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• Oh, CNN

  Who knew CNN could be bought? I guess those “Eye on…” Specials are sponsored by the governments that they feature. Now when the government of Kazakhstan pays for advertising space in the New York Times, as they are wont to do, it is clearly marked as a paid advertisement, although I don’ t think it […]

  7/21/12 • (Comments Off on Oh, CNN)

• New Team

  News is coming out in trickles. Masimov’s blog only announces that he has proposed a new Cabinet and it has been approved by the President: “The new ministers will be presented soon.” But Reuters reports that Kairat Kelimbetov has been named Minister of the Economy, leaving his position as head of Samruk-Kazyna Holding wide open. […]

  4/11/11 • (2)

• A Transparent PM

  Prime Minister Karim Masimov announced the other day that he is setting up a new section on his blog to rate the effectiveness of government workers. It isn’t clear exactly what role the blog will play in this or what he will put up, but as of yet the transparency section, as Masimov is calling […]

  4/09/11 • (2)

• The Inauguration and the New Government

  The inauguration was apparently the place to be today; even the candidates who ran against Nazarbayev attended. In his speech, the President thanked the people for reelecting him and listed the world leaders who had congratulated him on his victory (conspicuously absent from the list were Obama, Ban-Ki Moon and Cameron). He also claimed that […]

  4/08/11 • (Comments Off on The Inauguration and the New Government)

• Inauguration and Meeting

  The inauguration of Nazarbayev is tomorrow (or rather, today, since it’s past midnight), and there’s a government meeting scheduled for 11:30am after the ceremony. Presumably the Prime Minister, Ministers and Vice Ministers will officially hand in their resignations, Whether it will be announced immediately today who will be reappointed or not is not clear.

  4/08/11 • (Comments Off on Inauguration and Meeting)

• No Warrant for Minister’s Arrest

  RFE/RL reports that the Mazhilis, the lower house of Parliament took up the question of Doskaliev’s arrest. Among the issues is that the court refuses to issue a warrant for his arrest. The Financial Police held a press conference today and said the charges are from when Doskaliev was rector of Astana Medical University in […]

  9/29/10 • (1)

• Online Live Broadcast of Government Meeting

  Right now, they are live-broadcasting the government meeting with the whole cabinet of Ministers, oblast Akims, and the Prime Minister. Interesting whether there will be any glitches or not. Click this link to tune-in: Government Meeting Broadcast online

  9/27/10 • (1)

• Second Grader’s Case Thrown Out

  An update on my post, Second Grader Sues Ministry. Apparently, the filing was rejected although I can’t find news of this online. However in searching, I found a report on Khabar news and this follow up Book publisher at fault [RU]. Apparently the Ministry of Education never approved this book. The publisher has admitted that […]

  8/04/10 • (3)

• President Can Still Become Leader of the Nation

  According to Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President, The Leader of the Nation Law can still enter into force [RU] despite the fact that the President refused to sign it. According to Yertysbayev, refusing to sign the law is not equivalent to vetoing the law. So the President never vetoed this law. He claims that […]

  6/09/10 • (1)

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  Kazakhstan Hosting Alien Embassy! Not!

  Is Kazakhstan building an embassy for aliens? If they do, will there be separate sections for the greys, the reptilians, the greens and the bugs? Why would they bother since everyone knows that there is already a UFO base in the Caspian Sea?

  4/11/10 • (4)

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