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May 15th, 2008
Kazakhstan: Monuments, Economics, Gender and Media
· 05:02
The blogosphere of Kazakhstan was not too keen to discuss perturbations in the official government. The traditional May holidays have become a naturally most popular theme, however many other issues were also traced by the bloggers.
Thus, pycm posts a photo of the Eternal Fire monument in Atyrau, a city ... 1 comment · »»
April 30th, 2008
Kazakhstan: Bloggers Discuss Elites and Economics
· 09:23
lingua → es
Plitical intra-elite battles and anti-corruption crusades both remain hot topics on the agenda of Kazakhstani blogosphere, but speculations over the looming global food crisis and its implications for Central Asia made the bloggers cover this issue in their discussions.
Ehot wonders, what will Kazakhstan be looking like if the food ... 0 comments · »»
April 23rd, 2008
April 17th, 2008
Kazakhstan: Political Players Reshuffled
· 07:24
Kazakhstani political field may only seem still and silent against the background of a one-party parliament and a long-ruling president. But in its depth it is very lively - passions and intrigues are brewing both within the state apparatus and in the opposition's camp. The competition between groupings is not ... 2 comments · »»
Kazakhstan: People Get Poorer Amid Economy Boom and Corruption
· 07:20
As the Kazakhstani economy continues to grow - although much slower now - thanks to petrodollars inflow, the resource nationalism and state expansion tendencies get stronger. Private business has to fight against the credit crunch consequences themselves, but both sectors suffer from flagrant and endemic corruption. 2 comments · »»
April 3rd, 2008
Kazakhstan: Celebrating Nauryz
· 04:58
Nauryz, a Central Asian non-religious celebration of the spring equinox, symbolizes a renewal of the nature. Originating from ancient Mesopotamia, the holiday’s name derives from the Persian, where - just like in Tajik language - Novruz is translated as a “new day”. In Soviet times Nauryz was declared ideologically inconsistent ... 0 comments · »»
March 20th, 2008
Kazakhstan: Oddities of the Digital Present
· 07:05
lingua → es
In the most recent counple of weeks the Kazakhstani blogosphere - usually heavily politicized - was focused more on the developments in telecoms sector and Internet-related novelties in Kazakhstan. The country's authorities are still aiming to enter top 50 of the most competitive countries, although the Economist's index of "e-readiness" ... 1 comment · »»
March 6th, 2008
Kazkahstan: State's Ineffectivess and Expansion
· 15:40
While the government continues to take steps towards expansion into most lucrative and strategic sectors of national economy, simulaneously undergoing an administrative self-restructurization, Kazakhstani bloggers discuss effectiveness of the state bureaucracy.
KZBlog reports on the authorities' voiced intention to keep on renegotiation of contracts with foreign investors:
"What is more, oil ... 1 comment · »»
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