the Council of SCO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Almaty. 4836
13.05.2011
Think of developing countries in the post Soviet sphere and corruption immediately comes to mind. But there should be one exception: the Republic of Kazakhstan, which won its independence from the Soviet Union 20 years ago. 4375
11.05.2011
The relations between India and Kazakhstan, the oil-rich Central Asian state, go back to more than 2500 years and archaeological evidence corroborates the migration of Saka tribes from the present-day Kazakhstan to India’s northwest frontier. 3441
10.05.2011
An” inter-ethnic explosion” in Central Asia and Kazakhstan is increasingly likely given both the impact of gastarbeiters flowing from the southern part of that region to the north and the increasingly widespread idea of a ‘Greater Uzbekistan,” according to a Moscow ethnographer. 1037
06.05.2011
A customs union is still several months away from taking effect, but Russia already seems to be exerting influence over Kazakhstan’s trade. Concerned that its own market will become flooded with smuggled Chinese goods, Moscow is pressuring Astana to tighten controls at the Kazakhstani-Chinese border before July 1, when Russia is due to remove its checkpoints along its frontier with Kazakhstan. 2027
23.02.2011
Kazakhstan is set to become a launch pad for the development of Islamic banking in the entire CIS region. Experts believe over the last few years a lot has been done in the country to ensure proper introduction of banking activity that is consistent with the principles of the Islamic law (Sharia). 24608
The development of civil sector and human rights in Kazakhstan is one of the key aspects playing an imperative role in outlining top priority directions of the state policy. 19652
The two days of President Nazarbayev’s visit to China have concluded with important results for the Kazakh-Chinese relations. Thus, during the meeting with China’s President Hu Jintao, a number of significant documents were signed in the presence of both leaders. These included an agreement on the monitoring of water quality in transborder rivers, a memorandum on the construction of the Astana-Almaty railway, an agreement on transfer of sentenced people, and others. 20370
03.12.2010
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan spoke on Aug. 5 to welcome the decision on what will be the crowning of his country’s work as chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: the holding of an OSCE summit in Astana on Dec. 1 and 2, 2010. 30894
27.10.2010
Kazakhstan’s role in the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for 2010 has been "heaven-sent" in tackling the political and ethnic turmoil in Kyrgyzstan, says the head of the OSCE Center in Bishkek, Ambassador Andrew Tesoriere. 28338
The decision by the 56 member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to hold its first summit meeting in 11 years demonstrates "the political will of all OSCE states to overcome existing disagreements, enhance mutual trust and strengthen the organization to create a universal and indivisible security community in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian space," according to President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, which currently holds the OSCE chair. 20145
13.10.2010
President Obama says the people of Kyrgyzstan have demonstrated their commitment to democracy by participating in peaceful parliamentary elections only months after ethnic violence broke out in the southern part of their country. 13300
12.10.2010
Tajikistan became another state of post-Soviet Central Asia that on the governmental level decided to fight against journalists and strictly filter the public access to the World Wide Web. On October 11, 2010 the leading internet providers in Tajikistan blocked the access to the number of websites of local and foreign web media and Ferghana.Ru, Russian e-edition, specifically. 6683
30.09.2010
Kazakhstan has been under fire for press-related provisions that Parliament enacted last year – and others that it failed to enact. 8536
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday spoke about the U.S. experience in Southeast Asia, saying "the progress between Vietnam and the United States has been breathtaking." 7349
29.09.2010
Just as Kazakhstan is engaged in a geostrategic balancing act between Russian and Western influences, it is now also responsible for pursuing parity between Russian and Western goals at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summit in Astana in December. 4469
28.09.2010
When Kazakhstan’s economy kicked into overdrive 10 years ago, producers began scrambling to find more ways to get goods out of the landlocked country. 1762
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the U.S.-led NATO military force in Afghanistan, said that Taliban leaders had reached out to senior Afghan government officials to discuss reconciliation and the possibility of a peace process, the New York Times reported on Monday. 1266
27.09.2010
The United Nations (UN) envoy for Somalia on Monday called on international partners to help the African nation no less than the support given to Iraq and Afghanistan. 1410
Three Australian soldiers will be charged for a violent raid, which resulted in the death of four children and a teenager in Afghanistan last year, officials said Monday. 1272
22.09.2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become the most prominent world political figure to agree to attend the summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). 2494
Friendship with Kazakhstan, built partly on transactions in oil and gas sector, is helping China train its air force to conduct sudden and precision strikes. The first-ever simulated cross-border strike by Chinese air force took place on Monday. 2110
20.09.2010
An expert meeting on the use of electronic voting in OSCE participating States - as well as the lessons learned from countries that have moved away from such systems - started in Vienna today, APA reports quoting official web-page of OSCE. 1601
31.08.2010
The Russian government announced that the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, where the space race began with the 1957 launch of Sputnik, will be replaced within the decade by a new facility in Siberia. 3416
26.08.2010
Sitting as a buffer between East and West, Ukraine recently declared itself “nonaligned” thus ending its courtship with NATO. However, Ukraine’s new president now shows signs of exploring a military alliance with a Russian-led block. 2566
24.08.2010
Visiting Iran for an oil deal 10 years ago, I was asked whether I was a Russian working on the nuclear plant at Bushehr, on the Gulf coast. I was surprised at the question but perhaps I shouldn’t have been: Russia had been involved in the project since 1995. 1907
Communist China remains passive in pointing the finger at North Korea over the the sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan, seemingly giving the benefit of the doubt to the North. If a shooting war flares up on the Korean Peninsula, would China intervene militarily on behalf of the North, as it did in the Korean War? 1519
22.08.2010
A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against the extradition of an Uzbek refugee from Russia has been hailed as a successful precedent for the handling of such cases. 2061
18.08.2010
The Pentagon just released its annual report to Congress on China's military. Weapons programs got ink, especially its cyberwar programs, its expanding navy, ballistic missile projects. The report summarized China's strategic priorities as "perpetuating Communist Party rule, sustaining economic growth and development, maintaining domestic political stability, defending China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and securing China's status as a great power." 2136
Despite pledging not to impede rail freight heading for Tajikistan, the Uzbek authorities are still holding up hundreds of wagons. 1388
17.08.2010
The global community may have a new advocate for international religious freedom - Germany. 1287
11.08.2010
By opening its borders to some 100,000 vulnerable ethnic Uzbek refugees fleeing deadly violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Uzbekistan government demonstrated rare humanitarianism and respect for international law. 4156
09.08.2010
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada vowed to continue providing aid in meetings Sunday with Uzbek President Islam Karimov and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev, a day after pledging increased assistance for Central Asia to fight terrorism and drugs from neighboring Afghanistan. 2622
06.08.2010
After surmounting months of political hurdles, Kyrgyzstan’s interim government faced a new test on August 5 as demonstrators clashed with security forces in a Bishkek suburb. 2843
04.08.2010
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a rude reminder of the risks inherent in an economy dependent upon petroleum. But there's a quieter crisis in the other gulf - the Persian Gulf - that should call Americans' attention to the even more severe consequences of relying upon imported oil. 3051
02.08.2010
Kazakhstan’s OSCE chairmanship has passed its mid-point and is working against the clock to prepare the summit in Astana, which will exceptionally be held well before the year’s end. 3106
A new documentary film about the Belarussian president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, portrays him as a bumbling tyrant enamored of Hitler and Stalin. He has political opponents killed, journalists silenced and elections rigged in the film, all while keeping his faltering country locked in a Soviet time warp. 3042
28.07.2010
On July 16-17, in Almaty, an informal meeting of 56 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) countries’ foreign affairs ministers decided to hold a summit of the organization this year in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. 3425
26.07.2010
This summer's Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan presented the gravest threat to Central Asian security since the Tajik civil war of the 1990s. Reportedly, about 3,000 people died and more than 300,000 were displaced in the violence. 2432
How do you change perceptions of a little known country formed largely by a hugely popular movie that ridiculed it? For Kazakhstan, part of the answer is to win professional cycling's biggest prize, the Tour de France. 2200
23.07.2010
The trip last week by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to China was an acknowledgement of Asia’s rising role in world affairs, and of the growing difficulties in Berlin’s relations with its traditional allies, the US and Western Europe. 2478
Nationalist press interpretations of the recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan are adding to tensions throughout the country. Coupled with the refusal of both Kyrgyz and Uzbeks to assess their hate, these reports make peace seem increasingly elusive. 2247
Recent years have witnessed the rise of irregular but frequently intensive opposition to U.S. global preeminence by Russia and China. In their own ways, and in pursuit of their own interests, each of these authoritarian governments has established an informal alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran. 3384
20.07.2010
Central Asia arrived at a turning point last weekend far removed from the history of Genghis Khan riding out to conquer the world, as it sought peacekeepers from Europe. Russia, which has provided security to the region for the past century and more is stepping aside - unable or unwilling, and possibly incapable of performing that role anymore. 1952
16.07.2010
When Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, visited Washington this past spring to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, he was hoping to go home with a valuable trophy: President Obama's firm commitment to attend a high-level summit in Almaty, the Kazakh capital, sometime this year. 2268
15.07.2010
Tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan has risen significantly over the past month despite a renewed international push for a resolution to the Karabakh conflict. 2741
India is faring as well in terms of GDP growth and has an open economy too. Why then is China the world's darling? 2500
14.07.2010
On July 5 at the Eurasian Economic Community’s Interstate Council in Astana, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan agreed to form a Customs Union that came into effect the next day. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may join at some point in the future. 2158
13.07.2010
As the dust settles over the Fergana Valley, Russian foreign policy analysts in Western Europe and the United States are wallowing in a state of bewilderment. Despite then-acting President Roza Otunbayeva's call for Russian involvement during the ethnic riots in southern Kyrgyzstan, Moscow rejected any plans to deploy troops into the fray. 2007
As the United States prepares to wind down its shuttle program, the race for who can become the most prominent space power is on. 1450
12.07.2010
Halfway through Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, State Secretary and Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev talked to New Europe correspondent Kulpash Konyrova about the situation in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan as well as the challenges the organization is facing. 1756
09.07.2010
To transfer the Kyrgyz capital from Bishkek to Osh, ostensibly to strengthen security in the country, is impossible and ineffective, experts said. 1444
08.07.2010
The unintended consequences of non-proliferation have been horrendous. The torpedo that a North Korean submarine used to sink the South Korean warship Cheonan killed 46 innocent South Korean sailors. But it also just as surely killed the American policy, pursued for decades, for dealing with North Korea. 1565
02.07.2010
News.Az interviews Kanat Saudabayev, OSCE chairman-in-office, State Secretary and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan. 3487
30.06.2010
IN June, Kyrgyzstan was gripped by the worst violence in its post-Soviet history, which pushed the impoverished Central Asian state to the brink of collapse. It may take some time to assess the full extent of the tragedy that occurred in the Ferghana Valley in the south of the country. 2930
25.06.2010
If the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan were to be the litmus test, the United States' "reset" of ties with Russia appears only selectively genuine. Kyrgyzstan is a perfect case for the two powers to agree to tactical cooperation, as there are significant common interests - and yet that is not happening. 1435
24.06.2010
It may not approach the scale of the great battleship race between Britain and Germany that preceded World War I, but a naval build-up is currently and quietly taking place on the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan appears to be setting the pace, with plans to buy six ships for its navy by the end of 2010. 1199
16.06.2010
The regime change in Kyrgyzstan, a tiny, distant country of barely five million inhabitants, is much more than a footnote in global politics. The important transport hub there, used primarily by the US, France and Spain to supply Western troops in Afghanistan, is safe for now. But the stability of Kyrgyzstan is uncertain, as is the capacity of its government to act, and both are of considerable importance beyond Central Asia. 2911
14.06.2010
The 10th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in Tashkent recently where the leaders of the member countries pledged to “build an effective and open multilateral organisation dedicated to regional peace, stability and prosperity”. 2544
11.06.2010
President Hu Jintao's visit to Kazakhstan will open a new chapter in the development of China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership, says the Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan. 2832
Kazakhstan, often perceived in western capitals in terms of its energy wealth or its close relationship with Russia, is undoubtedly an important geostrategic player in Eurasia and in early 2010 became the first former Soviet country to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which has elicited speculation and controversy concerning its role and potential. 2339
10.06.2010
The two-day security and confidence building measures summit ended with strongly criticising Israeli sanctions on occupied Arab land and the need to initiate peace and cooperation in Middle East, South Asia and Korean Peninsula. 2826
09.06.2010
When party loyalists flatter Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, they compare him to the outstanding reformers of the epoch like Ataturk, Mahatma Gandhi or Charles de Gaulle. 2869
Presidents and senior officials from about 40 countries wrapped up the one-day Asian confidence- building summit on Tuesday by endorsing a final declaration in a bid to enhance trust and confidence-building in the region. 2458
07.06.2010
This tiny country of 8 million people has two things that command attention in Washington: lots of oil and, perhaps more important these days, proximity to Afghanistan. 2727
Since its independence, Kazakhstan has launched a number of key international initiatives aimed at strengthening global stability and security. 2524
03.06.2010
With the organization of its first defense exposition, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense is making a significant push to expand its sources for military hardware beyond its traditional supplier - Russia. But questions remain about how serious Kazakhstan is about westernizing its military, and if such a move is more cosmetic than substantive. 2949
02.06.2010
Former superpower has made deals with Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan. Moscow and Kyiv have put together a plan to incorporate the Transdnistrian region of Moldova into Ukraine, according to U.S. analyst Paul Goble. 2950
01.06.2010
News.Az interviews Serik Primbetov, Kazakhstan's ambassador to Azerbaijan. What can be expected in Azerbaijani-Kazakh relations in the near future? 2809
28.05.2010
Can Chinese goods and investment help raise living standards and nurture democratic growth in Kazakhstan? 3255
27.05.2010
Casting for the next Bruce Lee? A new krav maga/tai chi fusion workout? No, it's part of the opening ceremony of Central Asia's first ever defense exposition, KADEX, being held over the next four days in Astana, Kazakhstan. 3673
26.05.2010
TURKEY, KAZAKHSTAN TO COOPERATE IN EDUCATION Calling bilateral relations between Ankara and Astana “exceptional,” President Abdullah Gul has pledged to lend support to all kinds of bilateral cooperation in the field of education not only for the development of the two countries, but especially for the sake of future generations. 3998
25.05.2010
Is Central Asian democracy an oxymoron? After the collapse of the Soviet Union, sweeping changes have come to the region. It has emerged as an important center for energy production, and two of the states, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, quickly converted their economies to a market model. 3044
18.05.2010
Senior government officials, politicians and public figures from the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Kazakhstan's capital Astana on 29 and 30 June to discuss tolerance and non-discrimination in the OSCE region. 3222
30.04.2010
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan launched the annual Eurasian Media Forum Tuesday with a call for international cooperation on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, setting the scene for a lively panel discussion with senior delegates from Iran. 7814
02.03.2010
The first meeting of the representatives of the Sides, Mediators and Observers in the "5+2" Transdniestria settlement process with the Special Representative of the Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship, Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev, ended in Vienna today. 5509
24.02.2010
Moscow and Astana have a common view of how to turn the OSCE into an effective international organization, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his Kazakh counterpart Kanat Saudabayev in Astana. 2698
23.02.2010
Since the winter energy crisis two years ago, when freezing temperatures lasted for several weeks, cooperation dynamics within Central Asia have witnessed rapid change. Upstream Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which rely on electricity imports during winter, were hit particularly badly as they were unable to supply the population with enough electricity and gas. Consequently, Tajikistan was forced to declare a humanitarian crisis. 3014
09.02.2010
On January 20, the Turkish Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Atilla Gunay, met the Kazakh Defense Minister Adilbek Zhaksybekov in Astana as part of a series of recent meetings to foster bilateral dialogue. Centered on military cooperation, it came three months after Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Ankara to sign a strategic partnership agreement that emphasized closer military collaboration between the two countries. 2740
08.02.2010
In a landmark for Central Asia, Kazakhstan this year has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - a key intergovernmental organization that monitors everything from security cooperation to political and human rights in 56 member states across Europe. 3577
29.01.2010
Kazakhstan will play an active role in furthering OSCE initiatives to strengthen Afghanistan's borders, develop co-operation and enhance law enforcement activities, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakh Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, at the international London Conference on Afghanistan today. 2655
26.01.2010
This year, Kazakhstan has become the first former Soviet state to assume the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 3228
20.01.2010
History is in the making in this Central Asian republic, the largest and the most developed of the former Soviet republics east of the Urals, as Kazakhstan assumed the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday. 3079
19.01.2010
Despite questions about Kazakhstan's commitment to democracy and human rights, the country has taken up the rotating year-long chairmanship of the OSCE - an international security and rights grouping. 2607
09.01.2010
