Boulder teacher traveling to Tajikistan (Boulder Daily Camera)
An Arapahoe Ridge High School teacher will bring her expertise to Boulder’s sister city next year as part of an international cultural exchange program.
Latest News (Human Rights Watch)
The government’s harassment of local and foreign rights advocates shows why monitoring the anti-extremism campaign is so crucial. The authorities should stop their repressive tactics and allow unhindered fact-finding and trial monitoring.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-04 05:32 UPDATE 1-Kazakh leader says economy may grow this year (Interactive Investor)
ASTANA, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told foreign investors on Friday that economic growth was still achievable in Central Asia’s biggest economy this year despite the lingering effects of the economic crisis. The global slump has threatened to end a decade of growth in the former Soviet republic — a huge oil producing nation east of the Caspian Sea — after crippling …
Kazakhstan to Spend $67 Billion to Wean Economy Off Commodities (Bloomberg)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Kazakhstan’s government plans to spend 10 trillion tenge ($67 billion) on industrial projects and oblige foreign commodities producers to help lessen the country’s dependence on extracting natural resources.
Uzbek power grid withdrawal set to cause shortages (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Uzbekistan is about to pull the plug on its neighbors. The authoritarian nation says it will withdraw Tuesday from the Soviet-era power grid that unites four Central Asian countries, prompting fears of electricity shortages that could make for a winter of hardship in impoverished Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbek power grid withdrawal set to cause shortages (Boston Globe)
Uzbekistan is about to pull the plug on its neighbors. The authoritarian nation says it will withdraw Tuesday from the Soviet-era power grid that unites four Central Asian countries, prompting fears of electricity shortages that could make for a winter of hardship in impoverished Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbekistan: Freed Activist’s Condition Highlights Harsh Treatment (AlertNet)
Source: Human Rights Watch (November 30, 2009) – Uzbek political opposition leader Sanjar Umarov’s release from prison earlier this month is a positive development, but Umarov’s poor health and the fact that he was not …
DJ EBRD Warns Kazakhstan Not To Rely Too Much On Commodities (INO News)
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Dow Jones)–The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, is encouraging Kazakhstan to continue efforts to diversify its commodities-driven economy and not to rely on a price move for economic growth, the bank president said Wednesday.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-30 11:37 UPDATE 1-Leading Kazakh banks report 9-mo net profit drop (Interactive Investor)
ALMATY, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Two leading Kazakh banks reported big drops in nine-month net profit on Monday as the sector struggles with the effects of the global financial crisis. The banking sector in oil-rich Kazakhstan, central Asia’s biggest economy, has been hit hard by the global slump, leading to defaults on debt and a sharp fall in domestic lending. No.3 Kazakh bank Halyk said its nine …
Chinese top legislator meets Kazakhstan’s first deputy PM (People’s Daily)
&$ &$Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, meets with Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeev in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 4, 2009. Umirzak Shukeev is here in China to attend the fifth meeting of the China-Kazakhstan Cooperative Commission. (Xinhua/Li Tao)&$ &$ China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo met here Friday with Kazakhstan’s …
Uzbek power grid withdrawal set to cause shortages (San Francisco Chronicle)
Uzbekistan is about to pull the plug on its neighbors. The authoritarian nation says it will withdraw Tuesday from the Soviet-era power grid that unites four Central Asian countries, prompting fears of electricity shortages that could make for a winter of… Uzbekistan – Central Asia – Asia – Soviet Union – Government
China, Kazakhstan discuss key areas for future cooperation (People’s Daily)
More than 20 Chinese, Kazakh officials, ranging from trade and energy to environment and transportation, met on Friday to lay out plans for future cooperation. The meeting, the fifth one under the China-Kazakhstan Cooperative Commission, was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeev. “As an important governmental cooperation …
