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Kazakhstan: State-ordered blogging
Wednesday, 1 Jul, 2009 – 16:16 | 2 Comments

Translation of Mursya’s post
roose, the blogger from YVision.kz blog platform in Kazakhstan, has posted [ru] a letter from the government to the principals of schools and colleges of the country containing recommendations to use KazTube.Kz …

Culture and media in focus of Kazakhstani bloggers
Wednesday, 1 Jul, 2009 – 7:05 | 2 Comments

Translation of Adam’s post
Today’s roundup of blogs from Kazakhstan is dedicated to culture and media and how they come across each other. Of course, it did not go without politics being involved in it, …

Grimaces of education in Kazakhstan
Monday, 29 Jun, 2009 – 10:16 | No Comment

Translation of Adam’s post
From June 01 to June 10 school graduates in Kazakhstan were undergoing Unified National Test (UNT) – the first and one of the most important tests in their lives. As Zara, …

Media Protest
Thursday, 25 Jun, 2009 – 6:28 | 2 Comments

Translation of Arman’s post
Yesterday, June 24, journalists of independent newspapers, media organizations and politicians from the “Azat” party held a silent actions of protest in the downtown of Almaty. They put on scarves on their …

KGB is back in Kazakhstan?
Wednesday, 24 Jun, 2009 – 7:43 | 2 Comments

translation of Adam’s post
Democratic community of Kazakhstan disseminated a statement in support of Mukhtar Jakishev. The open letter, signed by two dozens of journalists, rights advocates and opposition leaders, expressed concern that “Kazakhstan returns to …

Kazakhstan: Bureaucracy, diplomacy and personality cult
Tuesday, 23 Jun, 2009 – 7:23 | One Comment

Translation of the Adam’s post
Bloggers keep on commenting political situation in Kazakhstan. megakhuimyak reports that according to the new presidential decree, the Financial Police has got extra authority, informers against corrupt officials will be awarded, …

Nuclear Scandal Deepens
Saturday, 20 Jun, 2009 – 15:41 | No Comment

Translation of the Sorge’s post
Scandalous details continue to gather around so-called “KazAtomProm case” in Kazakhstan.

Unified National Test: this year it’s better
Saturday, 20 Jun, 2009 – 14:17 | One Comment

Translation of Zara’s post
In June 01-10 all school graduates in Kazakhstan were undergoing a Unified National Test (UNT) – the first and one of the most important tests in their lives. Lately the Minister of …

The falling of the Kazakh defence minister
Saturday, 20 Jun, 2009 – 13:54 | One Comment

Translation of the Slavasay’s post
On June 17, President Nazarbayev signed the order on resignation of Danial Akhmetov, the first civil Minister of Defence in the history of Kazakhstan. Nobody is appointed to replace him yet, …

Kazakhstan: Educational deadlock
Monday, 15 Jun, 2009 – 7:47 | 2 Comments

Translation of Adam’s post
The problem of Kazakhstani textbooks for secondary school is still very urgent – numerous misprints, factual errors and inadequate language are charachteristic for these books.