Kazakh protesters scuffled with police today at a rally against their government's burgeoning ties with neighbouring China.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev today called for the first Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit of heads of state in 11 years to be held in Astana, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
A Kazakh woman has filed a lawsuit against Uzbek President Islam Karimov and the Kazakh Interior Ministry following her son's unexplained death in Uzbekistan last year.
A prison appeals commission today rejected a request for early parole by jailed "Alma-Ata Info" editor Ramazan Esergepov, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office has said it will prosecute speculators who try to exploit a possible land lease to China for agricultural purposes, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The Kazakh nongovernmental organization For The Free Internet announced today that at least 14 websites have been blocked by the Kazakh government in the last several weeks, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
Kazakhstan's Institute for Cultural Politics and Culture Studies has nominated Qazhyghumar Shabdanuly, an ethnic Kazakh writer in China's Xinjiang Province, for a Kazakh state literature award, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
An Almaty court today ordered Rozlana Taukina, the head of the nongovernmental organization Journalists in Trouble, to pay a fine of some $500 for violating the law on holding rallies, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
NATO said it had finalized an agreement with Kazakhstan on the transit of supplies to Afghanistan, hoping it will reduce its reliance on a route through Pakistan that has been attacked by the Taliban.
A deadly accident at a Soviet-era military base in central Kazakhstan has sparked concerns about people's exposure to toxic materials, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The pro-presidential Adilet (Justice) party has proposed abolishing the post of prime minister and giving most of its powers to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
Kazakh activists gathered in Almaty today to mark the 50th anniversary of the Soviet gulag's official closure, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
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