Kazakhstan took over the term presidency of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on January 1. 1587
05.01.2010
Kazakhstan took over the Chairmanship of the OSCE today and reaffirmed its commitment to uphold the fundamental principles and values of the Organization, to proceed according to the interests of all participating States and to strengthen the role of the OSCE as a significant platform for dialogue contributing to security in the wider Eurasian space. 1544
The visionary leaders have the capability to change the destiny of their country. They are gifted with the power not only to see invisible but also to make them visible for others. Their credibility lies in the confidence, the masses have in them that what so ever their leaders do is for their betterment. In return, the visionary leaders remained alive to the emotions of their public. They believe in an interactive conversation with their people that pulls them toward becoming responsible citizens of their country. H.E Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazkhstan is a wonderful example of a leader fulfilling the above standard of visionary leaders. Luckily what a man this country has found, totally committed to his country and people. 1272
29.12.2009
China and Kazakhstan have agreed to advance the friendly and cooperative relations between the two armed forces, senior military officials from the two countries said Tuesday, according to the Xinhua press agency. 1446
24.12.2009
The presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia approved the action plan on forming the single economic area and signed a joint statement on the Customs Union which will become effective on 1 January 2010. 1348
23.12.2009
China and Kazakhstan have agreed to advance the friendly and cooperative relations between the two armed forces, senior military officials from the two countries said Tuesday. 1214
09.12.2009
A draft law that would regulate the work of private employment agencies was discussed today at a public hearing on labour migration supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. 699
03.12.2009
The European Union is becoming something qualitatively different – with an overall president and foreign minister. A new, more united Europe is emerging, and Russia will have to work out new principles for relations with it. 583
30.11.2009
An academic conference on perspectives and challenges of Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE Chairmanship took place in Almaty thursday. 1475
26.11.2009
A roundtable meeting on removing barriers to effective interaction between non-governmental organizations and political parties was organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana jointly with the Public Foundation for Parliamentary Development in Kazakhstan today. 714
21.11.2009
The OSCE Centre in Astana formally commenced co-operation with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) Executive Directorate in the Republic of Kazakhstan by signing a Memorandum of Understanding today. 763
09.11.2009
Italy's joke-loving prime minister struck a distinctly Borat tone on Friday when he told the president of Kazakhstan that a recent spike in the country's population was due to the virility of its menfolk. 607
30.10.2009
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Administration of the Customs Control Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KCCC) and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan today to recognize the successful installation of radiation detection equipment at four border crossings and one international airport in Kazakhstan. Today’s ceremony also recognized the effective cooperation between the U.S., Kazakhstan and Norway in preventing illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive material across Kazakhstan’s borders. 884
23.10.2009
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will make an official visit to Turkey on Oct. 21-24. This will bear a historic meaning in terms of content. Nazarbayev made his last official visit to Turkey in 2003; however, there have been significant changes in the content of bilateral relations between Turkey and Kazakhstan in the last six years. 3495
09.10.2009
A second series of lectures about OSCE principles and values, as well as Kazakhstan's commitments and priorities ahead of its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship, continued today with a lecture in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan. 711
06.10.2009
OSCE officials provided support and guidance during a meeting today of government officials and experts from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as well as representatives from other international organizations that focused on progress under an agreement to share the water from trans-boundary rivers. 602
24.09.2009
The current President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has made the most successes in the foreign policy of the country, said a European expert on Central Asia Yuri Fedorov. 704
Several came out to meet Ambassador Idrissov and ask him questions about his role in world affairs. The Council graciously allowed CookevilleTimes.com reporter, Jodie Steele, to interview Ambassador Idrissov. 874
18.09.2009
Vietnam and Kazakhstan have agreed to increase cooperation in economics, trade and investment, particularly in oil and gas, considering this a long-term and strategic cooperation for the future. 863
16.09.2009
Simon Tisdall is wrong, we can make a difference by engaging with Kazakhstan – this has nothing to do with oil. 587
15.09.2009
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki sent letters of protest to four Caspian Sea littoral states, criticizing their quadrilateral meeting on the Sea's issues in Kazakhstan. 537
11.09.2009
British Minister for Europe Glenys Kinnock is visiting Kazakhstan on Sept. 7 and 8. The visit highlights the strong bilateral relationship between Britain and Kazakhstan, the British Foreign Ministry announced Monday. 557
09.09.2009
Iran's embassy in Almaty was transferred to Astana, the new capital city of Kazakhstan, the Iranian Charge D'affaires to the Central Asian Country announced on Tuesday. 945
20.07.2009
A major box-office hit in Kazakhstan last year was "The Gift to Stalin," a movie that introduced a new generation to a poignant page in Kazakhstan’s history as a Soviet nuclear guinea pig. The film ends with a mushroom cloud engulfing the steppe as the Soviet Union detonated its "gift to Stalin" - its first nuclear device on August 29, 1949. 1106
09.07.2009
Leaders of the G8 leading industrial countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to just 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels by 2050. The summit, in the earthquake-hit Italian city of L'Aquila, agreed tough new carbon emissions cuts. It says developed nations should cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, with the rest of the world making a 50% reduction by the same date. 651
25.06.2009
A delegation of Kazakhstani journalists came back in Almaty from Vienna last Sunday. 602
18.06.2009
Within the framework of the Custom Union Russia, Kazakhstan and Byelorussia will be easier to enter the World Trade Organization. 941
12.06.2009
The USA, seems, to be intended firmly to retain their military base in the airport of 'Manas.' 687
11.06.2009
An international conference took place at the Kazakhstani Institute of Strategic Research. 570
02.06.2009
Kazakhstan chairmanship in the OSCE may give not just an important experience to Central Asian countries in humanitarian and legal sphere, but to foster reforming of the Organization itself. 561
05.05.2009
Worthy of mentioning events of the last days in Kyrgyzstan. May 5 - Day of Constitution, which, as it follows from the congratulation speech of the head of the state, reflects "striving of people to live under conditions of true freedom and democracy." 476
21.04.2009
Development of good neighborhood and friendly relationship with China is one of the priorities of external policy of Kazakhstan. 1253
08.04.2009
The main intrigue of the social-political life of Kyrgyzstan is the president's election, which appointed on July 23. If the acting head of the state Kurmanbek Bakiyev goes for a new term or not? What does the country expect in the nearest future? 744
26.03.2009
Continuation As it was aforementioned, the isolated economics of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will suffer the least. However, it doesn't mean that the crisis will avoid them and will be rigorous in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. 498
24.03.2009
According to the World Bank report, almost all developing countries are seized in one or another degree by the economic crisis. 494
10.03.2009
New annual Address of the President to the People of Kazakhstan, which sounded the other days is unique on several reasons. 766
04.03.2009
New initiative of the Uzbek president puzzles his Tajik and Kyrgyz colleagues. 700
28.01.2009
Kazakhstan is surrounded with state-empires, in which third of the world population lives. It is clear that the talk is about its nearest neighbor China and another rapidly developing country India, which are like real hegemonies are more typical to struggle for spheres of influence in the region as well as for its markets. 831
05.01.2009
Financial crisis, without a doubt, influenced the events in Central Asia, increasing risks in some fields, having speeding up negative processes in others. Central Asian region is a boiling up copper. 759
12.12.2008
Events of the last weeks prove that idea of regional integration in Central Asia didn't become dominating one. 519
03.12.2008
People say "socialism with human face" about Sweden, Norway and Iceland, in which standard of life is the highest in the world, where the principle of social/economic fairness and parity - is a milestone of the inside policy. 499
27.11.2008
After Uzbekistan left the EurAsEC it became clear how Americans are going to return its influence in Central Asia. 500
21.11.2008
Extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of France in the Republic of Kazakhstan Alen Kuanon at recently held press-conference characterized our relations between our two countries as follows: 485
12.11.2008
Newly appointed ambassador of the United States to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland held his first official press conference in Almaty on November 6. In discussion with journalists, the diplomat commented cooperation between the states and told about his upcoming work at the new position. 421
17.10.2008
Our people came back from the Poland capital, where during two weeks of October annual OSCE conference was taking place on consideration of obligations in the field of human dimensions. 420
06.10.2008
At the end of the last week the Third International conference "Caspian dialog" took place. 558
23.09.2008
Recent aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia, growing of tension in Pakistan and Afganistan deepening world economy crisis makes the situation in Caspian-Central Asian region more complicated and unforeseen. 445
08.09.2008
The statement uttered the other days by head of foreign affairs ministry of France Bernard Kouchner testifies a sober evaluation of the situation and chances for Russia to avoid deterioration of relationship with West. 443
28.08.2008
Today in Dushanbe leaders of the countries-participants of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which consists of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Besides, heads of Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia - states-observers are expected to participate in the summit. 555
22.05.2008
His first abroad visit the third president of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev is paying to Kazakhstan and China. Thus, new leadership of Kremlin demonstrates to the whole world diapason of its priorities. 1929
25.04.2008
In the first day of the VII Eurasian Media Forum our guest - a known American political science expert and diplomat, in the past the national security advisor to the US president James Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski - gave an interview to television channels "Khabar," КТК, NTV and to the newspaper "My vybirayem Karavan, Karavan vybirayet nas." 743
21.04.2008
Robert Simmons, Special representative of the Secretary General NATO on Central Asia, in all public speeches evaluated interactions between NATO and the republic as close and positive. 557
31.03.2008
Attention of the world is absorbed by the Olympic torch, which was lighted and now will be moving from one country to another. Today the torch arrived in Beijing, but solid security forces hinder to enjoy the ceremony, because of an uneasy situation in Tibet and other human rights issues in China. 1352
20.03.2008
Russian parliamentarians will not apply the Kosovo scenario thoughtlessly towards the self-declared territories. 545
12.03.2008
Conventional political wisdom holds that a growing middle class in any given state is often a harbinger of an expansion of civil society, as those with property seek the means to defend it from arbitrary state action. This principle has yet to manifest itself in Kazakhstan, where the substantial middle class that has emerged since the Soviet collapse in 1991 remains almost exclusively interested in economic affairs, according to an observer of Central Asian affairs. 522
11.03.2008
With the "multi-vector" mindset taking hold in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia is feeling pressure to rethink how it can retain its dominating influence among formerly Soviet states. 500
05.03.2008
One of Kazakhstan’s leading opposition parties has re-branded itself, with a new name and a leadership shake-up. Party leaders hope that the makeover will inject new momentum into attempts to open up Kazakhstan’s political system. But, in this case at least, any expansion in Kazakhstan’s domestic political landscape may not bring welcome news to foreign investors. 733
25.02.2008
How our relations will look like once the power in Kremlin is changed? 504
21.02.2008
While retiring President Robert Kocharian was extending his congratulations to Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on his presidential election victory, while at the same time hailing the vote as "free and fair, thousands of Armenians attended a protest rally in central Yerevan, decrying the results as fraudulent. 515
31.01.2008
As the Georgian government continues its investigation into an alleged coup conspiracy by former presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili, the future of Imedi television, the national broadcaster founded by Patarkatsishvili, and run by media baron Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is once again hanging in the balance. 680
30.01.2008
US policymakers believe that they can convince the new president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, to open up his country's vast reserves of natural gas to American companies. 571
28.01.2008
In light of increasing instability in Pakistan and the apparent decline of President Pervez Musharraf’s influence, American analysts say the United States needs to broaden its approach toward Pakistan to include aid not just to its army, but to civil society organizations, political parties, the court system and police. 611
26.01.2008
The January 24 presentation of Georgia's proposed new cabinet in some ways proved an anti-climactic development, some local observers say. Despite pledges made by President Mikheil Saakashvili to include opposition representatives in the cabinet, leading opposition figures reportedly refused all offers of top-level government posts. 575
In a long-expected move, Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze announced on January 24 a large-scale cabinet reorganization. 543
24.01.2008
Admiral William Fallon, head of the US Central Command, is expected to stop in Uzbekistan during his Central Asian tour. The visit marks an intensification of US efforts to block Russia from strengthening its energy position in Central Asia. 735
22.01.2008
Trying to solve the protracted Soviet-era conflicts of Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and the Transdniester was among Belgium’s top priorities when it assumed the rotating leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2006. 556
15.01.2008
As Mikheil Saakashvili looks forward to a second term as Georgia's president, his political opponents are refusing to reconcile themselves with a defeat at the ballot box. 596
10.01.2008
With just four days to go before official election results must be announced for Georgia's January 5 presidential vote, former president Mikheil Saakashvili and the opposition are both making moves to secure public support in an increasingly polarized political atmosphere. 615
07.01.2008
In a scene at times reminiscent of a televised evangelical revival, Mikehil Saakashvili ended his campaign on January 4 in a packed Tbilisi sports arena with an appeal to voters to put aside pessimism about Georgia's troubled past and focus on a "strong Georgia" of the future. 623
Ballots have yet to be cast in Georgia's special presidential election, but opposition leaders are already girding for post-election protests, complaining that the voting will be rigged to enable Mikheil Saakashvili's re-election. 619
04.01.2008
In 2003, the Georgian youth movement Kmara (Enough) emerged as one of the headline-grabbers of the Rose Revolution. More than four years later, the buzz surrounding Georgian youth activists appears to have faded. 635
21.12.2007
Kyrgyzstan's main opposition party has failed to gain any seats in parliament, despite receiving more than 8% of the vote in recent national elections. 514
05.12.2007
Kazakhstan will become the first ex-Soviet state to assume the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), it was announced here at the close of the organization's annual ministerial meeting, Bruce Pannier writes for Eurasianet.org. 643
19.11.2007
The United States and its European allies have fundamentally different ideas about what is needed to build a functioning country in Afghanistan - a rift that could have possibly fatal consequences for NATO, according to an international panel of experts, writes Joshua Kucera for Eurasianet.org. 532
14.11.2007
Signs coming out of Uzbekistan indicate that Tashkent and Washington are probing for ways to improve relations. The catalyst for the attempted rapprochement is the new US ambassador in Tashkent, Richard Norland, EurasiaNet writes. 575
28.10.2007
The end. Started here. During the whole confrontation between Turkey and the US Kurdish Labor Party (KLP) in fact remained aloof. 436
27.10.2007
Sequel. Started here . 495
24.10.2007
Events happening by the last time around Ankara take on impetuous character. 494
17.10.2007
To what end the change of the bowels and subsurface usage legislation is going to lead? 477
28.08.2007
Last initiatives taken by this month by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of states were different from the others. 411
23.08.2007
And official Bishkek missed the historical chance to wake up its economics. 580
10.07.2007
By the last time Russia was noticed in active advancement of its projects on Central Asia territory. Russian Government vice Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov visit to Uzbekistan happened to be on July 4, 2007, became one more proof to the theory. 456
01.06.2007
"Kazakhstan holds leading role in Central Asian region being a NATO partner and supports measures executed together with the alliance for other countries in the region to promote the "Partnership for Peace" program and individual partnership with NATO plans", - said NATO Secretary General Special Representative in Central Asia and the Caucasus Robert Simmons on NATO-Kazakhstan cooperation seminar which was organized in Almaty. 661
03.05.2007
Russia rejects to be a "scapegoat". The Annual Message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly could be bravely called the second series of famous "Munich speech" with a small difference. 524
30.04.2007
On April 26, addressing the Annual Message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President proposed to declare a moratorium on Russia obligations fulfillment on membership in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 462
25.04.2007
Yeltsin has gone silently. We have all grounds to say this, because rare after December 31, 1999, interviews given to Russian mass media did not have any critics from Yeltsin side towards his chosen one Vladimir Putin. 430
11.04.2007
Chapter 2 By now the European Union faces a number of questions which could which could significantly slow down its enlargement. 449
09.04.2007
In March Berlin was celebrating 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome placed the basis of existing European Union. 384
04.04.2007
Situation, happening last time around Iran, bit by bit draws in its orbit other countries and international organizations. 492
27.03.2007
Our Karaganda correspondent delivers an exclusive interview with the Head of the European Commission Delegation to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, the Ambassador Adriaan van der Meer. 1166
13.03.2007
It looks as if the capital punishment in Kazakhstan is fully abolished. 644
07.03.2007
On the night from 11th to 12th of January the Chinese air force ballistic missile orbited at a height of 865km an experimental interceptor satellite which turned another Chinese satellite "Fen Yun" into billions of flinders. 822
01.03.2007
The Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan Askar Myrzakhmetov held the regular press-conference in Tashkent to celebrate once again "the positive dynamics of bilateral relations development". 465
21.02.2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin has finished his Arabic countries tour. 628
15.02.2007
The new government together with the Prime-Minister Karim Massimov presented the new program for 2007-2009. But when you read it, you somehow have a feeling of satisfaction. 682
12.02.2007
Chapter 1 The 1st of February was marked by the Russian Federation President's traditional press-conference held before Russian and foreign journalists. 1975
07.02.2007
The Jackson-Vanik Amendment saddens the relations of the USA and the countries of the former USSR during a long time. Nowadays it is one of the symbols of former confrontation of two states and two political systems. 687
22.01.2007
Political metamorphoses currently taking place in Turkmenistan are drawing attention of the whole world. 471
