Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Alexander Visotzky writes about the opening of a monument in Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, where the authorities uncovered a 15-foot high bronze statue of incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
ITALY'S Silvio Berlusconi has praised the virility of Kazakhstan's men during a visit to Rome by its president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, saying this was the reason for th
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev signed on Thursday new commercial agreements aimed at boosting bilateral ties. The deals focused on energy, transport and technological partnerships. Italy's oil giant Eni and Kazakh state company Kaz MunayGas agreed to cooperate in research and gas exploration in Kazakhstan, while GE Oil & Gas, an Italian subsidiary...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Rome on Wednesday for a two-day visit aiming to boost bilateral cooperation and endorse new trade agreements. Nazarbayev is expected to meet with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday. Economic, energy and trade investments would be the focus of the meeting. In an interview with the Italian news agency Adnkronos, Nazarbayev explained that...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to Italy and Vatican between November 4 and 6, a spokesman for the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Amman - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev conferred Tuesday with Jordan's King Abdullah on efforts to spur the stalled Middle East peace process and ways of boosting bilateral ties, a statement by the Jordanian royal court said. Nazarbayev arrive...
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received yesterday at Al Mushrif Palace President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on the side line of his private visit to the UAE. As he welcomed the Kazakh head of state, Sheikh Khalifa hoped UAE
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is starting a three-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
BY JOANNA LILLIS AND DAVID TRILLING Kazakhstan’s port city of Aktau on the Caspian Sea has had some ups and downs in its short history. Founded just half a century ago, it thrived as a center of the Soviet uranium and chemical industries but then plunged into decline amid the economic chaos that accompanied the collapse of Communism. The last decade has seen Aktau reinvent itself as an oil town,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
• Kazakh cycling federation claims Contador will stay • Money issues a result of technicalities says team The Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, the Kazakh Cycling Federation's deputy president Nikolai Proskurin has said. The Spaniard's future with Astana has been unclear for months amid persistent...
Letters in Bottles (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Kazakhstan is ascending to the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, unsurprisingly with the full support of Russia Although many member states questioned or openly criticized Kazakhstan's nomination, Russia fully supported its efforts to overcome perceived organizational bias and unfair strictures placed on former Soviet republics. Speaking at the OSCE summit in...
Registan.net (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
October 20th witnessed the unveiling of another bizarre monument in Astana. Not far from the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, lies Kazakh Eli Square, where the Kazakh authorities uncovered a 15-foot high bronze statue of none other than Nursultan Nazarbayev. The statue, accompanied by other traditional Kazakh scenes, lies at the base of a rather harmless [...]
Timpu (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Astana (Kazakhstan), Oct.28 (ANI): The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has appealed to the citizens of his country to take the unique model of “Kazakhstan Unity” for a multi-ethnic society forward, adding that till now, it has stood the test of time wonderfully in spite of the global financial crisis. Click Here [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is on a state visit to Turkey, on Thursday hailed the positive relations and cooperation between Kazakhstan and Turkey. Speaking at a joint news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Nazarbayev, who arrived in Ankara Wednesday night for a state visit, said Turkey was the first country recognizing Kazakhstan's independence....
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Nursultan Nazarbayev: I support normalization of ties between Turkey and Armenia.
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