Vienna, OSCE, 12 Jan 2010 – The new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, will outline Kazakhstan’s priorities for the Organization in 2010 in a speech to be delivered on Thursday in Vienna.

OSCE, Astana, 01 Jan 2010 – Kazakhstan took over the Chairmanship of the OSCE today and reaffirmed its commitment to uphold the fundamental principles and values of the Organization, to proceed according to the interests of all participating States and to strengthen the role of the OSCE as a significant platform for dialogue contributing to [...]

OSCE, Vienna, 11 Aug 2009 – Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down in a closed trial to Ramazan Yesergepov, the editor of Alma-Ata Info, violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom.

OSCE, Vienna, 25 Jun 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country’s communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President Nursultan Nazarbayev not to promulgate them.

Astana, 05 Mar 2009, Kazakhstan Today – The population of Kazakhstan for January, 1st, 2009, according to the current data, has been 15 million 778.2 thousand people, the monthly report of the Statistics Agency states.

OSCE, Astana, 27 Feb 2009 – The OSCE Centre in Astana supported training courses held today for journalists and police press officers to improve communication between the media and law-enforcement agencies.

OSI, 04 Feb 2009 – The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project and Arts and Culture Program announce a grant opportunity for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.

OSCE, Vienna, 28 Jan 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today the adoption of a number of amendments to Kazakhstan’s media law, and underscored the need for further democratization of media governance.

OSCE, Vienna, 14 Jan 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he had urged Kazakh authorities to release a journalist accused of disclosing official secrets and to adjust the relevant laws to international standards.

RFE/RL, Almaty, 13 Jan 2009 – Ramazan Esergepov, editor in chief of the “Alma-Ata Info” newspaper, is continuing his hunger strike in National Security Committee (KNB) custody and refusing to be interrogated. His wife, Raushan Esergepova, told RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service that her husband is insisting that a security service other than the KNB conduct the investigation [...]

Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 09 Jan 2009 – On the governmental site of the Republic of Kazakhstan www.government.kz personal blog of prime minister Karim Massimov is launched, agency reports with reference to the press service of prime minister.

Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 06 Jan 2009 – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed draft of the Repubkic of Kazakhstan “On ratification of Agreement between t5he government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and government of the Arab Republic of Egypt on cooperation in restoration of Sultan Az-Zahir Beibars mosque in Cairo,” agency reports with reference to [...]

CPJ, New York, 30 Dec 2008 – Kazakh authorities must launch a thorough investigation into the stabbing of Artyom Miusov, a reporter with the opposition weekly Taszhargan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.