19.01.2007
The Zugzwang is a situation in chess when one player or both of them (the reciprocal Zugzwang) do not have useful moves, so that any move only makes worse their own position. 460
12.01.2007
The solution of social problems is one of the main efficiency indicators in the government activities and co-operation between Ministries and other authorities for the sake of life improvement of the Kazakhstani society. 375
11.01.2007
Today it is hard to find a rational explanation to the dismissal of the Kazakhstani government that according to many had sought to avoid unpopular measures in its work in order not to repeat mistakes of the predecessors. 475
08.01.2007
Today there are a lot of discussions about the next president of Turkmenistan. Many experts predict an escalation of conflicts that are going to be caused by external powers and that will involve different social layers of Turkmenistan. 811
05.01.2007
On December 21 the state television of Turkmenistan announced the death of the country's president Saparmurat Niyazov. 447
29.12.2006
The problem of a new president of Turkmenistan over which Niyazov started brooding in 2000 - 2001 is now reaching its apex. 514
15.12.2006
The partnership between Bishkek and Washington passes a new difficult test. 543
13.12.2006
The situation in Iraq can in an average term perspective improve for Baghdad. 449
11.12.2006
The recent 15th CIS summit, at which 11 presidents and the health minister of Turkmenistan (instead of the regularly ignoring this event Turkmenbashi) has shown once more how artificial this structure is and how illusory all its prospects are. 659
08.12.2006
A NATO summit took place last week in Riga at which 26 presidents and prime ministers had to make decisions on the further destiny of the alliance and its 32-thousand contingent, dislocated in Afghanistan to carry out the mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). 536
04.12.2006
Pope Benedict ХVI arrived on an official visit in Turkey on November 28. 335
01.12.2006
You are lucky if you are a majority. If you are a minority your life is a struggle. Against majority. 1223
10.11.2006
The sociopolitical situation in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan is becoming more or less manageable. 436
27.10.2006
It looks like only pressure is going to help speed up the terms of Kashagan development. The European Union does need Kazakhstani oil & gas. 419
24.10.2006
The Gazeta.kz correspondent reports from Brussels, Belgium Their "Very Welcome", translated into 20 official languages of the EU, was addressed from 9 till 12 of October by the European governing system and their "Open Days of regions and cities" of the Europe. 484
27.09.2006
A famous Russian politician has confirmed the importance of integration within the EurAsEC. 821
25.09.2006
A noteworthy event took place in Central Asia in early September that involved all countries including Turkmenistan. 546
22.09.2006
The visit of the Japan Prime Minister to Uzbekistan on the eve of the Independence Day was quite an interesting event from the geopolitical point of view. 559
20.09.2006
Earlier this month there has been an informal summit of the Central Asian Presidents in Astana. 455
18.09.2006
Kyrgyzstan, one of leaders of democratic reforms in Central Asia today attracts attention from all of its neighbouring countries. 411
05.09.2006
The Chinese migration policy worries a lot the neighbouring states that experience certain difficulties in the demographic growth of their own population. 567
31.08.2006
Starting from the last year, political parties of Tajikistan are preparing for the presidential election due to take place in late 2006. 496
02.08.2006
The last summit of the eight industrially developed democratic powers took place in Russia. 710
27.07.2006
The Almaty meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) raised the status of Kazakhstan as a regional leader. 632
19.07.2006
They sat. They talked. They went back home. This is how the last SCO summit can be characterised. 530
17.07.2006
There is nothing simpler than criticising. There is less responsibility and there are always reasons for it. 467
The round-date SCO summit took place on 15 June, 2006. There had been more than enough expectations. Russia, for instance, was going to lay foundations for the G8 summit currently taking place in St. Petersburg. 462
15.06.2006
The integrating international processes in the Central Asian region are so vast and multifaceted that questions about relationship between different integration structures are already being arisen. 361
14.06.2006
Kazakhstani experts lately more and more often comment on the idea of US political scientists about the so called "Greater Central Asia," i.e. a region organically including Kazakhstan, our Southern CIS members, as well as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. 512
09.06.2006
Right after the September 11 attacks against the USA, the majority of world countries supported Americans in their wish to take revenge. 533
08.06.2006
"Too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think it will give some comfort to the enemy…, - Richard C. Leone, President of The Century Foundation said at the conference "New American Strategies for Security and Peace" on 28-29 October 2003, Washington, DC, USA, - If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a few moments, they are welcome to it as far as I am concerned, because the maintenance of the right of criticism in the long run will do the country maintaining it a great deal more good than it will do the enemy, and it will prevent mistakes which might otherwise occur. 469
07.06.2006
While officials from the US administration were competing in the anti-Iranian rhetoric it was clear that the second "Desert Storm" was not an option. In the last few weeks the situation becomes calmer. Now Americans speak more about a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear programme. 578
06.06.2006
Senator Hillary R. Clinton at the conference "New American Strategies for Security and Peace" cautioned "the administration of the dangers of a failure to be open and honest with the American people on the situation in Iraq." 471
05.06.2006
The collapse of the USSR has left only one superpower in the world - the United States of America. 696
01.06.2006
There is an opinion that cardinal changes have taken place in the US foreign policy since Bush Jr. came to power. 599
26.05.2006
Iran continues to be interested in a growth of co-operation in Kazakhstan, particularly in the trade in grain and oil. 443
10.05.2006
Two countries at once - Georgia and Ukraine - have decided to quit the Commonwealth of the Independent States. 583
28.04.2006
At least two drug smugglers have been arrested this month in Kazakhstan. 462
24.04.2006
The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation - who are they, strategic partners or friends for a day? 385
13.04.2006
- We worked very actively with our European partners in the committee "European Union - Republic of Kazakhstan" in Astana, then there was an open meeting in a wider format - the EU and Central Asian countries. 439
05.04.2006
After the collapse of USSR Western European countries considered the so called Islamic fundamentalism in Central Asia as one of the most serious threats to their own security. 472
04.04.2006
The Iranian problem, the Iranian nuclear threat, the Islamic factor - these are all links in a chain called US diplomacy. 514
03.04.2006
As summer approaches many political leaders of Central Asian republics are starting to increase their military potential on the border. 396
28.03.2006
The relationship between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan has a chance of serious development. One can completely agree with positive comments on the results of the Kazakhstani president's visit to Uzbekistan, and not only out of politeness. 453
23.03.2006
uccesses on the anti-drug front have made turned head of national authorities related with drug enforcement in one way or another. 468
13.03.2006
The security in Central Asia and Kazakhstan cannot be viewed from one angle only. 469
06.03.2006
Businessmen don't like the new law against terrorism. The Kazakhstani business is worried about the new draft law "On counteracting legalisation (money laundering) of illegal incomes and financing of terrorism." 497
24.02.2006
Negotiations between Russia and Iran on the nuclear programme of Teheran started on February 20 in Moscow. Moscow is proposing to create a JV for the Iranian uraniium enrichment on the territory of Russia, which would calm down the West. 398
20.02.2006
Ferghana Valley is a "weak link" in the Central Asian chain, one that can trigger destabilising processes in the region. 510
13.02.2006
How would a possible conflict between Washington and Teheran influence Kazakhstan? 442
08.02.2006
The world is following the political situation in the Middle East, more exactly the post-election situation in Palestine for several days already. 456
30.01.2006
Part Two In the context of Uzbekistan one can speak about absence or presence of any clear strategy of Russia in Central Asia. 447
27.01.2006
Part One Andijan events of the last year have become a turning point in the relationship between Uzbekistan and the USA, European Union, and the UN. 470
23.01.2006
Probably, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council were guided by that principle at their last summit. 451
18.01.2006
A new government of Kazakhstan will be formed in the nearest few days. It is quite simple to guess who will make part of the new government: the president more than once stressed that he was satisfied with the cabinet and did not want to make any global cadre changes. 363
09.01.2006
Putin and Yushchenko are meeting Wednesday in Astana on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan. They will discuss a number of initiatives to build up several gas pipes through the territory of Ukraine to increase the transit of gas. It is quite difficult to predict the results. After all, Russia and Ukraine failed to reach a compromise over their recent bitter gas conflict more than once. 412
04.01.2006
In Kazakhstan a part of experts, which means also a certain spectre of the public opinion, express complaints about the US policy in Central Asia in general and with respect to our republic, in particular. 454
28.12.2005
The forthcoming change of the cabinet that has become unavoidable after the presidential election is provided by the Constitution. 617
14.12.2005
What is eventually forgiven to Russia is never forgiven to other states. 423
07.12.2005
Last month a new book was presented to the Kazakhstani society - "The becoming of the Kazakhstani foreign politics: history, achievements, and a glance into the future." 351
05.12.2005
Everybody is counting now! The questions is who, what, and how much. People are counting days remaining until the publication of the election results. The economists - economic and other dividends. The opposition and international observers - possible law breaches. Candidates - their voters. And researchers - their data. 476
28.11.2005
This month a round table "Dynamics of political processes in Central Asia" has been organised in Almaty by the Ebert foundation, the European forum, the International Institute of Modern Politics, and the magazine "Rules of the Game." 878
