World news about “Kazakhstan” published by euronews.
Observers slam ‘undemocratic’ Kazakh election International monitors on Monday condemned Kazakhstan’s parliamentary election as undemocratic. Observers said there was no real opposition to President… 16/01/2012
Exit polls give Kazakhstan rulers predictable landslideExit polls in Kazakhstan’s general election suggest another crushing victory for the ruling party, with three surveys giving it more than 80 percent of the… 16/01/2012
Polls close in Kazakhstan’s democratic test The polls have closed in Kazakhstan’s election in a vote designed to boost the country’s democratic credentials by giving a non-ruling party a toehold in… 15/01/2012
Smoke rises above Astana’s biggest mosqueFire at Khazret Sultan, the mosque, which is regarded as the biggest in Central Asia. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov 15/01/2012
Opposition to get tiny foothold in Kazakhstan vote The people of Kazakhstan vote on Sunday in a general election in which no-one is expecting anything other than a landslide for President Nazarbayev’s ruling… 15/01/2012
Christmas spirit is in the air (filmed by Bakhit in Almaty, Kazakhstan) 22/11/2011
Kazakhstan: Off to the ISS – nocomment From the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency launches a space flight to supply the International Space Station. 30/10/2011
Russian Soyuz heads to launch pad – nocomment The Soyuz-TMA-02M rocket moves to its launchpad ahead of the new ISS mission launch next week. 06/06/2011
Kazakhstan’s bid to influence global finance Kazakhstan is a country of 16 million people with the most thriving of central Asia’s emerging economies. In the past, it was only really known in the West… 05/05/2011
Kazakhstan eyes the 2022 Winter Olympics Just 10 years ago, the area around Astana was a bleak and inhospitable landscape. But now a modern metropolis has sprung up. This is no concrete jungle, but a… 02/02/2011
OSCE summit looks to the fringes of Europe The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the OSCE, is convening for its first summit for 11 years. It’s being held on the first two days in… 26/11/2010
How do you train a leader? This week we focus on the leaders of the future. We have three very different stories of how new generations are being primed for leadership roles. In Ghana… 12/11/2010
Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy At the elderly care home in Semipalatinsk, we met 85 year old Praskovya. Semipalatinsk, or Semey, is a city 150 kilometers from the main Soviet nuclear… 14/04/2010
Kazakhstan invites UN to probe deadly oil clashesKazakhstan has invited the UN to take part in an inquiry into deadly riots in an oil-rich region where security forces are suspected of shooting and torturing… 22/12/2011
Multinational Soyuz crew blasts off for ISSA Soyuz rocket has blasted off, carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman, bound for the International Space Station. The all-veteran crew lifted off… 21/12/2011
Unrest flares in Kazakhstan’s oil regionHundreds of protesters confronted riot police in the Kazakh city of Aktau as violence between striking oil workers and the authorities spread. A heavy… 19/12/2011
Kazakh president blames clashes on ‘hooligans’An investigation will be carried out into clashes that left at least 11 people dead in Kazakhstan’s western oil city of Zhanaozen on Friday. Kazakh… 18/12/2011
State of emergency declared in Kazakh oil townKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev declared a state of emergency in the western oil city of Zhanaozen on Saturday, one day after at least 11 people died in… 17/12/2011
Ten killed in clashes on Kazakh independence dayAuthorities in Kazakhstan say 10 people have been killed in clashes between police and protesters, thought to be sacked oil workers. Video footage from an… 16/12/2011
Soyuz lands safely in KazakhstanMike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa have safely returned to the frozen landscape of Kazakhstan after months in orbit. The three were… 22/11/2011
Russia shapes its own answer to the EURussia, Belarus and Kazakhstan want to create their own answer to the European Union within the next four years. The three leaders signed a deal on Friday… 18/11/2011
Kazak rampage leaves trail of bloodAt least seven people are dead after a radical Islamist went on the rampage in the Kazak town of Taraz. The bloodshed culminated in the man blowing himself… 12/11/2011
Nazarbayev tinkers with Kazakh parliamentIn an unexpected move Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazerbayev, the man who has led the country since it split from the Soviet Union, has engineered an early… 10/11/2011
Kazakhstan suspends Communist PartyIn Kazakhstan a court ruling has suspended the activities of the Communist Party for six months. Its leaders claim the action has been taken because they… 06/10/2011
Safe landing for astronauts in KazakhstanGround control is calling it a “bulls eye landing”. A Russian Soyuz space capsule has landed safely in Kazakhstan with three astronauts on board. The… 16/09/2011
