This is a translation of Adam’s post from Russian-language neweurasia Kazakhstan.
Offering the budget for 2008, Bush administration will ask the Congress to decrease the financing of a number of broadcasting services, supported by the …

Our author and editor of Media Provinces site Irene Velska from Karaganda Center for Regional Journalism led a blogging training in Pavlodar last weekend, February 9-10. Young journalists, journalism students and NGO people were invited …

There is a nice animated video of Kazakhstani rock band Motoroller in Youtube called “From Bishkek to Almaty”. The song is in Russian with English-language subtitles. The band has been playing for 12 years now …

“The headline is not a text from James Bond film trailer. It is how they do business in Kazakhstan”, wrote Jana Zhukova is Livejournal community of Almaty residents (RUS). She referred to mysterious set of …

After 8-months crisis, the Czech Republic has finally formed its new government with center-right majority. Four sits are taken by the Green Party – for the first time in the history of the party. One …

Translation of Adam Kesher’s post from Russian-language neweurasia Kazakhstan.
James Giffen, a 65-year old American businessman, charged by the US Prosecutor with paying the bribes to top officials in Kazakhstan, will be able to use …

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Blogger’s Trial
Kazis Toguzbayev, a journalist who uploaded his articles on KUB, a group blog, was tried in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 22 January. In his article, Toguzbayev implied that the President was covering …

For the first time a blogger was tried in Kazakhstan. He is not an Internet-savvy young cyber-dissident uploading material through proxy servers that you would imagine. His name is Kazis Toguzbayev, he is a General, …

What follows is a translation of a post by Mira Bakhytova from Russian-language neweurasia Kazakhstan.
The criminal investigation in the case of 87 South-Kazakhstani children infected with HIV is over. The investigation lasted for half …

Recently President Nursultan Nazarbayev presented his new book, “The Kazakhstan Way”, in Astana. The book was released in December 2006 in 10.000 copies, reported the news agency REGNUM:
“Real facts, objective analysis, and mainly, non-official details …