Kazakhstan
OSCE Centre concluded series of training seminars on environmental protection
July 26, 2010OSCE-supported training courses on the role of civil society in resolving environmental issues and improving waste management and pollution control in the Caspian Sea region concluded today. The series of workshops started on 14 July and were held in...
OSCE Centre promotes green growth policy tools in Kazakhstan
July 02, 2010Ensuring that planning for economic development fully takes environmental issues into consideration is the focus of a workshop that started today in the framework of the Third International Economic Forum in Astana. The one-day event was jointly organized...
OSCE Centre helps promote international anti-corruption standards in Kazakhstan
June 24, 2010A conference on international best practices and tools to combat corruption and enhancing Kazakhstan's legal framework started in the resort town of Borovoe near Astana today. The two-day conference brings together some 60 participants from European...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes Turkmenistan's role in promoting stability in Central Asia
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June 24, 2010The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, in his meetings today with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, and...
OSCE Chairperson voices concern over incident in Nagorno-Karabakh
June 22, 2010The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, expressed serious concern today over a fatal incident that took place during the night of 18 to 19 June at the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on access to information legislation in Kazakhstan
June 22, 2010Adoption of a specific law on access to information in Kazakhstan is the topic of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, which started in Astana today. The meeting, jointly organized with the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan, the Presidential...
Chinatowns emerging in post-Soviet Central Asia but not near the Chinese border
May 19, 2010By Paul Goble As Beijing expands its economic and political ties in post-Soviet Central Asia, the number of Chinese living and working in the major cities and regions has increased, in some cases providing the kind of trained workers that these countries...
Moscow and Astana increase political influence in Kyrgyzstan
May 18, 2010By Erica Marat Bishkek’s dependence on Russia and Kazakhstan deepens During the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) informal summit on May 7 in Moscow, member states – Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan,...
Kyrgyz authorities appeal for international support
April 22, 2010By Erica Marat Kyrgyzstan’s provisional government needs international support, oversight Kurmanbek Bakiyev was pressured by the OSCE, United States and European Union to leave Kyrgyzstan. On April 15, Kazakhstan dispatched a military aircraft...
Deposed Kyrgyz president leaves country and resigns
April 15, 2010By Steve Herman The deposed president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev, has flown out of the country, ending a week-long standoff with the interim government. The Associated Press is reporting that Mr. Bakiev has formally resigned as president. A week...