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In the first quarter of 2026, the number of employed women in Kazakhstan reached 4.53 million, which is 42,600 more compared to the same period in 2025. The majority of working women are in paid employment, and the largest sectors of employment remain education, trade, and healthcare.

During a rural sports Spartakiad in the Zhanaarka district of the Karaganda region, a fight broke out involving a group of young people. According to local residents, the opening ceremony of the event was conducted by the district akim, Kanat Kozhykanov, but eyewitnesses say that at the time of the conflict, no representatives of local executive bodies or authorised services were nearby.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has reported the results of its anti-corruption work for the first half of 2026. According to the department, 234 internal affairs officers failed the integrity check, and 302 employees were dismissed over the six-month period. At the same time, the MVD stated that a number of disciplinary offences had decreased, while the number of reports of attempted bribery had increased.

The cassation court overturned the application of amnesty for the convicted person in the case of embezzlement of budget funds in the Atyrau region and reinstated the original sentence of 7 years' imprisonment. Previously, the court of first instance had reduced the sentence after applying amnesty.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received the Chairman of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM), Zhanat Elimanov. The head of state listened to a report on the agency's performance in the first half of 2026 and set out tasks for the upcoming period.

On the road near the "Gudok" gardening association in the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR), the movement of lorries was recorded on a section where a prohibitory road sign is installed. The police have already drawn up an administrative report against one of the drivers, and work is also underway to identify other participants who committed similar violations.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has resumed receiving oil from shippers and operations for its loading via the marine terminal at the port of Novorossiysk. The resumption of the terminal's operations allows oil-producing companies to continue supplying crude to the pipeline system and exporting it through the marine terminal.

The former director of the "Aisulu" garment factory, which was shown to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2022, and former deputy of the Taldykorgan maslikhat, Zharylkasyn Bolatuly, has been sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison for fraud.

The former director of the "Aisulu" garment factory, which was shown to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2022, and ex-deputy of the Taldykorgan maslikhat, Zharylkasyn Bolatuly, has been sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison for fraud.

The selection of companies for the Register of Kazakhstani Producers (RKTP) in the field of the electronics industry has become the subject of public debate. The cause was disagreements over the procedure for including enterprises in the register, which grants access to participation in procurement by state bodies and the quasi-state sector.