Stories about Kazakhstan from June, 2006
Kazakhstan: Tenge Inflation
Ben Paarmann reports on the inflation of Kazakhstan's tenge against the dollar and the government's efforts to try to keep the inflation in check.
China: Uyghurs extradited
“The two uighurs (Yusuf Kadir Tohti and Abdukadir Sidik) detained in Kazakhstan and at risk of extradition to China (against international conventions) have, tragically, been extradited to China. They are at risk,” writes Celia at China Activist Weekly, “of torture or even execution.”
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Standing at the edge of the abyss close to Kyrgyzstan's Pik Lenin, let's not waste any time to present you the highlights from two weeks of online conversation from Central Asia and the Caucasus. Armenia: Onnik Krikorian posts another one of his indispensable roundups from the Armenian blogosphere on his...
Central Asia: Literary Guide
Registan.net has a survey of literature from and about Central Asia.
Kazakhstan: Kazakh Blogosphere Roundup
Leila rounds up the Kazakhstani blogosphere at neweurasia.
Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan: Cars as Indicators
neweurasia writes on cars as social, political, and economic indicators in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Kazakhstan: The Week in Review
Leila of neweurasia rounds up the week on their Russian language Kazakhstan blog in English.
Kazakhstan: OSCE Chairmanship
Adam Kesher of neweurasia writes about Kazakhstan's bid for the OSCE chairmanship in 2009 (RUS).
Kazakhstan: Freedom House
Ben Paarmann looks at Freedom House's assessment of Kazakhstan and finds it lacking.
Kazakhstan: Kazcosmos Guest Workers
Leila of neweurasia translates a Russian language post about Kazakhstan's entry into the space industry. The country has launched two of its own satellites from its launching facilities at Baikonur and now it has plans to woo foreign aerospace professionals to work in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: Sarsenbaev Public Hearing
Aldiyar reports on a public hearing on the conclusions of the preliminary investigation into the murder of the Kazakh opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaev.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
The Pamirs in sight, Kyrgyzstan Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. This edition reaches you from sunny Berlin, where the World Cup is in full swing (making this roundup inevitably brief). Unfortunately, the Azeri blogosphere is still underrepresented...
Kazakhstan: Modern Art
Leila writes about modern art in Kazakhstan and a UK television show featuring some of it.
The Global Voices Show #2
Episode #2 of the Global Voices Show has landed! In this edition we feature excerpts from the following podcasts: XiaoQiao (Singapore) Africa Files: The Pulse (Canada/South Africa) BahasaPod (Indonesia) Kazakhstan Stories (Kazakhstan) Free Talk with Oon Yeoh (Malaysia) JameedKast (Jordan) The Kamla Bhatt Show (India) Radio Open Source (USA/Serbia &...
Kazakhstan: Joining the BTC
Ben Paarmann notes that Kazakhstan has finally officially announced it will join the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and gives an overview of the country's oil export options.
Kazakhstan: Iranian Ties
Leila discusses ties between Kazakhstan and Iran in the wake of a meeting between delegations of the two countries.
Afghanistan, Central Asia: Musical Change
Registan.net writes about pressures on Turkmen musical traditions in Afghanistan and the influence of Western pop and hip-hop on music throughout Central Asia.
Kazakhstan: Perceptions of Foreigners
The latest Kazakhstan Stories podcast covers Kazakh perceptions of foreigners.
Kazakhstan: Zazhigalka on Fire
The LiveJournal community has Астана и Мы (Astana & We) photos of the fire in Kazakhstan's tallest building, which was known by its nickname, “the lighter,” the name it received because of its shape. (Russian)
