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Since the beginning of 2026, 21,500 people in Kazakhstan have been stripped of their driving licences for driving while intoxicated and for driving into oncoming traffic. At the same time, road enforcement has been expanded with cameras, mobile units and around 300 drones, which record violations without stopping vehicles.

The appellate court in Almaty considered the appeal in the case of blogger and lawyer Adiletkhan Moldakhan and left his sentence unchanged — 2 years 6 months of imprisonment.

In the Abai region, on 22 September, the spread of a wildfire was stopped; it had been extinguished since 20 September in hard-to-reach mountainous terrain. The fire had previously spread to the territory of the Tarbagatai State National Nature Park.

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Lepyokha stated that the dismissal of two tourist police officers following a viral video with an Egyptian blogger was due to a breach of professional ethics. According to him, the disciplinary commission deemed their behaviour unacceptable for officers who were on duty and in uniform.

Stadler passenger carriages are planned to be launched on Kazakhstan's railway routes in late October — early November 2026. The exact date depends on the completion of additional tests of the braking system and other technical parameters.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has approved the composition of the Qazaqstan Halq Keñesi. The new body includes 126 people — among them former MPs, ex-ministers, heads of major companies, athletes, journalists and public figures.

Investors in the Mardan residential complex gathered outside the Astana akimat, demanding a resolution to the issue of completing construction and the future of the project. The demonstration took place against the backdrop of a completed prosecutor's investigation in which 274 families were recognised as victims, with damages amounting to 4.1 billion tenge.

The chairman of the board of JSC NC QazAvtoZhol, Darkhan Imanashev, reported on safety measures on national highways, however, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov pointed out unresolved problems in the road sector, including issues of road quality.

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Google Ireland Limited €403 million for breaches of the rules on processing users' geolocation data.

A tower crane operator, Akmaral Karabaliyeva, had her right leg amputated after a structure collapsed at a construction site in Astana, where the woman suffered a severe injury during dismantling work.