Culture
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - Apples, Sure. But THC is from Kazakhstan too?
2011-10-05 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
Resources
- Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Books for Kazakh Students
2011-11-06
- Oh, CNN
Politics
- Image
2011-07-28 - Sub Rosa Endorsement
2011-07-26 - The Naked Truth
2011-06-12
- Image
News
- KZBlog is going down
2013-09-10 - Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - Repentence
2012-07-15
- KZBlog is going down
Fun
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - House Hunters Bishkek
2011-12-02
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
Tourism
- Asian Games Torch
2011-01-12 - Wikitravel
2010-08-07 - ALZHIR, the Soviets and Democracy
2010-07-30
- Asian Games Torch
Life in KZ
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
2011-12-07 - Healthcare and the Private Sector
2011-11-30 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
Redbubble
Tag archive for ‘Parliament’
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Some akims were elected
Kazakhstan Today noted a small event on Friday, an event that could only fit in the miscellaneous section: Kazakhstan holds akim of oblasts and cities of regional value elections Why aren’t elections a newsworthy event? For a few reasons: Until a few years ago, the President appointed (and Parliament approved) akims (or chief executives) of […]
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New Tenge: Update
I was amused that the mistake in the new tenge had made the Reuters’ Oddly Enough. However, they actually bring up a good point about the politics of language: “The mistake … is not just a spelling problem — it has political undertones,” a letter from members of parliament to President Nursultan Nazarbayev said. “We […]
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Googling Kazakhstan
When I get free time, I google Kazakhstan, or search for it in Technorati.com. And occasionally fun things come up. Like a toothpaste collector’s website, showing off his Kazakh toothpaste: This is some good toothpaste, though it makes your teeth feel like they’re coated in plastic. One wonders if this is actually helpful or is […]
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Akhmetov stepped down
Daniyel Akhmetov stepped down as Prime Minister on Monday, after returning to work from a two-week vacation. His request to the President cited personal reasons, and most people believe he just got tired of the position and the accompanying stress. He was one of Kazakhstan’s longest serving Prime Ministers, staying in office for a good […]
