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A transfer of 10 thousand tenge turned into a prison sentence for a resident of Kostanay region.

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A resident of the Beimbet Mailin district of Kostanay region handed over her bank account for 10,000 tenge. The account was used in a criminal scheme, after which the court found the woman guilty and sentenced her to 1 year of restricted freedom.

The bulk of the funds for the transition of the Kazakh language to the Latin script were returned to the budget.

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The bulk of the funds allocated for transitioning the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin script was returned to the budget due to changes in work plans. The full switch to the Latin alphabet will only begin after the new alphabet and spelling rules are approved.

Kazakhstanis have been proposed to be exempted from individual income tax when writing off bad debts

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In Kazakhstan, it has been proposed to fully exempt from individual income tax (IIT) citizens whose bad loans have been written off by banks due to fraud or difficult life circumstances. The initiative was discussed at a meeting of the Project Office for the implementation of the Tax Code, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin.

The Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition has identified that Kinopark has been imposing advertising worth tens of millions of tenge.

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Kazakhstan's largest cinema chain, Kinopark, has stopped charging mandatory fees for film promotional advertising following intervention by the Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition (APDC). The cost of promotion ranged from 20 to 60 million tenge.

A teacher from Atyrau has claimed she was forced to do repairs at the school.

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A teacher at a state school in Atyrau has said that she was forced to carry out repairs to her classroom, do cleaning, and perform other maintenance work. According to the teacher, she completed some of these tasks herself because she wanted to get the classroom in order for her pupils.

KazMunayGas has invested nearly a trillion tenge in Samruk-Kazyna bonds.

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«KazMunayGas» (KMG) acquired bonds of its main shareholder, the Samruk-Kazyna fund, worth KZT 951.6 billion, or about $2 billion, in the first half of 2026. Against the backdrop of the deal, the volume of loans and other debt owed to KMG by related parties grew from KZT 59.6 billion to KZT 998.2 billion.

A public service centre employee, driving a work vehicle, fatally struck a pensioner in the Almaty region.

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11 August 2026, a fatal road accident occurred in the Enbekshikazakh district of the Almaty region involving an employee of the "Government for Citizens" branch, who was behind the wheel of a service vehicle. A pedestrian, a 77-year-old woman, died after being struck.

A resident of Kostanay bought "cigarettes" filled with sand and polystyrene foam for 15 million tenge

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Five residents of Kostanay have been found guilty by a court of large-scale fraud. They were accused of selling a batch of cigarettes to a businessman, in which polystyrene foam and sand were found instead of the product. The court sentenced each of them to 3 years of restriction of liberty with full probation supervision.

The Committee for the Regulation of Natural Monopolies has identified signs of violations in the film distribution market in Almaty.

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The Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition has examined a parliamentary inquiry regarding the situation in the film industry. No violations were found in the collaboration on the film ‘The Tale of the Pink Hare 2’, however, signs of abuse were detected in one of the market participants. The analysis of the film distribution market is ongoing.

A man failed to pay child support for three children in the Pavlodar region for three years.

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In the Pavlodar region, the prosecutor's office has tightened monitoring of the enforcement of court decisions on alimony payments. In January alone, three debtors were brought to criminal liability for evading payments, with their total debt exceeding 6 million tenge.

Over 50 children with measles have been hospitalised in Astana

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In the capital's Multidisciplinary City Children's Hospital No. 3, children with measles continue to be treated. Since October 2025, there has been an increase in hospitalisations, with a peak in November-December. Currently, more than 50 children are in hospital, predominantly under five years old. Doctors urge parents to ensure timely vaccination.

Plans for the seizure of the KazNIVI site have been adjusted amid a dispute with MPs

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The Government of Kazakhstan has published a response to a request from Senate deputies regarding the situation surrounding the Kazakh Research Veterinary Institute. Previously, parliamentarians had raised concerns about the reduction of its territory and risks to biological security. The response states that some of these claims, including data on the seizure of land for development, have not been confirmed.
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