Archive for October 27th, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - October 27, 2009
HEADLINES:
Astana Finance plans to cut debt by $650 billion
(SRI) - Astana Finance plans to reduce its international debt by $650 million, in part by issuing new shares to give its creditors a majority stake in the lender.
Kazakhstan prepares for return of good old commercial banking
(bne) - Now that Kazakhstan’s economy is starting to revive, the country’s major banks are preparing for a resumption of growth in the sector - but a period of more cautious and conservative growth.
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
(AP) - From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn - and along with it hope. The rescue of the Aral Sea has happened on Kazakhstan’s portion, and it is striking.
ENERGY:
Nazarbayev supports the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Air Astana expects record profit thanks to early cuts (Air Traffic News)
Admission to WTO will expand Kazakhstan’s export potential - Ministry of Industry and Trade (Interfax)
Altyn engaged in illegal business in Turkey - investigators (Itar-Tass)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates October 27, 2009 (Kazinform)
POLITICS:
Two major opposition parties merge in Kazakhstan (Interfax)
Kazakhstan to promote OSCE common vision of security issues (Interfax)
Nazarbayev to pay working visit to United Arab Emirates (Kazakhstan Today)
SOCIETY:
Kazakhstan: economic paradoxes, sexism and the decline of science (Global Voices Online)
REGIONAL:
Turkmenistan completes section of gas line to China (Oil and Gas Journal)
Turkmen police arrest green activist - rights group (Reuters)
Top U.S. general holds talks with Tajikistan president (AFP)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - October 27, 2009
Turkmenistan completes section of gas line to China (Oil and Gas Journal)
Turkmen police arrest green activist - rights group (Reuters)
Top U.S. general holds talks with Tajikistan president (AFP)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - October 27, 2009
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn (AP)
Kazakhstan: economic paradoxes, sexism and the decline of science (Global Voices Online)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 27, 2009
Two major opposition parties merge in Kazakhstan (Interfax)
Kazakhstan to promote OSCE common vision of security issues (Interfax)
Nazarbayev to pay working visit to United Arab Emirates (Kazakhstan Today)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - October 27, 2009
Astana Finance plans to cut debt by $650 billion (SRI)
Kazakhstan prepares for return of good old commercial banking (bne)
Air Astana expects record profit thanks to early cuts (Air Traffic News)
Admission to WTO will expand Kazakhstan’s export potential - Ministry of Industry and Trade (Interfax)
Altyn engaged in illegal business in Turkey - investigators (Itar-Tass)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates October 27, 2009 (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - October 27, 2009
Nazarbayev supports the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
Top U.S. general holds talks with Tajikistan president
(AFP) - General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, held talks Monday in Tajikistan with President Emomali Rakhmon on military cooperation in the region.
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Turkmen police arrest green activist - rights group
(Reuters) - Police in the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan have arrested a prominent environmental activist in what appeared to be a politically motivated action, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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ANALYSIS: Kazakhstan prepares for return of good old commercial banking
(bne) - Now that Kazakhstan’s economy is starting to revive, the country’s major banks are preparing for a resumption of growth in the sector - but a period of more cautious and conservative growth.
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
(AP) - From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn - and along with it hope. The rescue of the Aral Sea has happened on Kazakhstan’s portion, and it is striking.
(more…)