23.11.2005
The Common Economic Space is the most discussed subject of late in financial and political circles. Many politicians and economists have different estimations for prospects of this integration project. 480
09.11.2005
During the entire yesterday Azerbaijani voters were stuck to the TV news to find out which candidates had become MPs, and who hadn't, and what did international observers think about it. 480
04.11.2005
This and other issues were raised at the international conference "Political processes in Kyrgyzstan: results and prospects," organised by the Central Asian Fund for Democracy Development. 538
31.10.2005
One of serious problems in Kazakhstan during the last few years was an underestimation of influence, exerted on us by our Southern neighbours - the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia. 418
28.10.2005
Lately the Central Asian region gets information about dislocation of on the contrary withdrawal of US military bases from all parts. 764
07.10.2005
The fifth anniversary of the EurAsEC was celebrated in a humble and businesslike manner - analysing the execution of the "Ten simple steps." 441
05.10.2005
In the end of last week on September 30 - October 1 there was a meeting of the Economic Co-operation Organisation (ECO) in Almaty. 436
28.09.2005
The parliament reviews a draft document, which must define the future development of the Kazakhstani business. 382
26.08.2005
So the alliance between Russia and China has been born. It was announced with a typical Russian pomp and typical Chinese reservation. Joint manoeuvres of the two countries have become a confirmation of it. 434
24.08.2005
Today the news No.1 in the international life is of course the joint war games held by Russia and China. 706
15.08.2005
- In any case, before August 30 the presidential election date - whether it is in 2005 or in 2006 - will be defined for sure. Maybe even this week, at the next meeting of the Constitutional Council, - Bulat Sultanov, director of the Kazakhstani Institute of Strategic Studies (KISS) under the president of Kazakhstan said recently. 311
09.08.2005
On 28 July, 2005, the People's Liberation Army of China celebrated its regular anniversary. Actually the Chinese army is one of the most well-prepared and well-equipped armies in the region. 365
05.08.2005
In he beginning of the XXI century the Central Asian countries paid the most of its attention to the economic development. 385
08.07.2005
The summer heat nowadays not only makes people in Central Asia hide in the shadows of the trees, but also symbolises the tense interior political situation in many republics of the region. 394
06.07.2005
The state visit of Hu Jintao, chairman of the People's Republic of China, to Kazakhstan and his intense talks with president Nursultan Nazarbayev last Monday 4 July for a moment even overshadowed the importance of the SCO summit that is taking place in Astana today. 346
01.07.2005
Lately media talk regularly about reasonableness of a significant number of international organisations and unions, who duplicate each other to a bigger or a lesser extent and whose activities are purely declarative. 374
29.06.2005
There is a permanent war on corruption in our country. No government has ever forgotten about this strategic working area. 522
22.06.2005
Fighting extremism requires a complex approach. There are new riots in the neighbouring Kyrgyzstan. And again an entire wave of them: first an occupation of a coal producing mine in Naryn region, the most provincial part of the country, by local people, who are obviously unhappy by the way in which it was privatised. 338
20.06.2005
An international business conference appeared to be quite contradictive. 374
25.05.2005
Lately there's a lot of talk about the future of Turkmenistan and about a successor to Turkmenbashi, who will be able to justify his trust. 824
23.05.2005
Last year Uzbek people were relating their hopes with one individual and one international organisation. 398
06.05.2005
At the present moment Richard Perle - former US deputy defence minister (1981-1987) and ex-chairman of the US commission for defence policies (2001-2003) works in the American Enterprise Institute. 290
28.04.2005
Last week the IV Eurasian media forum was carried out in the Southern capital during three days. 1220
06.04.2005
Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, delivering his annual address to the nation at a joint meeting of the parliament chambers, brought forward a proposition to create a Union of Central Asian States. 328
28.03.2005
Is there any competition between the United States, Russia, and China in Kazakhstan and in the entire Central Asian region? 396
25.03.2005
The Commonwealth of Independent States is going through an acute crisis. For the first time during all years existence of this unifying institution, its destiny is under doubt. 337
18.03.2005
Integration processes take place everywhere in the world. States form interstate unions, based on economic or military-political interests. 389
18.02.2005
Lately a growth of Russia's interest towards Central Asian states has become obvious. 384
14.02.2005
Police has confiscated the biggest quantity of forbidden leaflets and literature issued by the extremist religious organisation "Hizb-ut-Tahrir" in Kentau. 500
07.02.2005
This problem has existed as long as both states have existed - Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. 861
21.01.2005
There are again discussions about the necessity to keep our soldiers in Iraq. The recent death of a Kazakhstani peacemaker Kairat Kudabayev has become an irredeemable loss for his family and friends, for the whole country. 380
05.01.2005
After soft estimations of the 26 December elections in the Uzbek two-chamber parliament by Vladimir Rushailo, chairman of CIS executive committee, results of a press conference given by OSCE/ODIHR observers that followed the end of the elections looked quite strange. 482
22.11.2004
Saparmurat Niyazov, president of Turkmenistan, and Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan, met in Bukhara on 19 November, 2004. 282
03.11.2004
A new turn in the historical evolution of Central Asia is coming to its end - the countries of the region have accepted Russia in the Central Asian Co-operation Organisation. And they have shown a lot by this to the rest of the world. 392
10.09.2004
The prime minister of the country has declared a war on an invisible front. According to his idea the front line must be clearly outlined and it was announced in the first few minutes after that historical decision was made. 344
08.09.2004
The speed and quality of integration processes initiated by the "Central Asian Co-operation" organisation, will depend to a big extent on participation of big non-regional countries and implementation of a stated course towards the formation of a common market. 448
01.09.2004
The relations between Astana and Tashkent have become seasonal in the last few years. Thus, if today the two agreeing sides could shake hands with each other, a month after they make a U-turn. 308
26.07.2004
90 % of all Kazakh-Uzbek border trespasses take place along 26 kilometres of the frontier post "Kablanbek", Saryagash district, South Kazakhstan province. 389
14.07.2004
Heads of secret services of Kazakhstan and Russia discussed their interaction in fighting terrorism, extremism, drug traffic, and transnational organised crime last week in Uralsk. 286
23.06.2004
The last week despite the summer expectations proved to be rich in events showing not only that the pre-election campaigns will start soon, but also that they will define the country development. 513
11.06.2004
Kazakhstani political parties have participated in the process of formation of election commissions for the first time. This right is provided for them by the new law "On elections". 329
07.06.2004
The process of Kazakh-Uzbek border demarcation started solemnly and officially on May 19. 287
28.05.2004
If you want to go to France - one of Shenghen zone countries and you obtain a visa to Spain, hoping that then you'll be able to travel around all Shenghen agreement member countries, you are deeply deluded. 311
09.04.2004
Information agencies have reported that Uzbekistan cancelled "strict limitations on the Kazakhstani border". If it was not for this official news, nobody would notice it on the Uzbek border in South Kazakhstan. 361
02.04.2004
What was the real reason for the explosions in the neighbouring country? 422
27.02.2004
An unbelievable growth of prices for real estate with the constant demand for housing have caused a totally new for Kazakhstan type of crimes - the illegal deprivation of houses and apartments - emerge. 451
09.02.2004
The Central Asian region with its rich mineral resources and permanent problem of lacking water resources has attracted attention of the world community for many years. 320
23.01.2004
Currently there are around 40 million Kurds in the world, living mainly on the territories historically divided between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. 1716
14.01.2004
The visit of president Putin to Kazakhstan has not entailed any sensations. Everything was politically calm, emphatically friendly on both sides. 457
09.01.2004
The Year of Kazakhstan in Russia ended. A new period in the relations between border regions comes - return visits of Russian delegations to Kazakhstan. 265
07.01.2004
Well… New Year holidays are over. True, a sensation that 2004 has really come, - will appear only in late January. But still… 269
05.01.2004
Just two facts from last December. The 1st one: "Ak Zhol" party refused to participate in the work of permanent meeting for democratisation. 290
29.12.2003
You won't get bored with Kazakhstani communists. In ten years of reforms they managed to drift from the Left wing to the Right. 289
22.12.2003
There are around 10 million voters in Kazakhstan. It is an approximate figure and even the central commission for elections won't tell you any figures that would be more precise. And all these millions will obtain lots of love next year. 397
10.12.2003
Herman Gref, minister of economic development and trade of RF, defined by wicked tongues of Russian journalists as the "10 of liberal diamonds" in the deck of authority cards, has recently declared openly about an intention of his country to deeply integrate with Kazakhstan. 264
08.12.2003
The president of RF Putin wished to Russian youth not to entrust parliamentary elections to others. "There are things that should be done personally", - the Russian leader observed. 229
05.12.2003
In the end of last week high ranking guests from Russia - Herman Gref, minister of economic development, with his first deputy, Igor Shuvalov, deputy head of Putin administration, and Alexei Ulyukayev, first deputy minister of finance, came to Astana. 342
03.12.2003
A regular official anti-globalisation gathering took place in the capital of France, Paris, in late November. A report from a participant follows below. 303
24.11.2003
The youngest international association - CES - is in crisis. The ink is still wet on the document about the establishment of common economic space, signed in Yalta in September by the presidents of four countries - Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus, but the relations between "Slav brothers" are getting worse. 322
