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Livestock farmers in the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR) have approached the regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs after JSC "SPK "Solтүstіk" demanded early repayment of soft loans totalling 13.8 million tenge. The grounds for this were the results of a state audit, which deemed the sale and slaughter of purchased livestock as a misuse of funds.

Since the beginning of the year in Kazakhstan, the total amount of fines for violations of industrial safety requirements has reached 62 million tenge. 523 workers were brought to administrative responsibility, and the operations of more than 600 facilities and technical devices were suspended due to gross violations.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Zerendinsky District identified 2,800 cases of fictitious animal vaccination and violations in the work of veterinary services. As a result of the inspection, funds spent on unjustifiably recorded veterinary measures, as well as part of illegally paid bonuses and additional payments, were returned to the budget.

OpenAI has launched the Rosalind Biodefense programme and for the first time granted access to its biological model GPT-Rosalind. The company intends to support external teams developing protective tools in the fields of healthcare and biosecurity, as well as to provide access to US government agencies and their allies for addressing sector-specific challenges.

In the Department of Education of the city of Kostanay, investigative actions and a search were carried out. According to media reports, interrogations affected the department's management, staff members, and several school principals.

The head of the Almaty Operational Carriage Depot has been detained as part of a criminal case. The court has authorised a preventive measure in the form of detention.

In Kazakhstan, a large-scale criminal and administrative amnesty is being prepared, which could affect more than 15,000 people. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that it will apply to citizens who have committed minor offences, as well as crimes of medium gravity, provided that the damage is fully compensated.

The Committee of State Revenues of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan has published a detailed register of organisations that received foreign funding. In the second half of 2025 alone, over 12 billion tenge came into Kazakhstan from abroad.

Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov has ordered inspections of public catering establishments to ensure compliance with requirements for the storage and use of gas cylinders. The relevant instructions were given to akimats, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) and the General Prosecutor's Office at a Government meeting.

The Director General of Kazzinc LLP, Zhanat Zhanbotin, has spoken publicly for the first time about the accident at the zinc plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, where three workers died. According to him, the company is continuing its internal investigation into the circumstances of the incident and has strengthened safety control at the production site.