Tag: Kazakhstan

More than half of 9 mn registered voters in Kazakhstan signed a petition earlier calling to hold a referendum to extend the President’s mandate.

Vzglyad newspaper (Ayna Ltd.) was charged the amount of 30 million 854 thousand 629 tenges.
Golos Respubliki (ADP Ltd.) was charged 12 million 803 thousand 530 tenges.
Azat and Alga newspapers (Kiyal Ltd.) were charged 26 million 298 thousand 250 tenges.

The purpose of the planned referendum is inconsistent with Kazakhstan’s international obligations and we hope the competent authorities will take the appropriate steps to stop this initiative.

The EU has condemned Kazakhstan parliament’s move to skip the 2012 presidential vote and hold a referendum instead extending the leader’s rule.

ZURICH. A criminal investigation in Switzerland has been opened into allegations of money laundering against Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

ZhasCamp is the name of Kazakhstan youth conference, which was held in Almaty on October 8-10, 2010.

„Kazakhstan, is it you?” This question has launched the photo exhibition by a French artist Yuri Bilak in the Ogrod Saski in Warsaw on 28 September 2010.