ISS space crew returns safely to EarthA trio of astronauts have landed in Kazakhstan after spending the last six months on the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut and station… 24/05/2011
Kazakh President Nazarbayev sworn inKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was sworn in on Friday after winning election for the fourth time last weekend. Election observers said the poll was… 08/04/2011
International observers slam Kazakhstan pollFor Kazakhstan’s veteran president, it is a triumph. Re-election with a whopping 95.5 per cent of the vote will help Nursultan Nazarbayev further tighten… 04/04/2011
Landslide re-election for Kazakh leaderHe has held an iron grip on power in Kazakhstan for two decades. And, according to first official results, Nursultan Nazarbayev has won it’s latest… 04/04/2011
Kazakhs go to pollsKazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev voted on Sunday in his country’s general election, knowing that he is certain to be re-elected to rule central Asia’s… 03/04/2011
Opposition boycotts Kazakhstan presidential pollVoting is underway in a presidential ballot in Kazakhstan, a snap election that is being boycotted by the opposition. President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who… 03/04/2011
Protest in Kazakhstan over electionIn Kazakhstan, the opposition have called for a boycott of the snap presidential election called for April and certain to be won by the incumbent, Nursultan… 14/03/2011
Nazarbayev calls early Kazakhstan electionThe President of Kazakhstan has called an early election after moves to prolong his rule unopposed failed. Last week Nursultan Nazarbayev told parliament… 31/01/2011
Kazakhstan rejects extension to President’s ruleKazakhstan’s constitutional council has rejected a referendum to extend its leader’s rule until 2020. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been head of… 31/01/2011
Kazakhstan moves to extend presidential termKazakhstan’s parliament has voted unanimously in favour of a referendum on extending President Nazarbayev’s term in office. A yes vote would allow the… 14/01/2011
Kazakh parliament to overturn presidential vetoKazakhstan’s parliament is expected to lift a presidential veto on a planned referendum in the next few hours, paving the way for leader Nursultan Nazarbayev… 13/01/2011
Kazakhstan Fashion WeekYoung designers from all over the world have been showing their Spring/Summer collections at Kazakhstan Fashion Week. The largest pret-a-porter fashion show… 03/11/2010
France Kazakhstan trade dealKazakhstan’s government has signed two billion euros worth of deals with French companies during a visit to Paris by the country President Nursultan… 27/10/2010
Kazakhstan: the new energy frontierAstana has become the capital of the energy industry, gathering together the most influential players in the oil-gas-uranium-solar market of Central… 08/10/2010
Eurasia Film FestivalThe stars came out for the Eurasia Film Festival in Almaty Kazakhstan. French veteran actor Gerard Depardieu was the guest of honour at the festival and… 01/10/2010
An astounding cityscape springs from the steppes of KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan: “Sometimes I don’t believe it myself. Only six or seven years ago, it was just steppe here.” Astana is a… 08/07/2010
Focus Asia – Astana Economic ForumKazakhstan has hosted the Third Astana Economic Forum at which 2,000 economists from 50 countries discussed ways to avoid a repeat of the recession and… 05/07/2010
Kazakh president says Kyrgyzstan failed to reformThe relative wealth of neighbouring Kazakhstan is striking compared to its poor neighbour. Its border with Kyrgyzstan was closed following the violence… 08/04/2010
Nazarbayev: “economy first, then politics”Nursultan Nazarbayev has ruled Kazakhstan as the oil-rich central Asian nation’s president since its independence in 1991. The world’s largest land-locked… 15/01/2010
Kazakhstan’s economic challengesAs Kazakhstan – Central Asia’s largest economy -takes over the chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, it is seeking to… 15/01/2010
Kazakhs begin year in charge of OSCESo you think you have snow problems? Kazakhstan has them in spades, every year, but this young republic is used to clearing obstacles, and has now become the… 11/01/2010
Kazakh residents denounce Stalin’s “rehabilitation”In the week that some Russians are celebrating the anniversary of the birth of former Soviet leader Stalin, others in places like Kazakhstan denounce what has… 23/12/2009
Kazakhstan drug clinic blaze kills 38Dozens of people have died in a fire at a clinic for drug addicts in Kazakhstan. The blaze broke out early this morning, claiming at least 38 lives. … 13/09/2009
Soyuz lifts off for ISSRussia’s workhorse rocket Soyuz has lifted off successfully, on the way to a rendez-vous with the International Space Station. Today’s flight is a family… 27/05/2009
Europe poised to take command in spaceThe launch of a Soyuz rocket in Kazakhstan will help create history when it blasts off with its crew of three to dock with the International Space Station… 27/05/2009
