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Information about the detention of an official in the Zhambyl region has appeared in the media.

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In the Zhambyl region, information has emerged about the possible detention of the acting head of the land relations department, Nurzhan Azhibayev. According to media reports, he is suspected of receiving a bribe in the amount of 250,000 tenge.

Graduates from one of the villages in the West Kazakhstan region have installed a 30-metre replica of the Eiffel Tower.

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In the village of Zhalpaktal, West Kazakhstan Region, a 30-metre replica of the Eiffel Tower has been built. The unusual structure was gifted to their home village by the local school's 2006 graduates to mark the anniversary of their graduation.

The National Security Committee of Kazakhstan has dismantled 9 international drug supply channels.

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The National Security Committee (KNB) reported the elimination of international and regional drug supply channels into Kazakhstan. Since April 2026, agency officers have detained suspects involved in drug trafficking and distribution, and have seized large quantities of prohibited substances and precursors.

The government has approved the construction of a pharmaceutical plant worth 32.5 billion tenge in the Almaty region.

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The Government of Kazakhstan has approved the construction project for a full-cycle biopharmaceutical complex within the special economic zone "Alatau" in the Almaty region. The total volume of private investment in the project will amount to 32.5 billion tenge.

Patients of a children's hospital in Astana were evacuated due to a fire in the electrical switchboard room.

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The fire occurred in the basement of a children's hospital in the Saraishyk district of Astana. Fire crews arrived at the scene within two minutes of receiving the report and extinguished the blaze. There were no casualties.

The former head of the EKR PPP centre had his sentence commuted for embezzling 320 million tenge

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In Ust-Kamenogorsk, a verdict was passed on the former head of JSC "Regional Centre for Public-Private Partnership of East Kazakhstan Region", Daulet Batyrbayev, and other defendants in a case concerning the embezzlement of budget funds, illegal participation in entrepreneurial activity, and the legalisation of criminal proceeds.

The lawyer of Gulnara Bazhkenova found himself in the spotlight due to his criminal record.

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Online data has emerged regarding the criminal record of lawyer Murat Adam, who is defending ORDA editor-in-chief Gulnara Bazhkenova, currently under house arrest. The information surfaced after the elections to the Republican Bar Association, where the lawyer presented his past in a more favourable light than it actually was.

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How 43 tonnes of fish disappeared after a high-profile poaching case in Zhetysu

Submitted by Вера Александрова on
In the Zhetysu region, a high-profile criminal case of poaching, in which more than 50 tonnes of fish were seized, has ended in a mysterious story involving the disappearance of the evidence. The majority of the catch was sent for storage hundreds of kilometres from the place of seizure and then, according to documents, written off as "rotten". Where this fish is now and what actually happened to it — no one has yet explained.

Caterers of school canteens are asking for funding to be reviewed due to rising food prices

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From 1 September, a new school nutrition standard came into effect in Kazakhstan. However, operators of school canteens claim that with the current level of funding, it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide children with healthy and balanced meals.

The Prosecutor General’s Office stated that there is no evidence of torture in cases concerning the dissemination of false information.

Submitted by Вера Александрова on
In the General Prosecutor's Office, a comment was made on information circulated in the media regarding the alleged use of torture by investigative bodies in criminal cases investigated under Article 274 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Dissemination of deliberately false information").
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