06.11.2003
The elector in Kazakhstan is nonchalant. More than anything, after a decade of reforms, he is interested and worried about stability. But parliamentary elections are coming in a year. And choosing (for five years!) out of the many will become necessary. 316
03.11.2003
What can expect Kazakhstan in the nearest year on international arena? Oblivion? Scandals? Success? Not everybody believes that the answer to this question depends on us. 247
15.10.2003
I'm VERY worried about the situation with human rights in America. I mean in the USA. You won't believe it, but I can't sleep because of it. I keep tossing and turning. What's interesting, - the States, - our leader, the light in our window, and still right of simple and not only Americans are violated. 248
08.10.2003
Since the beginning of the 90-s Central Asian region fully encountered the growth of drug traffic to CIS and to European countries through it. 401
07.10.2003
Since US troops pioneered military bases of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and Russians attained an access to a military base in Kyrgyz Kant, many politicians became more relaxed, thinking that this way the security problem in Central Asia had been resolved. 388
01.10.2003
Two weeks ago the presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed an agreement on the formation of Common Economic Space in Yalta. 577
26.09.2003
Several Russian mass media got hysteric about the Agreement on establishment of Common Economic Space inked in Yalta by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine in Yalta, and honestly, it was justified. 274
24.09.2003
The preliminary results of elections into regional maslikhats have been already drawn. Somewhere deputies have already been elected, somewhere there will be a second tour of voting. Everything, like everybody, like everywhere. 308
12.09.2003
This week there is no subject that would be more important than the sinister date - "11 September, 2001". Nobody needs an explanation about what happened in New York, Washington and under Philadelphia in the beginning of the XXI century. 276
10.09.2003
After a common euphoria about the establishment of unitary economic area between Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and first organisational steps on outlining the brave idea, a recognition that not everything is so simple has come around. 337
18.08.2003
Certain businessmen perceived the moratorium on inspections of small business subjects as an abolition of law and permissiveness to do whatever they please. 295
28.07.2003
As I promised, today we’ll speak about rest. It is a sacred business that people obtained from nature during the epoch of historical materialism. Politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, and many so called wage workers most often think about rest in summer. 266
23.07.2003
Let’s take a normal day in the life of the country. Let’s take it accurately. From the news of a respectable information agency. Let’s see, what happened during that day? And then let’s compare it with what the politicians say to us at the same time. It is a complete nonsense. 280
18.07.2003
Not long ago George Robertson, NATO secretary general, visited Almaty. A person well known in all respects: professional, competent, severe. 232
15.07.2003
Each second criminal offence in our country is now committed by… schoolboys. 397
14.07.2003
Lately China is the most favourable country for foreign investors. It is clear from its significant economic growth - only 2001 the GNP growth was 8% in China. 280
10.07.2003
It should be acknowledged that the majority of our government officials this summer aren't lucky with their rest. You understand: the new premier, new favourites, new rules for their game. 238
02.07.2003
The subject of Uygur separatism is one of the most relevant ones for Kazakhstan, as well as for Central Asia. 501
13.06.2003
A couple days ago a tactical mistake occurred in the state development scenario. The prime minister resigned for no reason at all. Of course, he found arguments to make his decision seem well-founded, but they don't seem very convincing. 322
11.06.2003
...a discussion on these subjects at the OSCE forum in Almaty revealed a big number of problems. 354
09.06.2003
Part II (continued, for the beginning see 02.06.2003) The spring is finishing. The time of love and other good excesses. True, our politicians, on the contrary, did not use this period very efficiently. 330
02.06.2003
The spring is finishing. The time of love and other good excesses. True, our politicians, on the contrary, did not use this period very efficiently. 441
23.05.2003
The events developing on the political arena of Central Asia and Middle East make one re-estimate the initiatives of many states on cooperation in diplomatic and other efforts. 326
21.05.2003
A couple days ago the fate of the government was being resolved. The parliament at a joint session of both chambers could express a vote of no confidence in the government by two thirds from the total number of deputies. 251
19.05.2003
It is impossible to talk about the agriculture of the republic and not to mention the problem of agricultural land sales to private persons. 320
06.05.2003
The reasons for the appearance of the atypical pneumonia are obvious. It is just a parallel information-bacteriological project of the Pentagon brave guys. 348
05.05.2003
The same political processes are viewed in various ways in Kazakhstan and in Germany. 399
22.04.2003
It started! More than a year remains before the elections into our parliament, however, the election campaign has already started. And it started right away, in powerful leaps, without leaving any time for thinking. 397
15.04.2003
A couple of weeks ago, after his meeting with the president of Kazakhstan, Sergei Mironov, Federation Council chairman of Russia, speaking to mass media, reminded that "the echo of military events in Iraq can reach Central Asia to some extent". 658
14.04.2003
In the last few years the political opposition is increasingly afraid of the annual president's addresses to the nation. Most of all they are embarrassed by the concrete character of these documents. 329
07.04.2003
Finally… Smoking in public places is banned in Kazakhstan. A brief chronology of events: on 31 March the information agency "Khabar" issues a video material with a short quotation of the mazhilisman Serik Konakbaev, approving the ban. 896
02.04.2003
The saturated balance of political life on post-Soviet space brought a wonderful surprise, but, it seems, that it passed unnoticed. 314
31.03.2003
Victor Chernomyrdin, ambassador of Russia in Ukraine, recently suggested that to create a unitary economic space between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine "years will be required, because the laws of our countries are different". 595
28.03.2003
When the USA suddenly, though predictably, started their war on Iraq, the whole world, which was expecting the war as a beginning of the end, started to calculate possible consequences of this local war for the world community. 307
25.03.2003
Zidane is making his way by the centre towards the goal; he passes football to Raoul, the captain of "Real", with one touch passes it to the flank to Fig; the latter speeds up passes to the penalty area; and there, even without jumping, Ronaldo scores the goal by his head into the left low corner. It was the most beautiful thing that I watched on TV last week. Madrid FC wins Muscovite "Locomotive" 1:0 and enters 1/4 final of UEFA Chamions League. Literally these days the United Nations Organisation repreats the fate of the League of Nations… 317
21.03.2003
As it is well-known, yesterday, after an hour and a half since the expiry of the famous ultimatum, the first US rocket strikes were delivered on Baghdad. In his address to the nation G.Bush declared that American military forces started the first phase of the military operation on the disarmament of Iraq. 491
20.03.2003
The influence of Iraqi war according to the national experts in political science. 363
05.03.2003
Experts believe that the problems of security in Central Asia can get back onto the agenda. 341
17.02.2003
For the first time in the history of NATO its members didn't reach an understanding. On Monday France, Belgium, and then Germany interposed a veto on the NATO plan to provide Turkey with an "additional defence" for the case of a rocket attack from Iraq. 290
31.01.2003
Recently the leaders of "Ak zhol" party have published their new initiatives. They are ready to defend the people's interests courageously and even take the heaviest burden upon themselves - to collect signatures from the people sharing their views. 334
17.01.2003
Since the New Year Uzbek authorities again implemented hard restrictions on the movements across Kazakh-Uzbek border. The entry to Uzbekistan is caregorically denied to the citizens of Kazakhstan. 341
19.12.2002
At last certain chief policemen of the Republic have "noticed" what is well-known to the rest of citizens: that an average policeman is impudent, illiterate and corrupted. 299
11.12.2002
Russian air forces dislocation in Kyrgizia is favourable for Kazakhstan. 381
29.11.2002
In the conditions of growing uncertainty at the world oil market, related with Iraqi conflict the situation with Caspian oil continues to remain indefinite as well. 384
20.11.2002
"Iraqi issue" remained the main subject in the international politics last week. It's not an accident that the problem of Iraqi disarmament was touched at the meeting between President N.Nazarbaev and Renaud Muselier, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Almaty. 412
15.11.2002
It would seem like: what should WE care? Still it hurts. And it's a shame. For our fellow tribesmen and colleagues. Moscow press will chew masticate the details of this terrorist act for a couple of weeks more referred to as "Nord-Ost" to be short, and then it'll forget it. 318
18.10.2002
American military action against Baghdad can have difficult consequences for Kazakhstan. On 11 October an event took place, the potential meaning of which for Kazakhstan cannot be underestimated, although it's not related with the Republic directly. 315
11.10.2002
As of 21 August 2002, 78 countries of the world ratified Roman statute of UN international criminal court, 139 States have signed the document. 373
04.10.2002
The President of Kazakhstan speaking at a press conference after his meeting with Milan Kucan, President of Slovenia, expressed his position against the military operations in Iraq. 486
30.09.2002
Many think that China will become the main player. More and more experts pay attention to China's reaction, when an analysis of American military presence in Central Asia and Afghanistan is made. 313
13.09.2002
The anniversary of terrorist acts in USA makes one draw conclusions for Kazakhstan and the whole of Central Asia, estimate the results of changes that the tragic events in Washington and New York brought forth. 355
11.09.2002
On 3 September the negotiations between Tariq Aziz, vice prime minister of Iraq, heading Iraqi delegation at the Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg, and Kofi Annan, UN secretary general, started. 414
