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The head of the Abai region police department, Eldar Daniyarov, proposed creating a water police unit to patrol the shores of Lake Alakol. He voiced the initiative at a meeting with the region's akim, where they discussed issues of developing the resort area, improving infrastructure, and enhancing the safety of holidaymakers.

One of the largest enterprises in the Akmola region — Kokshe-Cement Production Association LLP — owes its employees approximately 144 million tenge. Workers have submitted a collective appeal to state authorities, reporting months-long delays in salary payments, mass layoffs, and signs of the enterprise being artificially driven into crisis.

Residents of a private housing area near the Chechek pass in Ust-Kamenogorsk have independently built a bridge across the irrigation ditch, which had been a troublesome stretch for many years. The crossing now allows both cars and lorries to pass.

The Department of Housing and Communal Services, Passenger Transport and Highways of Ust-Kamenogorsk has announced a tender for the New Year decoration of streets and public spaces. The cost of the work is estimated at 71.5 million tenge — the data was posted on the public procurement portal.

In Shymkent, a verdict was passed on nine defendants in the case, who were charged with creating and running the "Nazira Gold" financial pyramid. The investigation was conducted by the Shymkent department of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM).