With the increased attention that comes with becoming the first former Soviet republic to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, what does Kazakhstan hope to achieve?
The brother of the late Kazakh author Temirtas Tleulesov says he will seek to republish his brother's controversial book about organized crime in southern Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The Kazakh National Bank today issued a banknote dedicated to the country's 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The leading voice of Kyrgyzstan's opposition has alleged government involvement in a recent journalist's murder and claimed correspondence in the hands of investigators sheds light on the motive, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
As EU president for the first six months of 2010, Spain will focus on strengthening relations with Central Asia, one analyst believes.
Umed Saidov is determined to secure a better future for himself and his family. Saidov is one of 342 Tajik students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in 2009. But the financial costs remain high for many Tajiks, who receive no state support. Students from resource-rich Kazakhstan, by contrast, are traveling to the U.S. in droves for an education paid for by Astana.
David Albright is the president and founder of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Correspondent Aryan Hossein of RFE/RL's Radio Farda interviewed Albright about reports that Iran has been trying to secretly buy more than 1,000 tons of uranium ore from Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan has taken on a new role as the world in uranium production. But the achievement has been tainted by news that rogue elements within the state nuclear company are working out an illegal deal to supply Iran with a large amount of purified uranium ore.
The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office has formally asked legal experts to rule on whether media reports about the lease of agricultural land to China were defamatory, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The former head of Kazakhstan's BTA bank said from exile that he will try to draw the international community's attention to the case of 12 bankers and businesspeople sentenced recently to long prison terms, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
Iran has described as "baseless" a report that it is seeking to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan.
A reporter who covered the murder of a leading Kyrgyz opposition journalist this month was found dead in Kazakhstan over the weekend, police said today.
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