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Euro Standards for Fuel
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 9:02 | 3 Comments

Translation of Zara’s post
Introduction of the environmental standards for fuel “EURO-2″ and higher will require not only legislative measures from Kazakhstan, but also serious renewal of the exploited cars, which is going to be …

Farce Vulgaris
Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 – 14:33 | 4 Comments

Translation of the Adam’s post.
The dramatic farce called “Rakhatgate” has had a new episode. Yesterday press service of the Foreign Ministry held a briefing and told an incredible story about the runaway of Mukhtar Aliyev …

Kazakh Internet: State support and censorship
Monday, 4 May, 2009 – 11:04 | 3 Comments

“As I thought, this year will prove to be a breakthrough for the Kazakhstani Internet”, says izhanov [ru].
The process of creation а start-up projects and interesting web-ideas has already started last year naturally, as a …

Kazakhstan: Internet Regulation Amendments Adopted in First Reading
Thursday, 30 Apr, 2009 – 12:42 | 5 Comments

Translation of Adam’s postSo, Majilis [Lower chamber of Kazakh Parliament] has approved the first reading of the draft law on online regulation (officially – draft law on amendments and agenda in some legislative acts on …

BTA: TBC
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009 – 14:55 | One Comment

Translation of the Zara’s post
Entry of the state in the BTA Bank and the subsequent shift in ownership have eventually led to aggravation of the situation around the country’s largest private bank. Foreign investors …

Uneven Development
Sunday, 26 Apr, 2009 – 10:56 | One Comment

Translation of the post by thousand-pa
It seems to me that one of the main troubles in our country is the lack of even progress and balanced approach to solution of the problems. For some …

Cadres decide everything. Including location of the Asian Games
Thursday, 23 Apr, 2009 – 20:38 | One Comment

Translation of the Adam’s post
“Cadres decide everything” – this expression of Josef Stalin is widely quoted by the Kazakhstanis when they discuss new appointments in the government, which usually doesn’t feature much new faces, …

Blackout in Almaty: Bloggers’ View
Monday, 20 Apr, 2009 – 11:12 | 2 Comments

Translation of Adam’s post
Last Wednesday, April 15, due to damage of the high-voltage power line Toktogul-Frunze (the largest line in the Kyrgyz Republic), most enterprises and even strategic buildings in towns of the northern Kyrgyzstan …

Kazakh party vs. Chinese companies
Monday, 20 Apr, 2009 – 5:26 | 2 Comments

Translation of Arman’s post
Democratic Party “Azat”, a major opposition force in the country, released a statement yesterday, expressing its alarm about expansion of Chinese presence in the petroleum sector of Kazakhstan’s economy. On the one …

Opposition wants to unite
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 20:29 | 2 Comments

Translation of the Arman’s post 
Last Saturday, the the general meeting of the opposition parties  – Democratic Party Azat, All-National Social Democratic Party and Communist Party – as well as the unregistered “Alga-DVK” party, NGOs and …