News Roundup - October 19, 2007

EurasiaNet Insight: USA Optimistic About Kazakhstan’s OSCE Chairmanship Bid

At a meeting with the Kazakh secretary of state, Kanat Saudabayev, the US permanent representative to the OSCE, Julie Finley, has said that the USA views Kazakhstan’s application for the OSCE chairmanship in 2009 with great optimism, a report released by the president’s press service says…

New Europe: A High-Risk Law Rattles Foreign Energy Investors in Kazakhstan

It seems like, linked to Kashagan, a new intrigue can be expected in the new future – the debates around the Bill “On Subsurface and Subsurface Use.” …

Gazeta.KZ: Germany to Intensify Energy Cooperation with Kazakhstan

Germany is interested to intensify energy cooperation with Kazakhstan, as was said on the press conference by Germany Minister for Economics and Technologies, Michael Gloss…

Oil and Gas Journal: Kazakhstan Lowers Tengizchevroil Environment Fine

Kazakhstan’s Atyrau regional economic court has reduced by nearly 50% an environmental fine of 74.4 billion tenge levied against the Chevron-led Tengizchevroil (TCO) consortium operating in the country…

Journal of Turkish Weekly: OSCE Centre supports judicial reform in Kazakhstan

Improving criminal procedure and penitentiary legislation in Kazakhstan is the focus of an OSCE Centre conference that opened on 18 October in Astana…

NewEurasia.net: Nation’s Future and the Realities of Kazakhstan

This article was taken from the databank of one organization, which known for his grants to students. Applicants to the scholarship, according to apply conditions must contribute his opinions on the future of his native country and nation. So, read Kazakh student’s thoughts on the future of Kazakhstan…

The Independent: One Man’s Grand Ambition Gives Veneer of Bling to an Ancient Land

Kishlak restaurant sits not far from the spot where, almost a millennium ago, a fortified caravanserai stood, providing rest and shelter for convoys travelling from China to Europe on the arduous Silk Road…

United Press International: Analysis: Caspian Meet and Energy Hopes

For an energy-starved world, the recently concluded summit in Tehran between the five Caspian littoral states is good news, as it brings the possibility of a final delineation of Caspian offshore waters closer…

Eurasia Daily Monitor: Prodi Visits Nazarbayev to Settle Differences on Kashagan

On October 8 Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan, to consult with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister Karim Masimov in a bid to ease tensions around the Kashagan oilfield…

EurasiaNet Insight: Kazakh Police Find Remains Possibly Belonging to Kidnapped Banker

Kazakhstan’s investigative agencies do not rule out that the remains of a person that have been discovered near Almaty could belong to one of the kidnapped members of staff of the commercial [bank], Nurbank…

Gazeta.KZ: On KASE Fixing Results KazPrime Fell by 3 Basis Points - 8.93 Percent

On results of the KASE fixing KazPrime value fell down by 3 basic points and amounted 8,93% of annual level, reports the agency…

Kazinform: High time for brand new coop between EU and Kazakhstan: Van der Meer

“It is high time for a brand new cooperation between Kazakhstan and EU”, head of EU delegation to Kazakhstan Adriaan van der Meer said Thursday in Astana within the framework of the 9th session of Republic of Kazakhstan-European Union subcommittee regarding commercial, investment, energy and transport issues, Kazinform reports…