Archive for March 20th, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - March 20, 2009
HEADLINES:
Samruk-Kazyna, BTA, Alliance to issue additional USD5.3 billion worht of bonds on KASE
(SRI) - Samruk-Kazyna, BTA Bank and Alliance Bank have announced new domestic bond programs on Wednesday.
Temporary respite for Kazakhstan’s electricity generation sector
(bne) - Kazakhstan’s urgent need to expand and modernise its energy sector has been somewhat allayed by the crisis and consequent fall in demand for electricity, but once the economy revives the danger of a power deficit will return.
ENERGY:
Kazakhstan reduces oil refining 20.5 percent in Jan-Feb (Interfax)
New Washington team and a fresh game in Russia, Iran and the Caspian (The Oil and the Glory)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Troubled Kazakh homeowners protest over foreclosures
(Reuters) - Twelve Kazakh homeowners behind in their mortgages repayments went on a hunger strike on Wednesday demanding a halt to property repossessions by banks, a rare sign of protest in the Central Asian state.
Fixed capital investment down almost 10 percent in first two months of 2009 (SRI)
Kazakhstan has 2.3 million oz gold reserves – central bank (Interfax)
Grain reserves in Kazakhstan total over 9 mln tons (AgriMarket.Info)
Spending of public monies for anti-crisis should be daily monitored – expert (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates March 20, 2009 (Kazinform)
Indicators - March 18, 2009 (Reuters)
Indicators - March 19, 2009 (Reuters)
POLITICS:
Simplification of EU visa regime to be debated in Astana (Kazinform)
Kazakh FM participated in OSCE-EU Troika meeting (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan President to visit Finland (Kazinform)
Leaders of three opposition parties give reasons for not joining the Nur Otan memorandum (Interfax)
SOCIETY:
Kazakh court upholds independent weekly’s suspension (RFE/RL)
Kazakh city begins new effort to improve security (RFE/RL)
REGIONAL:
Officials: oil-rich Azerbaijan scraps term limits
(AP) - Elections officials say Azerbaijan overwhelmingly votes to abandon presidential term limits.
EU provides funds to make Interpol more accessible in Central Asia (RFE/RL)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - March 20, 2009
Officials: oil-rich Azerbaijan scraps term limits
(AP) - Elections officials say Azerbaijan overwhelmingly votes to abandon presidential term limits.
EU provides funds to make Interpol more accessible in Central Asia (RFE/RL)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - March 20, 2009
Kazakh court upholds independent weekly’s suspension (RFE/RL)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - March 20, 2009
Simplification of EU visa regime to be debated in Astana (Kazinform)
Kazakh FM participated in OSCE-EU Troika meeting (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan President to visit Finland (Kazinform)
Leaders of three opposition parties give reasons for not joining the Nur Otan memorandum (Interfax)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - March 20, 2009
Samruk-Kazyna, BTA, Alliance to issue additional USD5.3 billion worth of bonds on KASE (SRI)
Troubled Kazakh homeowners protest over foreclosures
(Reuters) - Twelve Kazakh homeowners behind in their mortgages repayments went on a hunger strike on Wednesday demanding a halt to property repossessions by banks, a rare sign of protest in the Central Asian state.
Fixed capital investment down almost 10 percent in first two months of 2009 (SRI)
Kazakhstan has 2.3 million oz gold reserves – central bank (Interfax)
Grain reserves in Kazakhstan total over 9 mln tons (AgriMarket.Info)
Spending of public monies for anti-crisis should be daily monitored – expert (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates March 20, 2009 (Kazinform)
Indicators - March 18, 2009 (Reuters)
Indicators - March 19, 2009 (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - March 20, 2009
Temporary respite for Kazakhstan’s electricity generation sector (bne)
Kazakhstan reduces oil refining 20.5 percent in Jan-Feb (Interfax)
New Washington team and a fresh game in Russia, Iran and the Caspian (The Oil and the Glory)
Kyrgyz opposition says activists detained
(AP) - Kyrgyz opposition says activists detained at ceremony to mark killing of protesters.
Officials: oil-rich Azerbaijan scraps term limits
(AP) - Elections officials say Azerbaijan overwhelmingly votes to abandon presidential term limits.
HRW urges Turkmenistan to act on human rights
(AFP) - Turkmenistan should see an upcoming UN review process as an opportunity to improve its “abysmal” human rights record, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
Fixed capital investment down almost 10 percent in first two months of 2009
(SRI) - Fixed capital investment in Kazakhstan totaled KZT343.055 billion in January and February 2009, a decrease of 9.7 percent compared to the same period last year, Interfax reported citing the State Statistics Agency.