06.09.2002
During his recent visit to Kazakhstan, general Tommy Franks, chief commander of the US army Central command, confirmed the invariance of Bush administration positions concerning current Iraqi regime. However, the target of his visit was different. 466
03.09.2002
Russia, taking its law "On citizenship" in a hurry, completely forgot about such privilege of its compatriots as Russian citizenship in the country of residence. From now on, people who lived abroad, but wishing to become Russians, are in an ambiguous position. 304
20.08.2002
Force that was applied to Alma-Media employees started from pre-fabricated criminal cases. Alexander Shukhov, chief editor of "Caravan" was the first of them. They tried to accuse him of a rape. 546
On the night of 16 August, 2002, Arthur Stanislavovich Platonov, 1974, presenter of the program "Portrait of the Week", "KTK" TV channel, applied to Medeu District Police Department, stating that he had been beaten up by unidentified persons in front of his house at 128 Furmanov Str. 433
19.08.2002
The authorities started an open terror against the independent journalists. Late last Friday night Arthur Platonov, presenter of the program "Portrait of the Week" was attacked. 563
05.08.2002
The growth of anti-American sentiments around the world, as well as the anti-terrorist coalition allies doubts in the expediency of the latest US foreign policy, are symptomatic of the deepening crisis of American ideology. The subjectivity of the US foreign policy, still counting on force methods in resolution of international problems was never so obvious since the Vietnam war. 423
29.07.2002
Geopolitical changes in Central Asia keep attracting the experts attention to the new problems every time - the role of the USA in the region, the prospects of political Islam here, the future of Russian presence in Central Asia, Afghan settlement. However, the political scientists ponder on China's actions with regard to these new realities even more often. 404
15.07.2002
So, finally - not only there is oil on Caspian shelf, belonging to Kazakhstan, but also there is a lot of it. The data, made public by "AGIP Caspian Sea" cite 7 - 9 billion barrels or approximately 1 billion tons of the oil produced. 358
11.07.2002
Kazakhstan eager to join the respectable serious organisations, is going, in protocol terms, to carry out humanization of its criminal policy. Possibly, the state will stop killing its citizens on legal grounds. In any case, at a recent international conference with a boring title "Conceptual approach to further development of criminal executive system of RK", we made representatives of world community understand that we would really love to abolish the capital punishment. Returning from summer vacation, our parliamentarians must consider the draft law "On changes and amendments in the criminal, procedural criminal and executive criminal codes of RK". And the government recently approved the concept of law policy, which had been elaborated for four years by jurists and state officials. 301
24.06.2002
Kazakhstan's joining NATO program "Planning and analysis process", announced on 7 June in the organisation's headquarters in Brussels, became a significant event, reflecting the realities of the modern Central Asian situation. And not only because it is the first Central Asian country participating in such program. What is important is that Kazakhstan enters a constantly developing space of international activities, where the relationships between the traditional and the new allies are complicated by serious contradictions of interests in the region. 621
11.06.2002
With Israel-Palestine conflict growing worse, governmental crisis in Kyrghyzstan, and maturing nuclear (!) war for Kashmir between Dehli and Islamabad, our government tries to persuade its citizens to be optimistic, asserting that Kazakhstan has practically resolved its territorial problems. 301
03.06.2002
It is a common knowledge that the economic problems inevitably result in the political ones. This dependence means more these days as the economic crises deteriorate the civilians- income, and the latter boost a number of those displeased with the government, and even a terrorist disposition by some of the public. Lately such disposition hit a few wealthy editions. And this is really dangerous, as the mass media is first of all the MASS media. 558
29.05.2002
When signing contracts with foreign companies the Kazakhstani companies, which have not introduced the international standards of quality, are bound to fail. The foreigners act tough in this respect; their policy is not always reasoned and is often understood by our enterprises as a clear case of discrimination. 321
23.05.2002
A marriage contract is something as strange to us as the garments and interiors of the well-soaped TV series. And just as sweet and attractive. There is something new and fresh about it. The old Freud and the naughty Masoch would probably talk for hours on the subject. And how do Kazakhstanis treat the wedding contracts? 589
16.05.2002
Definitely the most important event of the week on the post-Soviet territory is not even the emergence of a new military-political organization on the basis of the old. Agreement on collective security (this one is too vague yet to have a fixed shape), but rather signing an agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on a central modified line in the Northern Caspian, which took place during Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Moscow. This is nearly a sensation. 313
02.05.2002
While the Kazakhstani MPs are debating whether or not private property for land should be instituted, the nation experiences a syndrome. Smart people, especially those from the big cities, rush to secure limits of their shops and offices, attempting to grab hold of the public territory. The process spread to develop into epidemics in the Western-Kazakhstani oblast. Somehow the authorities turned out to be powerless to influence it. 331
25.04.2002
Kazakhstan lately was shaken by a series of controversies linked to sales of state-owned real estate at giveaway prices. Let's forget about the cases based on clear felonies or set up by crooked officials, and concentrate upon a clue that such wasting of state property results merely from elementary ignorance of a true cost of structure. Nowadays it's much easier to buy a spot on the Moon than to find out a true cost of land. 317
23.04.2002
Meeting dinosaurs of culture and science, discussions at the National Academy of Sciences, attending large-scale military exercise, firing the minister of transport and communications v these are results-in-brief of the activities by the head of state within the last few days. However, the prime minister stood awake throughout this time, too. On Monday he chaired a session on small business, on Tuesday v a cabinet session, and finally, he paid visits to a couple of oblasts. 427
25.03.2002
A sniffing sting and a silent warrior, an arrogant type and a brilliant intellectual, an athlete with a face of Alain Delon and a frail fatty… He'd master all kinds of weaponry and potentially win any beauty, should he wish to… He'd drive either an ancient farting vehicle, or accelerate in a sports car… And so on. All these are merely traits of a private dick's image that we glued from "pieces" grabbed from movie and fiction characters. All right, they have Poirot and his current successors, they feel confident in any circumstances. What about us? 341
19.03.2002
Although this week media people were actively discussing the results of first national Congress of journalists, and all regular men were hanging over from 3-day celebrations of international day of spring and love to women, other everyday problems remained at large. "Ladies' day" was not impeccable, either. For unfortunately we too often forget about what we celebrated and toasted for. Which is exactly the case with 8 March celebrations. 534
18.02.2002
"Take it, take it now", an invisible voice commands. Fingers reluctantly start moving, and… open a stranger's wallet. Kleptomaniacs. In the West police store their names in special database, over there they treat kleptomaniacs with understanding. Down here no one is interested in that. Kleptomania is considered to be a vice regular for human beings. Not that scary at a first glance, and nevertheless somewhat discomforting for public. 315
08.02.2002
Our people say government change is no good. Right, no good at all. Premature castling? 320
11.01.2002
Now that we are in 2002 we do not have to use an old good Russian? Happy advancing New Year, and this is good. For one might always ask - what or who is it advancing upon? Well, now I may just congratulate everybody with this family and probably most humane of all holidays. Happy New Year! 296
13.12.2001
The Trans Asian developments would have huge important consequences for all countries of the region. Some of these consequences are not clearly evident yet. An example is a potential economic growth of Uzbekistan. 279
10.12.2001
Political prophets have been waiting if not for the government dismissal, than at least some serious changes. They have got what they'd been waiting for. The scenario turned out to be different though. Our government proved to be an unexpected strategist. In fact, no one guessed right. 401
01.11.2001
Analyzing the history of military-political conflicts in Afghanistan, where international sides participated results in tracing a number of patterns. At least within the last century and a half these conflicts had the same scenario. 374
23.10.2001
May a murderer escape justice? Yep. Provided he receives assistance from a crooked psychiatrist. Of course, it will cost him. Preferably in the US dollars and at a fixed rate: 1,000-1,500 bucks per year of jail term cut. 258
20.10.2001
It's been a while now since the US terror attacks had been blamed on Bin Laden, and Afghanistan, where the US had launched a military action against the Taliban was thrust into a center stage. Only one thing is clear now - the conflict will go on, but that's where the certainty ends. 312
10.10.2001
Our society is totally taken by commerce. Everyone trades in everything - matches and sunflower seeds, arms and drugs, intellectual property and human organs. And in people as well… 1390
09.10.2001
Will there ever be a happy time when we all shall become the citizens of the world? When there will be no passports, visas, stamps, detention centers, and deportations? There's no harm in dreaming… 819
08.10.2001
Russian Federation government sent seven cargo planes to support the anti-Taliban coalition on Wednesday, Kyrghiz NSS General Myroslav Niyazov said recently. The Northern Alliance primary targets are Mazari-Sharif and Kabul. The situation in the region shall develop very fast and in an unexpected manner, KR SNS experts believe. 281
05.10.2001
As the world came to know of the U.S. terrorist attacks, both Western and Russian political scientists launched discussions on the tragedy's global and historical significance, stressing it's a new era of geopolitics. A fortnight after, the Central Asian people begin to realize how true could those spontaneous evaluations come to be for themselves. 536
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